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“You can’t let that happen,” I said. “If I move out at the end of the semester…”
She stood up and cut me off, saying, “Don’t move out on me. Please. Not now.”
“We both know this isn’t working out. You’re a good friend, and I don’t want to end up hating you because we lived together too long.”
I rubbed her arm a moment.
“Can you think of anyone who would do this to you? Anyone who would want to hurt you?”
“Just one.”
“Leave him out of this. Austin had nothing to do with it.”
“You’re going to be okay,” I said.
“How do you know?” she snapped.
“You know what? I’m going to call Austin’ roommates. They’re always with him.”
“They’ll just lie for him.”
“Maybe, but I’m going to ask them.”
“I’m going to lay down.”
She stood and walked out of the living room. I wondered if I should call Austin or just go over to his house? It wasn’t far away, and I hadn’t seen or talked to him since the night before. Damn, he was right. All we did was fuck or fight.
I took a deep breath then got to my feet. A minute later, I was out the door and walking toward Austin’ house. I was going to get to the bottom of this by the end of the night. Part of me wanted to believe Jocelyn, but she’d lied one too many times before.
On the way over, I saw Trey walking toward me from the other end of the block. Before I could cross the street to avoid him, he raised a hand and called out. What now? I thought as he came closer, stopping when he reached me.
“Hey, Brooke.”
“Hey, Trey. How’s your knee?”
“Better. You going to see Austin?”
I nodded.
“Hey ya know, I just wanted to apologize for how I acted at that mall that day. I was a total ass. I was just embarrassed I guess. I need to relax sometimes.”
This was a change. “It’s not a big deal, we all have our moments.”
“Cool. I’m on my way to class, but Austin’s hanging out with Teddy and Brian. I’ll see you later maybe.”
“Yeah, maybe.”
After a wave, I continued on my way, before walking up to the porch, I stopped on the sidewalk and looked in the living room window. The only thing I saw was the flickering of a television screen.
I would just go back home and tell Jocelyn he denied it. She could take care of her own problems. I didn’t need all this craziness, especially after my midterm grades.
No matter how hard I tried to justify walking away and saying goodbye to Austin once and for all, I was not able to resist his magnetic pull.
He had power over me, a fact that excited and terrified me at the same time. Previous to meeting him, I’d had the next six years of my life planned out.
Now, I wasn’t sure where I stood one day to the next. He had given me plenty of wonderful moments, but not everything had been a walk in the park. I had to know the truth, decide once and for all what we were doing.
I sighed then stepped toward the porch. The door opened before I reached it. Austin walked out laughing with his two other roommates behind him.
