Page 150 of Tattooed Love

“Look, it is Amber!” Tyler pointed to the computer screen, and I quickly whipped around to see.

Sure enough, Amber was smiling at us through the computer screen. The first thing I noticed was that she had cut her hair.

“You got a haircut!” Cole exclaimed, noticing the same thing.

“Yeah, it was annoying me.” Amber’s voice echoed through the computer speakers.

“How’s England?” I asked her. Since she’d left, I’d been worrying about her more than normal. I could only imagine the trouble she could get up to, all by herself over there.

“Yeah, it’s awesome here,” she grinned, looking happy. “The only downside is not having a threatening motorbike gang to back me up.” Cheekiness flashed across her eyes. “How are you guys?”

“Troy’s got a girlfriend,” Cole gruffed, and I punched him in the arm as soon as he said it.

I didn’t like anyone mentioning April, because I wasn’t used to having a girlfriend, and it still stumped me slightly when I heard it out loud.

“You’re kidding!” Amber exclaimed. “Who is it?”

“April Reyes,” Tyler answered straight away, and he stepped back before I could slug him.

“April Reyes, the chick that works at the video shop?” Amber asked, curiosity in her voice.

“She hasn’t worked there for years; it closed down!” I snapped, defending her; for some reason it just came naturally to defend her. Dating someone was new to me, and being lucky enough to have April, well… I wasn’t used to it.

“Well, who knew Troy, that you had it in you.” Amber smiled at me, and I hated it. “April is really nice, from what I remember.”

“Enough about me,” I snapped. “It’s not interesting.”

“It kind of is,” Amber giggled at me. “Troy, I can’t believe you actually have a girlfriend!”

“Get over it already! I didn’t make this big of a deal when you started going out with Ja…” I regretted it as soon as I said it. My temper always got the best of me.

Amber went silent and so did the boys. Really, couldn’t they bring something else up already? The silence seemed to last forever and, funnily enough, it was Amber who broke it.

“How is Jax?” Amber didn’t have any emotion in her voice. “Is he still with Mai?”

“He was never with Mai,” I answered, seeing as it was me who brought this up and the boys had suddenly become mutes.

“Didn’t seem that way when I left,” Amber muttered, and looked down into her lap.

“Maybe you should call him?” Adam said as he walked into the room, and positioned himself behind me, looking at Amber. “Work things out?”

Amber looked at Adam, and I wanted to smack him. The last thing I wanted was her back with that dipstick, but, on the other hand, if they worked it out, maybe she would come back…

Amber looked away from the computer screen for a few moments. Someone must have entered the room. She covered the microphone so we couldn’t hear.

“Look guys, I have to go,” Amber said quickly, “I’ll um call you guys soon.” She gave us a quick smile before disappearing on us and a ‘disconnected’ signal flash on the computer.

“What was that about?” I frowned.

“That was your fault,” Cole huffed, getting up from the chair. Hating the fact his time with Amber was over. Out of all of us, he was missing her the most. He was grumpier than normal.

I glared at his back as he walked out of the room, his normal air of arrogance following him.

“She’s up to something,” Tyler muttered; he was as curious as I was.

“Yeah, I agree.” I looked up at Tyler. “And I don’t like it.”

I didn’t like not being able to keep a track of her; it didn’t sit right with me. Amber always had a way of getting herself into trouble; in fact, she had it down to a fine art.

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