Love Journey

21. The Second Chance

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Troy Stevens

She walks off smiling and this time I don't follow, Nikki forced me to talk to her, after long deliberation, "If she's the one that you're thinking about all the time, why don't you just talk to her", her words stay with me, I should thank her because that went better than I expected.

"I see you took my advice" her voice calls from behind me,

"Yea I kinda did" she comes around sitting next to me, offering me some of her chips,

"But I really need to know"

"Know what?"

"You really thought I liked you?" She laughs snorting,

"What else was I to think? Random girl just offers to chill and that's normal? I didn't even sense you were gay" she continues laughing as I explain, her contagious laughter spreads to me,

"Troy you real funny though, like fam I was just being nice and you always look so lonely"

"Oh, I guess I just don't know anyone here"

"And now yuh do, and a sweet girl to talk to" she quips

"Yea, she is sweet" I say thinking of the way she just came with me, Guess I have to be more forceful,

"That's not what sweet girl means but ok" she gives me an awkward, understanding laugh, wasn't sure what was so funny but whatever.

Nikki drives me home, and I show her where Sam lives, she parks and begin to talk but I really want to get inside and call her,

"What's the rush?" she says casually,

"Oh, no rush I'm cool" I lie getting comfortable in the passenger seat,

"You can't lie for shit" I laugh sheepishly, good thing she is cool about it, maybe I missed Sam a little only a little, seeing her most days and fighting the urge to go talk to her was the most annoying part of it all, having to see her and not being able to see her face as we talked, a quirky expression between "I hate you" and "you're so stupid", I like it even though I think she hates me with all her being, but today proved different.

As soon as I got inside I went directly to my room, as usual mum wasn't home yet and I have the house all too myself because my grandfather went by Aunty Ava. I take a quick shower before going to my room to "get ready" to talk to her.

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Samantha Eden

I make it home on my own, since Denise left early, again, I hardly speak to her now but I wasn't bothered by it, this is usual Denise, she'd get so star struck by a new boy and go awol for a few days.

Troy Stevens.

His muscular frame haunts my thoughts all the way home, it is just something about him, no matter how hard I try he'd always be on my mind, or standing in front of me. The most infuriating human I've ever met, but my body and mind yearns for him, I lied when I said I didn't think about the first day we met, that was all I could think about, or the day he cradled my shoulder for warmth. I make my decision, I need to stop living in the past, forget about... I can't even remember his name, uhh whatever his name was, it is time for me to grasp hold of what was in front of me, and it is Troy.

Troy Chocolate Stevens, Has a ring to it, I try to unlock my phone, but I'm so nervous I put the password in incorrectly three times RELAX! My subconscious screamed. I finally get it unlocked and before I could message him his name popped up,

Troy🙄: Hey 😉

To the average person small little yellow emoji means nothing, of course, but when you have the sultry images of Troy performing a wink, it meant so much more, like a soft wave of kisses down your abdomen and stopping before it got any further, just enough to send thrills through your body but never enough to please your actual needs, I blink wildly as I realize I am so engrossed in thoughts of him I didn't reply,

Sam😈😻: Hi😊

Troy🙄: Was beginning to think someone stole you

Sam😈😻: And what if they did?

Troy🙄: I'd have to fight for you then😁

Troy🙄: So can I call now?

Sam😈😻: I didn't necessarily say yes now did I, and besides why do you want to call so much huh?

I wait for his response for a few seconds, but he didnt reply, instead Kehlani's voice explodes into my room,

"Hel-"

"I love hearing your voice" he interrupts, He loves hearing my voice? Loves. I blush lightly in the emptiness of my room,

"Oh" the only word I can muster without sounding too excited that he LOVES my voice,

"Yea, from on the plane, it shocked me a little" he utters sounding less of his charismatic self,

"Oh" SAY SOMETHING ELSE!,

"Troy got your tongue?" he asks and there it is, the spontaneous sound of him chuckling,

"Oh shut up, I was doing something" I lie as I grab my books and sit on the floor,

"Righttttt"

We speak about everything, he tells me about the girl, who I now know as Nikki, his gay friend, I feel so stupid, I was jealous for no reason, not necessarily she was messing my MY Troy, yes MY TROY. He is mine, he just didn't know it yet,

"You could send me a picture of your tat?" I ask, I really just wanted to see him without his shirt, I actually wanted to say 'Can you undress my slowly and take me to new heights, and as my eyes burst open for a quick glismpe of you I glance at your tat?',

"Sure give me a sec" I hear rustling on the on the other end of the phone before the click of his camera sounds, "Hey, so you want to play a game?"

"Boy if you say 21 questions imma come over there and slap you" we both laugh in unison,

"Why you hating on 21 questions? And you wanna come over?" he sniggers as he asks,

"Cause it's just a quick way for you to ask me if I'm a virgin or not" That's basically how it goes every time, he thought his ass was slick, "Uh I mean if you invite me".