i'd be a fool not to love you

part fourteen - unusual

it was the next day, i messaged pete as i usually did and asked if he was okay since we usually met outside at 8:00 to walk to school but it was 8:05 and there was no sign of him outside

hey are you ok? i messaged him
5 minutes passed, still nothing
10 minutes passed, nothing

"sweetie are you walking today?"

"i don't think so jules, peter isn't replying"

"oh that's odd, i'll drive you if you'd like. maybe he's sick?"

"yeah maybe.."

at school i went straight to my locker and met gwen

"where's peter?"

"i have no idea, i was hoping you knew"

"i've been here for 15 minutes and haven't seen him, maybe he slept in?"

"maybe"

"anyway let's get to class" she nudged me and smiled as we walked to first class together

after class, still no sign of peter. it was so weird, if he wasn't coming in he'd tell me. i hope he's okay

at lunch, me and gwen sat on our usual table. there was just one thing missing, peter.

"hey liv do you like risotto?"

"yeah why?"

"my moms making it tonight, i wondered if you wanted to come round- and since it's friday maybe sleep over? no worries if not"

"yes thank you gwen i'd love that!" and i hugged her tightly

i'd never actually been to a sleepover before, i had a feeling this was going to be one of the best nights ever.

after school, i came home to tell aunt jules about my plans for the evening and the night and she sounded thrilled to hear i was having a sleepover. she said it'll be "good for me" and that she was happy for me, i loved her so much. she was like the mum i never had.

"have you got everything love?" jules checked

"think so!" i was so excited

"eek have fun!"

"oh wait aunt jules, before i go im just going to quickly check something" and i opened the door and made my way over to the parker's house.

i knocked on the door and may answered

"hello may, is peter there?"

"hello olivia, yes he is but i'm afraid he said he's been feeling sick all day, must just be a cold"

"oh alright, that's fine. i just wanted to check he was okay."

"thank you honey, i'm sure he'll be fine soon enough" and she went to close the door

"wait, may" i stopped her

"yes?" she pulled the door back open

"do you think you could possibly tell him i came by?"

"of course" she gave me a warm smile and shut the door

i then came to collect my bags from the house and said goodbye to jules and with that, i made my way down to the end of the street and waited to meet gwen. she said her mum was fine with picking me up.

gwen lived around a 20 minute drive away. not too far, but still quite a bit of a way to walk.

then gwens car pulled up

"hi gwen!!" i squealed

"hey liv!!" she squealed back

"hello mrs stacy, thank you so much for allowing me to stay and coming to pick me up." i smiled

"no problem honey, it's my pleasure" she smiled back

gwen got out of the car and hugged me. she then insisted on helping me put my bags in the car. she opened up the car boot, and put all of my things in.

i looked back down the street whilst she was doing so and before getting in the car, in hope of seeing peter.

and there he was.

watching out of his window, then once my eyes met his he immediately looked away and went back to what he was doing before.

it had only been a day, but that was the first day since i'd known him that i hadn't spoken to him.

i missed him.
but he probably didn't miss me.