What If We Had It All

Chapter 6 This Is The Moment

Henry dropped me at the front porch of my house and as I got inside notifications kept piling in from my phone. I pulled it out to see a bunch of text messages from no one else but Owen. Angry to the core at why the hell he keeps texting me after everything he did and didn't do. I answered, yes I actually answered, he continued to apologize for yesterday while also asking if I'd be willing to meet him up in ten minutes at Machiato's to talk. Honestly, a part of me wanted to say NO! But I think I still may have a soft spot for him so I agreed. Luckily for me my dad was at work and my mom was at the supermarket so sneaking out the house wasn't much of a problem. As I walked into Machiato's I saw him sitting right where we first met, at the counters four seats away from the cashier's booth. As I walked up to him, he tried to approach me with a hug but I brushed him off because I was still pretty pissed at what he did to me. We both ordered our drinks, the Caramel brownie macchiato. It was during this little meeting I found out that Owen and Veronica had broken up, the supposed 'POWER COUPLE' was no more, shocking! Apparently Veronica cheated on him with a senior from Hillview, a rich, white ,prep school. While he was sad about the break up he claimed that he wasn't too surprised about it and that he knew that Veronica was too good to be true. I replied to his statement saying "Honestly, I knew you were too good to be true." "Oh yeah about that.....I am soo sorry about what happened, the not telling you about what school I'm from, or the snub after class or even the laughing and not checking to see if your okay, know that I'm really sorry about all those things," Owen said. I was honestly touched by his apology. Like did he mean what he said, maybe he isn't a beast after all. So I decided that before I settled on a conclusion, some interrogation needed to happen. "So why did you do it.....pretended like I did not exist," I asked. "Well truthfully, I knew since the moment I talked to you at this shop I liked you and that you were the most beautiful person I ever saw. You were soo young and charming and soo fun to be around that I didn't think you felt the same way about me plus I was with Veronica and I thought if I pretended that you didn't exist then I would be able to forget about you and focus on the situation I was in with Veronica. Look, I know what I did to you was wrong and I'm owning it now and I'm saying I'm sorry, with that being said I know it's a lot to take in right now but would you mind going out with me tomorrow night?" Touched by his statement, I couldn't believe my ears, this was all I ever wanted and this is what I'm getting. It's actually happening.