It's been two weeks since the parking lot incident.It's the weekend and I am taking myself out on a coffee date. There's nothing like a little lone time when life gets a little overwhelming. The past few months have put me through the ringer. I've gone through enough emotions in the last few months to las me a life time.I pull up to my favorite coffee spot in the city and feel a mix of joy and sadness. Memories flood my mind and cling to my senses. My dad and I used to come here a lot. He made it a point to bring me here at least once a month. I don't think I was old enough to have coffee when he started bringing me here but I loved it because he did.But I stopped coming when he passed away. For a long time I couldn't bare the thought of being here without him. As a matter of fact I stopped drinking coffee alltogther because I would start crying evrytime I smelled the aroma.I get out of the car and head inside
"Sorry."Marlene says and then she looks down at her hands and then she sighs. "Can I buy you another coffee?" She asks and I shake my head no."Actually, I should go"I say reachig for my purse. I don't want to be here anymore. Trust her to ruin a goood thing. My good thing."Wait!" She says panicked. She grabs my hand and it takes everything in me not to jump out of my seat. I look at her hand on mine and then back at her. Why does this girl think she can just touch me like that?"Sorry." She says taking her hand away. I sit back and look at her. I don't care what she has to say but I don't want her to make a scene again so I'll just sit here and let her say her piece. "I just wanted to say thank you for not ratting me out the other day." She says and I nod . I don't have anything to say to that so..."I would have gotten into a lot of trouble"She whispers to herself."I know I've been crazy and I've treated you terribly." She continues and I s
“I’m glad you finally decided to come out with me.” Trevor says smiling at me across the small table. I can feel him moving his legs back and forth under the table. That’s how close we are to each other. I should be feeling nervous with his feet touching mine and his face being so close to mine but I’m not feeling any nerves at all. Tonight is finally The day, its date night with Trevor and usually on date nights I’m a mess. But with him I feel no different. I keep thinking about the times I’ve spent with Oliver, it was nerves all around. This feels too calm; I want to pinch myself so I can feel something.He took to a doughnut shop that just opened in town. There are so many people here to check it out, that we can barely move around. It’s a miracle we were able to get a table. Everyone and their grandmother came to have a taste of the many unique recipes. I’m glad we came so I can try some new flavors
“How did your date go?” Kelly whispers next to me. I look ahead at our substitute teacher to see if he heard her whisper so loudly. He looks up at the class but he doesn’t look in our direction. I don’t know why Kelly chose this precise moment to have this conversation with me. She can wait until lunch break to ask me about it. We don’t have to go to detention because she wants to know about a date.“Can we talk about this during lunch? I don’t think this is the right place to have this conversation.” I whisper trying not to be too loud. This teacher I nervous and he has very good hearing. Three people were sent to detention for whispering during class. Anyone can tell this man doesn’t want to be here and he will empty this class out by sending every last one of us to detention. And I don’t want to be one of those people to be sent there.“Lunch is too far, I want to know what happened. And besides he wo
“How are you today?” Oliver says standing behind me. I look up at him and he smiles. “I heard you were in detention today.” He says sitting next to me. It feels weird having him sit next to me after all that’s happened. My body is still very aware of him; every part of my being is in tune with him. My first instinct is to stand up and hug, kiss him and you know embrace him.I want it more now that we’ve been closer to each other. Now that I know what it feels like to fall asleep on his lap. What it feels like to kiss him. No matter how much I tell myself that I don’t want t be with him, the sound of his voice always takes me back to those desires.But the situation is not the same anymore is it? He and I crossed a line we can never go back to. We can’t really be friends because there are too many feelings there. And we can’t really ignore each other because of the same feelings. We’re in a weird place right no
Jameson and Kelly have a meet up after school.Jameson asked for a meet u, he has a plan to help Oliver get Ryo back….And the plan starts with Kelly.She’s the other key to making sure Ryo and Oliver end up together.A conversation over pancakes“What are you mad at me for?” Kelly asks staring at me. She blinks putting her hands flat on the table. I can tell she’s already on the offense. She doesn’t know why I called her here but I have a feeling she has some idea.I was hoping she would be more open to talking about it but she’s clearly not. I wonder if it’s because she had a talk with Ryo. If my conversation with Oliver is anything to go by, Ryo is not interested in making things work.“I’m not mad at you.” I say and she rolls her eyes at me. I smile at her gesture, she&r
I wake up to the sound of my phone chiming. I look at the text name and smile. I’ve been waiting for her to reach out for a long time. I didn’t know how to start the conversation. I was hoping she opens the lines of communication and I’ll take it from there.I need to play this one right. She won’t give another second chance. I need to make sure that I convince her I’m the guy she needs to be with. I need to show her that I can be the man she wants. If she wants romance I’ll give her that. I can do romance and I can do it well.I have a favor to askI’m not sure if I should even ask this of you Ry I don’t even care what she wants, as long as she wants it from me. It’s been hard being on the sidelines, I hate being an afterthought to her. I want to go back to being the only guy she thought about. I want her feelings f
My Uber pulls up to the location Trevor sent me and I see him leaning on a short wall. I’m nowhere near him and I can already feel the tension radiate from his body. He’s fidgeting with his t-shirt. I can tell he’s nervous. I don’t get why he’s that nervous because this is not our first date.I get out of the car and walk to him. I take a few steadying breaths as a sudden flood of anxiety hits me. I have a sneaky feeling his anxiety is rubbing off me. I hate feeling that way about him because I was looking forward to this date with him. The last one was a little fun; I was looking to having more fun with him.“I spent all f last night trying to plan the perfect date.” Trevor says and I smile. “I was so nervous I came up with nothing.” He says looking at me blushing. As soon as the words leave his mouth it confirms my thoughts. I knew he was freaking out, it’s written all over his face.“There&rsqu