In This Life (Sequel to 'In Another Life')

14 Colby's POV

"Tomorrow is Corey and Devyn's turn. You okay with that? "I hadn't even known that. No one had told me how they would choose or anything. They knew Sam and I had business meeting tomorrow for the duo channel though. We were actually getting our own reality show for exploring and ghost hunting. Kind of cool. Terra looked as surprised as I felt but she nodded and looked at Denise. "Are you going to be okay with that?" Denise shrugged. "Yeah, I'm fine. I gave up my dreams on Corey a long time ago. I always knew that he and Devyn would get back together. We were never like you and Colby. Oh, that reminds me. Justin wanted to ask me if it was okay if he could take a shift. He wants to help. He still really cares about you T. " Terra looked down at her hands and started mimicking that she was twisting her rings. She really had to get those back on. "Yeah, I guess so. Um, I still care about him and I know he feels guilty. Maybe this will help him." I felt jealousy raging up inside of me, but I kept a lid on it. I knew she still had feelings for Justin. I mean they had just broken up. Denise had told me that T was the one who did the breaking up, so I felt hopeful on that part. I knew Justin still loved her, and I couldn't blame him. While I still wasn't crazy about the guy, that was mainly just because he was competition. He was in the way of me being with T. Otherwise, he was a pretty cool guy and we had almost became friends while T was in the hospital. It was actually a little weird that I hadn't texted him or recieved a text from him in the last few days. I should probably check on him and see if he was okay. T glanced up at me, and met my gaze. I smiled at her, and gave a little wave. A beautiful grin broke out on her face, and she giggled. I loved seeing her happy but I had a feeling that she was going to be in pain a lot. Which reminded me. "I have to get going, but I'll check in with you later okay?" I said, walking closer to her bedside. Her face dropped but she nodded. "Okay. Be careful going home." I nodded, and leaned over pressing my lips to her forehead for a few seconds. "I love you Terra Brooks," I whispered, before standing back up. Her face flushed, and her lips curved up just a bit, as her aqua eyes met mine. She didn't reply, but it looked like she might want too. For a minute I forgot that there were other people in the room besides us, as I just stared into her eyes. "Okay, I gotta go too but I'll catch you later," Brennen said, breaking my focus. I glanced over to him, seeing him grab Sarah around the waist and her to him. "I love you," he said, his voice going a few octaves lower. "I love you," she replied, wrapping her arms around his neck. He leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. What started as an innocent kiss, quickly turned to one that made me feel like I should look away. So I did, I looked back down at Sarah, and caught her watching them longingly. What was that about? She blushed when she saw me watching her. "Okay, okay, break it up!" Kenzie said, rolling her eyes. "Geez, can't you guys stop doing that all over the entire house. Some of us are single, ya know?" Brennen and Sarah broke apart looking sheepish. Neece started laughing, which caused the rest of us to join in. "I told you I'd hook you up with my boy Kenz. I think you'd be cute together," Brennen said, winking at Kenzie. She shook her head. "Nope. I don't need your help. But out of curiosity, which boy?" Brennen grinned, and shrugged. "Dunno yet. Let me think." Kenzie huffed out a breath. "You're so annoying," she replied, rolling her eyes. "Sarah, I don't know how you stand him most of the time." Sarah laughed and looked up at Brennen. "It's cuz he's pretty cute," she replied, winking at Brennen. "Oh, is that all?" Brennen asked. "Nah, I might love you a little bit," she answered. They were making me nauseous and jealous as fuck. Knowing that the girl I loved was literally right next to me, but I couldn't do things like that with her...it was pure torture. My mind drifted back to her and Justin. Why did she break up with him? Denise hadn't told me that, but she did tell me to talk to Terra in a couple of weeks, after she had time to heal from her breakup. I wanted to know why she broke up with him so fucking back though. It was actually eating away at me. I wondered if Denise had told the other girls, like Sarah. If she had, then maybe Sarah had told Brennen. I knew that I should just wait and hopefully get the reason behind from T, but I just needed to know. I needed to know if it was because of me. Because she still loved me. My heart started racing as I thought about that possibility. I was always confident when I spoke to her, telling her that I knew she still loved me, and I did believe that. But there was always that insecurity that I was wrong. Especially when she kept pushing me away. "I'll see you in a couple of days, or I'll stop by tomorrow night after my meetings. That cool?" I asked her. She smiled, and nodded. "I would love that. Thank you for being here for me Colby. Especially after...everything." I reached down and took her hand, squeezing it gently. "I'll always look out for you T" I said softly, bringing her hand to my lips and pressing them gently to her skin. She watched me, biting her lip. She shifted on the bed, then jerked, and let out a small scream of pain. "OW oh my God!" "Are you okay?" I asked, putting her hand down, standing over her with no clue what to do to help.