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16 | Only for you

"Tell me all about your dad." Kennedy places the coffee cup close to her lips, hiding the smile on her face. It is something that she constantly does to make sure that no one sees her real smile. I want to push the cup away because it hides it. But I don't. "My dad and I don't really have a good relationship. We talk with each other according to his schedule."

"What do you mean?" She is so clueless when it comes to parents not caring. I have seen the smile on her face whenever her parents called. "My dad doesn't see me as his son that he needs to love. He sees me as an investment and nothing more. I need to take over his business when I graduate even to he really doesn't like that idea."

She takes my hands into hers and squeezes them. "I don't really care about what he thinks of me. I just have this constant need in my life to prove to him that I am doing good. I get the best grades in my classes while combining them with my hockey practices. Not that he is a fan of that since he doesn't see a future in that."

"He is waiting for me to mess something up. That is why he probably didn't tell me about the business diner he has tonight." I saw the notification in his schedule when I planned our weekly calls. He is close to my college but he didn't let me know that because he doesn't want to see me. He doesn't want to spend the little time he has with me. I shouldn't be surprised about it since I have gotten used to that. But it still hurts.

I don't want to care about it. But I fucking do. "You do care about what he thinks of you, Felix. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so sad talking about him." Kennedy squeezes my hand another time and she is the only person I see in this coffee shop. I don't care about the people surrounding us, whispering about us. All I care about is the fact that Kennedy is talking with me again.

I don't want to mess things up with her again. I promised her to talk about everything. I will answer all her questions as long as she promises me to not let go of me even when I ask her to. I know that there will be a time in my life that I will think I don't deserve her. And to be honest, I really don't deserve someone so good as Kennedy in my life. But I am selfish about her.

I will only let go of her if I mess something up. If I am the reason this ends, I will never forgive myself that. I want to be a better man for her and I know that it is all soon. I haven't known her for so long but I have never felt this way for someone before. The two weeks that I wasn't around her were like hell for me. All I wanted to do, was go over to her house and tell her that I am a fool for not realizing sooner how amazing she is. For not realizing it that I really like her.

"I know that you want to be tough but I can see through that. You care about your dad's opinion because he is still your dad. And to be honest, he really is a dick for not seeing how amazing you are. You are doing everything to make sure that you can take over his business but also enjoy hockey that you adore. I am so proud of you." I could feel the tears prickling in my eyes.

I am not the kind of guy that cries in the middle of nowhere because of some words. But hearing those words leave Kennedy's mouth really does something to me. I want to make her proud of me. I want her to not feel bad about telling people that she likes me. I want her to be as happy as I am when I introduce her to people I know. I want her to be proud of me for how I am changing into the man I always wanted to be.

I want to be the man that takes over the business of his dad but changes things. I don't want to be like my dad and how he treats his workers. I want them to like me and not fear me. I want to be my own person and no longer the son of the biggest CEO of America. I want to show him that my way is also a good way to get people to work.

"He is going to be here today. But he didn't let me know that." Kennedy gives me a pitying look and I hate when people do that. I don't want them to feel sorry for me because I am used to this. I am used to my father forgetting about me because he doesn't realize that his son wants to see him. He doesn't realize that I only want him to tell me that it all will be okay in the end. I want to be that little child again that thought his parents hung up the moon.

I just want to hear him say that he is proud of me. I want a compliment without having to hear something bad afterward. I want him to be my father. "Do you want to go and see him? We could crash the party and show him that you don't mess with Felix Lewis." She looks so happy at me that I want to say yes. I want to do that and show all the other people that he works with that he isn't the guy he claims to be.

He isn't the loving father that he shows to the world. All the articles that have been written about us where we lie about how good we know each other. I don't think that my father even knows what my jersey number is. He doesn't pay attention to me and all the important things in my life. He only cares about what the outside world might think of us. That is why we lie in those articles and say that we are the picture-perfect family.

"You can talk with him and I will be there the whole time. I won't leave your side." Kennedy's light brown skin glows in the sunlight. She is the only good part of my life that makes me want to keep ongoing. She is the sunlight in my life in a world that is filled with dark colors. "You promise to not let go of me the whole night? I can't deal with him alone."

"I will be the best clingy girlfriend you have ever seen." She puts her hand in front of her mouth, realizing that she just dropped the girlfriend bomb. We haven't really talked about all of that since, after the game of yesterday, she had to leave and call her parents. She had promised them to spend the whole evening calling them and I was not going to take that away from her. "Girlfriend, huh?"

She places her head in her hands and starts to groan. "I really like the sound of that. Kennedy Sloan is my girlfriend." I shout the last part a bit louder so everybody could hear us. She peeks through her hands at me and I have a big smile plastered on my face. My cheeks are starting to hurt smiling this much around her. "You are not freaking out about it?"

"I am actually really glad that you brought it up. I was scared that you wanted to take this slow and do this whole seeing other people too." I groan thinking about another guy touching her. "I was going to let you do that but I was going to really hate the idea of it. I am willing to do everything at your pace. Even if that meant, having to see you date other guys to find out if you reciprocate my feelings."

"You would totally show up at the date and take my attention away from the guy. I know you too well that you would find a way back into my life." And she is not lying about that because that was my plan. I was going to show up at all her dates and make her realize that I am the one that she wants. "You thought that I would let those guys think that there isn't anyone in the competition. I am not going to give up on you that easily, Sloan."

She pulls me closer to her so that we are now both leaning our elbows at the table. She looks me right in the eyes. "I am really happy to be called your girlfriend, Lewis." She places her lips on mine and I feel like the whole world is collapsing around me. All I can think, breathe, and feel is Kennedy. I don't want anyone else in my life anymore because she is the one for me.

People always say that you will realize it when you find the one. I never believed any of that bullshit because that is unrealistic. But I guess now, I am the one who is the fool here because Kennedy is the one for me. She is the only girl I see a future with that is not going to bore me to death to spend the rest of my life with. I think that I really am falling in love with her.

"Crashing a business party will be scratched from the list." She pecks my lips one more time before placing the coffee cup back to her lips. She is hiding her big smile behind it so I scoot closer to her. The stool makes a lot of noise and everybody is staring at us but I make sure that I sit next to her now. I lay my hand at her bare leg.

I start to draw circles on her upper thigh while she places her coffee cup back down. Her red lipstick leaves a stain behind, making me realize that I probably have red lips too now. At the same time, I thought that she starts to wipe away the lipstick from my lips with her fingers. "You are the clingy kind of boyfriend. I am actually quite shocked."

I push a few hair strains behind her ear and let my hand wander to the back of her neck. I pull her closer to me and make sure to kiss her one more time. "I am only like this because of you, baby." I peck her lips one more time while pulling her stool closer to me. "I can get used to this side of you. It is quite adorable."

"Only for you."