Seek and You Shall Find

Chapter 13

Trev's POV  

She looked scared and shocked at the same time. I opened my mouth to say something but I wasn't exactly sure what to say when I felt her slap me.  

"What the hell were you thinking?!" she shouted as I felt the sting of her slap on my cheek.  

"I.. I don't.." I started to say and she stood up quickly, pulling me up with her. The rain still hasn't stopped and the slap woke me up from whatever daze I was in. That was probably what she was aiming for anyway.  

I looked up at the sky and saw the lightning didn't stop yet. Thunder was still booming and I felt it shaking my whole being.  

I looked back at Via and she was glaring at me. She was obviously mad at me. What I didn't know was why. I should be the one mad at her for stopping what was supposed to happen.  

She tugged at my hand and pulled me to walk to their house.  

She hadn't said another word to me since we got inside their house. I was standing at the bottom of their stairs when she came down and threw a bunch of my clothes I probably left again in their house once.  

She was already out of her wet clothes and started to walk to the kitchen. We still haven't spoken to each other and I went to the bathroom to change out of my dripping clothes as well.  

I left my clothes on the sink and followed Via into the kitchen and saw her making hot chocolate. That was another reason I stayed here when the weather wasn't so good. My best friend makes the best hot chocolate but she won't tell me how she makes it exactly.  

She poured the hot chocolate into two mugs and I was just standing there, leaning on the doorway when I noticed she wasn't moving at all. She was just kind of staring at the two mugs like they were the most interesting things in the world.  

I walked closer to her quietly and I think she didn't even know I was in the kitchen and that was when I noticed that she was crying.  

I frowned and without thinking, I hugged her from behind and rested my chin on her shoulder. "So is that the secret ingredient? Tears?" I whispered as a small smile tugged on the corners of my lips.  

She turned around in my arms and I thought she was going to push me away when she put her arms around me and sobbed on my chest. "Why are you crying Vi?" I whispered and stroked her hair.  

In that moment, I just wondered what it would feel to have her in my arms all of the time.. If she was mine. But I shook those thoughts out of my head.  

"You're out of your mind and you're stupid. That's why." she whispered and finally looked up at me. "But seriously Trev, what were you thinking?" she asked softly this time.  

I sighed, knowing that I would have to tell her about my mother anyway. "Come on." I said and picked up the two mugs, carrying them into the living room and setting them on the center table.  

I sat down on the couch and patted the space behind me for her to sit on. Once she did, I put my arm around her shoulder and sighed. "I'm sorry, okay? I was just.. mad and I acted out of anger." I explained.  

Turning her head to the side and looking at me, she asked "Well.. Care to tell me what made you angry?" I let out a breath and answered "I found my mom in bed with an unknown guy. I would have said they were only kissing but their clothes were kind of on the floor."  

Saying that out loud was not easy at all. It just made it more real. And my thoughts flashed back to my mom's horrified face when she saw me standing by her door.  

I felt Via stiffen beside me and her mouth opened in shock before she threw her arms around me and squeezed me. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry Trev. I'm so sorry." she whispered.  

Yes. She knew what I felt about my mom dating other guys. But this is different. Maybe I would have been more okay with this if she told me but no, I just had to see her in bed with a guy.  

When Via finally pulled away from me, she was teary-eyed again. I wiped away the tears on her cheeks and forced a smile on my face. "I'm okay now I think. It just shocked me." I explained.  

Well I couldn't exactly tell her that I also think that I have feelings for her, could I? She looked like she was over the whole kissing issue and I was just being a girl, overthinking things when it didn't really mean anything.  

And maybe, just maybe, it was better that way. Just put everything in the past like she did. The issue that I should be thinking of right now is my mom's little boyfriend and not how much I wanted to kiss my best friend again.  

I cleared my throat and took a sip from my hot chocolate and not putting it down, just to make sure I won't do anything stupid, like kissing her.  

"I really don't know what to say." she sighed and looked at me with a worried look on her face.  

"Well, you could tell me that I could spend the night here." I replied with a smile.  

She smiled back at me but her eyes showed that she was worried about me. "You know I can't say no to that. But you're sleeping on my bed tonight."  

I usually slept on this couch, downstairs, when I stayed here so I looked at her frowning and asked "Why?"  

She rolled her eyes as if the answer was obvious "What do you think? I'm going to take advantage of you because it's cold."  

I snorted and replied "You're just afraid I'm going to sneak out and jump in front of another car tonight."  

A small smirk played on her lips and she had this strange look in her eyes. She took a sip from her mug before whispering "Maybe."