You do Something to Me (mature) (Urban Romance)

Part Two > Chapter 5 > Truth Be Told

>Claire's POV<

I am in my dance studio alone going over a new routine and I am lost in my thoughts as I lose myself in the melody of the song and complexity of the steps. 

It has been a few day since my conversation with Trey at the coffee shop and true to his word he has been the friend that I've needed from the beginning. Sure I still see that look come into his eyes but it isn't long before it disappears.

Sometimes I wonder if this friendship is too much for him or if I am being selfish keeping him in our lives but I don't know if I am that person that can be that selfless and give him up.

Truth be told I need him.

I have come to depend on him and know that he will be there for me...for us. I look back over these few years of our friendship and wonder if I ever gave him a reason to believe that we could have been more??

I don't think so...so should I let him go? To move on with his life in a way I haven't been able to? Trey is the type of man that I would love to fall in love with and help me raise my daughter, but there is just something holding me back. Should I give up on the past and let all my ghosts go? Take this opportunity for something more that he is offering me?

Fuck this shit is so complicated and so messed up all in one.

"Claire!!"

"Shit!!!" Caught so off guard I let my leg drop and stop mid spin only to find myself on my ass on the hardwood floor of the studio.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to catch you off guard like that."

Looking up I find Danielle Trey's friend and a recent friend of mines standing over me extending a hand to help me up while trying to keep the smile off of her face.

"Go ahead and let it out I know you want to laugh." I even crack a smile my self.

"No I'm good. I didn't expect to be this early. I thought your classes start at five?"

"Normally they do." I make my way over to my duffel bag taking out my towel to clean my face of the sweat that was currently running down my back as well. "But with finals and all I decided that seven would be a better time for those that are still able to make it, it's give them a little more study time after class. I was just working on a new routine otherwise I wouldn't have been here my self."

"Oh ok cool...do you want me to come back?" She looks around a little nervously.

"Nah you good. You could warm up if you want and wait for the other girls to arrive or you could practice with me and get a hang of the steps before class starts."

"Cool."

I give her a few moments to remove her clothes and get her self ready. We start by doing a few stretches giving her a chance to loosen her body some. Looking over Danielle I can't help but wonder again why she dresses like she does. I mean she has a great body...shit even I'm a little envious of how tone her stomach is. But she wears baggy pants, loose shirts, and timberland boots often. Couple of times I could have sworn I've even seen her in some of Trey's shirts or pants. But she is a pretty woman with smooth mocha skin and jet black hair that used to flow to her shoulders but she has just recently cut it to be longer on one side while slightly featured on the other coming to a long bang that she had flipped the other day in the coffee shop.

After a few more minutes of silently watching her stretch I just ask her.

"Not trying to be rude or anything but why don't you show off this banging ass body of yours more often?"

"What do you mean?" She looks over at me with her unnaturally black eyes that give her a doe like look. Her corneas are black blending in with her pupils giving her eyes an openness that you don't see often. The first time I locked eyes with her I found myself lost in them for a moment.