Discovering Truths by B. Benfield

Author:B. Benfield [Benfield, B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-13T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

On the drive to see Gage, a slew of nerves coursed through me. I felt like I did when I met him for the first time. Excitement and nervousness consumed my thoughts and I welcomed the feelings. This felt right. We’d spent most of the day yesterday talking, and simply communicating through the phone had already brightened my mood. Even Marcus picked up on my changed attitude. Fortunately for me, he didn’t bother with me much, so I didn’t have to explain the reason for my optimism.

It was my lunch hour, so I was meeting Gage in his gym’s parking lot since we wouldn’t have much time. When I pulled in, he was parked in the same spot in the corner where he parked all the other times we met before. Memories came flooding back to me. Although it hadn’t been that long since I’d seen him, it felt like an eternity.

I pulled into the spot beside him and let out a deep breath. I wasn’t sure if the breath was for relief, happiness, or my fear of what if, but I pushed everything aside and climbed in his truck. Once inside, I sat with my back against the passenger window, as far from him as possible.

“Hey.” I said softly.

“Hey,” he said. “It’s been a while.”

“Yeah…it has.”

Of course it had to be raining that day and I was suddenly paranoid about my frizzy hair and smudged make-up.

“This rain though…got me looking a mess.” I said.

“You look beautiful. I’ve missed you so much.”

“I’ve missed you too,” I said, avoiding his eyes. I didn’t want him to see me cry, but then again, maybe he should. I needed him to know how true my feelings were.

“Hey, look at me,” he said, gently placing his fingers under my chin.

I shook my head. “I don’t want to cry.”

“Why would you cry?”

“I just love you so much. It’s physically hurt me to not be with you,” I explained. “Now here you are again, and I can’t believe it’s real, and that hurt is something I can’t go through again.”

He grabbed both of my hands in his and linked our fingers together. “I’m not going to hurt you. I told you, being without you made me realize a lot of things. We’re going to figure this out. I can’t be without you any longer.”

We’re going to figure this out. What did that mean? We were going to figure out what exactly? A future? I didn’t care as long as it involved us together.

As I processed his words, he pulled me into him, crashing his lips into mine. As his tongue tied with mine, I lost all care in the world. Everything with Gage felt right and natural, even though both of us knew we were still a mess. He made me believe that our mess didn’t matter. We were going to get through it together.

“Abby…my gosh…I’ve missed that, and you.”

“Me too.”

I’d never get tired of hearing him repeat those words. It validated all my feelings and that’s what I needed.

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