Trying Not to Love You
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"Just about." I told her, with a huge smile on my face. "Jackson, Mason and Cooper want to take us for lunch before we head out tomorrow."
She huffed at me. "They act like we're going across the country, and are never going to see them again."
"You know how they are; I'm surprised Mase and Coop haven't transferred schools just to stay close to us. Jackson is so wrapped up in Chloe that I don't think it's hit him just yet."
This certainly surprised me. It was probably because Hunter was at Old Dominion, too. They knew he would not let anything happen to us. In addition, the Harvard baseball scholarships gave them little to no choice.
"When are we going? I still have a few things I need to pack." That did not shock me. Hailey was a procrastinator.
"Around one, and I guess your ass needs help packing?" Hailey sucks at packing, always has. Every time we would go down to the shore house for the weekend, she would always forget half of her bathing suit, her toothbrush or her shoes. It was always something.
"You know it. I'll text Mason, and tell him we will just meet him there." She was tapping away on her phone. "When is Hunter coming to pick up all our stuff?"
"He asked me to dinner tonight, so I guess tomorrow morning when he picks us up."
Looking shocked, Hailey said, "Just the two of you are going to dinner?"
"Yeah, why?" We go out to dinner all the time. Why should this shock her? She quickly diverted her eyes back to her phone, "Oh, um, just wondering."
"What the hell, Hailey? It's not the first time I have been to dinner with Hunter."
Still not meeting my eyes, she said, "Nothing. Let's go."
Huh? What the hell is going on? "Hailey," I turned around, so I was staring at her. "I'm not leaving this room until you tell me what the f**k is going on."
"Nothing. Just forget I said anything." She grabbed her purse, and started towards to door.
"Whatever, but I'm not forgetting it."
We left and headed to Hailey's house. Just as we were getting out of the car in her driveway, Hailey's head whipped around, and she cursed under her breath.
"What's the matter?" I asked in a panic, thinking I had done something wrong.
She looked straight ahead. "Nothing. Can you just pull into the garage?"
Looking at her skeptically, I said, "Yeah. Your parents aren't going to block me in though, right?"
"Umm, no, we'll be OK. I can always have them move if they do come home," she said quickly.
I turned the car back on, and moved it into to garage. She was acting strange all day, but I thought maybe it was just the fact that we were leaving tomorrow morning.
"Kenzie, I need to tell you something, and I don't want you to get upset."
"How can you say something like that, and expect me not to get upset? What's going on?"
"Have you talked to Dominic?"
"Yeah, this morning."
"What did he say to you?"
What the hell is up with the 20 questions? "Just the usual. We talked about football, and how excited he is that I'll be there with him."
"He's home."
No kidding! "Yeah, I know. He has practice tomorrow morning."
"No, he's home. Like at his house, home."
Whipping my head around to look at her, I asked, "How do you know?"
"He is next door, at Alexis' house. I saw him pulling up when my mom and I were leaving to go to your house. I asked him what he was doing there. He said he had something to take care of, and then he was heading back to school."
There is no way he is here, is there? "You're sure it was him?"
"Kenzie, I talked to him. Of course, I'm sure."
"Is he still over there now? Is that why you had me pull into the garage?"
Nodding, she turned to get out of the car. "I told him I was going to tell you. He said he did not have anything to hide, so that is why I am telling you. I don't believe him."
"Well, if he didn't have anything to hide, why didn't he tell me he was coming home? Why the f**k is he with that bitch? He knows I hate her for starting all that shit last year."
"That's what I was wondering."
I got out of the car, walked out of the garage door and looked over at Alexis' house. Dominic's car was not there. I quickly sent him a text message.
Me – 10:58am: Hey, where u @
Dominic – 10:59am: Home
Me – 11:01am: @ ur house or school
Dominic – 11:03am: House, was on my way to surprise you
Me – 11:04am: Nice surprise it was 2 see u leave Alexis'
Dominic – 11:06am: She said she needed 2 talk 2 me, she caught me on my way out
Me – 11:08am: Y didn't u tell me u were coming home
Dominic – 11:10am: Where r u
Me 11:11am: Hails
Dominic – 11:13am: On my way
I looked up at Hailey and said, "He's on his way here; he said she caught him on his way to surprise me."
"You believe him?"
I just nodded at her. "I don't exactly have a reason not to."
Shaking her head, she huffed and said, "I'll be in my room."
I sat on her front steps for about ten minutes before he pulled up. I walked over to his car. He motioned me to over to his window.
"Hey, baby." He leaned out of the window and kissed me.
"So, why didn't you tell me you were coming home?"
"I told you, I wanted to surprise you. I thought maybe you needed some help packing."
Did I believe that was the reason he was here? No, not really, because I knew he was up to something. He had changed so much for having only being gone a few weeks. "Oh, well, I wish you would have told me last weekend that you were coming home. I could have used some help this morning." I tapped my finger on the door of his car. "So, what did Alexis want?"
"Sorry, I guess maybe I should have told you. She just wanted to talk about the party last weekend. She asked if I had been there cause she hadn't seen me."
What the hell! "Why would she care if you were at the party? She's trying to start shit again." The more I thought about her, the more pissed I got.
"I said the same thing to her." He turned his head to stare out the front windshield. "She was going on about seeing Hunter with his hands all over you, and you guys walking out of the party by yourselves." Then he turned back to me. "I don't care if you did. I told her I trusted you."
