Next Lifetime

Chapter 3

5 years later

"NICCCHHOOOLLLAAASSSSSS"

Growling under the covers I threw on sweat pants and walked out to see what the hell Megan wanted she's been trying to hang around me a lot lately since I came back from school. Always trying to get me to hang out with her, Shawnna and Haley now I don't mind Haley she's always been reserved and pretty much like me. Megan and Shawnna just want me to take them out to places in my car so they can show off to their friends.

"What Megan"

I snapped at her, now at seventeen she's calmed down on her blackmailing and scheming ways and is just a bratty seventeen-year-old. Her eyes widen not expecting me to snap.

"Mom and dad went to work could you take us to the mall"

"No, it is ten in the morning I'm tired ask Michelle"

I said to her a bit calmer after seeing the hurt look on her face when I snapped.

"She's gone too, come on Nick she always takes us the only thing you do is hang with Lindsay or one of those girls that you sleep with when you come home, you never want to hang with us. Ever since Amber left you changed. . ."

She states glaring at me. Wow, Amber I haven't thought of her in years. I sighed to myself because I knew she was being dramatic I just took her and the others to the movies. She thinks her acting skills are going to work on me think again.

"Megan quit being dramatic you know I still spend time with you guys, now I'm tired go away"

I deadpanned knowing I won when the same evil glint came to her eyes. Walking away before she could say anything else I went back to bed but stopped when I saw the picture of Amber and me on my nightstand. Even though I don't think of her as much I couldn't bring myself to burn this picture of us. We were 16 it was before she moved away we were at the park and had went to six flags before. Wow it's been five years, five years since she left without a goodbye and has stopped all contact with me. There were times I couldn't help but wonder how she was but now, now I just can't bring myself to care because if I do I may just end up falling in love with her again and I vowed to never let her have my heart again. But if I ever do see her again I will have only these questions. Why? Why did she leave without telling me? Why did she stop all contact?

Hell who would of have thought that moment was coming sooner than ever? I had woken up the next morning and took my morning jog around the beach, I had a stupid dream of Amber last night that she was back. She was so gorgeous, and I was happy that she was back, I have to run, I have to run off my feelings towards her why the hell am I even dreaming of her? Closing my eyes as I ran one more time around the beach as I thought of Lindsay, my family and just everything else so I couldn't think of her. I was towel drying my head as I walked into the house to see the back of a huge curly afro head girl. I didn't pay any mind thinking it was just one of my mom's natural friends ever since she started transitioning she has met all kinds of women who are on the same journey blah blah blah.

"NICK!! Are you not going to say hi"?

My mother screeches at me, rolling my eyes and huffing I ran back down the stairs to say hi and bye only to come face to face to the very girl that I have been trying to forget. The very girl who is now a woman and more beautiful than ever, you would think happiness was surging through me but it was nothing but anger, anger that I thought I had let go. I could feel the blood in my veins turn ice cold as I stare into the woman's eyes I couldn't help but use to get lost into. The very woman when at the age of 15 we lost our virginities together only for her to leave and to never contact. Looks like Amber is back. Her smile was hesitant as she tried to shake my hand. Yeah, my fucking hand scoffing I had turned away ignoring my mother's screams and drove off. I didn't have a destination in mind I just had to drive because there was no way I was ready for that confrontation with Amber.