Always There // Chessa

18.

Erika's POV

I decided to talk to Chance about what had really happened with him and why he came home bruised and beaten, even though I had my suspicions.

I knocked on his door, and Anthony came and opened it and it seemed as though they were having a serious conversation.

"Am I interrupting something?"

"No, no, you're good. Do you need something?" Tony asked me.

"Can I speak with Chance for a second please?"

Tony looked back at Chance and then looked back at me and shrugged.

"Sure," he said and walked out of the room.

"So.. what d'ya need?" Chance asked me.

"So, how bad did you beat AJ up?" I asked him and he snapped his neck to look at me, which was rather amusing.

"What?" he said.

"How bad did you beat AJ up?" I repeated.

"How did you know?"

"Oh, come on, Chance. You went with Tessa to your little cafe thing and see AJ there with another girl. Tessa comes running back crying and you come back hours later with bruises and cuts all over your face and you think I won't notice? Tessa may be oblivious to it, but I'm not."

He looked at me stunned.

"Don't tell, Tessa, okay?"

"What if she asks you?"

"I'll figure it out then, but if she finds out I wanna tell her, okay?"

"Okay, but she may be able to put the pieces together with time," I inform him.

"I know..." he said.

"So who threw the first punch?" I asked, curious.

"Well, technically he did, but then he said some stuff about Tessa and things to piss me off and then I just couldn't help myself," he said through gritted teeth.

"Chance, do you like Tessa?"

"What... no!" he said, but his face got really red and I couldn't help but smile.

"Come on, Chance, admit it you're totally in love with her," I said causing him to blush even more.

"No," he said, still denying it, "I would have beat up any guy who treats his girlfriend like that."

"You can tell me. I swear I won't tell Tessa."

"Erika, I don't like her."

In response, I gave him a pointed look.

"Okay, so maybe I have a tiny little crush on her, but nothing super major and I am definitely not 'in love' with her," he said finally admitting it which caused a huge smile to make its way onto my face.

"Awwwww," I said.

"Erika, I'm trusting you with this so you better not say anything to anyone."

"I won't, but does Tony know?"

"I mean I think he may have figured it out, but I haven't officially told him anything. It's not really that big of a deal so please don't make it that big of a deal."

"I won't, Chance, I just think it's super cute. And I think Tessa likes you too, but she just got out of her relationship with AJ so I'm not sure if she's ready to have a relationship right now or anything..." I said honestly.

"I know," Chance said, "I'm just glad she finally got out of that relationship. I could tell she wasn't happy."

"Me too," I said, smiling, "I'm gonna go to my room before Tessa finds me in here."

"Okay, and remember- you know nothing," Chance reminded me.

"I know," I said walking out of the room with a smile.

Now I just have to get Tessa on board.

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