Hearts' Desire

Chapter Two

Tobin's P.O.V.

Senior year of high school. It's supposed to be the best year in high school, our final year of high school. There shouldn't be anything to worry about except college. And at this point, we should kinda have our lives sorted out. We should know by now who our true friends are.

But I don't. Everything is just a mess for me. I don't even know if attending college is in my field of vision. I don't know how my future is going to play out. I don't know if I'm even going to make it somewhere in life.

Thalia tells me that I'm going to make it somewhere in life, but do I really believe that? Do I really believe that in the end I'll find happiness?

I let out a sigh as I take my soccer cleats off and throw them into my duffle. We just finished soccer practice and I wait outside the locker room for my teammate, Christen Press.

"Look who we have here." I hear a familiar voice say. I turn around and see Servando Carrasco standing in front of me.

I take a step away from him, not wanting to deal with him. Especially today.

"Get the hell away from me." I mumble as he takes one step closer to me.

"Who says I have to listen to your rules?" He says and I see him start to raise his fist up until I hear someone yell his name. Then, my teammate Alex Morgan appears.

"Servando, let's go." She says pulling him away from me. He rolls his eyes as he storms away towards his car.

"I'm sorry about him, Tobs. He never knows when to stop." Alex says. She grabs my arm and looks me with her ocean blue eyes. "Are you okay? Did he hurt you?" She asks.

"I'm fine, thanks." I say. I feel my cheeks begin to turn red. Thankfully, it was dark enough so it wasn't noticeable.

"Well, I better get going before the guy kills someone." Alex says as she lets go of my arm with a small smile. "I'll see you tomorrow." Alex says before walking away towards Servando's car.

I let out a deep breath, one that I didn't realize I was holding.

"There you are!" Christen says as she runs towards me.

"I've been waiting here for like ten minutes." I say with a small laugh.

"Whatever. Let's go I have my dogs to feed." She says as we walk to my car together.

I drive her to her house like I do after every practice.

"Thanks, Tobs. I'll see you tomorrow!" Christen says when we pull up in front of her house.

"You don't have to keep saying thank you. I drive you every day." I say with a small laugh.

"I know. I just wanna show how much I love and appreciate you." She says back with a smile.

"Well, get out of my car. You have to feed your dogs." I say with a laugh.

Alright... I'm going." Christen says as she unbuckles her belt and gets out of my car. She walked over to my side and I rolled down my window.

"But I really love you Tobs. You're my best friend." Christen says as she kisses my cheek and walks away.

I sit in my car for a few minutes, shocked at what just happened. She meant it as friends right? Of course she did, that's all we are.

I let out a sigh as I drive to the townhouse that my sister and I live in. The entire drive back all I thought about was Christen and of course Alex. And I honestly had know idea what I was thinking.

When I got back home I walked in through the front door and see my sister, Thalia sitting at the kitchen table with dinner already prepared.

"You didn't have to prepare all this." I say as I sit down across from her.

"Well, I felt like it. We got out of practice early today so." Thalia says with a shrug.

*

Later that night as I sat in bed, I thought about the same people. Alex and Christen. Alex was always on my mind. Her smile, her eyes and just about everything about her. But today, I found myself thinking about Christen and I had know idea why.

I never thought about Christen as much as I did now. It was weird. She was my best friend.

I heard a knock on my door and Thalia appears in the door frame.

"You should be in bed." I say as I close my laptop.

"You should be in bed." She says as she walks into my room and sits across from me.

"I know... I've just got a lot on my mind."

"Like what?"

"Stuff that isn't important." I say not wanting to explain everything.

"Well whatever it is, don't let it bring you down. Push it behind you if it's not important, don't let it take over. You have other stuff to worry about, don't add more stress on yourself."

I look at my sister and smile at her. I wrap her into a hug and hold her tight.

"I love you, thank you."