Love Begins with You

Home is Not Here

I am complete distraught as I try and find the words to even tell Lindsey, Aria and Michelle.

I walk upstairs and slowly open my bedroom door, to find everyone huddled together on the bed. I wish I could be skin to skin with Aria. That's besides the point at the moment though.

"Well, did you guys hear?" I say to the group, awaiting their responses.

"Yes, Grace. We heard everything. You can come live with me. You shouldn't have to put up with this" Michelle exclaims, beginning to get angry over my Dad's reaction. To be honest, I am a little shocked too.

Aria jumps off the bed and runs over to hug me. I know that a lot of stuff just happened, but all I can focus on in this moment is her. My sunshine. She smells just like a field of bright, fresh blooming sunflowers. Her skin is warm, like we have been sitting next to a cozy fire on a cold night in a beautiful wood cabin. I am so tempted to just kiss her right here, but I should probably see how she feels about everything first. I need to just get her alone so we can talk. On my agenda.

I agree to moving in with Michelle. Lindsey is heartbroken and tells me that she's planning on trying to find a job so that she can get her own apartment so we can move in together.

Hours pass and finally everything out of my bedroom is moved into a bigger, more spacious bedroom in Michelle's house.

Michelle's mom died when she was 13 and her did died not too long ago and he left her their house that she grew up in so it's just her here. I'm sure she loves the company really.

I just finish unpacking the essentials for the bathroom so that I can shower.

After my shower, my phone is ringing and I see that the caller ID reads "Aria<3" so I hurry and answer.

"Hi! Is everything okay? It's pretty late" I say, worried.

"Oh, yeah! Everything is perfectly fine. I just wanted to see if maybe you wanted to come over tomorrow. I really think we need to talk about everything that has happened. If that's okay with you, that is?" Aria responds.

"Of course, I would love for us to talk" I reply reluctantly.

I am so excited to see Aria. I don't think her and I have ever hung out alone without Lindsey or Michelle.

I lay down in my bed and try to get some sleep when I hear banging in the kitchen. I grab my taser from the bed side table and run into the living room where I see Michelle.

"Oh! Grace! It's me! Did I scare you?" She says while laughing really hard.

"Damn, Michelle! You almost got tased!" I say while laughing back to her.

"I'm sorry for scaring you! I am trying to make brownies! Do you want to sit in here with me and eat brownies and pick a movie on Netflix to watch?" She says excitedly.

"Yes, duh! Is that even a question?" I say, joking with her.

Michelle is on brownie duty and I am on movie duty. We pick a comedy and watch it while we eat our brownies.

After the movie, I look over at Michelle and she smiles at me.

"Is their anything going on that you haven't told me?" I say, looking at her seriously so she knows that I'm not joking with her.

"What do you mean?" Michelle responds kindly.

"The night of my birthday party, you told me goodbye and said that you were going home. I came downstairs to tell Linds goodnight and the door was cracked open. I peaked in to see if she was asleep before I opened the door and I saw you there on Lindsey's bed and I heard you say that there was something you haven't told me yet because you didn't know how I would react. It has been weighing on me because I was upset and was thinking that you didn't trust me enough to tell me. I just want to know what it is because I am worried."

She looks at me worried because she realizes now that since I heard her talking, that she is going to have to tell me.

She clears her throat and looks at me and says, "Grace, Lindsey and I are in love and are dating. We have been for almost 2 years now. I'm sorry that I have been hiding it from you. Neither of us knew how to tell you."