"That's good, because you should trust me."
She huffed at me. "They act like we're going across the country, and are never going to see them again."
"You know how they are; I'm surprised Mase and Coop haven't transferred schools just to stay close to us. Jackson is so wrapped up in Chloe that I don't think it's hit him just yet."
This certainly surprised me. It was probably because Hunter was at Old Dominion, too. They knew he would not let anything happen to us. In addition, the Harvard baseball scholarships gave them little to no choice.
"When are we going? I still have a few things I need to pack." That did not shock me. Hailey was a procrastinator.
"Around one, and I guess your ass needs help packing?" Hailey sucks at packing, always has. Every time we would go down to the shore house for the weekend, she would always forget half of her bathing suit, her toothbrush or her shoes. It was always something.
"You know it. I'll text Mason, and tell him we will just meet him there." She was tapping away on her phone. "When is Hunter coming to pick up all our stuff?"
"He asked me to dinner tonight, so I guess tomorrow morning when he picks us up."
Looking shocked, Hailey said, "Just the two of you are going to dinner?"
"Yeah, why?" We go out to dinner all the time. Why should this shock her? She quickly diverted her eyes back to her phone, "Oh, um, just wondering."
"What the hell, Hailey? It's not the first time I have been to dinner with Hunter."
Still not meeting my eyes, she said, "Nothing. Let's go."
Huh? What the hell is going on? "Hailey," I turned around, so I was staring at her. "I'm not leaving this room until you tell me what the f**k is going on."
"Nothing. Just forget I said anything." She grabbed her purse, and started towards to door.
"Whatever, but I'm not forgetting it."
We left and headed to Hailey's house. Just as we were getting out of the car in her driveway, Hailey's head whipped around, and she cursed under her breath.
"What's the matter?" I asked in a panic, thinking I had done something wrong.
She looked straight ahead. "Nothing. Can you just pull into the garage?"
Looking at her skeptically, I said, "Yeah. Your parents aren't going to block me in though, right?"
"Umm, no, we'll be OK. I can always have them move if they do come home," she said quickly.
I turned the car back on, and moved it into to garage. She was acting strange all day, but I thought maybe it was just the fact that we were leaving tomorrow morning.
"Kenzie, I need to tell you something, and I don't want you to get upset."
"How can you say something like that, and expect me not to get upset? What's going on?"
"Have you talked to Dominic?"
"Yeah, this morning."
"What did he say to you?"
What the hell is up with the 20 questions? "Just the usual. We talked about football, and how excited he is that I'll be there with him."
"He's home."
No kidding! "Yeah, I know. He has practice tomorrow morning."
"No, he's home. Like at his house, home."
Whipping my head around to look at her, I asked, "How do you know?"
"He is next door, at Alexis' house. I saw him pulling up when my mom and I were leaving to go to your house. I asked him what he was doing there. He said he had something to take care of, and then he was heading back to school."
There is no way he is here, is there? "You're sure it was him?"
"Kenzie, I talked to him. Of course, I'm sure."
"Is he still over there now? Is that why you had me pull into the garage?"
Nodding, she turned to get out of the car. "I told him I was going to tell you. He said he did not have anything to hide, so that is why I am telling you. I don't believe him."
"Well, if he didn't have anything to hide, why didn't he tell me he was coming home? Why the f**k is he with that bitch? He knows I hate her for starting all that shit last year."
"That's what I was wondering."
I got out of the car, walked out of the garage door and looked over at Alexis' house. Dominic's car was not there. I quickly sent him a text message.
Me – 10:58am: Hey, where u @
Dominic – 10:59am: Home
Me – 11:01am: @ ur house or school
Dominic – 11:03am: House, was on my way to surprise you
Me – 11:04am: Nice surprise it was 2 see u leave Alexis'
Dominic – 11:06am: She said she needed 2 talk 2 me, she caught me on my way out
Me – 11:08am: Y didn't u tell me u were coming home
Dominic – 11:10am: Where r u
Me 11:11am: Hails
Dominic – 11:13am: On my way
I looked up at Hailey and said, "He's on his way here; he said she caught him on his way to surprise me."
"You believe him?"
I just nodded at her. "I don't exactly have a reason not to."
Shaking her head, she huffed and said, "I'll be in my room."
I sat on her front steps for about ten minutes before he pulled up. I walked over to his car. He motioned me to over to his window.
"Hey, baby." He leaned out of the window and kissed me.
"So, why didn't you tell me you were coming home?"
"I told you, I wanted to surprise you. I thought maybe you needed some help packing."
Did I believe that was the reason he was here? No, not really, because I knew he was up to something. He had changed so much for having only being gone a few weeks. "Oh, well, I wish you would have told me last weekend that you were coming home. I could have used some help this morning." I tapped my finger on the door of his car. "So, what did Alexis want?"
"Sorry, I guess maybe I should have told you. She just wanted to talk about the party last weekend. She asked if I had been there cause she hadn't seen me."
What the hell! "Why would she care if you were at the party? She's trying to start shit again." The more I thought about her, the more pissed I got.
"I said the same thing to her." He turned his head to stare out the front windshield. "She was going on about seeing Hunter with his hands all over you, and you guys walking out of the party by yourselves." Then he turned back to me. "I don't care if you did. I told her I trusted you."
"That's good, because you should trust me."
