The Right Time (Together-Part 1)(Completed)

Chapter 12

Dorien

That kiss was life-changing. I don't see myself going out with anyone until she is ready for me. I don't know what made me kiss her, but I'm glad that I did. It just confirmed my feelings for her and the way she kissed me back, I know that she has to love me too. The right time will come for both of us, I know it will. I don't see any other options, period.

Zosia

I spend the whole train ride in a daze thinking about our kiss. I've always known that I'm in love with him, but that kiss, just confirmed it for me. I can't see myself with anyone else but him. There are no other alternatives for me, period.

I arrive in my small Ohio town and shoot a text to Dorien letting him know that I made it in and on my way off of the train. He texts me back that he wants to wants to skype tonight and we set up a time. I get off of the train and as I walk around the corner to the lobby area, Se is standing there waiting for me. She looks at me and immediately gives me a hug. I'm glad she came to pick me up. When we pull back, I ask, "So where are we going for dinner?" She answers, "Do you want to go to that Italian restaurant that the guys took us to on our girl's night." My mouth starts to water just thinking about it. I nod my head enthusiastically.

When we get in the car, she asks me, "How are you holding up?" I'm actually doing pretty well considering." I say. "Considering what?" She asks. "I'll tell you at dinner." I say. While she drives us to the restaurant, I tell her about the campus and she tells me about what she and Carly did today. She ends with saying, "If you weren't around Carly would definitely be my best friend." I smile. Carly is really a great addition to our group.

When we're seated at the restaurant, we place our order with the server. When she walks away, I tell Se about the kiss and what Dorien said after. She just looks at me. "What?" I ask feeling my face. "He just staked his claim on you."

"What do you mean?"

"He told you that if any kiss you receive isn't like that, don't waste your time. He knows that no kiss that either one of you gets will be like the one that you shared today. He claimed you." She tells me. "He feels the same way about you. He's just holding back for some reason. He probably did it unintentionally. But he did it. What are you going to do about it?"

"Nothing."

"Why?"

"Because he's five hours away. Because it's going to be hard enough not to see him every day and if we're together it will be torture. I also told him not to come home for a month." I answer.

"What?" She practically yells. I look around and shush her. Lowering my voice, I tell her, "We have to adjust to this and if he's coming home every weekend from the jump, it won't happen. It's going to affect our grades and everything else around us. If we have this month, where we talk on the phone and skype, hopefully the distance thing will get a little easier for us." Se rolls her eyes at me. "If Chris was only five hours away, I would make him come home every weekend." I smile at her. "No you wouldn't." "Why do you say that?"

"Because you are not a selfish person, and you want what's best for Chris. You would probably just do the same thing that I did." I tell her. "You only feel like that because he is so far away." She nods at me thoughtfully.

The server brings our food and we eat and talk about nothing in particular, just having our girl time. When she drops me off at home, my mom is there waiting for me with a hug. "How are you?" She asks. "It's hard mom, but I think that we'll be okay." I tell her. I go on to tell her about having him not come home for a month and she tells me how mature I'm being. "Mature enough to buy a car?" I ask. "Not yet." She says.

"Mom, why can't I have a car?" I ask. "I just don't think you are ready yet?" She says. I haven't figured out yet why I'm not ready and she won't give me an answer, so I have no way to fix what makes her think I'm not ready for a car yet. After we talk a little more, I take my things upstairs and put my dirty clothes in the hamper and the rest of my things away. I pull out my laptop and open it. It's beeping already with a signal from Dorien on skype. I press the accept button and his beautiful face lights up the screen.

Dorien

When I get back to my dorm room, I get myself ready for dinner with my teammates. I think I'm having dinner with the quarterback named Ryan and one of the receivers named Larry. When I meet them at the restaurant, neither one of them is anything like I imagined. They are both shorter than me by about four inches and Ryan has dark hair shaved into a faux hawk and I don't know what color Larry's hair is, because his is shaved bald. We shake hands and sit down. As the dinner goes on, I've come to the conclusion that I will not be hanging around these guys outside of practice and games. I hope that not all of my teammates are like this. The things they do, will get anyone who hangs around them in trouble.

Finally, dinner is over and I decline the invitation to hang out with them. I'm going home, changing clothes and talk to Zose. I get comfortable and open my laptop and press the button to call her. When I see her face, it seems like ages since this afternoon when I dropped her off at the train station. "Hi!" she gives me an enthusiastic welcome. "Hey. How's it going? What did you do after you got off of the train?" I watch her face memorizing it while she tells me what she did. I almost miss her asking me how my dinner went. I tell her what happened. "All through dinner all these guys would talk about is who they screwed and what kind of drugs their taking. I'm kind of hoping that it's some kind of test or prank so that I won't be nervous about playing football with them on the same team."

"You'll figure it out, you always do." She says. I love her faith in me. I wish I had it in myself sometimes. After the whole thing with Raine, I tend to still doubt myself sometimes. She must have read my face because she says, "Don't let anything that Raine did to you doubt yourself. You emerged from that whole situation a lot smarter. I have your back if anything happens." I smile at her. "Thanks, coming from you that means the world to me." We talk a little longer and then reluctantly get off of the computer so we can go to bed in our separate rooms five hours away from each other.

The next day, I find out where my classes will be so I'll be able to navigate the campus to get to them tomorrow. I then go the football stadium and find my locker and put my things inside. On my way out, I run into the coach. "How was dinner last night?" He asks. "It was fine." I say evasively. He looks at me closely. "Will you have any problems playing with them on the field?"

"I can play with anyone on the field, coach. Why?" I ask. "Just wondering. Don't be late for practice in the morning." He says. "I'll see you then." I say walking away. I'm starting to wonder if I picked the right school.