Real life

Chapter 22

Tanner's POV

"Goodnight baby" I say to my phone, looking at her beautiful face. Even with no makeup, pj's with messy hair and glasses she is still the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen in my entire life. "I love you" I say even though she is now asleep and cannot hear me.

I press the red button on my phone to hang up the phone and set it down on my nightstand. I look up at the sky, the stars shining and everytime I look at it now I can't think but remember me and Brooklyn laying here looking at the same stars.

God I miss her.

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"So I have off work for 3 days next week and I was thinking that maybe I could come down and see you," I told Brooklyn.

She doesn't say anything. Now I'm worrying. What if she doesn't want me to come see her. What if she thinks we're a bad idea?

Tanner calm down. You're overreacting.

And then the phone hangs up. Omg I think to myself and rub my hand across my face. What have I done? Then finally a wave of relief falls over me when I see sweetheart pop up on the screen and my phone rings.

"Hey, my phone froze, sorry about that" she says. "It's all good, so what do you say?" I ask her. "Of course you should definitely come to see me". "Great but I think that we should tell your brother" I got back in touch with Dylan at the beginning of the summer and he doesn't know that I am dating his sister and I should probably tell him.

"Ok yeah that's a good idea considering that Camry is chomping at the bit to spill the beans" she says and we both laugh.

I hung up the phone after saying goodnight to Brooklyn and then decided to call Dylan. I press his name on my phone and let it ring. "What's up Tanner?" he says, answering the phone after a couple of rings. "I thought I would call you and tell you that I am going to be in Georgia this week visiting a friend and I was hoping we could hang out" I say nervously. "Yeah man just hit me up" We talk for a few more minutes and then say our goodbyes and hang up.

I sit in my room thinking about all of the things I want to do with Brooklyn and how much fun we are going to have. I look at the corner of my dresser and grab my hat. I picked it up and looked at the polaroid picture that I stuck in there when we took it.

I remember that night and how happy I was to see her. I remember how good she made me feel and how around her I felt like I was in a completely different world, a world of Brooklyn.

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I am 5 hours into my road trip to Georgia. I opted to drive instead of fly to save a lot of money and also I love to be in the truck and look out at the surroundings and have peace and quiet all to myself.

My phone rings and I pick it up, it's Dylan. "Hey dude whats up" I say. "Hey, what are you doing?" he asks me. "I'm just about an hour away from Atlanta I tell him. How about you?". "Oh I'm just on my way back from school." I had almost forgotten that it was a Friday and people still had school.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go out with Me and Camry tomorrow?"he asks. "Yeah that sounds good. I don't think I have anything going on tomorrow so I should be available." I told him.

"Just so you know I think Brooklyn is going to come too. How long has it been, 15,16 years?" He says. "Oh yeah it has been a long time." "I'm sure she will be glad to see you,"he says. "It'll be good to see her" I say and then tell him bye and hang up the phone.

I only talked to him for a little bit but I just hate lying to one of my best friends about his own sister. It feels wrong and I just want to tell him but I am going to wait until tomorrow and tell him with Brooklyn.

I pull up my text messages from Brooklyn and find the address she sent me. After a few minutes it takes me to find the place I finally pull up and into the driveway I get out of my car, grab my bag and head inside. I walk up to the front door and I decide to knock.

Brooklyn should be home since she said that she would be and it's Friday, one of her days off. I hear noise inside and then finally I see that beautiful face of hers as she opens the door. In sweatpants and a t-shirt she looks so good. Her clothes fit her curves and hug her in just the right places.

"Hi," Brooklyn says in an energetic voice. "Hey" I say back and step into the house. It's a small but yet good size for a house.

Brooklyn Jumps up into my arms and I drop my bag, wrapping my arms around her and holding her close. We kiss like we have never kissed before. Her mouth has a comfort to it every time it meets mine. She comforts me when I see her.

"I missed you" She says pulling off her shirt as fast as she can and I walk further into her house trying my best to navigate the bedroom while still holding her. I find it and walk inside. She takes her arm and pushes open the door. Making sure our lips stay together.

I put her down gently and took off my shirt. We completely undress and then fall into bed.