“Are you worried? I thought everything went well this semester.”
“It did.”
“All As,” Pops interjects. “What’s there to worry about?”
“It’s my last semester. It feels weird that school is ending.”
“I couldn’t wait to be done with college,” Pops says.
“Really? I thought you loved it?” I ask.
“I did. But I was ready to get out into the real world. I wanted to teach and start changing lives.”
“You have done that.” Dad drops a kiss on his forehead.
It makes my heart ache seeing the two of them together.
I want what they have. I always have. A love that supports and grows as we get old together. That no matter what comes our way, we face it together.
Is it too soon to hope that’s what I have with Troy?
CanI even have it with him?
Nick lets out a snore from his spot on the couch. His book is flat across his stomach now.
“Alright. Maybe we should cut the movie short tonight.”
“You sure?” I take another long sip of my wine. It helps to calm the swirling thoughts in my brain.
“Go, call your friends. Do things that college kids do.”
“So go to bed early after getting up at the crack of dawn to open presents this morning?”
More like go back to texting Troy, but I’m not going to tell them that.
“Don’t forget we’re having breakfast tomorrow with Uncle Colin and Aunt Peyton.”
“I won’t.” More people that won’t approve of my relationship. “Love you guys.”
“Love you, sweetheart.”
I retreat back to the safety of my room and flop down onto my bed. Maybe tomorrow I’ll have a clearer head. One that I can use to come up with a plan to try and figure this thing out with Troy.
It’d be a Christmas miracle if I could.
Chapter Nineteen
TROY
“You promised to feed me.”
I ignore Angie, needing to feel her. The minute the door shuts to her room, I’m on her. It’s been too damn long without my hands on her bare skin. Without the feel of her under me.
“After.”
Two weeks was too long. The hunger I have for her is unlike anything else. My body craves her and everything she’ll give me.
I never thought I could feel like this with someone. But Angie brings out feelings in me I never knew I could have.
