Second Chance With You

Chapter 6

(Chase P.O.V)

"So when is the next time we can hang out again?" I say into the phone. Tonight I decided to call him. We have been texting non-stop back and forth to each other but I needed to hear his voice. I needed to see him.

"I don't know. What is your work schedule like?" he asks me.
"I work from seven in the morning till about five in the evening." I tell him.

"Well I work from about ten to five at my first job and five-thirty till close at the bar. I am off Saturdays at the bar and off all day Sundays." damn he works a lot!

"Why do you work so much?" I ask him. Genuenly curious.

"I have a lot of bills to pay off and I help my mother because she is struggling since my father passed away. I enjoy the places I work so it is really not work to me." Interesting.

"But don't you wish you had more free time to yourself?" I ask him.

"Of course. I have a lot of vacation time built up. When the time is right I will use them to my full advantage." he chuckles into the phone. His laugh is so addicting. It is something I want to hear more often. It's something I want to hear in person.

"How about we spend the day together on Sunday. A friendship isn't worth much if we don't see each other. Or even get to know each other a little bit." I say.
"Babe! Are you asking me on a date?" he asks and giggles again.

Yes.

"No asshole. I just want to hang out! Is that a bad thing?" I ask him. If he only knew my real intentions behind all of this then yes it would be a date; but he doesn't so no it is not a date.
"No it's not. Sunday is fine for me. Be here at ten?" he asks.

"Sounds good to me. Until Sunday then. Bye Christian."
"Goodbye Chase." he breathes into the phone.

My heart was pounding when he said my name. Sunday can not come fast enough for me. For me seeing his face was like treat or special treatment. I say that because when he looks at me now it's not the look of a victim to his bully; it is the look from one friend to another. We are on the road to a friendship and I hope soon it will be the road to a relationship.

Christian does not know of my sexuality but I am not hiding it from him either. I don't want him to think all of this is a joke. Some sick prank I am planning when it is so far from that. I want it all to be real. A real second chance.