Alle Kapitel von Not bound by honey: Kapitel 11 – Kapitel 20

Ally is in my kitchen. It has been a week since the day at the firm, and I have moved through the days like nothing happened. School runs. Meals. Emails. Smiling when required. But my head has not stopped spinning.Without realising it, I have been stirring the same cup of tea for several minutes.Ally watches me. “So we just stir tea these days, not drink it?”I give a sheepish laugh. “Sorry, my dear.” I take a sip. “It’s divine.”She narrows her eyes at me. “Sweetheart, Jase told us you and Chris had a strange up and down in the lift.”Of course he did. These people are impossible. I could never keep a secret, even when I am fairly sure I am supposed to keep this one.“Ally, we just said our last goodbyes.”She stares at me. “From floor one to sixty and back?”“Leave it there. I don’t… I don’t want to talk about it.”“You were about to say you don’t kiss and tell.”“No, I wasn’t.”“Yes, you were.” She leans forward, lowering her voice dramatically. “You two are unreal. Do you realis

Things got really exciting after that trip to Alaska. But Jason and I could only attend a few events because we were still in school and couldn’t travel so much.We didn’t see each other much after that. Jason went on to finish school and, needless to say, joined Chris’s team. I followed Christopher’s work often and hoped that he would one day make it to our city.On my graduation day, just seven weeks after my eighteenth birthday, I received a call from a number I didn’t recognize. It was Tessa, the lady who had recruited me for the first documentary I ever worked on.“Hi Sweedie, I heard from Chris that you just had your birthday and will be graduating?”My heart literally stopped when I heard Chris’ name. So he had been following me too?“Oh wow, Tessa, it’s wonderful hearing from you. Yeah, I turned 18 just the other day. My graduation is today.”After a long pause, I heard Tessa scrabble some papers—she had never been the most organized type. Somehow, she had built such a success

I paddled around, feeling the chill of the water against my skin, letting it close over me. The cold made me gasp, but not because of the water, because I could feel his presence.Chris leaned against the edge of the pool, watching me with that unreadable look that always made my stomach twist.I floated on my back, then on my side, then on my tummy, fully aware that my body was on display. Chris stayed on his side of the pool, but I could see him watching, his eyes dark and intense. My stomach fluttered. I could not remember a time when he had looked at me like this, so openly, so aware.We spoke for what felt like ages, catching up on the last two years. Chris shared unbelievable stories, near death experiences but despite how amazing they were I has to force myself to listen. All I could think about was wanting him closer.I do not know if it was me or him, but suddenly we were drifting together. I got startled and slipped under the water, retreating to the other side. When I peere

Jason heard somewhere that there was a local band playing at a park nearby. When we got there, we got a hat with candy floss in it. The whole vibe was very festive. Chris was the only one who could drink with us and I kind of suspect he felt a bit old. But I was not in the mood to get sick and it seemed Jason was just fine with a soda too. We all decided that listening to the band was enough for us for one night and headed to the hotel. Jason and Chris said they still wanted to chat so I headed to the elevators to get to my room. When I got back to my hotel it was squeaky clean, I love that. You leave the room and it’s like it was magically reset. I wasn’t feeling tired and wasn’t up for watching anything. I decided nonetheless that despite the fact that I am not tired that I should probably get into my pjs. After all I had some sort of a feeling that I was not going to have anyone knocking on my door tonight Handré was rather offended that I left him in the state that he was. But i

I was just about to walk into the spa when I felt a strange tingle going down my pants. Either my water broke or I just unwillingly and unknowingly peed my pants. I make a heel turn and reach for my phone. Should I call Ally or my mother first? Who would be more offended if they were the second person. “Mom, change of plans I need to head to the hospital my water broke” I could hear my mom shuffle in one spot and in a panic not know whether she should go left or right “Mom, stand still. Just head back to where we last saw each other” Then I called Ally “Sweetheart, I am so sorry for crashing your plans but I have to go” “Ally squealing on the other side, I knew you were going to cone to your senses But are you sure you don’t want to just do the whole day and then not go through with it” “For the 1000th time, I am marrying Jason, I just can’t now, because as I was trying to tell you. My water broke” Ally in almost the same state as my mom “You got to be kidding me, your lives ti