Love Begins with You

Truth Hour

Somehow, I feel like I have lost my hearing. Is Michelle serious? How could they have been together for 2 years without me knowing? I mean, I guess that explains why neither of them have ever brought up any guys around me. Michelle and I have lived next door to each other since my parents bought our house when I was 5 and Lindsey was 8 so we have known Michelle for years. I don't know whether I should be mad or happy right now as these words are lingering in my ears.

"Excuse me? I don't think I heard you right." I just sit there, partially with my mouth hung wide open and partially with a strange, confused look on my face. Michelle was with a random dude at my party. Was she cheating on my sister?

"Grace, I didn't want to tell you like this. I wanted Linds and I to sit down with you and talk to you. I didn't expect everything to happen like this. Are you mad?" Michelle says to me, hoping that I don't blow up and stop talking to her.

"No, I am not mad. I just don't know how to respond really." I decide to go back upstairs to my bedroom and call Lindsey.

"Hey, can you come over?" I say to her when she finally answers the phone 6 rings later.

"Is everything alright?" Lindsey responds in kind.

"Totally. Just need to have a little chat."

I am still upstairs when the doorbell rings and I hear the door open followed by Lindsey and Michelle talking.

"She knows, Linds" I hear Michelle whisper, hoping that I couldn't hear them. I definitely could. Michelle has never been a good whisperer.

I start to patter my bare feet on the wood stairs, coming down into the living room.

"Hey, sis" I say before I give Lindsey a hug.

"Grace. Look, I'm so-"

"No, Linds. It's okay. I know why you would hide it. I wish that I would have told you a long time ago about how I felt about Aria. At least when I found out about you and Michelle it wasn't because one of you were drunk and telling the whole world" I say with a giggle after.

"Thank you so much! I am so grateful to have you as a sister. Are you going to tell Mom and Dad?" Lindsey responds.

"I will let you do that, Linds. You didn't tell them about me. Over a million people told them about me" I laugh.

"I am going to do it tomorrow before they leave for Washington. Would you feel weird about me living here with you and Michelle? You know how Dad is going to react."

I look over at Michelle, who is smiling at me.

"As long as Michelle doesn't care. Which I will go ahead and assume that she does," I say with a laugh, "then I am totally okay. I have missed you. Even though you live next door."

"Cool. So I will see you guys tomorrow?" Lindsey responds as she looks at Michelle and I.

"I will be at Aria's. She invited me over. We need to talk about everything that has happened" I say, smiling because I can feel a joke coming on.

"Ooooooo, get it girl" Michelle says and we all start laughing.

I wake up to banging on my bedroom door.

"Grace! Are you awake?" I hear the voice of Michelle.

"Well I am now!" I yell back at her.

She opens the door and enters with a tray of breakfast foods. She lays it down on the end of my bed. There's an array of options. An orange, cocoa pebbles cereal, brown sugar and cinnamon oatmeal and an omelet with cheese on top.

"What is all of this for?" I say, laughing and rubbing my eyes.

"Just because I love you. That's all." Michelle says, smiling at me with her dark, brown eyes.

I'm trying to make my decision on what to eat first and Lindsey flies through the door. "Mmm, breakfast!"

She grabs the omelet and orange off my tray. Before her and Michelle leave my room, Michelle grabs the cereal off my tray. "Ok! Thanks for the oatmeal!" I laugh and say.

I hurry and eat the oatmeal so I can get showered and dressed to go see my sunshine.

I get my shower and makeup over with. I decide to let my hair just be naturally wavy and I throw on some makeup. I go to my closet and pick out a black high waisted skirt and a tie dye crop top with a little pocket on my left boob that has "good vibes" lettered at the top.

I grab my phone and text Aria.

Grace: Hey! I'm headed over now! Be there in 5!
Aria: Hey girl. Okay! See you in a bit! :)

I grab my phone, purse and keys and head out the door. I get into my Black 2016 Hyundai Elantra and head to Aria's. I pull into her driveway and park behind the cars in the garage. I walk up to the door and knock. The door opens quick.

"Grace! Hi! I'm so glad you're here!" Aria says, as if she hasn't seen me in 2 days.

I laugh and find her bright blue eyes that are twinkling into my soul, catching my eye.

We make our way to her bedroom and sit down on her bed. I tell her about Michelle and Lindsey. She was just as shocked as I was. I cant believe Lindsey didn't tell her best friend either. I am just happy that they are together and are happy together. I have always thought they could be a cute couple, just never told either of them.

In the middle of me talking, I look at Aria and she is smiling and I feel myself melt into the bed. My hearts starts hammering in my chest as Aria leans over to me on the bed and kisses me.