Final copy- Home and away

COMPLICATED LOVE
Authors note: This fan-fic is from the show Home and Away. It takes place with the characters of Summer Bay; Ruby, Romeo and Indi. One night, one mistake, will change the lives of these three forever.

This is my first attempt at anything for this show. So that being said, this is a one-shot.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or storylines of home and away.

I woke up to the alarm ringing on the side of the drawer, 7:30 kept blinking as I reached over to hit the snooze button. I wish the world could stop now; everything just seemed perfect lying in Romeo’s arms. Last night was magical; it was a night that I will never forget.

Romeo woke up suddenly and realized what the time was;

“I’m late. I’ve got to go Rub’s”.

“But I was just going to go and make us breakfast?” I got up and wrapped my arms around his body whilst trying to pull him back into bed.

“Let me go Rub’s, I really have to go,” the stern look on his face worried me, as I let him go I thought that he felt the same way. He quickly found his clothes and ran out of the room.

“Call me,” I echoed as the door slammed shut. The house drew to a silence as I got up and walked out into the living room, a vibrating sound came from the phone on the coffee table: 5 missed calls-Indi. I wondered why she called; Romeo did say last night they were breaking up. I pushed the playback message;

“Hey it’s me. I’m just calling to see where you are, but I guess you’re thinking things over. Call me when you get this I love you.”

The words ‘I love you’ seemed to playback in my mind while I was trying to figure out what it all meant. I knew that Romeo was going to be with me, or else last night wouldn’t have happened. I knew I had to see Romeo.

Romeo walked in through the door to the smell of bacon and eggs.

“Good morning; how was your night?” Nicole asked.

“Yeah it was good.”

The thoughts kept running through my head like a never ending song.

“Just good, c’mon Romeo you have to give me more than that” I couldn’t tell her what I had done. It was a mistake that shouldn’t have happened.

“What’s with the questions?” my abrupt answer seemed to sink into her as she stopped asking and carried on towards the stove.

Lying to her was the worst feeling and it was going to be more difficult to tell Indi. As I walked up the stairs I wondered how I was going to tell her. I knew I had to tell her because what kind of guy would I be if I didn’t, she deserved that.

“Hello… is anyone home” Indi knocked on the door letting her in.

“I’m in the kitchen,” Nicole shouted from the kitchen

“Oh hey, um is Romeo here”?

“Yeah, he’s upstairs, Romeo! Indi’s here,”

I couldn’t get down fast enough, she was here and I was going to tell her. I walked out to Indi and Nicole laughing.

“Hey, what are you doing here?”

She gazed at me with her smile

“I came to see you. You didn’t call or text back so I wanted to see if you were alright“

“Yeah, my battery died and I thought you needed space”. I looked at Nicole who pierced me with her eyes. She knew I was lying because the look of guilt covered my face and I knew she had figured out where I was.

“Why didn't you answer your phone? I rang you like five times”.

“Well about that, I was with…” her phone rang and she signaled her hand to my face.

“It’s dad, I’ll just be a sec,”.

The agony of having to tell her was breaking me and I couldn’t go through it.

“Romeo, are you home?”

I turned to the door and saw Ruby. She couldn't be here, not now. Indi was just outside.

“What are you doing here?”

“You left your phone at mine’s last night and well I missed you,” My arms wrapped around him

“Last night was perfect and I know you need to tell Indi so I thought we could tell her together,”

“Tell me what?” Indi asked as she came around the corner, she had heard everything.

“Tell me what Romeo?" Her eyes swelling up with tears

“It was just one night Indi. I was upset that we were going to breakup and…”

“You slept with her?”

“It just happened, it didn’t mean anything,” I tried to grasp her hand but she pushed me back

“Don’t touch me Romeo”

“Indi I’m sorry,” as I stepped closer to her my tears were swelling up in my eyes.

“Don’t,” the force of her power pushed me back like a gust of wind as she ran out.

“Just leave her, she’ll come around,” Ruby answered trying to get my attention

“What are you still doing here?” I felt helpless and Ruby being there made me angrier at myself.

“No one forced you Romeo,” she replied.

“Just go,” I shouted. The tone of my voice startled her as she turned to leave.

“I hate you. You used me Romeo, this isn’t over,” she shouted with tears rolling down her face.

How could I have been so stupid. The words ’I hate you’ seemed to resonate slowly through my mind. I hated what I had done to Indi and I realized I had gotten myself into the unknown. I pulled the chair out from the table and sunk into the misery that was forming within. This was one situation I couldn’t fix.