Never let you go

Chapter 18

Hunter:

I'm waiting for Grey to come over so we can go out and I'm so nervous. It's silly but I am. I think I would be less nervous if I didn't have this stupid cast on my leg and if I didn't have to use these ridiculous crutches. I would have liked to have been able to go to Grey's apartment and pick her up myself but my broken leg made that a bit difficult. I was probably going to have a hard enough time tonight walking around. I needed to conserve my energy.

I was also plagued by the worries of whether or not I would be able to open doors for her or not while I was on these stupid things. I know deep down that Grey isn't the kind of girl to really care if a guy who is on crutches opens a door for her. I know she would give me a free pass but I still wanted to be able to. She is the kind of girl you open doors for. I briefly wonder when I became such a pussy-whipped idiot because I haven't cared about stuff like this in a very long time. I guess I cared before I lost Jess but once I lost her I swore I never would again. You can't get hurt or hurt anyone if you cut yourself off from the world and from love. But Grey made me want to rejoin the world. She made me feel like a person again. She made me feel all sorts of things I never thought I would feel again.

About 20 minutes after Grey texted me I hear a knock on the door. I take a moment to look myself over to make sure I look presentable. I look at my cast and I once again wish I could make it invisible. I had to cut my jeans so that I could fit them over it because I refused to wear sweatpants out with Grey. I did get to shave but I made sure to leave a little scruff because I remember how Grey said she liked it. I sigh and decide this is as good as it's gonna get and I hobble towards the door.

When I open the door and see her on the other side I actually feel her take my breath away. She's perfect. She looks so damn beautiful it hurts.

"Wow" I blurt out like an idiot.

"Hey" she says as she smiles shyly at me and tucks a piece of hair behind her ear. "Shall we go?" she asks when I don't say anything because I'm too busy staring at her to form words.

"Yea sure" I manage to spit out. I check to make sure I have everything I need and then I close the door behind me and lock it.

Grey looks at the stairs and then back at me. "Are you going to be okay going down these?" she asks.

"Yea, I'll be fine" I tell her. "It just may take a while."

"Well good thing we have all night" she giggles.

I motion for her to go down first so she doesn't have to wait and once she starts going down I cautiously begin to follow her. I had to use the stairs earlier when I left today but my mom practically helped carry me down and I let her because well she's my mom and it's ok for her to see me like this. But Grey? I definitely did not want her to have to help carry my ass down all these stairs. That would just be completely mortifying and a major hit to my ego.

I'm taking forever but Grey doesn't seem to mind. She waits patiently for me a couple steps down and I can tell she wants to help me but she holds back because she knows I want to do this myself. I appreciate that she understands.

Finally after like ten minutes I make it down all the stairs and I don't like how winded I am. I really need to get back in shape and I'm sure lying in a bed for the past two and a half weeks hasn't helped matters any. As soon as this stupid thing came off I was joining a gym. This was embarrassing.

"So where would you like to go?" Grey asks me as we walk out of the building. She let me get to the door first and I was proud that I was able to open it for her. I think she could tell that I wanted to and that's why she let me beat her to the door.