A Shot At Love

Chapter 15~ One month later

Last month was like a movie, something you would never expect to happen in real life. So much had changed in such a short span of time.

After the incident with my parents , we sat down and had a serious talk about everything. They explained to me, and told me why they wanted me to take next year off of school. After hearing their explanation I understood their reasoning and why they were worried, but I still wasn't on board with everything. So stuff is still unsettled between us but we're getting there.

As for my internship, things have been going really well. I've become friends with a few people who work there. They're a little older than me so the bond isn't tight but its's good enough for the work place. Speaking of which, Nicole and I have become good friends. We aren't to the point where we tell each other our life story, but we do hang out here and there, outside of work.

Now Trey is a complicated story. After the night where we talked on the phone, we built up a good friendship. We text each other daily, and spend time together more so than not. Though sometimes things do get a little weird between us. I catch myself thinking about him in more than a friend way. I admire his lips and and check out his body more than I should, But I seriously can't help it.

I talked to Martha about it, and she told me that it's healthy to feel this way about someone, especially in my situation, but that doesn't stop me from panicking any less. So many thoughts run in my head daily, wondering whether being around him, and feeling like this is okay. It worries me how Nicole and I are friends and I have romantic feelings towards her longtime ex-boyfriend. Not only that, but he's still in love with her. This could only end badly.

Though the thing that worries me the most is that he keeps creeping up in my mind. The one who brought out this paranoid side of me. It's scary, because what if it's a sign that I should stay away from Trey. I hate feeling scared and panicked around him, but I can't help it.

He has changed so much in my life in the length of a couple months. My mental state has turned around majorly. If someone would have asked me two months ago if I believed in love or relationships, I would have gave them a whole monologue on why I didn't believe in any form of romance, but now i'm not so sure what my answer would be.

I'm in the middle of writing a huge English paper, and my mind is completely clouded. So many thoughts are running through my head, to the point I can't even think straight. I throw my pencil down and and replace it with my phone.

A smile creep up on my face when I see I have a missed call. I call back and wait for the person on the receiving end to answer. On the third ring, I finally hear a hello.

"What are you bugging me for now Trey?" I say sarcastically, as a huge smile lays on my face.

He laughs at my greeting before giving me an answer. " You know, I got bored so I though I should bless you with my presence. I'm picking you up in 20 minutes."

"Your're black, so you do know how black parents work right?" His beautiful laugh engulfs my ears once again, before I continue. "You do realize that i'm about to get interrogated by my parents. And the worse question will be, 'who are you going with'. "

"But you love me so much that you'll go through the interrogation anyway just to hang out with me." I shake my head at his stupidity, before telling him that i'll see him in 20.

After answering a thousand and one of my parents questions, they finally let me go. Bringing up the fact that I was 17 and that it was a Saturday, seemed to do the trick.

I put on some actual clothes, other than my pajamas, and check to make sure I look okay.

What have you turned into? Making yourself look good for a guy?

I shake the though from my head, and try to give myself some confidence. I take a deep breath, and begin to convince myself that this is nothing but a harmless hangout, even though I know that its's not.

I get a text from Trey, letting me know that he's outside, and my heart instantly quickens.

Well, let the night begin.

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"A stream, really?" We've been driving for about 30 minutes non-stop, with me begging and pleading Trey to tell me where we were going, and turns out, it's a stream.

"Yeah. I know it's not the ideal place to hang out, but I really just needed to get away. Just some peace and quiet." We start walking closer to the lake and I give him a puzzled look. "What?" he questions, once he notice my stare.

"Are, you alright? Whenever someone wants to get away and have peace and quiet, it usually means that somethings wrong. "

A smile lights up his face and he shakes his head. "No, nothings wrong. I just been having a lot on my mind. I'm fine, I just kinda wanted a break. Try to escape my thoughts."

I don't say anything back, I just give him a nod, letting him know that I understand. We take a seat by the stream, and take in the scenery. After minutes of silence, I finally decide to break it.

"It's really beautiful out here." I state, while looking around.

"So are you." I snap my head towards trey, and automatically meet his eyes.His eyes bore into mine, like he's searching for something he lost. He begin to lean in and I start debating on whether I want him to stop or not.

"Trey we can't do this." I whisper as his breath fans over my lips.

"And why not?" He ask while looking at me dead in the eyes.

"Because Nicole. Your're still in love with her." I say as my voice shakes. His lips is still extremely close to mines and I have no clue on how to react.

"But i'm here with you." Trey states, which sends my heart into a frenzy.

"Nicole, she's my friend. I can't do that to her. That's why we have to be just friends." I inform him, my voice barely audible.

"You know dam.n well that I can't be just friends with you Autumn." And at that moment,Trey lips touches mine.

Our lips begin moving in sync, and I grab Trey by his cheeks. He then pulls me into his lap as we try to get more of each other. His lips still taste the same as the other times that we've kissed. It's like I get lost in the feeling every time, and I forget about reality.

We kiss each other for awhile, before Trey breaks the kiss and whisper "fall"

"What?" I say breathing heavily.

"Your name, Autumn. It's like fall. I'm gonna call you, fall."

I begin laughing hysterically in his face. "Is that really what you've been thinking about that whole time. That's kinda insulting." He then chuckles along with me, but starts protesting.

"No, no. It just occurred to me. That's why I pulled away." Once he says this, I climb out of his lap and sit next to him. I take a deep breath, before turning my head to look at him.

"You do realize that if we get into this it's going to cause so many complications?"

I can't believe i'm actually giving this a thought.