𝘙𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸..

𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝙄𝙁𝙏𝙀𝙀𝙉

𝘐'𝘓𝘓 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘛𝘖𝘔𝘖𝘙𝘙𝘖𝘞.

Terricka's heart fluttered at the sound of Noah confessing his love for her.

"But I—..." Noah began to say.

The thing about buts is they always lead to something you absolutely don't want to hear.

And in this case, it led to a door being slammed in Terricka's face. A door in which held endless possibilities on the other side.

Some may have been good, some may have been bad. But opening that door was truly the prize Terricka needed.

"But...?"She said.

Noah sighed and said, "....I can't be with you."

Terricka shifted in her seat as her heart began to race. She knew this was a bad idea.

Nothing good has ever come from falling in love with a man who's heart had already been broken.

Noah noticed the disappointed look on her face and reached for her hand.

Terricka quickly snatched it back.

"I—I shouldn't have said anything."

"Terricka—"

"No, its fine, I'll be fine."

"Terricka I'm not at a place in my life where I want to be tied down."

"Tied down?"

Noah sighed and said, "You know what I mean."

Terricka placed her hand on her hip and said, "No I don't know what you mean so please elaborate."

"I—"

"I spent weeks battling with myself on whether or not I should tell you how I truly feel and I finally built up the courage, you shut me out. And then this!" She bitterly chuckled.

She took a deep breath and said, "I thought that telling you at this time would be a bad idea due to your mothers passing, but..your telling me you cant be with me because you don't want to be tied down. What does that even mean?"

"Thats not what I'm saying."

"Then what is it?"

"I don't know who I am anymore Terricka..."

"Wha— I don't understand what you're saying."

"I can't be loved right now, when I'm not even sure if I love myself. I hid behind the mask of being a playboy and never really took the chance to actually learn myself. I've never been in a serious relationship before. I'm not denying you I'm just asking you to let me learn how to properly love and appreciate myself first before attempting to love someone else."

Noah grabbed her hand and said, "You deserve a love that I don't know how to give you yet. Just give me time."

Terricka honestly didn't know what she was expecting. Did she expect for Noah to just automatically change his ways for her, especially during this time.