My Crazy Housemate

Mia read the message Leo sent to her thirty minutes later and she began to also feel guilty.      

She was partially at fault for everything and she regretted listening to Mira in the first place. She had even made it obvious she was mad at her earlier.      

"What's wrong?" Mira had asked her immediately she saw Mia stomping angrily towards the building after her argument with Leo.      

"What happened? What did he say?" Mira pressed while James looked at Mia curiously.      

"I really don't want to talk about it so please don't ask me." Mia said sounding annoyed before walking inside James' house.      

Mira looked at her in shock and turned to look at James.      

"She's mad at me." Mira said feeling her heart squeeze in pain.      

"I'll talk to her." James told Mira and hurried after Mia.      

Mia had also refused to speak with James. She was confused and her thoughts were messed up. Since the party was just starting, everyone split up and were having fun separately but she wasn't sure she was ever going to have fun.      

She had looked around for Leo since she went inside but didn't see him anywhere around and it made her feel awful.      

"Are you okay?" Benjamin who was sitting beside her asked and she quickly put her phone aside so he wouldn't see the message Leo had sent her.     

"Yea.. sure." She forced a smile at him and he nodded before watching the people who were dancing.      

"Do you want to dance?" He asked her making her eyes widen slightly.      

"No.. I don't want to." She rejected immediately while shaking her head.      

"Why? A dancer should always be ready to dance." He said flashing her a small smile before raising his hand to tuck some stray strands of hair behind her ear.      

Mia looked at him with surprise and pulled back immediately to fix her hair herself.      

"Thanks." She said before looking ahead.      

He cleared his throat awkwardly and excused himself.     

"I'll just go get us some drinks." He said to her and quickly left.      

Mia took out her phone immediately he left to read the message Leo sent to her again.      

After a moment's hesitation, she sent..     

"I'm sorry too. I shouldn't have raised my voice."      

She waited a few seconds before sending another one. "Where are you?"      

"In my car." He replied with a tiny smile on his face. He hadn't expected her to forgive him like that. After he sent the message, he had waited for her to reply and when a minute passed and there was still no reply, he assumed she was still mad at him and was about to call her when her message came in.      

He knew he had overreacted and him being angry didn't give him any right to talk to her that way especially when they were not in a relationship.     

Earlier after his argument with Mia, he had been returning to the building when he saw Mira who looked like she had been waiting for him. Immediately she saw Leo walking towards her, she quickly intercepted him.     

"I'm sorry." She said and he could tell from her voice that she was trying not to cry.      

"Why are you apologizing?" He asked looking at her curiously.      

"It was me. I talked Mia into doing all she did. I told her to invite you and Benjamin and I also told her not to tell you Benjamin was her dancing partner." She confessed.      

She knew it was the right thing to do at that point unless she didn't want her friend to ever talk to her again but at this point in her life, she really needed her friends.     

"I can't say I'm surprised." Leo said casually. He knew Mira was the one who always pushed Mia to do most things she did and he made a mental note to talk to Mia about it.     

"So.. why did you do so?" He asked.     

Mira looked at him guiltily before answering honestly.      

"Because I wanted Mia to have a closure about how you felt about her." She said startling Leo.     

"A closure about how I feel?" He asked in surprise and confusion.     

"I thought I was doing the right thing. She has been confused for a long time and I wanted you to express yourself by showing jealousy and confessing to her. I didn't think she'd end up getting mad at me." She said with a sniff.      

"I'm so sorry. I just wanted things to work out well for you and Mia."      

Leo didn't blame Mira for all she did. She was just a friend trying to help out but he didn't know what he was supposed to do which was why he remained inside his car and had been thinking before he came to the conclusion that he owed Mia an apology.     

Mia looked at Leo's message Leo's wondered what to send him next.      

She bit her lip before looking around. Everyone was busy having fun and the mood music was making her head bang.     

"Would you like me to come over?" She typed the message and shook her head.      

She wanted to clear it but made a mistake and sent the message making her jump up from her seat as a loud gasp escaped her lips.     

"No.. no..no.. that was a mistake!" She said in panic as she began to turn around while some people who saw her looked at her like she was crazy.     

"That was a mistake.. I didn't mean to send that." She quickly typed and sent it immediately.     

A small smile lit up Leo's face when he read her last message. He had been really surprised to see her message asking if he wanted her to come over. Although he couldn't see her now, he could imagine her pacing around and biting her lip in embarrassment.      

He quickly typed another message and waited with bated breath for her reply.     

Mia's heartbeat increased when a message notification came in. She kept looking around her just in case Benjamin was coming but he still wasn't in sight.     

She closed her eyes and took in a long and deep breath before opening the message.      

"Should I be expecting you here soon?" He asked making her heart skip. What was she supposed to reply?      

Her eyes scanned around nervously until it fell on Mira who was having a chat with Richard at one end of the sitting room.      

James was at the other end with a pretty blond girl who was obviously flirting with him.      

She also saw Jeremy and Chloe and who were just sitting beside each other looking really awkward as if they were trying to ignore the other's presence. She was slightly curious about what was up with them but that was the least of her concern at the moment.      

She looked at her phone and sent a text to Benjamin.     

"I'll be back in a few minutes." She didn't want him coming back and searching for her.      

Leo's heart skipped when he read the message she just sent him. "I am coming."      

She was really coming? He asked himself in disbelief as he waited impatiently for her.     

A few minutes later, she opened the front door of his car and joined him inside..      

She looked nervous and her cheeks were flushed when she said a simple "Hello" to him.      

"I really wasn't expecting you to come." He said still in surprise.      

"Uhm.. well, I can still leave." She said and moved to open the door but he quickly stopped her.      

"I didn't mean it that way. What I meant was... I didn't think you'd come after what happened." He explained.     

"So.. you are not planning to come in?" She asked changing the topic.      

"I don't know. Everyone's still warming up. I'll join later." He answered with a shrug before looking at her face seriously.     

"Hope you haven't been drinking?"      

"No.. no.. Well, just a little sip." She said with a soft laugh. "I know I get crazy when I drink so I have to stay away from it." She answered with an embarrassed blush.      

Leo laughed and nodded in understanding.      

The car suddenly became quiet and it was really uncomfortable for the both of them until Leo broke the silence.     

"Look Mia, I don't want us to ever fight. I'm not comfortable fighting with you at all." He confessed while brushing her hair away from her face to tuck them behind her ear.      

Mia's breathing stopped as she just let him do it while looking into his eyes. It suddenly dawned on her. It wasn't Benjamin. It was him!     

Her heartbeat increased at that realization but she managed to speak.     

"I... am not comfortable with it also." Mia agreed.      

They were both quiet.     

They stared into each other's eyes as they waited for the other to talk first.      

This time, it was Mia who spoke first.      

"I know... it's really crazy and... well.." She stopped talking and swallowed her saliva nervously seeing how Leo just kept looking at her flushed face.     

"What I'm saying is.. I am the kind of person to.. say things out because I can't leave them inside my head with all of my school works and family problems.. I always think my head would explode if I leave too many things inside."      

"O--kay? Is this like the part where I have to pretend like I understand what you are trying to say?" Leo asked her in confusion with his gaze never leaving her face, making her laugh nervously.      

"I am saying... that... I think... I am beginning to like you... a little too much." She said and shut her eyes immediately in embarrassment.