The Odds Are Against Us

Chapter One

Chapter One~

Jordan~

"How long has it been since we talked to each other?" Richella, the girl of my dreams was sitting across from me in her backyard, eyes looking straight at the ground. She was picking at the grass in an upset frustrated way. "Do you even remember how long it been since we look at each other eyes? A month? Or a year, maybe?"

"Come on, Ella," I pleaded "It hasn't been that long. I'm sorry, okay? You know that I'm-"

"Yeah," she bursted without even thinking "Yeah, okay Jordan. I know you're busy with Avery. Won't you, at least let me help you in some way?"

"Help with what? There is nothing you could help me with," I said not wanting to go any further into the subject.

"Stop," she said firmly "Just please stop acting like you are all alone in this world. Like you screwed up to the point of no return. Like you could do everything by yourself. And for the life of me Jordan please stop acting like no one really loves you.” I could tell she was frustrated with me. For leaving her when the unexpected happened nine months ago. I have know Ella since she moved across the street from me when we were 4 years old. Richella started crying.

“Ella please dont do that you know I hate it when you cry,” I said trying to calm her down. I scooted a little closer, and sighed. I reached my hand out and brushed her face. But when I did I felt a shock I have never felt before. I mean yeah sure I have brushed girls faces before, but not with so much care and love till now. “Ella you mean the world to me, please stop crying.”

“You know what? Save me your sappy love speech that you say to all the girls that swoon over you. I am done with scratching and crawling my way into your life, because obviously you don't want me to be here. After knowing you for 13 years I thought you would see that I actually care for you and I’m not going to screw you over like all the other people do when they come into your life, literally.” she said as she was storming off into her house. I actually wouldn’t mind if she screwed me, but lets not talk about that now. I chased after her, and I grabbed her arm before she could open her back door. She tried to yank her arm free, but there is no way I am letting her go this time. I used my free arm to wrap it around her waist and pull her in.

“Don’t make me regret doing this,” I said before I did what I have been wanting to do for a very long time.

 

Richella~

 

It was at first almost as if Jordan was scared to kiss me. His mouth was hard on mine, unyielding; then he put both arms around me and pulled me against himself. His lips softened. I could feel the rapid beat of his heart, taste the sweetness of apples still on his mouth. I wound my hands into his hair, like I wanted to do since the first time she'd seen him. Granted we were only 4. Lets just say, ever since I was physically attracted to him. His hair curled around my fingers, silky and thick. My heart was hammering, and there was a rushing sound in my ears, like beating wings. I pulled away and he sighed.

“What about Avery?” I asked. Avery is his "baby moma", and they were suppose to get engaged but Jordan said he didn’t feel the same way about her as he did earlier in their relationship. He also said the he would help her in any way, and wants to be part of his child's life when she is born.

“Avery is the women carrying my child. Not the person I want to be with right now,” he said while pushing the hair out of my face. Everytime he touched me I feel like I’m being shocked. His eyes were green. The kind of green that pushed its way through the piles of gritty snow to remind you that spring was coming. The kind of green that budded on the prisoners of winter, bringing life back to their branches. That churning, passionate green that the ocean turns during a storm. That color of the forest after it rains. The color of the tadpoles making ripples in the pond. That green color that brings hope and life no matter what has happened. And really looking into his eyes, I could see it. I just wish that he could see it.

“Why didn’t we do that sooner?” I asked curious of what he would say.

“Do what?” He asked.

“This,” I replied. I grabbed the sides of his face with my hands and kissed him with more force this time. This time he was the one to pull away and I sighed. His phone started to ring, and he answered it with slight frustration.

“Hello,” he said into the phone. He walked the stairs that lead into my backyard and sat down on the last step. I went and sat next to him. I didn’t want to be nosey, but i wanted to know who he was talking to. Who is it? I mouthed to him.

“Really?” He asked with excitement. “Yeah, yeah! I will be right there! Wait what hospital did you say you guys were going to?” The person on the other line quickly replied, and Jordan hung up the phone. He walked off the porch and started running.

He stopped dead in his tracks and turned around. “Well are you coming with me or not?”

“What do you mean?” I replied, still extremely confused on what is going on.

“Avery just went into labor and is headed to the hospital! Come on! You got to come with me!” He said as he grabbed my and and yanked me through my back yard to the gate. He opened the gate, and me and him sprinted through my front yard to his car. As we got into the car I had to ask him one question.

“This probably isn’t the right time to ask you this question, but what are we? How are you going to introduce me to Avery and her parents? I feel like there is something going on between us, and I feel like we need some sort of title to tell other people. I might seem to be moving fast, and I understand if you aren’t read-”

“Stop, I have been waiting to be in a relationship with you for so long now,” he said as he grabbed my hand. I yet again felt that shock go through me. “You are now mine. You do not know how long I have been wanting to say that.”

“And I can finally say that you are mine too,” I said with a big smile on my face.