Life With Trent Harmon

Part 12: Facetime and Top 14

You're sitting next to Ashley on the couch and Mrs. Cindy turns off the tv and looks at y'all. "Well... Another week.." She says excitedly! You smile at her as Ashley says "I'm so proud of him, Mama C! Did you know he made it through this week?"
"No! He won't tell me anything.. Did you know (y/n)?" Mrs. Cindy asks looking at you.!
"No mam" you say as you smile at her. "He keeps saying we have to find out like the rest of America!"
You click the lock button on your phone and see it's already 10:00. Before the screen goes dark again, your back ground catches your eye. A picture from the night before he left.
Mrs. Cindy walks into the kitchen laughing and Ashley looks over at clay who is asleep on the other side of her and then at you. "I can't believe he's already been gone 3 weeks."
You look up from your phone and say "I was just thinking that... In someways, it seems like it was just yesterday.." You pause to try to get the lump out of your throat and then make eye contact with her and say "and other ways I feel like he's been gone for months.."
"I know.." She says with a sad smile "but he should be home soon!! I miss him too.."
Clay opens his eyes and looks at the tv and then over at you. "Oh.. Did he not make it to top 14?" He says, sitting up.
"No!" You smile and say "he made it! We were just talking about how much we miss him!"
"Oh! that's awesome!!" He says as Mrs. Cindy walks back into the living room with brownies.
"Oh mama C!!" Clay says as she brings them over to him. She laughs and you take one from the plate and unlock your phone.
You open your messages and click your message thread with Trent and stare at the last message.
"Hey boo. Im at your parent's and we are about to watch.. Not sure what you're up to but I miss you. Any news on when you'll be home??"
You see "read at 8:33 pm" under the message and take a deep breath and click the message button.
"Hey baby. Congrats on making it to top 14! I know you're busy. But I just wanted to tell you that I'm proud of you and I'm so ready to see you.."
You hit send and go back to listening to the playful banter between Clay, Ashley, and Randi Kathryn.
"No I was the one who talked him into trying out." RK says loudly as clay shakes his head.
"Nah. It was me." He says quickly.
You laugh and feel your phone vibrate and you quickly unlock it.
"Hey babe! Sorry about earlier, we got called into a meeting and then me and Manny and Dalton and Mack and Tristan and Avalon went and got some bomb sushi.."
"No worries!" You type back, feeling a little sad.
"Did it sound okay? My song?"
"Um yeah." You type "you just get better every song. I don't know how you do it."
"Just doing my best, just like I promised."
You start typing a message back but receive one "can I call you later? I miss you. Maybe a FaceTime?"
"Please." You send back and add "❤️"
"Good. I'm about to do a periscope.. And then I'll call you. It won't be too late, I promise."
You sigh and type "alright. I prolly won't watch periscope cuz I gotta get home and everything.. But I'll be waiting for your call.."
"Okay. Be careful please. Text me when you get home"
"Earth to (y/n)" you hear clay say.
"Oh. Huh??" You say feeling a little  embarrassed.
"What's lover boy saying?"
"Oh he just said that he called into a meeting earlier and then went and ate with the guys and Tristan and Avalon.."
"Hey a meeting is good!" Mrs. Cindy says excitedly. "It means he's still in it!! Didn't they say next week was a AllStar Duets??? I wonder who Trent is singing with"
"Oh my goodness." Clay says "if he sings with my Bae Jordin..."
Ashley looks over at him, with a fake shocked look. "Well.. I mean.." He stutters "my fake Bae.. Cuz you're my one and only.." He winks at her and leans toward her and she laughs as she pushes him away. He kisses her on the cheek and they both laugh.
After a few minutes, you get read to leave and on your way out the door, Mrs. Cindy wraps you in a hug "I know, it's hard. I miss him so much." You hug her back and try to fight back tears.
"I can't imagine how hard this is for you, mama C." You say quietly, still wrapped in her hug.
"It's hard.. But. I know it's hard for you too. Y'all saw a lot of each other before he left.."
You pull out of the hug and smile at her "yes mam.."
She looks at you for a second and says "you love him, don't you?"
You look at her, shocked and breathless.
Before you can answer, her phone rings. She hugs you again and grabs her phone. You wave at her and walk out.
On your way home, you turn the radio up, trying to drown out all of your thoughts.
When you get halfway there, your phone goes off. You glance over at it and see a periscope notification .
"Trent.Harmon.Music. Is live : hangz Witt fam."
You smile to yourself and turn the radio up a little more.
"Who cares if you're all I think about,
I've searched the world and I know now,
It ain't right if you ain't lost your mind
Yea I don't want easy, I want craz
You with me baby? Let's be crazy"