houston a.b.

ch. 9

It was around 10am when the girls and I woke up. We were supposed to leave at 12 so we had to start getting ready soon. Last night was one of the greatest nights I've had in a while and it left me feeling some type of way about Alex. He had texted me when he left this morning and it's weird how far away he felt already.

When I got back to the hotel the night before all I could think about was Alex. It was weird to feel for a guy because it had always been school and work for so long. I hadn't been in a relationship since I was in high school. My last relationship was a lot of ups and downs some may even say "toxic" and it made me realize that in order to be happy I needed to put my myself first.

On the car ride to Corpus I continued texting Alex. In the back of my head I kept thinking this wouldn't work. I kept thinking he would get over me and find another girl but I hoped he wouldn't.

Once we got back into town the girls dropped me off first. I quickly unloaded  everything into my apartment and said goodbye to them.

"Text me when y'all get home." They both nodded and drove off.

It was a real convenience being back home and closer to my parents. While I was gone they came over to feed my dog and cat. I was happy to see that my mom took it upon herself to clean up a little and made a mental note to call her and thank her.

As soon as I walked in I could hear my dog running from the laundry room (his favorite place to take naps) and immediately got excited.

It was around 8 when I got a text from Alex.

alex
hey, just finished our game. we won 5-4!

sydney
hey, that's great! how did you do?

alex
i did alright, definitely could've done better. i didn't have you there to boost my confidence... :(

sydney
oh please you don't need me you can do it all by yourself.

alex
still would've been great to have you there tho.

I smiled reading the last message. He really did have a way of making me feel some type of way. I quickly replied when there was a knock on my door. Confused, I walked toward the door and looked through the peephole to see my sister. I quickly opened it relieved it wasn't a random person.

"Really chick a little heads up would've been nice." I said opening the door to let her in. She had takeout from our favorite chinese restaurant and I immediately felt warm inside. Growing up my sister was my best friend. She was always the one to tell me things how it was and never held back. Especially with boys which made me nervous to tell her about Alex.

"So what brings you here?" I asked walking over to the living room. We sat down, her opening up the food and me going on youtube and looking up a storytime for us to listen to.

"What I can't just come over to see you?"

"Its very rare." I say digging into my food.

"Well I also wanted to see how your vacation went. You looked like you had real fun from your instagram."

"Yeah it was."

"Meet anyone?"

"I did actually."

"Spill."

I told her all about him. How he ran into me then at the game, then the party and our date. She seemed cool about it.

"You're gonna try talking to him?" She asked with my cat in her arms.

"I mean I want to. It felt nice hanging out with him. We're still just getting to know each other so we'll see how things go." I say leaning back against the couch. She was giving me a concerned face.

"I mean he's an athlete, you out of all people should know how those relationships are." She said giving me a side eye. She's referring to my last relationship that made me want to not date for a while. She had a point though.

Junior year of high school I dated this guy named Christian. Let's just say I wasn't the hottest girl in high school so when the varsity baseball boy showed interest in me I was a little shocked. We dated for almost a year when I found out he cheated on me. Being the naive girl I was at 17, I took him back but at our senior prom I saw him making out with another girl and that was it for me. I was heartbroken and once we graduated I knew I didn't want to put myself into another situation like that. So I stayed single throughout college and focused on school and work.

"I know but I know what it feels like so if it happens I know how to deal with it. I dont want to be single forever Meg, I gotta at least put myself out there and see what happens." I say pleading my case.

"I just want you to be happy and not get hurt. At the end of the day I will be here for you." I smiled and crawled across the couch to give her a hug.

"Oh no please no." She says trying to push me off of her but I was stronger and after a while she just let me hug her.

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so now there's more on Sydney's past relationship :)