You know, If you had any interest in anyone but yourself, you’d probably know the answer to that. But you are so fucking self absorbed, you don’t ...ven bother to open your eyes and see what’s going on around you.”I didn’t know what to say. I couldn’t believe he was saying all this shit to me. I’ve tried to talk to him, and he always blows me off, now he’s blaming me. He glared at me through his dark hair hanging in his face. His blue eyes cut right through me. I could feel myself starting to. ‘Sorry,’ he apologised eventually. She jerked her head up in surprise. ‘What?’ ‘I said ‘sorry’. I feel like I’ve screwed things up — and I never meant to do that.’ Ellie looked away and Michael felt his heart sink lower. It was blatantly obvious that she didn’t believe a word of his apology. In all honesty, who could blame her? ‘It wasn’t your fault,’ she said eventually. ‘I behaved badly too. I should have known better than to drink red wine.’ ‘You didn’t behave badly!’ This was ridiculous.. Dad said tomorrow would probably be a nice day again so he suggested we go home and get some sleep. I reluctantly left Amelia but knew my chances were thin of doing anything more with her that night. We walked back to our place in silence. I loved that time of night down there because it was so quiet, and all you could hear were the sounds of the ocean and wind. Nearing the house, dad said “So you and Amelia ay?” with a smirk. I froze. “Wait, what do you mean?”I replied nervously.Dad laughed,. ’ ‘Well, maybe not technically, but I want you really bad. Doesn’t that count?’ I blushed, and tried to change the topic. That’s one reason I always liked talking on the phone – no one could see me blush. ‘Well, what about some wine or something?’ My mother taught me never to go anywhere without taking something with me. I was a good girl. Well, sort of. ‘Wine is good. I think red wine would probably be best with the food.’ ‘Sure, sounds good. I’m on my way – I’ll pick something up.’ Picking.