Who Do You Love?

-Chapter 2-

-Last Year-

Our hands entertained as we walked down the moonlit path.

Our bodies pressed close enough together to keep us warm.

Duke stopped and pulled me towards him, wrapping his arms around my waist and pressing his lips against mine.

"Oh Kenna," he murmured into my ear. "Mi princesa hermosa," he whispered as he kissed my neck.

Shivers went up my spine.

"I love it when you speak Spanish to me," I whispered as I kissed him back.

It was late at night and we were the only two souls in the whole park. The trees rustled quietly and far away I could hear the cars rushing down the nearby highway.

We continued walking and I leaned my head on Duke's shoulder.

"Where do you see us going?" I asked.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, we've been dating over two years now, and you're like, my best friend. I can't imagine life without you. But you know that I'm entering into the last year of my journalism program, and, I don't know, I'm sick of being stuck here," I grabbed his hand a little tighter as I talked.

He stopped and looked at me. "What do you mean, stuck here?"

"You know," I sighed, turning to look into his brown eyes, "I want to travel. That's why I went into journalism. I lived my whole life overseas, and its killing me to be living in the same place for so long."

Duke shrugged and kept walking, his feet crunching on the gravel.

"You know I still have at least three more years to finish my degree," he responded.

My jaw tightened, I knew where this conversation was headed. The same place it always went whenever I brought up the future.

"And," he continued, "my family is here, and they need my support Kenna, I can't just leave them."

I nodded and tried to hold back the frustration welling up inside me.

"Yeah I know, but what does that mean for us?" I questioned.

Duke sighed and pushed back his hair, clearly exasperated, like me, by the fact that we were having this same conversation again.

"Like I've said before, we've got time to work this out Kenna. Don't worry about it. We love each other, and for now that's all that matters. Everything else will work out, just wait."

He smiled, which clearly signaled an end to the conversation.

I smiled back and leaned up to kiss him, trying to convince myself that he was right.

But I couldn't help the nagging feeling I had that something bad was coming.

Yet as Duke kissed me back, and we made our way back to his car, I pushed those thoughts aside, at peace, for the moment, that I had someone who loved me.

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So here's the second chapter! Thank you for everyone who has been reading and leaving me such kind comments.

I know this chapter is VERY short, but a lot of what I'm doing right now is setting up the two halves of the story. 

Should I post a Jayce AND Duke part in each chapter or keep them separate? 

Let me know. 

Teaser: Jayce and Kenna are finally alone, and things get a little steamy...