Crossing The Line

Chapter Forty Eight

Kelley's POV

It felt like everything froze in time as I stared at the girl standing in front of me. I stared into her hazel eyes and I studied her features still in shock and absolutely confused why she was here.

"Morgan?" I say, still trying to comprehend what was going on. Morgan stood there speechless. She stared at me for a few seconds before she dropped her bag and she ran down the hall. WIthout even thinking, I go running after her. I run down the stairs and I could hear her footsteps which made me even more anxious.

"Morgan!" I call out as she runs out the door but she doesn't turn around. She keeps running but I don't plan on stopping until I have an answer and until I give her an explanation that I've been wanting to give her for so long.

Then, it began pouring rain and I watched as Morgan stood still and I did to. She turned her head and when she saw that I was still there she kept running and when we were in Central Park I finally caught up to her, grabbing her by the arm and making her face me.

"Get away from me!" She says as she yanks my hand away from her and I can already tell that she was on the verge of tears as she backed away from me.

"Damn it Morgan! Give me a chance to explain!" I say as I take a step towards her but she looks at me and shakes her head which for some reason, made me nervous.

"Back away from me, Kelley." She says in a voice that honestly scared me. I've seen her angry before but I have never seen her like this in my life. She was in so much pain and all I could think to myself is... I did this.

"Please... Please just give me a chance to explain. Just give me a chance, Morgan." I say as I take another step towards her. I was relieved when she didn't move back.

"What is there to explain? You were sleeping with someone else, did you even care to think about me and how I would feel? I trusted you!"

"You can still trust me, Morgan. Just please, I'm begging you. Let me explain." I say then it went silent between the two of us except for the sound of cars zooming by and the rain hitting the ground.

"Alex... she's my best friend, Morgan and that's it. I don't know what you saw but I fell asleep that night and I didn't find any motivation to walk up to my room so I stayed where I was, with Alex. Morgan... if you think I like her in that way then you're wrong because you're the person that I love. You're the person that I'm in love with and I would never hurt you. And with all of this, coming to New York to play with the USWNT again was something I knew that I should have done and I shouldn't have retired but for that short time of retirement I was happy because I met you-"

"You were going to leave me either way."Morgan said and I just stared at her lips and all I could think about is how much I wanted to kiss her. But I looked back to her eyes. She ran her hand through her hair that was soaked by the rain that continued to fall.

"I never want to leave you." I say as I take another small step towards her. "I love you Morgan and don't you think for a second that I didn't miss you."

"And you expect me to trust you after what you've done?" Morgan let out a sarcastic laugh as she started to turn away from me and I knew that she was crying.

"You can trust me, Morgan!"

"Then prove it!" She says back as she faces me with her makeup starting to run. God, I hated when she cried.

"What will it take then! What will it take to gain your trust?" I ask and she stared me.

"You just find a way." Morgan says as she gives me one last look and she starts to walk away. But this time, I don't follow her. I let her go, leaving me alone in the rain in the middle of Central Park.