Crossing The Line

Chapter Sixty Four

Kelley's POV

I woke up the  next morning and saw that Christen was already out of bed. I went to the bathroom, washed my face and went out to the kitchen. I saw Christen sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in her hand.

"Hey." I say as I sit across from her. "Are you okay?" I ask as I look at the dull expression on her face.

"I'm fine." Christen says as she forces a smile but I knew something was bothering her and it made me nervous.

"Listen, about last night-"

"Pretend it never happened okay? It was wrong for me to do that and it won't happen again." Christen says as she looks away from me.

"But I thought..."

"I know what you're going to say. I liked kissing you, Kelley but none of it felt right. I'm sorry, okay?" Christen says as she stands up and walks to the guest room. She comes out a few seconds later with all of her stuffed packed into her luggages.

"You're leaving?"

"I can't stay."

"Did I do something wrong?" I ask, trying to fight back the tears.

"You did nothing wrong, Kelley. It's just me and I really hope you understand. Now, I have to go." Christen says as she starts heading towards the door but she stops and looks at me. For a while she stares at me before dropping her bags and giving me a hug.

"I love you, Kelley but not in the way that I should. I'll see you at the next camp." Christen says as she pulls away and smiles at me before leaving, closing the door behind her. And I was left alone once again.

I let out a sigh as I pressed my back against the door and slowly slid to the ground. And at the same time, tears slowly rolled down my cheeks. I wasn't surprised that she left because that's what everyone does in my life and I was used to it.

*

6 months later
Morgan's POV

Chloe and I have been together for six months already and I was happy. She has showed me that she loved me and cared about me and she treated me like I was so important. I felt so loved whenever I was around her and I didn't think I would ever feel this way with someone.

I woke up before Chloe and decided to get us some coffee. I dressed into a clean set of clothes before heading out to the coffee shop that we always went to. When I got there, I ordered our drinks and before I went out the door, I saw someone sitting in the back of the coffee shop.

I soon recognized her as Kelley, the girl that I used to love. I was about ready to walk out but something stopped me. I walked over to the table she was sitting at and sat across from her. She looked up at me and seeing her face after a while was... relieving.

She had bags under her eyes and she just looked incredibly tired. She was wearing sweats and a t shirt and considering that I've known her for a while, she never dressed like this in public. 

"Hey." I say but she just looks at me and looks back down at her drink. "How are you?"

"Fine." Kelley says but I knew she wasn't. I felt awful... I was happy and here she was an absolute mess.

"How's Alex?" 

"Fine." Kelley says again and at this point, it wasn't worth creating a conversation with her.

"You're not fine, Kelley. I know you aren't."

"That's because I'm not fine, Morgan. Do I look fine to you? Do I look happy to you?" Kelley asks and I was surprised to hear the coldness in her voice.

"I get that you may not want to talk to me but I want to make sure that you're okay. I want you to be happy." I say and finally our eyes met. She sat up straighter and moved the hair away from her face.

"I'll be fine." She says and I didn't want to push her to a conversation she didn't want to go to. "Are you happy?"She asks me and I nod my head yes.

"Yeah... I really am and I want you to be happy to." I say and she shrugs her shoulders.

"I have to go... I'll see you around." Kelley says as she stands up and shoves her phone into her pocket and before she walked off I grabbed her arm and I stood up and looked at her.

"It was really good seeing you and I mean it." I say and this time, a small smile formed on Kelley's face.

"You too." Kelley says before she walks off.

I watch her until I could no longer see her and I felt my heart ache. She was the first person to ever accept me and she was the person who saved me from myself. I was only in college when we first met and she was the first person to ever love me and show me what love is.

I wouldn't be where I am without her and for the first time... I actually missed her.