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As I drove towards Siobhan&039;s house my nervousness and uncertainty increased Despite all that I had seen in the last hour or so, a part of me still wondered whether I was to blame for the hich see I&039;d done offended her? Had Icrucial? Should I have called yesterday or just sed one round to see her the day before? Would she even let me in the house when I turned up today? I couldn&039;t believe that in less than half a week all that we had h months of intimate closeness seemed to have been destroyed I hoped and prayed that when I knocked on the door it would be answered by irl that I loved, reirl who had saved my sanity The one and only person who had always been there for me since Mum and Dad had died

Siobhan&039;s house wasn&039;t far froet there The roads were quiet I hadn&039;t been expecting to come across much traffic, but I hardly saw any I could only have passed another five or six cars during the entire journey

I turned into her road and pulled up outside her house For a couple ofbut just sit there and try and coether All of the fear and concern I felt for the rest of the people around side my desperate fears and concerns for Siobhan Whatever it was that was happening in Thatcham, I knew that I could deal with it with a thousand tith and deterain

It was no good I didn&039;tand shaking with nervous anticipation I stared at Siobhan&039;s house and anxiously watched for even the slightest sign of ht come out to seeMy tension was increasing with every second All that I wanted to do was hold her tight again, but I couldn&039;t bringrejected by her was tooand painfully drawn-out minutes went by before I decided that I couldn&039;t wait any longer I took a long, deep breath and then got out of the car and walked up the short garden path to the front door I closed h the s some movement inside the house and quickly

Siobhan yanked the door open and stood and glared at me She looked bad Her clothes were creased and worn She wasn&039;t wearing any led

&039;Siobhan, I&039; I began

She slammed the door shut in my face

Stunned at first, I shook er than for any other reason, I began to pound ain

&039;Siobhan!&039; I yelled, loud enough for the entire street to hear &039;Letdoor and let h the s in the shadows of the hallway That was a good sign At least she was considering co to one further into the house As it was she was still just a few feet away

&039;Coed &039;Please Siobhan, just stop and tellI&039;ve done then at least have the decency to tell lanced back over my shoulder self-consciously and wondered if anyone else in the road had heardNot that it really seeuments were par for the course today

&039;You don&039;t care about runted fro

&039;Yes I do,&039; I insisted, relieved that she had finally spoken &039;Of course I do I love you for God&039;s sake What makes you think that I don&039;t care?&039;

I braced myself for her response I had asked a question that I didn&039;t really want to hear the answer to

There was another long and painful silence I squinted through theagain and saw that she had moved a little closer to the door I quicklythat she hadn&039;t seenTo my relief I then heard the latch click The door slowly opened inwards

&039;Thanks,&039; I gasped,&039;I can&039;t tell you hoorried about you I&039;ve been I was starting to think that&039;

My words asted Siobhan obviously didn&039;t have any interest in what I had to say Rather than listen she just turned her back and walked towards the living room I followed but kept a cautious distance between us The building was cold (I could see through the kitchen that the back door was open) and untidy The carpets were covered with discarded food, clothes and belongings She&039;d never been particularly house proud, but I&039;d never seen the place like this before Siobhan stu room floor and dropped heavily into the nearest seat I waited by the door, unsure if I elcome When she didn&039;t react I took a few hesitant steps forward

&039;I missed you,&039; I said, simply and honestly

She just stared into space

&039;Are you okay?&039; I asked when she didn&039;t respond What a fucking stupid question - of course she wasn&039;t okay