Love You Still: A Second Chance Small Town Romance by AJ Alexander

Author:AJ Alexander [Alexander, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Selina

“How’s my favorite ballerina doing today?” Bristol chirps as she waddles her way into the studio.

Her red hair is piled high on the top of her head, but a few strands hang loose in the front, framing her face. She’s wearing a Nurture Space shirt, the logo stretched slightly around the top of her protruding belly, and a pair of black yoga pants. Her green eyes are shining with mirth as the corner of her mouth pulls up into a smile.

Nurture Space is the name of the yoga studio Bristol opened when she moved here after college. It shocked me when Leia told me her college roommate was moving back to town with her, expecting Bristol to return home after graduation. But Bristol was determined to put down roots and create a home for herself. After following her dad around to different duty stations for most of her life, she refused to do it anymore. Her parents live a few hours away from here, in Alabama, but I think that has more to do with Bristol being here than anything else.

I don’t think I could ever be far away from my parents after spending so much time in New York. Sure, the city was amazing. I always had something to do or someone to hang out with, but I felt more alone in a city full of millions of people than I ever did when I lived here. It’s one of the many reasons I came back here to Tyson’s Creek after my injury. I needed to be around people who knew me, the real me, not the shell of a person I’d become after having spent so many years in the city. Now, if I could only get them to stop meddling in my love life, I’d be golden.

I force a smile, flopping down into one of the waiting room chairs. “I’m peachy keen. So, what brings you here on this fine afternoon?”

I already know Bristol isn’t here for a friendly visit. Bristol is one of my best friends, but she’s also the romantic in our group. She’s more invested in Vance and I getting back together than almost anyone, which means every time we’re in the same general vicinity of each other, Bristol always seems to call or appear shortly after. Bristol is here to get details. She wants to know how everything went, not that there is anything new for me to report.

I’m not too ashamed to admit to myself—but not to anyone else—that I’ve been avoiding seeing Vance. Just being near him brings up old feelings that I fought for years to keep buried deep inside me. I want to go back to not caring, to being the unfeeling robot I had become back in New York, but the longer I’m here, the more my heart opens, allowing all my emotions to come pouring in. Love, fear, hurt, passion, pain, and so many more emotions that sometimes it’s too hard to breathe. But when Vance is around, everything else seems to fade into the background.

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