A Shot At Love

Chapter 17~No one knows

This morning I woke up feeling afraid. It's Monday,and it seems like these past weeks I've been scared of them. I have to go to school and pretend that there's nothing going on between Trey and I.

It's hard not to assume that he's embarrassed of me, or our relationship, but I understand where he's coming from. Nicole is my friend, and I do't want to hurt her. She was the first person that welcomed me, when I started working as an intern. 

Trey said that he's coming to pick me up for school today. He said he was coming a little early so that we can have some time together, as a couple, before we get thrown into the world of "just friends." 

So that caused me to have to tell Jailen that I wasn't able to pick her up this morning, which started up 101 questions. After dodging most of her questions with, I'll tell you later's and answering her simple one's, I finally was able to get off the phone with her. 

I haven't necessarily told her that I gave Trey a second chance. I was worried about whether I made the right decision or not, and also how she'd react to it. Though I know today I won't be able to dodge my way through all her questions, and curiosity. 

The second I see Trey pull up, I jump up, say bye to my family, and head out the door. I get into the passenger seat of Trey car, and instantly put my seat belt on. He pulls out of my drive way, and begin to drive down the street. 

I then look at him confused when I see that he's pulling into an abandon gas station that's a block away from my house. I begin to ask him why he stopped here, when all of a sudden he kisses me. 

It seems as if every time we kiss, it just gets better and better. The feeling is so uncanny, it's like i'm floating in the air. Even just being around him makes me feel like i'm floating on cloud nine. I just wish I could feel this way all the time, but the school situation gets in the way of that. I hate that we have to go to school and pretend that there's no relationship between us what so ever.

"What's wrong?" Trey ask. I look at him puzzled, not understanding what he means. " You weren't really kissing me back. I mean at least not with effort." 

That's when it dawns on me that thinking about school had got me upset, and controlled my thoughts.

"Oh, um, I was just thinking about school you know? How we're gonna have to just walk past each other in the hallway, like we mean absolutely nothing to each other." 

"Come on, you know that's not true. We both know that's not true. We obviously mean something to each other, and we don't have to act like the other person doesn't exist. We can act like friends, that's not a problem at all." Trey says as he grabs my hand and looks me in the eyes. He pecks my lips before starting the car and riding off. 

"So what do we say if someone sees us getting out the car together." I say in an irritated tone.

"I mean you don't always have to answer someones questions, but if you feel the need to, just tell them that your car broke down, and you needed a ride to school." He says, ignoring my smart attitude. 

"First of all, I'm not the only person in my house that knows how to drive. I could simply have one of my family members drive me to school. So that's a dumb excuse." I snap. I don't understand where my attitude just came from but i'm mad. 

"What is your problem? Are you that mad that we have to keep this a secret for a little while? I'm sorry that i'm not ready to have the whole school talking about our relationship. I'm sorry that i'm not ready to have Nicole hating my guts, because whether you like or not, I do still love her." 

"Well why are you in this relationship with me?" I say in an angry voice. 

"Because, believe it or not, I like you, a lot. And Nicole is your friend why would you want to hurt her?" He questions me.