Life With Trent Harmon

Part 34: Quality Time

You close your eyes and let the sun shine on your face.
"Same bet as last time?" Trent asks, sitting down next to you.
"Sure." You open your eyes and look at him and smile. "But no jumping in the water. Cuz if you get sick, Scott will kill me."
"What makes you think I'm gonna be the one to have to jump in the water?"
"Cuz you're gonna loose" you say matter of factly, teasing Trent.
"We will see about that." He says and then stares at you with a serious look that last for three seconds. Then, he smiles and kisses your cheek.
"I can't believe you took my Nike hat." He says and you shrug.
"I needed a hat."
"So did I." He laughs.
You shrug at him again and toss out your line into the water.
"I can't believe it's already Wednesday.." you say quietly as Trent throws out his line and scoots closer to you.
"Me either..." he says quietly.
"Do you have to leave Saturday?"
"I wish I didn't..." he says as he puts his arm around your waist.
"I wish you didn't either..." you sigh and lay your head on his shoulder. "Or I wish I could go with you. I'm ready to get out of this town..."
"Why?" He asks as he looks down at you. "What's going on?"
"Nothing really..." you say, avoiding eye contact.
"No, babe. Tell me. I can't fix it if you won't tell me.."
"Nothing needs to be fixed really... it's just... I want to be with you. And I feel like I'm useless here. And I hear people talking when they recognize me about how we aren't gonna last because you are about to go on radio tour... and how we are too young to know how we are feeling..."
"That's ridiculous." He says and kisses your head.
"I just miss you so much when you're gone.  And I'm ready to start my life with you..."
He sits quietly for a second. "You know getting married isn't gonna fix everything, right?"
"What do you mean?" You ask as you look up at him.
"I mean... we will get to be together more. But there are still gonna be people talking. And life isn't gonna be simple just because we get married.."
"I know. But we will be together..." you say, feeling tears gather in your eyes and you lay your head on his shoulder again. "I just want to be with you. And I just want you."
You feel him kiss the top of your head again and smile. "I want that too..."
"So, we are having Ash's bachelorette party the last weekend in July.  You say after a few minutes.
"Where at?" He asks.
"Orange Beach... we are going down on Wednesday and coming back on Monday."
"That'll be fun!!" He laughs.
"Yeah! Clay and Matt and the other girl's guys are coming down on Friday or Saturday... cuz you know... Clay and Ashley can't stay away from each other too long.." you laugh.
"Oh.." Trent says quietly.
"I wasn't sure if you could get off any around that time since you'll be off on the fourth but I want you to come if you can. It'll be nice getting to see you."
"I'll see what I can work out." He says as he gets a jerk at his fishing line.
"Good" you laugh as he moves his arm from around you and reels in the line. He looses the fish as he gets it to the bank and throws down his rod and reel.
"Dammit." He yells and then kinda laughs. "Try again..." you say as he sits down next to you again. "Are you still comin home on the fourth?"
"I'm going to try." He says. "My family normally goes out of town on the fourth so I'm not sure what's going to happen. But I know I'll see you. I promise." He whispers close to your face and kisses your cheek. You smile over at him and say "good. I'm off that whole week too."
"Good... I wanna see a whole lot of you then.." he says as he runs his hand down your arm slowly, sending chills down your spine, despite the heat outside.
A few minutes later, Trent reels in his rod and reel and faces you. You do the same and look at him, mockingly. He laughs and then says "so I have a question to ask you. And if the answer is no, it's fine. I just want to ask you."
Possible questions swirl around in your head as he stares at you, watching your reaction.
"And I want you to think about it before you answer. Don't just do it cuz you think I want you to..."
"T, just ask me.." you say, trying to hide your nervousness.
"So, you know my new single, There's a Girl?"
"Obviously." You laugh.
"Well we are starting filming for the video next week and I was wondering if you wanted to be in the video as the girl?"
Shock works it's way through your body and you stare back at Trent, who is trying to read your facial expressions.
"I... i don't know Trent. Posting about you on socials is one thing.. being in your music video is another..."
"Like I said, you don't have to..."
"I just don't know that i feel completely comfortable with it..." he looks at you for another second, and you see his expression fall slightly. "I mean, I can. And I want to, but honestly I'm not comfortable with it. But at the same time, I want to... I just never expected to be an actress." You try to laugh it off. After a second, you look st Trent. And say "I'm sorry..."
He puts his hand on your cheek and smiles softly. "It's perfectly fine. I'm not upset. I just wanted to offer it to you, since the song is about you..."
"Thank you for asking me..." you say as you lean up and kiss him softly, his hand still on your cheek.
"I wouldn't want to ask anyone else..." he says as he kisses you again. "However.." he says, pulling back. "I have to have a lead girl. And Scott has already picked her out. She's happily married to my drummer."
"Oh... is that not going to cause problems?"
"They say it won't... this is all so weird to me..."
You sigh and say "me too..."
"Are you gonna be okay with another girl being in it?"
"I guess so..." you say thoughtfully. "Are you gonna kiss her or anything?"
"No.." he says quickly. "I told Scott that if it wasn't gonna be you, there would be no kiss at the end." Relief floods your veins with every word.
"She may kiss my cheek or something, but there's nothing to worry about. I don't want to kiss anyone but you." He says as he leans in closer to your face. "And I wanna kiss you a lot..." he whispers seductively as his lips brush against yours.  You feel yourself smile into his kiss as it grows and he slides his hand onto your leg and around your waist. You scoot in closer to him and rest your hands on the back of his neck. The kiss breaks for a second and you open your eyes and see the baby blue eyes looking back into yours and you smile again. when your lips meet his, fire explodes through your body. The kiss grows as he pulls you even closer and wraps his arms completely around your waist.
When he pulls back again, you see that look in his eyes that show a lack of self control and it makes your legs shaky. "I love you." He says into your neck as he pulls you into a hug. " I love you more." You smile as you kiss his neck.
A few minutes later, Trent throws his line into the pond again and says "hey I have another question."
"Shoot." You say.
"I need a little girl for the video. Do you think your parents would let Katie go with me for a day and be in it?"
"TRENT! She will love that!" You exclaim and his smile grows on his face.
"We are actually shooting the part that she will be in in Tupelo, so it's not like they will have to let her be gone for long."
"Yeah I'm sure they won't care!"