Forgive Me- Part 2

Amelia’s POV

My mind is pulled from sleep and no matter how hard I try it refuses to fall back under. I force my eyes open and see that Jaime is still fast asleep beside me. This is rare, very rare. Normally I’m the one who sleeps in not him. I glance at the time and realise why; its only 7 am. What the hell?! It’s Saturday! LET ME SLEEP! I know that no matter how much I may want it, I will not fall back asleep now that I'm awake.

I carefully slide from Jaime’s arms and climb into the shower. I let the heat of the water run over my body and slowly wake me up properly. Once I was showered I decided that after all the times Jaime has cooked me breakfast I should probably repay the favour. I make my way through his- No, our kitchen. It’s our kitchen now. I can’t believe that Jaime knew his way through my kitchen after only cooking in there twice. I mean I've been here for two months now and I still forget where the bloody bowls and pans are! Once I finally find them I raid the pantry and pull out the flour sugar and vanilla essence before moving to the fridge and getting the milk and eggs. I put all the ingredients into the bowl and mix them so that there isn’t a single lump then cover it. This is always the part I hate about making pancakes. I just want to cook and eat them but you’re meant to let the batter rest so the mixture can thicken. As I wait for the batter I clean up a bit. Apparently I’m a really messy pancake maker.

I was finally cooking the batter when I felt arms wrap around me. I jumped but relaxed when I saw the tattoos running down his arm. I automatically relax back into his chest as I wait for the pancake to need flipping.

“Since when do you know how to cook breakfasts?” he mumbled behind me, his voice still thick from sleep.

“Always, I’m just never awake at breakfast”

“Well it smells amazing”

“Good, now go sit down, they’re almost finished.” He kissed my shoulder before leaving to go sit at the table. I pile up the pancakes and take them out and place them in front of him. They were gone almost immediately.

“Wow, hungry much?” I said, still making my way through my second pancake.

“They tasted really good! What did you put in it?”

“Secret” I smile. It turns out that I’m not as hungry as I thought I was so I pushed my plate to Jaime who happily took it. I laughed as I grabbed his empty plate and took it to the kitchen, he wasn’t too far behind me and he put the second plate in the dishwasher with the first before turning to me and pulling me into his arms.

“I have to go to a band meeting today, they said it’s important”

“When abouts?”

“In just under hour”

“Wow, everyone will be awake by then?”

“Well I’m not sure about Vic but hey, there’s a first time for everything.” I laugh at his comment before glancing out the window.

“I think I might go for a walk on the beach today then”

“Depending on when you go and how long the meeting goes for I might meet you down there and we can go for a swim”

“I don’t have any boardies; I can’t go for a swim…”

“Why?” I give him a look that says ‘you’re kidding right’ and he just looks confused.

“Jaime I don’t want people staring at my legs…” realisation crosses his face

“Milly, they’ve faded a lot; I’m sure people won’t notice them, and even if they do, I’ll be there to bash them up if they say anything or stare okay?”

“But what if a fan sees them? It’ll be all over the internet”

“Amelia, you haven’t cut for four months. If anything people will be proud of you.” He looked me dead in the eye as he spoke and di couldn’t help but believe him, I nodded before I realised what I was doing and a huge smile crossed his face. “Good! Don’t bother taking a towel down when you go down because I’ll have to come back here before I meet you there anyway”

“I guess”

“Cheer up! If you’re worried just think of it this way, its January, there will be almost no one there because it’s not hot enough”

“Jaime it’s like 25 degrees*! It barely even counts as winter”

“Just wait until summer…”

“How do people live here?”

“With great skill. Now I’ve got to go get ready” he kissed me before starting to walk out of the kitchen. “P.s. in America we would freeze at 25 degrees, it’s 75” he said with a cheeky grin. I threw a dish cloth at him and he quickly ran back to the bedroom laughing. Bloody bastard. He’s right though. All the measurements here are weird… I went from working with Celsius, kilograms and centre meters to working with Fahrenheit, pounds and feet. Americans are weird…

I love it here though. I can deal with the confusing conversions because I am actually happy. I’m helping some amazing kids; I’ve met some great people and just the environment here. Everything is so much better here than back in Australia, it’s like this is where I was supposed to be. But that doesn’t mean I don’t miss it. I miss my brother and sister, I miss my mum and dad, and I miss gum trees**. It’s just so different and I think that is what makes me miss Australia. I am very much a creature of habit and suddenly having everything in my life turned upside down is making this transition a little harder for me. But Jason calls me constantly, letting me know how things are going on with him and Eliza and any major news in Australia, like how another soldier died last week. I almost had a heart attack when I was told that because we had no way of knowing who it was. For all my family knew it could have been my dad. Luckily after two days mum got a call from him and all was okay again. I don’t know what I would have done if it was my dad. I think that’s what I’m most scared of. I’m scared that something is going to happen while I’m over here and I won’t be able to get home to help my family.

I’m starting to get worked up so I head up to the bedroom where I presume Jaime. I open the door and as I thought he was there. I walked up to him and hugged him. He seemed shocked but hugged me back anyway.

“Are you okay?” He asked me gently, I nod into his chest.

“I just needed a hug” he smiled warmly at me, tightened his arms and kissed me on top of my head.

“Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yea I’m fine”

“Alright then, well I've got to head off, call me if you need anything okay?”

“Okay” I stretch up and kiss him before allowing him to leave.

I make myself a coffee before getting ready to head down to the beach. As I walk along the sand hearing the sound of the ocean I can’t help but feel relaxed. I've never lived this close to a beach before and I never thought that I would ever even come down but I find that this is where I feel most calm. Which shows how much being here has changed me; I’m no longer hiding away from the world in my room. I am actually outside, yea I still can’t be around people but this is still a huge step, one that I probably wouldn’t have taken if I hadn’t come here. This really is my home now.

(A/N)
*25 degrees Celsius is equal to 77 degrees Fahrenheit
** A gum tree is just a eucalyptus tree, I don't know if people outside of Australia know that so...

Notes

YAY so the first chapter of Part 2! I hope you guys enjoy it! xox