Desire 2

Chapter Fourteen

I awoke the next morning beside Drew in one of his Zeta Beta Tau T-shirts and a pair of his boxers as he lay beside me, sleeping in only a pair of boxers. He looked so peaceful when he slept. His expression was soft and pure as if nothing bad had ever happened to him and I couldn't help but smile. He lay flat on his stomach with his head resting on his arm. I easily leant over and placed a kiss on the top of his head as he moved beneath it and I fell back onto the pillow. I reached next to the bed to the beside dresser and grabbed my phone. Four text messages from Destiny and two from Amanda.

I unlocked the phone and scrolled through them

"I just wanted tell you again how sorry I am,"

"Please just text us or call us,"

"We're so sorry,"

"Cam please call us,"

"Cam, this is Amanda,"

"Oh crap. I didn't mean to send that alone but you know how dumb my phone is lol I really need to get a new one like honestly. haha I miss you. We all miss you,"

The texts hit me this time in a way I didn't expect. They don't make me feel angry or frustrated anymore but kind of sad. I moved my phone in my hands before throwing off the covers and stepping out onto the balcony and dialing Destiny's number.

The line rang for a few seconds before someone picked up.

"Hello?" They instantly spoke.

"Hi," I responded.

"Oh my God. You don't know how happy I am to hear your voice. All I've had for the past couple of months is Amanda and she's nice and all but there's only so much that I can handle of her," she exhaled as if she had just told some huge secret.

I laughed as I looked back at Drew, still sound asleep in bed.

"You think I'm kidding! I threw a dustpan at her the other day because she kept complaining about her mascara breaking," she spoke as we laughed in sync.

"I just wanted to tell you that, even though I was very hurt by you keeping that from me and not planning on telling me whatsoever," I began, "I forgive you both. And I'm sorry about the way I acted. I went a little too far,"

"Oh my gosh. Thank you and I'm so sorry again! I should've told you about it! I was wrong and I screwed up! It won't happen again!" she laughed.

"But just for one question," I spoke, looking back at Drew, making sure he was still asleep.

"Anything,"

"Did he say anything about me?" I muttered.

She took a deep breath before beginning.

"You were the very first thing that he asked any of us about. He wanted to know how you were and if we'd talked to you and how you were getting ready for school," she replied as I felt tears begin to fill my eyes.

"He wanted to know if you were staying in Miami or if you were leaving and it was actually really sad and upsetting how much he wanted to know. I told him that I'd call you and get you to come over but he said no. I asked him why since he was so concerned before and he said 'I wanna see that girl more than anything but I can't because the second I do, I'm done. I have to go back and the second I see her, there's no way in hell that I'll be able to leave.' And it kind of made sense,"

I took a deep breath as the tears had turned into cries. I leant over the balcony and stared at the ground as I struggled for the words to say but as hard as I looked, I couldn't seem to find them.

"You still there?" she asked.

"Yeah. I'm here," I replied with a forced laugh.

"He's here, Cam. Like, he's here right now. Come over here and take him back and don't let him leave. Keep him here Cam," she pleaded.

I contemplated the idea, briefly. Should I stay here in this house with the guy that I was quickly falling for and hadn't ever left my side once and made it so easy to be myself? Or should I go running back to Austin? The guy who left me and hurt me and made me lose myself? I loved Austin and I believed that a part of me always would and maybe someday we'd find our way back to each other.. but today wasn't that day.

"No. I can't," I stated.

"I can get him to wait if you can't come right now! It's fine!" she pushed.

"No!" I laughed, "I mean I don't want to,"

"What? Why not? Even after everything I just told you?" she asked.

"I've got a pretty important reason to stay away," I smiled, looking back at Drew, still sound asleep.

"Wait do you mean? Is there's someone el-" she stopped abruptly.

"Hello?" I spoke.

I heard the her voice faintly and the voice of someone else argue for something before hearing Destiny almost shout "No,"

"Hello," he asked.

My heart sunk into my chest as I heard the voice and waited for it to go away.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Austin?" I replied.

"Yeah. It's me," he laughed.

I couldn't say anything from shock but the sound of his voice brought a lot of old memories back. Some good and some bad. A few months ago, I would've killed for this but in this moment, it was painful and I wanted it and I didn't at the same time.

"How are you?" he asked, his voice suddenly shaky.

"I'm happy," I replied.

"I'm glad," he paused, "How's school?"

"It's fine,"

"That's good then. Why don't you come over and we can talk about all of this?" he suggested.

"Yeah, no. I'm not going to do that,"

"Why not?" he questioned.

"Because," I paused, "I have something else to do,"

"Something more important than us?" he asked, sounding hurt.

"Well yeah. I'd say he's a little more important than us,"

"Wait, what?" he replied in a sudden panic as I heard a loud shout in the background.

"Yes. He,"

"Well," He stopped, "What's his name?" he wondered.

"None of your damn business," I shot out, feeling suddenly defensive.

"Don't be like that,"

"I have to go. Goodbye Austin," I muttered before hanging up the phone and heading back into bed with Drew.

He pulled me close to him and wrapped his arms around me as I nestled up next to his chest before looking up at him and smiling. I was incredibly happy with the choice I made.