"that was a really good meal I had last night," Reece called out as he approached me at the top of the cliff. I wondered to myself what I was doing here, and how I was going to deal with Reece after I witnessed him take another girl out for dinner. I also told myself how petty it would look if I didn't show up just because Reece took another girl out. We weren't dating, we'd kissed, in fact I didn't even know if Reece had a girlfriend, but if he did, I don't think she'd be best pleased.
I bet the company was even better...I had to stop myself from saying, but it was the only thing whirring through my mind right now. I didn't want to say anything, I didn't really want to be here either. I didn't want to bring it up, but I wanted to know every single detail.
"what did you go for?" I asked bluntly, I couldn't care less and I didn't actually want to look at him, my eyes transfixed on the pale clouds that grazed pass with the light wind.
"I had a steak, my friend had the Dover Sole special, you're a real good cook Shiloh. You're a girl of many talents," he laughed to fill the space, I could tell he felt the coldness between us, and that certainly wasn't the wind.
"Who's your friend, was it one of the guys?" I asked, this time looking right at him, hoping that he would open up like a book and I could read every line he was thinking of and what he was avoiding from saying.
"N-no...she's more like a manager than I friend. We were meeting up to discuss what songs I should perform at the Open Mic Night, she actually recommended that we went to where you work,"
I exhaled all those negative thoughts that had been bringing me down overnight. I should stop rushing to conclusions all the time.
"I didn't cook your meal," I replied, referring back to his last comment. Though I'd much rather say I was a chef than a washer upper, I didn't want to lie to Reece, I knew he wouldn't lie to me.
"Oh," he spoke, "well it was good anyway," he tapped his fingers on his checkered trousers, that clung to his legs, occasionally looking over at me, but my face was saying nothing back to him.
"Are you okay Shy?" he asked, I looked over and nodded, I was just taken aback and unsure on what to say to him. This was the first time we had rekindled since the weekend, and a lot had happened. I wasn't sure how to act around him. "Am I moving to fast for you? It's just I'm not too sure what you wanted..." he trailed off at the end.
"N-no honestly I'm fine, don't worry about me. What songs are you planning on singing, or is that a surprise?" I asked, trying to uplift this awkward tension between us.
"I do worry about you," he spoke softly, watching as he played with his fingers.
"I saw you yesterday, and I thought that girl was your girlfriend," I exhaled, closing my eyes, not wanting to see his confused expression and glares that he'd inevitably be shooting me.
"What? No Shiloh I'm not like that at all. I j-just. That couldn't be further from me at all," he stumbled, taken aback from my statement.
"I'm sorry. You're mad at me, aren't you?" I asked, shaking within myself, I didn't want to lose Reece and I didn't want to offend him with my clumsy actions and word vomit.
"No of course not! I'm just sad that I made you sad," he sighed.
"It's fine, I was trying to convince myself it wasn't like what it looked like. It's just the people at work were twisting it and making it look like more," I spoke in a cluster, wanting to drop this conversation so I wouldn't have to tell Reece that I low-key like him, no matter how obvious I was making it. "Anyway!" I exclaimed, looking over at Reece who I don't think had stopped smiling since we've been together.
"so we're good?" he asked for clarification, using hand gestures, I have him a thumbs up. "This isn't all too much?" he commented, and I shook my head.
"Good, because I don't what to lose you Shiloh, especially when we're just getting started," he winked, turning my body into a pool of water.
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