Shadows

9.

Gosh why am I so nervous, it's not like I'm talking to a stranger.

Well it kind of is, I mean he's not your best friend.

I know but he's not a stranger. I have talked to him, hell, I kissed him.

Yeah but that doesn't make you the love of his life.

I hope it did.

'what's your order ma'am, there are more people who want a drink' the annoying man behind the counter asked.

'2 iced coffee please' I told him 'to go'.

Yesterday I finally reached out to Blake, I texted him and asked him to meet me at the fountain seeing it wouldn't be a rainy day today. it's still cold but my sweater helped with that. And I know it's stupid to get an iced coffee with cold weather but Blake likes iced coffee and me too so why not?

It was weird because he only texted "k" back when I asked him. he probably didn't have anything other to say, he already put his heart out in the other tests, which where hard to read by the way. His first text was

"I'm so so sorry"

about a million times and then he texted

"I'm so sorry about what I said. I'm an ass for saying it and I just want you to forgive me. I understand if I don't get a second chance but please forgive me"

I blinked the thoughts away and sat on a bench in front of the fountain. Like always there where kids playing around it. they were cute and happy, and for a second I wanted to be him.

Dramatic- I know- but I'm a dramatic person.

'hey'

I looked up to see Blake, I immediately stood up and smiled.

'I see you are sweet' he looked at the coffee

'because I do know you like iced coffee' I remembered the conversation and gave him the coffee.

'I do, thank you' he smiled and sat with me on the bench.

In silence we both looked at two kids balancing on the side of the fountain. The one jumped off of it and the other made it to the end.

'so why did you reach out?' Blake looked at me

'because I want to talk' I also looked at him

'and we couldn't do that a week ago?' he raised his eyebrows, okay there is some tension there.

'I needed time' I told him and he nodded slowly.

'did I hurt you?'

'yes' I nodded and he sighed.

'but, we only kissed once and I've known you for a week'

'I don't how you hurt me this much but you did' I told him and he nodded.

'is it because you have a thing for me?' he seriously asked, how could this be a serious question?

'ehm.. no' I scoffed, and lied of course.

'yeah sure' he scoffed back 'you wouldn't let go of my hand the first time we met'

'I was talking to the Bad boy in the school, of course I got nervous' I defended myself

'sure' he chuckled

'I don't have a thing for you Blake' I chuckled.

'then why did you kiss me?' he rose an eyebrow at me

'you kissed me first' I snapped back.

'but you kissed my back' a small smile formed his lips.

'I guess I was just caught up in the moment' I looked back at the fountain.

I know I was lying but it wasn't lying in the way he did. This was just denying the fact that I was hard crushing on him for almost a decade.

'so why did you want to talk?' he puts his arm over the back of the bench, placing his head on his hand.

'so I know I told you I won't give you a second chance' I looked down 'but you only lied, and I know it hurt me a lot. but you probably was just doing some stupid boy thing, you weren't being yourself'

I finally looked up at him, he was smirking at me.

'so I'll give you your second chance'

'thank you' he kept smirked

'but' I screeched 'I only want to be friends, and if you fuck up again it's over permanently'

'I promise you I won't fuck up again' he smiled

'oh and you can't throw me in the water because that water was fucking cold' I told him and he let out a laugh.

'come on you got to admit, it was kind of funny'

'no its wasn't' I kept my laughter in

'plus it was your own fault, you threw water over my head'

'I know but you where just so peaceful' I mumble 'to peaceful'

'there is no such thing as "to peaceful"' he frowned

'there is when your name is Blake Bloomingdale and Chrissy Hastings' I rose my eyebrows

'Christina' he corrected me

'Chrissy' I corrected him back

'I like Christina better' he told me

'and I like Chrissy better, so you should feel honored I let you call me Christina' I said and crossed my arms

'I am' I said and I chuckled. He looked at the ground and I looked at him.

I realized he wasn't showing any emotion but I knew he was happy. I mean I know he smirks even when he's mad but this smirk was different. He actually liked that fact that I gave him a second chance. At least that's what I see.

'so are we cool' he looked up and I quickly looked away.

'yes we are cool so can we please go inside' I said and he rolled his eyes.

'you know what I mean'

'I do and we are'