Colour Me Red [COMPLETED]

27.

"What more is there to do?" I looked to him, I knew he could see the pain in my eyes.

"You're my daughter, we don't give up the fight." He stated.

"You did. Mum married another man and you were left lonely, dont you get that?" I asked. "The woman who left you didn't love you anymore, just like Nick doesn't love me. You can't force something if it's not there."

"You really believe there isn't something there between you and Nick?" He spluttered. "How many times do I have to point it out? Nick wouldn't have ever acted the way he did over just anybody. He didn't act like he did for anything but the fact he adores you. There's something up with him at the moment and you have the power to get it out of him, you know, you're the only woman with the power."

"I don't know." I just didn't know. It hurt to think and thinking made it all the worse. I didn't want to lose all hope but I didn't want to gain any either, just incase. I wanted to fight for us but how much did I have to fight? I didn't see Nick trying to save us, he only ever wanted to leave lately.

"You need to go and talk to him properly." He stated.

"I've tried."

"Then keep trying." He pressed further. "I gave up too soon with your mum, Cathy, way too soon. You can't make the same mistakes as me, you can't let him brush you off like this. Settle this before you go insane."

I felt already passed it.

Just as I was about to open my mouth and reply to my father, my phone rang on the side table beside my bed. My heart sky rocketed, could it be Nick on the other end of the phone? What would I say if it were him?

I knew I couldn't let myself feel hopeful like this but I just couldn't help it. My father looked to the phone and urged me to answer it. I almost jumped to it.

Once I saw the caller ID, my heart fell. It wasn't him but it was Emily. Emily never rang me, we texted a lot but she never really rang. If she wanted me she would usually ring Nick first.

I picked the phone up without hesitation.

"Hey?" My greeting was almost a question. Was everything okay?

"Cathy, what the hell is happening?" She gushed down the phone. Her voice was full of shock and irritation.

My father left the room quietly, he gave me one last look before shutting the door behind him.

"What do you mean?" I questioned.

"I swear to Jesus if this is true I'm going to flip a shit."

"What are you talking about?" I'm sure Emily always talked in riddles. I never quite understood what she was trying to get at but that made her more the endearing.

"Xavier's just announced the news that Nick had left you!" She was getting louder on the phone as the seconds went by. As soon as she said the sentence, I couldn't help but burst in to tears. "Oh, no, Cathy. I'm so sorry, honey." Her voice was now a lot softer and I couldn't help but cry all the more.

"I miss him already." I stated. "I just want him back."

"I know." She soothed. "I don't know what the fuck he's playing at."

"I love him, Em, I really do." I couldn't help but state what I was feeling. I knew Emily knew my feelings for Nick the first ever time she saw me. She could read me like an open book, I knew it. I felt so vulnerable but it was so comforting to know that she new exactly how I felt.