A little bit of closeness

Kehlani.

The moment everyone had left school, I was still waiting for Trevor outside his coach's office. I'm still reeling from shock while he fought with Elliot on the ice. I saw it all. How Elliot had started the fight before Trevor threw a punch. The moment the door opened and he came out, I ran to him.

“Uh, are you okay?” I maintained eye contact and I saw his coach stepping out too. Trevor slowly took my hands and sighed.

“Yeah. I am.”

“Mhm-mhm” His coach cleared his throat and I pulled my hands away.

“Mr Trevor's coach.” I greeted nervously.

“Kehlani right?”

I nod. “Of course sir.”

The air was thick with tension as he stared at us. I knew he's shocked. “One of the brilliant students in school.” He praised me. “I'm surprised how the both of you are together. I never knew you too were close.”

“Actually, we're dating. Kehlani is a good person. She's helping me become a…. I don't know…the change y'all want to see?” Trevor shrugged.

“Wow, really?”

“Haha.” I chuckled, nervous. “True.”

“That's wonderful. I really hope to see you change, trev. Remember, if you do, your parents wouldn't think of transferring you to another school.”

“What?!” I snapped, looking into Trevor's eyeball.

“Bye. See you tomorrow."

“Am I suspended from the rink?” Trevor inquired, placing his hands on his waist.

“That…. I don't know. You'll receive my feedback.” He turned to leave and we both started walking away from the hallway.

“Hey, you're leaving school? Is it because of what happened in the ice?” I panicked, with a worrying face.”

He smiled. “My parents would definitely get over it. I'll convince them they're joking. I'd rather get suspended for days than leave this school.”

I sighed and he stopped at his car, opening the front door.

“What are you doing?”

“Me? Well, We. We are going to your house.”

“Isn't that a violation of the Rules? I'm not your real girlfriend so you're not supposed to give me a lift. And to my house? What for?”

He raked his hands through his hair. “Would you chill? What's wrong with giving you a ride? As long as there's no sexual tension which is the main Rule. And I want to take you home so you can give me your document. Don't you understand?”

It took me a while to finally understand and process what he said. “Fine. But you're not gonna come in.”

“Whatever.”

He walked to the other side and opened the door for me. I sat down and the car smell made me smile. He glides out of school and into the main road.

“So, what exactly happened today? What did Elliot say that infuriated you? I caught a lot on camera. He seemed to be the one that started it.”

“Full stop. Your last statement says it all.”

“But what happened?”

“Don't worry, you don't wanna know. Any moment from now, Elliot would be planning his revenge. Wanting to beat me up or something.”

After a while of trying to make him tell me the reason they clashed and he refused, I just gave up, not wanting to dive too much into it. The car had finally pulled up at my house. We both stepped down.

“Thank you for the ride. I'll just go upstairs and bring it.”

I walked towards the door but saw a shadow close and it's him. “What?”

“I want to go in too. I'm thirsty. You can't offer me water outside your house.” He smirked and I rolled my eyes.

“Fine.” I pushed the door open and he stepped in first, then I closed it.

“Nice place.” He starts inspecting the place.

“You wish.”

He lays on the couch in the living room and I sighed heavily, watching him check his phone, smiling. Trevor doesn't seem so bad after all. He stood up and headed to the kitchen himself. I followed him and watched him open the fridge, take a bottle of water and gulp everything.

“Am I so hot you can't take your eyes off?”

He turned, and I scoffed, taking my hands from the doorway. “Excuse you? You're not that fine.”

“Or you don't wanna admit.” He raised his brow and I pushed him from his back away from the kitchen.

“Where's your Dad?”

“At the shop.”

“How about your Mom?”

“Well, I traveled. Business stuff. I started to cascade the stairs and opened the door to my room. “Do you plan on leaving soon?”

“No. I think I like it here.” His eyes scanned my room and he sat on the bed. “Nice room.”

“No. It's silly and nerdy.” I started to shift all my teddy bears towards the head of the bed and opened the windows. “I'll be right back. Hold on.” I left the room in the kitchen to find snacks. I poured popcorn into two bowls with 2 soda cans. Let's watch a movie before he leaves. Besides, he's just going to keep me company today.

I walked in and set it down on the floor. He's busy checking out the document on my table.

“So, you found it. That's it.”

He flipped the page then closed it. “Your sample is good though. Are we watching a movie?”

“Uh, yeah. I don't know what to do. I thought we'd just watch something.”

“Okay.” He sits on the bed while I turn on the TV, N*****x and search for a horror movie. The lights are turned off including the curtain rolled down..only the fan working creating a cinematic ambiance.

We had just started the movie and the jumpscare had made me throw a lot of popcorn and spill my drink.

Trevor can't help but laugh. “Why get scared if you picked the movie yourself?”

I scoffed. “You think I'm scared. I'm not.

We focused back on the movie. It's not even up to a minute, the demonic Spirit had appeared unexpectedly in front of the main character and I screamed, my heart raced and I involuntarily threw myself on Trevor’s body straddling him with both legs wrapped around his torso and his back hit the bed.

For a heartbeat, we froze. Staring intensely. My chest heaved. Then, realization hit me hard. I scrambled to sit up back, and fell on the floor.

“Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Sorry. Sorry. I didn't mean….I just……”

I stopped, he looked angry.