[song for the chapter: Flower-Johnny Stimson]
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Stephanie's POV's:
It's been a week since Travis's departure Florida.
I can't lie and say I haven't missed him.
However he doesn't make his absence be known for long....
He me every night at 11pm.
11pm on dot,never 5 mins late to our daily call.
Usually after he's done practicing and has showered up for the night.
He says something about my voice puts him to sleep apparently.
I wonder if it's that or he gets secretly turned on by my voice judging by his devious smirks through the FaceTime call.
Here I am laying down staring at my phone.
10 in the morning,the sun is shining through my blinds,the birds are chirping and the sound of loud salsa music from Yesenia cooking breakfast in the kitchen fills the small yet spacious dorm of ours.
Today we usually clean up the dorm.
It's in our schedule,however I came down with my "time of the month" or like my father used to call it "my red friend came to visit".
When they really should just say it,the way it is.
My cycle has started and it's killing me slowly.
Luckily it's the weekend until finals start the following week.
For now the small magnetic dry erase board that hangs on the fridge door is filled with pink and blue letters written on it.
Which read out "Chores to do today".
I'm about to tell Yesenia to wipe the entire board and try another day when I'm fully better.
As I struggle to get out of the bed.
My legs dangle on the outskirt of my bed and I rub my forehead,I already feel the headache coming.
Luckily my prayers are answered when Yesenia's music stops abruptly and then she comes running over to my room.
She opens the door slowly careful not to come barging in like she usually does.
She smiles at me.
"How are you feeling?" She asks me and I pout at her.
"I feel like my lady box is cursing at me because I didn't get pregnant this month" I say groaning in pain as I catch a cramp while she comes to my side.
Sitting next to me on the bed with a bowl in hand.
She hands me some homemade soup her mom taught her how to make before she moved out of state and came for college here in Orlando.
"Soup on a October morning" I say smiling faintly before grabbing the bowl from her hands and i wince in pain from the heat that engulfs the palms of my hands.
She rips the bowl from my hands and places the bowl on my desk.
She then rushes back to the kitchen as I look down at my hand which is turning red fast.
She comes back into the room with a cup full of ice.
She pushes my hand open and places a ice cube on my hand.
I gasp in shock from the drastic change from a boiling hot burn to a cold,frozen ice cube on my hands.
"Bruta!" She scolds as she rubs my hand repeatedly with ice cubes.
Dipping her hand into the cup and pulling out more cubes,the cubes melt onto my hands in seconds.
Leaving water all over my bed which I mentally smack myself for but it's a emergency,it's just water it's not like it's soda or juice on my sheets.
"I gotta wash these" I groan eyeing the sheets and she shakes her head.
"You're not doing a damn thing today. I'm cooking breakfast,lunch and dinner for you all day today!" She says looking at me.
"No date tonight?" I ask her smirking.
"Nope. Not even one but still you're my best friend and I have to support you during the worst times of the month" she says and I chuckle.
"I love you too Senia" I say and she smirks.
"Ok now let's go eat now that your hand's no longer as red as it was and that way you can go back to laying down" she says grabbing my other hand and helping me out of the bed.
As she does so,we both hear the doorbell ring.
We look at each other before she sits me at my desk so I can eat and walks to the front door.
"Who is it?" She asks.
"All Day Blooms!" A man says from the other side loudly.
She uncovers the peephole that we covered with a piece of toilet paper.
You can never be too careful as two single women alone in a dorm in college.
Things happen.
All the time.
Scary things.
She takes a peek before opening the door and sure enough it's a man dressed up with a bouquet of various flowers all mixed up together.
She smiles and the man peeks into the dorm.
"Is there a Stephanie Carter here?" He asks her eyeing her up and down.
"Yes she's here why?" She asks.
I look over since my bedroom door is open and the front door is visible from my angle of the room.
I slurp some of my soup and indulge in the noodles.
I twist my fork to grab any noodles at the bottom and I watch as the man searches the back of his head.
"Well I need her exact signature because it's a gift and I need that info to verify it was delivered" he says and I slowly get up from my chair.
I walk over to the corner of my room and grab a robe to cover myself up a little more.
I walk out of the room with my hair looking like a bird's nest and my eyes looking sunken in.
Like as if I never slept.
"Yes that's me" I say my voice raspy slightly and the man smiles ignoring my appearance.
I'm assuming he's seen worst.
"I just need your signature here." He says and I smile faintly before grabbing the pen from his hand.
I scribble my name onto the bottom of the page and he hands me the bouquet.
"Here you go,enjoy!" he says and grabs the clipboard from my hand.
He leaves and Yesenia closes the door.
"Ooh pretty flowers from who??" She says teasingly and I smile.
"I have no idea but this is so pretty!" I exclaim before closing my eyes and taking a sniff of the flowers .
The bouquet is mixed with iris,hyancith,peonies and lilacs.
I never received Irises before in a bouquet,the only person I ever told that I liked the Iris flower was Yesenia and-
No.
It can't be him.
I read the tag below that reads.
"I'm missing you,here's some flowers that reminded me of you. Call me soon-Trav"
I tear up and giggle.
"You punk! You're so dead when I see you!" I say as I wipe my tears away from my face.
How dare he make me miss him more than I already do?...
- the next day -
The cycle has taken a better turn and I feel lighter.
I sit down watching Bridgerton with Yesenia.
Yes Bridgerton.
I love that show.
It's a show me and her bond over.
I get a text and I open my phone to see it's Travis.
