Don't Be Silenced

Chapter 3

As I headed to the kitchen, I was greeted by the marvelous smell of food. Trevor was quite the cook, since his parents weren't around much, he wanted to prove he could take care of himself and would give his maid, Mrs Walters, the time off.

"What smells good",I walked into the kitchen with my nostrils being ambushed by an ambrosial smell of food that lighted my insides up, I sat by the large round table in the middle of the kitchen, I had a strong feeling this kitchen was bigger than my living room.

"La Wa Madame",Trevor said spinning around and placing a delicious looking dish of egg Benedict in front of me.

"Wow, you never cease to amaze me Trevor Wilson, still can't believe you can cook and I can't," I planted a soft kiss on his lips.

"I'm such a blessing to you dum dum", he chuckled, "so what are your plans today".

"Well, I'm going over to Bella's house to apologize for ditching her, then the girls and I are going shopping for new clothes, you know, since the new school year is starting Monday ",I bore my eyes at Trevor.

"Don't give me that look",he rolled his eyes at me and looked away.

"Trevor, you do know it is our last year in high school, our senior year, you have take it seriously so you don't fail and you can get into a good university",I began to nibble on my eggs.

"Becky I know all that, and I already told you I would be more serious this year, and I know I will since I have you and Clement watching my every move",he shrugged.

Clement Green was Trevor's best friend, the closest friend I had that was a guy and he's dating Bella, that was actually what brought Trevor and I together, Trevor and I were friends but we hardly ever talked until Clement made a move on Bella.

Clement and I had a common love for God.

Bella has had a huge crush on Clement since the ninth grade, turns out Clement felt the same way, but they were so scared or rather shy to talk to each other, it annoyed me.

They would stare at each other for over thirty minutes, smiling and blushing like idiots and not say shit, they mostly preferred chatting online and that was bullshit.

That's where Trevor and I came in, bringing our best friends together was not an easy task, for the first few months we had to follow them on all their dates, Trevor and I whispering into their ears topics they could talk about, they actually looked cute together and it was easy to tell they really liked each other.

Gradually, Trevor and I developed a strong friendship, I learnt a lot about him that most people didn't and most people didn't care to know either.

At that point in time, Trevor didn't need a girlfriend in his life, he needed help, but when he came to me that he had fallen for me, I couldn't push him back when I knew I fell for him too, and he looked like he was willingly to do anything for me, so I used that as an opportunity to try and him for the better, we have been dating for a year and eight months.

" At least I know when I'm not watching over you Clement is", I smiled.

Clearing throat," speaking of university, when are you going to tell the girls about Stanford".

I suddenly choked on my food a bit.

Stanford was a prestigious university, one of the world's leading teaching and research institution, I was practically in love with the school, my dad went there and he wanted me to go there too, he pulled a few strings, plus I was a straight A student, never had a B in my life, and I was looking into getting a scholarship program if I could maintain my grade this year, but then I realized it would mean I would have to leave Freeland and my friends, most importantly my friends.

I had what I like to call my "Day 1 bitches" Bella Marc, my best friend, Tiffany Martin, Daniella and Skai Martin, the twins, five of us grew up together in Freeland, we had crazy and amazing memories embedded in this town, we all planned to go to Georgia state university ever since we were little, I didn't want to be the one that would break that bond, I knew as good friends they would be exited and happy for me, but I couldn't bring myself to tell them, Stanford is amazing, but these girls are my family now, and I was a bit scared of going to a completely new environment, surrounded by unfamiliar faces and having to go through the hell of making new friends, but at GSU, I would have my girls with me, I know it's stupid, we weren't going to be together forever, but we wanted to try, and then the worse happened which made me even feel more bad.

I wasn't the only one looking into getting a scholarship, actually she had been already offered the scholarship, they just wanted her to graduate, Bella was offered a scholarship into an Ivy League school, Harvard, getting into Harvard is like trying to get a bee to stop producing honey.

Nearly impossible.

And my best friend was being handed a scholarship but she was going to turn it down over a promise we all made when we were either seven or eight.

She was crazy.

At least I thought she was when she originally told me she wasn't going to take the scholarship, but then it dawned on me that she was willing to give up such a big opportunity for us, for me, she didn't tell the rest of the girls though.

Isn't it selfish if I can't do the same for her.

Harvard is a more prestigious university than Stanford and she was willing to give it up so our friendship could last longer.

Of course the decision didn't sit well with her parents, they were so mad at her, but she made it clear that it was her final decision.

"I don't want to talk about that right now", I croaked.

"You have to tell them sooner or later Becky", he held my gaze.

"I know".

"I love you".

"I know", I murmured.

Trevor and I had been dating for nearly two years, and I had never once told him,"I love you" back, I don't know why, I just didn't, I felt the value of the word had become meaningless.

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