New Beginnings

Chapter Six

Chapter 6:

Tobin regretted going out on a Thursday night. Waking up with a pounding headache and dazed vision on a day when you have early morning English class wasn't the smart thing to do. Slowly but eventually, she dragged herself out of bed, threw on a pair of shorts and t-shirt, put her hair up, and headed out the door. JJ looked much better than she did. Tobin guessed it was because JJ left right after her and Christen fought so she wasn't nearly as hungover or tired.

"You look awful," JJ said as Tobin took her seat next to her and immediately shot a glare her way, "Party a little too hard last night?"

"You could say that, why did you leave so soon is the better question?" Tobin asked trying not to let JJ realize that she and Alex overheard her and Christen's conversation.

JJ nervously looked up at the ceiling, "I wanted to be able to function in class the next morning unlike someone plus I wasn't really in the mood."

Tobin let out a small laugh cause in all her years, she was never one to hide things, "I overheard your fight with Christen."

That made Julie snap her eyes down and look directly at Tobin with her jaw slightly clenched, "Do. Not. Tell. Anyone."

Neither cared about the professor who was teaching about Edgar Allen Poe and his best stories as they held contact for a few seconds.

"Alex overheard too," Tobin added to the fire even though she knew JJ was not happy.

Slamming her laptop shut, she roughly stood up and walked out of class which stunned Tobin but quickly realized that she better follow.

"Yo JJ, dude, I'm sorry. Why is it such a big deal?"

After awhile, JJ stopped and turned to face her, "Cause I came to college to get away from that but here I am with HER and two of my friends already know about our past. That's the last thing I wanted."

"I honestly think both of you are being childish like obviously you both still like each other."

"Don't even say that," JJ growled out, "you have no idea what happened!"

Tobin wanted to live to see the next day so she knew if she was going to get anywhere with this conversation, she needed to go with a different approach, "Okay how bout we go get coffee and you tell me however much you want?"

As the pair walked to the campus coffee shop, Tobin shot Alex a quick text.

Find Christen and bring her to the coffee shop. We're gonna play match maker. -Tobin

I don't think we should get involved... -Alex

If you do it, I'll take you out on a date ;) -Tobin

Fine I'll text you when we get there. -Alex

Walking into the shop, they both ordered their usuals and sat at a random table since not a lot of people where there.

"Okay wanna explain?" Tobin asked taking a small sip from her cup.

"We grew up around the same area of California so our teams always played. We got very intense with each other whenever we played like I think almost all my yellows ever in club were against her. But then after one game, I was driving home and accidentally fender bendered someone. And of course it was her. So I personally thought she was going to kill me but it turned out that she was a lot nicer off the field like she completely understood, apologized for slamming on her breaks, and we probably spent a good thirty minutes just talking. We exchanged numbers and went our separate ways. On the field, we still hated each other but after every game we started going out to dinner or ice cream together. Quickly, we became really good friends and I let it slip to her that I was gay and she just kissed me. Out of the blue. That's how we started dating."