Wilder Dreams

Chapter 7

We got to Meghans place, we didn't take long seeing how I only brought one suitcase. Kling kindly grabs my luggage and opens her trunk to put it in.

"Hey seriously thank you for letting me stay here, I felt even more welcomed here in Portland" I tell her genuinely. " It was a pleasure, it was really nice having you here. We should hang out more often. Didn't feel like I got to know you all that well" she tells me looking kind of nervous as if I would reject the thought of us hanging out.

She scratches her neck, I'm not going to beat around the bush on this one. "Kling I would love to hang out with you! , do you want to hang out at my place after our game against Orlando?, I'll cook us a good meal" I ask hoping she would say yes. I can see a nice plastered grin on her face. "Yeah totally, I'd like that" she tells me. We were interrupted by a honk.

We look over to see Tobin leaning over her seat, with her hands up agitated that we're taking long. Kling and I look back at each other with small smiles and get inside the car.

I show them the way to my apartment ( how the apartment looks ^) once we get there. I get off first to grab my suitcase. Kling tries to pry it off my hands, I slightly chuckle not letting her. "Your so stubborn" she tells me grinning. I eventually give in "Fine, take my suitcase" I lightly push it towards her. She's really sweet. I unlock my apartment and Kling walks in before me. I wait for Tobin, since she's barely getting out of the car.

Once she does, she walks towards the door. Almost as if I was invisible and walks right past me not acknowledging me. I would bring this up with her but I don't really know her enough to honestly care. What happened the other night was just an incident. If she likes me, that's cool. Bringing that up to me would be fine but ignoring me, is uncalled for.

I walk inside and see that Kling has already made herself at home. She took off her shoes and is laying on my couch hugging a pillow. I chuckle and place my house keys on the counter. "I would offer you guys food but I don't have anything stocked, so would you guys like some water?" I ask them both. I hear an indistinct mumble coming from the living room. Kling looks like she's looking for my remote "yes to the water!, and where is your remote?" Kling looks up at tells me curiously. I haven't unpacked everything.

"Uh probably in my boxes. I don't have cable honestly. I have to call Spectrum and have them connect WiFi. I have my PS3 you can use in the mean time to play games if you want" I tell her pointing towards a box on left corner of the room. She gets up and opens to pull the console out.

I got to my kitchen and pull out a glass cup. Since she was the only one who wanted water, I'm assuming. Tobin comes over to me. "I want some water too" she tells me, now looking at me. I grab another glass for her. I pour water in each glass.

I leave Tobin's water on the counter, I walk to Kling, she's already hooking up the console to my TV. "Here you go, and thank you for hooking them up" I tell her as I offer her the drink. She takes it "It's no problem, plus I get to play!" She yells before taking a sip of the water and walking over to sit on the couch. I walk to my room and take out my charger from my bag and plug my phone to charge.

I walk back into the living room. I see Kling already adding a profile for herself on my PS3. I chuckle a little. "Hey uh where's your bathroom?" I look over to my small kitchen and see Tobin looking at me with the glass in her hand. "Its in my room, the door on the right" I tell he,   She looks over and I hear a quiet "thanks" coming from her. I sit on the couch next to Kling. Who moves closer to me, "Is there something going on between you two?" She asks with concern in her voice. "Uh I honestly don't know what her problem is with me lately" I tell her. She nods her head and looks over her shoulder for a split second. "I feel the tension between you guys" she tells me, she looks over at me and then back at the screen.

"We had a small incident the other day where we almost kissed"
"Wait, you almost kiss-!" I cut her off by putting my hand over her mouth
"Shhh yes we almost kissed" I whisper to her. She looks at me shocked and then licks my palm.

"Eww Kling what the hell!" I whisper yell, wiping my hand on the couch.
"Do you like Tobin?" She asks me curiously. I was just about to answer her.

We hear a door close behind us. We both look back at Tobin.
"What?" She looks at us confused and uncomfortable under our stare.
"Oh nothing Tobs" Kling says finally breaking the awkward silence.

Even though I never answered Kling, I don't like Tobin that way. I find her attractive and I think she's an amazing player but I don't like her. Maybe I just don't know her enough to have a feeling like that of some sort. Yet. I can't question the way Kling makes me feel. She's always seems happy even when days like practice tire you out. She finds a way to make someone laugh. I like that about her.