*Tristian's POV*
Eight Months Ago
"I'm bored, Tristian." My girlfriend Viola groaned. "Let's go out."
"And do what babe?"
"Get up to some trouble."
"Did I hear trouble?" My brother Trevor popped his head into the room. "We could call up the guys and do some joyride antics."
"Like destroying some mailboxes, egging some houses, potatoes up car exhausts?" I grinned.
"You read my mind, bro." He smirked.
"Is that enough trouble for you baby?" I asked Viola.
A devilish grin came across her face. "Sure is. Let's fucking go."
*Tristian's POV*I wished she would say something, anything. My worst fear was coming true. She wouldn't look at me. Her eyes were on the floor."Baby, would you...say something?" I begged."You've been lying to me from the day that we met." She whispered."I know, and I'm sorry, Haven. I just didn't know how to tell you. It never felt like the right time." She merely laughed. "Haven, can you please look at me?"Her eyes met mine. Those amber eyes that were once filled with love for me were now filled with disgust."You had so many times to tell me Tristian. I've asked you multiple times what happened in Florida and you lied to me every single time! Why didn't you tell me the first time I aske
~Haven's POV~He didn't say it was that bad. Sure he said people got hurt, but he never mentioned that people actually died! He killed people and he got away with it completely. And then he hid it from me and lied about it.Okay I guess Tristian didn't lie about killing anyone since I hadn't actually asked if he did. But he had to know this was something I wanted to know. I said I wanted to know everything and that most definitely falls under that umbrella.And now here I am trying to justify what he did. This wasn't who I am. Making excuses for manslaughter. It was breaking my heart, but I knew what I had to do. I was about to ruin my favorite holiday.I returned with the potatoes, but didn't sit down. "Can we talk Tristian?"
~Haven's POV~"What is all this?" I asked."It was your Christmas present. I know you said you didn't want it, but I couldn't exactly give this back. I um submitted your work to be put in a gallery and well...it came through."That had always been my dream. To have my work displayed and see how people reacted to them.Tristian made my dream come true. Even though I broke up with him and said he wasn't mine."Tristian, this is...no one has ever done something like this for me.""I know. Um, people already want to buy your stuff. And some of our stuff we did together too. I told them I wasn't sure if you were interested in selling. What should I tell them?" He asked.
*Tristian's POV*Being back with Haven was amazing. I was actually glad she knew about everything. There was no weight on my shoulders anymore. I wasn't freaking out about whether I would lose her anymore.I now knew what losing her was like and I couldn't go through it again. Honestly I didn't remember much about our week long break up. I was drunk all the time, trying to drive out thoughts of Haven. I was absolutely pathetic.I had never cried so much in my entire life. I just wanted her back again so my life could make sense.I was determined not to feel like that again.I planned on having Haven forever.+++As much as I really missed all
This is my fault. My sins are what led to this. I had made so many mistakes and veered off the path of righteousness.I was not treating my body like a temple. I was treating it like a place of sin! Sex, drugs, piercings. I had defiled my temple in most ways. Is that why this happened?Is that why I'm in the waiting room of the hospital praying someone I love will be okay?Did my sins get us here?48 Hours Earlier"Are you sure you want to go through with this?" Aleecia asked. "I mean your mother may die.""She'll be fine! It's a tiny stud in my nose, I'm not getting a face tattoo.""She's gonna flip."I s
"What does that mean?" Dad asked."Along with the video, Gabe also mentioned that Tristian blew up a building and killed two people.""Oh my goodness." Mom breathed, still rubbing her head."It wasn't like that, man." Tristian said. "It was an accident.""He feels awful about it." I added in."What, you knew?" Grace asked. "All this time I was telling you he was bad news, and you knew it and acted like I was crazy!""He's not bad news! He's a good person! Tristian has changed. He-he's not like that anymore and he's not this demon you are all making him out to be!""Haven, you are not going anywhere with this boy." Dad said firmly
*Tristian's POV*It had been almost a month since I had kissed her.I barely even saw her. She had decided to take a semester off to take care of her mom, so I couldn't have hidden moments with her at school.At church she was always strictly with her family. Sometimes her eyes would wander over to me during service and then when our eyes locked she'd get this look of immense happiness that quickly turned into sadness.It was like she was remembering how much she loved me, but then also remembered that things were incredibly complicated between us right now.We text a lot. Let me rephrase that; I text her a lot. Sometimes she answers, most times she doesn't. I tried not to take it personally. She was going through so much shit
*Tristan's POV*I was laying on my bed summoning the courage to call Haven and tell her what happened with Viola when my phone started ringing. My heart soared. It was her! She was actually calling me!"Hey baby." I answered. "How are you?""Not great." She said. "It's a shitty day.""I'm sorry to hear that. I um...I miss you so much.""That shocks me.""Why is that?" I questioned."Well it seems you have Viola to keep you occupied." Haven said."What do you me-""Trevor sent me a picture of you two kissing.