A Shot At Love

Chapter 21~Confession

The end of a Friday is possibly one of the best feelings in the world. To know that I don't have to get up for school the next day, or go to work is like heaven on earth. Which brings me here. Happily getting my books out my locker so I can hurry and leave this hell hole everyone else calls school.

I try to reach my book on the top shelf of my locker but i'm too short to get it. All of a sudden, I see a long arm grab the book, which brings a smile to my face. I turn around to see Trey holding my book, with that gorgeous smile on his face.

"You know you are mighty short Ms. Fall." He says while handing me my textbook.

"Am i'm short or are you just a giant?" I ask sarcastically, as I stuff my book into my bag.

"Nope, you're just a midget." He says while leaning in to give me a kiss. I purposely dodge it by turning around to close my locker.

"What your mad at me now?" He playfully ask, wrapping his around my waist. "Cause if you are, then i'm sorry."

"I haven't decided yet." I say, spinning around in his arms.

"Well, how about I make it up to you tonight. Come over." What? My mother is leaving today for a-" I begin to drown him out as the thought cross me.

I push him away from me and shake my head repeatedly. My heart speeds up and begin to shake.

"No no no no no." I say over and over again till I make myself clear. He tries to grab me but I push him back and scream No, once again. I start speed walking away from him, as he constantly calls my name.

I just ignore him though and hurry and walk down the hallway to find Jailen. When I finally do, she's outside by my car with Damieon. I rush over to her, and she instantly can tell that something is wrong.

"H-he h-he he's gonna hurt me." I say the second I reach her. "Please get me home Jailen please."

"Autumn, calm down. What happened?" She ask worried.

"I'll tell you in the car, just get me home please." My voice cracks as begin to full on cry.

Jailen then gets me inside the car, and drives off. The whole way there she begs me to tell her what happened. I just shun her out, and look out the window till we get to my house.

"If you don't tell me what happened then i'm telling your parents about it, and about the other day." Jailen threatens, when she sees me trying to escape the car before explaining to her what went down.

"Please don't tell them. I'm begging you." I plead

"Then tell me what happened. Who was trying to hurt you? Trey?" She ask me puzzled. I just simply nod my head, looking down at my lap.

"What the fuck. Why in hell was he trying to hurt you? did he fucking do?" She interrogate angrily.

"He asked me to spend the night with him. Said that he'll make it up to me for calling me short. He was going to try and force him self on me." Once the words leave my mouth I burst into tears.

"Oh Autumn, he more than likely wasn't meaning it that way." Jailen says, "You can't just jump to conclusion. He probably just wanted to spend some alone time with you in private. and spending time together doesn't necessarily means having sex."

"I know that's why I feel so bad. It's just when he said it I got so scared, I started thinking about that night and I just lost it."

"Autumn you need to let that night go. You can't let that get in the way of you, your relationships, or your future." I just whisper a simple 'I know' while looking at her disappointed.

"You know, Trey's probably worried about you. You have to tell him." She she see me look at her like she's growing two heads, she clarify her words. "Not about everything. I understand it's too soon."

I take her words into consideration and pull out my phone. I begin to text him, when Jailen stops me.

"Not by text or call Autumn. This needs to be done face to face." She tells me in a very clear and stern voice.

I nod my head in approval and send a quick Text to Trey asking him for his address. Afterwards switch seats with Jailen, so I could drive her home. Before we pull off, I call my into "work" and let them know I won't be able to make it.

When I park in front of Jailen house, she gives me a hug and tells me to be safe. She ask me if I wanted her to come with me, but I simply declined. Sometimes she needed a break too. From everything, including my day to day drama. I honestly don't know what I would do without that girl.

When I see her step into her house, I grab my phone to see if I have a new message, which I do. The message is just Trey's address, but my heart still starts picking up. Before I could change my mind, I type in the address into my GPS, and drive off into the direction it tells me to.

When I pull up to Trey house, I pay attention to the outside to try and see what kinda life he lives at home. Me and trey have known each other for about a month and have been dating for about the same, but we never really discussed our home life to each other.

His house covered in peach colored brick, and seems as if it holds about 4 or 5 bedrooms. Plants and flowers are scattered across his yard, and you could easily tell, or assume, that he lives a very peaceful life.

I take a deep breath and get out the car, before I make the mistake and drive away. I hurry and knock on his door, before my conscious react before my brain.

He opens the door wearing nothing but a pair of sweatpants. I keep my eyes focused directly on his face, even though it's very hard to.

"Autumn are you ok?" He says stepping outside on the porch.

"I have paranoia." I say instantly, not being able to hold back anymore. His facial expression looks shocked but he recovers immediately. He slowly reach out to grab my hand which I don't object.

"Come inside and we can talk. I promise I won't hurt you." He says softly, making me feel extremely safe. I tell him ok, and he leads me inside his house. He takes me over to his bug while couch, and we sit down. "You can talk whenever you're ready."

"I have paranoia. Which is why I freaked out like that today. You're my first at everything, and I was just scared you were going to take advantage of me." I explain, trying so hard to avoid making eye contact with him. "I understand if you don't want to be with me because of this, I just had to let you know before we got to far into our relationship."

"Fall don't say that. Of course I still want to be with you. If anything it makes me want to be with you more. It makes you more special." He scoots closer to me and gives me a tight hug.

The feeling of just being in his arms makes me realize how stupid I was for freaking out on him like that today. He's different, he's special.