The day I forgave her, as we were all leaving the conference room to go to our rooms, I received a text from Christen.
Christen: Wanna take a walk?
Tobin: Why? Is it urgent?
Christen: Cause you forgave me and I wanna repay your kindness. Also, we need to clear some things up asap.
I smiled unconsciously, and Amy and Lauren immediately noticed, before whispering something to each other.
"Christen?" Lauren smirked, reprising a chuckle.
"Duh" Amy answered for me.
"Just shut up" I said, still with a stupid smile on my face.
I texted Christen a 'yes' and, as soon as I saw her walk out of the conference room, I got up from the couch to follow her before she disappeared in the darkness.
"I'm gonna go... take a walk" I mumbled, even though the girls already knew what was going on. "Can you guys cover for me?"
"Yes, you go get your girl" Lauren chuckled, nodding her head slightly.
As I was leaving, Lauren and Amy started gossiping around with Alex, Kelley and Allie about me and Christen, but I didn't pay much attention to them. I was just eager to know what Christen had to tell me.
When I opened the door, the air outside was so cold that I immediately froze and started shivering.
"Canada, right?" Christen smiled, giving me her own jacket.
"No, you can take that. I'm gonna adapt soon."
"I insist."
I put it above my t-shirt and we started wandering in silence on the sidewalk, waiting for someone to have the guts to say something.
"Why are you doing this?" I finally found the courage to ask her, making her stop.
"Because people are telling you stuff that isn't real. I am not back with Nima, we're just friends. I talked to him about me and you, and he understood. When he kissed me he didn't know."
"Chris, I-"
"I care about you Tobin. In fact, I think that I- I love you."
"I love you too, but I'm afraid that right now love isn't enough."
I could see the sadness and fear in her eyes, afraid of what was about to come, so I took her hands in mine and smiled at her.
"It's just that... I really need you, and I don't know if I can trust you. If all this goes to hell once again I don't know if I'll be able to... be okay."
"It won't happen again, I swear. I have never felt this way about anyone before, and even though I was scared at first, it felt right to be in love with you."
I didn't say anything, mostly because I didn't know what could fit in the situation.
"At practice, what did you mean by 'not meant to be'?" she asked, suddenly.
"It feels like maybe the universe is telling us to go on different paths. I don't think that you and I are supposed to be together" I answered, starting to not believe my own words.
"Based off of what? Tobin, all I know is that my path is supposed to meet yours cause it wouldn't have meaning otherwise."
After that, she just kissed me on the spot and left me completely stunned.
"I am really sorry" she just whispered, moving away from me.
When I opened my eyes and saw hers, all shiny and hopeful, all I could think about was our future and us.
I wrapped my arms around her and kissed her again, before on the neck and then on the cheek, and then finally on the lips.
I had missed her. I had missed her soft skin and her light touch when she caressed my arm before going to sleep. I had missed hugging her in my bed, and kissing her head when she fell asleep. I had missed all of her, from the tiniest scratch to those big eyes that radiated happiness everyday.
I had missed her and I was never gonna let her go again.
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