Finding My Person and My Reason

Chapter 7: Do I have Hope?

*Alex's point of view*

I invited Hope over after school. I am really starting to like this girl. I have never met someone like Hope. She's the good type of different. Every minute of day she's been on my mind. But can you blame me? She's beautiful,smart, funny, kind, and everything I have wanted. I never saw her be mean, not even when the person deserves it. Wow I really am falling for Hope.

It's now time for practice. I head to the baseball field and change. We are all waiting for the coach to come, I look over to the bleachers and notice Hope sitting there doing some homework. She looks up and I can see a small smile, the sun is setting so it's giving her a tan illusion. I smile back at her and do a little wave. Coach walks up and tells us we will be doing some hitting practice while the others are working on fielding, or sliding. We work through our stations until the sun is set. Once practice is over I walk over to Hope. "Let me go change real quick then we can go ok?"

"Ok" she tells me. I change real quick and walk out to see some other people and of course Vic. Man she just won't leave me alone and by the seams of it she can't leave Hope alone either. I wonder what the history between them is.

"You ready Hope?"

"Oh my hi Alex I didn't know you had practice today, wanna ditch this loser and hang out with me instead like we used to?"

Can this girl not get through her thick skull to just leave me alone.

"Hope you wanna go, are you hungry?"

"Su..Sure" Hope stutters out, it's cute that she stutters around me.

"Are you for real right now Alex, do you feel well?"

"Perfectly fine Victoria, now if you will excuse me because I am totally for real right now."

"Ugh why, and why did you call me Victoria? I have always been Vic to you?"

That's true she has always been Vic to me, but I've seen the way she's been acting and I don't want to be with her, let alone be her friend. She acts as if Hope is lesser than her just because Hope doesn't have a lot of things.

"You're Victoria, because you don't even know how to treat a person correctly, I don't wanna be with you let alone be your friend now. So understand this, we are over for good."

That feels good to say and for once I am not worried bout what my dad will say because I for one don't care. I need to start living for myself, not what my father wants for me.

"Come on Hope lets ditch this place." I hold my hand out and every shy like Hope grabs my hand. I intertwine our fingers.

"So I was thinking about taking you to this cute little dinner I found about five minutes from here, you wanna go?"

I ask her as I am leading her to my 1968 chevy impala. It's a beautiful car. One of the choices I got to choose for myself. My dad wanted me to be driving a Jeep or Porsche, but I wanted this.

"Wow what a beautiful car, is it a 68 model?"

"You know cars?" I asked her shocked, not every girl knows cars.

"Only because this is my dream car." We have more in common than I originally thought.

At the Dinner

We arrive at the dinner. I help Hope out of the car and she thanks me. Once we are sited the waitress comes over, eyeing me up and down. Ugh I hate these types of girls. Can't she see I am here with someone.

" What can I get for my handsome?" It's always the same line ,it's never original.

"You can take the beautiful girl that is sitting in front of me first." She looks over at Hope and just rolls her eyes. I am looking over the menu when I hear the waitress say

"Hon maybe you should just order water and a plain salad instead you already look like you've had enough carbs." I know she did not just say that, in fact I think Hope looks a little underweight.

"She can order whatever she wants and not everyone likes sticks like you. I in fact like a girl who can eat, it shows she ain't fake just to have a boy."

Hope and the waitress both looked shocked. But nonetheless she writes down Hope's original order. We chit chat some more and I find out Hope works where I volunteer, she likes to read, and we both hate bullies. She tells me that she is an only child. She is turning 17 after graduation. I find out her mom has recently been nice to her and she hasn't seen her dad in while and that really why she wasn't suppose be home tonight. We start joking around and she steals some of my fries and I just play pout.

After spending a couple hours together it's time for me to take her home. Once we arrive at her house I notice there is no car at home, but her mom is sitting on the front porch. Before she gets out I grab her wrist 

"Hope we have a game tomorrow night, would you wear my away Jersey tomorrow to school and to the game? If you say no I understand... maybe I should..."

She interrupts me "of..off... of course" she rushes out. I smiled ear to ear and I hand her the Jersey. "Here you go and I promise it is clean." She smiles so big.

"Oh one more thing you're beautiful when you smile and I was kinda wondering umm if you would umm like to hang out at my place after the game?"

"Sure I will ask mom, but I'm sure she doesn't care since you just live down the road."

I go home and shower then message her a quick message.

A: Sleep good love.

H💕: You too. I had a lot of fun tonight, I haven't had that much fun in a while. Goodnight ❤❤.

A: You to love ❤💖

After that I go to sleep.