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Chapter 83

"Theresa, on the plane right down to Georgia I sat next to this beautiful woman. She looked like you, but had something different, more. I don't want you to be angry with me. I just want to have the both of you." Logan said as he pushed a piece of my hair from my face to behind my ear. I wanted to push his hand away but I couldn't move.

He had me under the impression that he wanted me to wait for him. I wanted to get up from the bed of his truck where I had just kissed him and spent the night with him and run away. My body wouldn't move.

"Wake up already!" Alyssa said as she jumped onto the end of the bed waking me. I laid in the spot for a few seconds realizing that it had only been a dream. "Are you ready to go sledding?" I sat up from Alyssa's bed and looked at her as she stood back up and went to her closet. "We need to leave by 8 if we want to get to the bus on time!"

I reached over and grabbed my phone from the nightstand. My heart was racing as every ounce of relief flooded my body. I had waited so long for Logan to come back to town.

I had thought of him more than humanly possible these last few months. If he were to come home and say that he no longer thought of me in that way, I would be broken. "Are you ok?" I look up from the blankets to Alyssa standing in the doorway.

"What? Oh, yeah. I am fine." My phone said it was 7:45. "Oh crap! It is so late!" I said I pushed the blanket off my legs and grabbed my backpack to make it to the bathroom and change into my warmer clothes.

Alyssa and I were going to take a bus to Virginia where we were going to meet James and Bradley to go sledding. I hadn't had the chance to see the two of them over the break and I missed them.

I quickly put on my boots and heavy winter coat and met Alyssa downstairs where she was waiting by the front door. We grabbed a few bottles of water and jumped in the car. There was a ten minute drive to the bus station. Our bus was leaving in fifteen minutes.

We arrived at the station right on time to show the entrance person our tickets and find our seats. We laughed as the doors closed right as we sat down. The bus ride was four hours long, but Alyssa wasted no time talking about Mitchel. "He said nothing happened and I should believe him. He was devastated and felt horrible when he was with her before."

"Do you believe him?"

"Yeah. I think so. He hasn't given me a real reason not to."

"I just don't want you to get hurt."

"I won't. He is actually shaping up. No one has ever fought for me like he has."

"Yeah."

"I know you're right, but we both know Nick is the least reliable person we know. When he called me yesterday I was angry and didn't even think about how he might be making stuff up."

"I didn't even know you were friends with Nick after what had happened to your tires on New Year's."

"Anna had convinced me that forgiving him may be the best option. We both go to the same school and he is part of the fraternity with Mitchel so I should be used to having him around. Besides, if Nick wasn't there I would have never known that brunette was there."

"Did you ever figure out her name?"

"Yeah. It is Lidia."

"Sara, the one I was trapped with down by the ocean, was at that pool party and told me that she and her group were the mean girls of the school."

"I wouldn't know. I stay away from the sororities."

"With them, I don't blame you."

"Are you going to join a sorority when you come to College Park?"

"I don't know if I am going to transfer there."

"What? I thought that was the plan?"

"Yeah, I mean their program is great and all, but the Baltimore campus is a lot more associated with the hospital and medical school."

"Man I thought we were going to try and get a dorm together."

"I want to, but my chances of getting into CP are a lot slimmer than anywhere else!"

"You are a great student! You will be able to get into anywhere." We continued the conversation for the rest of the trip. Once the bus arrived at the bus station we got off and waited for the Uber to take us to the campus.

After a short drive we were being dropped off at the entrance of Bradley's dorm. I texted him to let him know we were pulling onto campus. James and Bradley greeted us as the car pulled up in front of the building.

"Theres-Theres." Bradley said as he opened the door of the small car.

"Bradley!" I yelled exaggeratedly. He gave me a strong hug. "You've gotten buffer."

"You think? I took a working out class." He laughed.

"Hi Theresa." James said as he walked over and opened his arms for a hug. Bradley hugged Alyssa and James followed along.

"So, we just have to take a small walk to the bottom of the university mountain and then we can get a lift to take us up to the top. You ready?"

We begin walking towards the large mountain about a mile away from the campus. "So Theres, how is Logan?"

Alyssa looked over from James to see what my answer was going to be. "Um... I don't know I haven't talked to him in a few months."

"Yeah, but I mean you guys hung out a lot while James and I were away from the city. Right?"