What Happens Now. Chapter Sixteen

As much as I didn't want to I dragged myself out of bed not long after Jordan left my house. Seeing him this morning had really confused me. Even after all of these years it had felt right to wake up beside him. It didn't matter though. I couldn't go back and changed the choices that I had made. My dad knew that something was up the minute that I walked into the room.






" What happened last night? You look like hell." he asked with concern in his voice






" I went to the bar to have a drink and I ran into the Staals."





" And?"





" And apparently I got really drunk and said some stupid things while Jordan was taking me home"






" And how do you feel about seeing him again?"





" I don't know. It sucked. He brought his girlfriend from Pittsburgh with him and she was horrible. He deserves so much better than her. "





" Do you think that someone is you?"





" I don't know. Maybe. I've made excuses with every guy that has tried to date me since. They were to tall, to short, whatever but I think that deep down I was comparing them to him."






" I want nothing more than to see you happy and I will support you no matter what."









There was a knock at the door and I was shocked to see Jordan standing there with his hands looking very unsure of himself.









" Hey Mr. Myers."









" Hi Jordan."









He glanced between the two of us.









" Go ahead and talk to him. It's not like I can go anywhere."









I got up and followed him out of the room. We walked a little ways down the hallway before he turned around. I went to speak but was silenced as he pulled me into him and brought his lips down on mine. My mind went blank and my body responded involuntarily by pushing against him. It started out gentle at first and quickly became more heated as the seconds went on. I finally came to my senses and pushed on his chest.





" Jordie stop. We need to talk before this goes any farther."



" I'm sorry. I've been wanting to do that since I saw you last night."

I had to put some distance between the two. I couldn't think with him so close to me.

" What happened to Trina?" I asked as I started to pace

" If I'm lucky she'll be on the next plane back to Pittsburgh by the time I get back to the house."

" Why?" I asked hoping that I was going to hear the anwser that I wanted

" I saw you last night and realized that even after all of these years that you are still the only women that I have ever loved and that I need you in my life."

His words hit me like a ton of bricks and I had to make a consiouse effort to pull air into my lungs. I turned to look at him and saw that he meant every word that he said

" I can honestly say that I feel the same about you."

He came to me and wrapped me up in his strong arms and I felt a huge hole that I didn't even know that I had fill up with that one simple gesture.

" What's going to happen at the end of summer?" I asked as I buried my face into his shoulder

" We'll deal with that when it comes. For now we have so much time to make up for and I just want to enjoy it. We have a little over two months to figure things out."

" Okay. I can live with that."

" I should probably head home to make sure that the wicked witch is gone." he said before he let me go

" Maybe we can meet later at my house?" I offered

" And exactly what do you plan on doing with me at your house?" he asked with a grin

" I don't know. Maybe I can cook us some dinner and then we can watch a movie?" I asked knowing that wasn't the anwser he wanted to hear

" I can think of better things to do with our time." he asked and the tone of his voice made me shiver

" We'll see. I would like to start out slow and see where things go." I asked still unsure if I wanted to jump right back into things.

" I can handle that. As long as I get to spend time with you it doesn't matter what we're doing."

" I'll see you later than."

He pulled me into him for one last kiss before he left. I watched him walk down the hallway until he was out of view. I sat against the wall for a few minutes thinking about what had happened. It was something that I had thought would never happen and now that it had I was happy but I couldn't help but wonder how long it would last.