"Trav🤍: hi Steph,been missing you"
"Trav🤍: did you receive my gift yesterday?😉"
I smile looking down at my phone and I start typing.
"Steph⭐️: yes I did and I really appreciate it!! you didn't have to!! I can only imagine the floral shops in Orlando are $$$ and I can only imagine the cost alone.."
"Trav🤍: gurl I'm Travis Kelce. I have no budget when it comes to you" he replies back.
I laugh at his cockiness.
"Steph⭐️: there goes the athletic cockiness I know..." I reply back.
"Trav🤍: which you love.." he snaps back and I blush.
He knows me too damn well.
It's like he's teasing me for liking him sometimes.
But he flirts with me knowing we're supposed to be friends...
Friends who occasionally kiss and what not...
Well the "what not" hasn't happened yet.
Although my heart wants it to happen already but my brain is screaming no at myself.
I decide not to answer back after a exciting spicy scene starts in the show.
Yesenia glances at me and sees my phone open.
"Texting mister?" She asks me.
"Yes why?" I say.
"Well it's obvious judging by your face,you glow whenever you both talk to each other." She says smiling softly.
"I wish I had that too..." she adds before brushing it off before she starts the waterworks for herself which will end up with the both of us crying in the living room.
"We aren't anything Senia trust me! + you'll find a guy to love you" I say and she sighs loudly.
"I hope so because I wish to be whisked away like the viscountess was with the viscount." She says and I giggle.
All of a sudden another knock at the door from the same floral shop.
I get the door this time and it's another bouquet of flowers.
This time it's full of roses.
Red roses with a note attached.
"You are as beautiful as a rose to me-Trav" and I smile reading it out loud.
Yesenia squeals.
"He's into you!! Omg!! you need to see him asap" she says and I sigh.
"I wish it was that easy he has games this month and won't be back until early November and that's not guaranteed" I say fiddling with my fingers.
"Then go to Kansas City and see him!" She says confidently.
"Senia that's states away and we have finals" I say and she stares at me.
"After finals dummy!! Go see him! It's obvious you both need to see each other!" She says winking.
"We're just friends Senia.." I say biting my lip slightly.
"Friends with benefits?" She asks me with a eyebrow raised.
"No. Just friends." I say.
"So if another girl goes to his game you wouldn't be jealous right?" She asks me smirking.
"No. That's ridiculous because why would I be jealous of a girl? There's hundreds of girls at every game if I worried about every girl with any guy no matter if he's Travis Kelce or not I would be having grays coming out of my hair now at my age" I say and she smirks.
"You have one right there" she says before plucking it out and I groan in pain.
"Damn what the hell was that for?" I snapped at her.
"Sorry grumpy. You had one there" she says chuckling before smacking my arm playfully.
I flip her off before bursting into a fit of laughter as she shows me the long gray hair that she plucked from my head.
"She was just chilling on my head wasn't she?" I said jokingly and she laughed.
"Yup just chilling until i got her out because she ain't paying rent" she says and I laugh.
"I needed that." I say pouting at the bouquet in my hands.
"Hey! You didn't act like that in middle school when I was sent to summer camp for a month.." she says pouting playfully.
"Because we were in the same state silly" I say giggling as I smack her arm.
"Plus I ended up going to be with my grandparents in Boca that summer" I added.
"That's true the horrors of Boca Raton" she says teasingly.
My phone buzzes in my Jean pocket,my fingers scramble to search for it and I pull out my phone for my pocket to see "Trav🤍".
"Senia I'll be right back imma step outside for a walk" I say and she looks at me with a confused look before shrugging it off.
She sits back down on the sofa to watch something else on Netflix until I get back to the living room so we can finish watching Bridgerton together.
I answer the phone as I walk outside.
"Hello?" I speak.
"Hi cutie" he says on the other end.
Flirting as usual.
"Hi there...how has the games been?" I ask him.
"Damn no how are you? How's the weather etc?" He says jokingly and I roll my eyes playfully hearing him tease me through the phone.
"How are you?" I ask.
"I'm ok. I'm a little hurt right now.." he says.
"Wait what?" I say worriedly.
"I'm ok now I'm told to be on bed rest until later this week. Just a small injury to my foot I'll be ok" he says and I sigh in relief.
Despite feeling bad that he's so far away & that I can't help him heal.
"When will you be visiting Orlando?" I ask him.
"No clue it depends on how these next few games end up,we have 3 more games to see if I can visit in November or not" he says sighing.
I can hear through the phone his frustration.
"No worries then I want you focused on the game and not little o'l me." I say acting cool.
Even though inside,I feel like falling apart.
As I'm hearing him sound all stressed out about the uncertainty of us seeing each other again,anytime soon.
"You're not just a little o'l somebody though..you're you." He says.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" I ask him.
"Can't say it over the phone." He says.
There goes the teasing he does again.
Forever the tease when it comes to me apparently.
He likes to drive me crazy with his words and actions.
"Is it cold or hot over there?" He asks me.
"It's Florida.." I say sarcastically.
"No for real tell me." He says.
His voice gentle with a hint of rasp.
"It's about 70 degrees today and windy but the humidity is high so my hair is all frizzed up." I say and he chuckles on the other end.
"And? What else?" He asks me.
"and it'll be 46 tonight and the humidity will be low so I can go for library and study without worrying about my hair" I say smiling before we both end up giggling on the phone.
"Cute. I can imagine you with frizzy hair" he says.
"No please don't it's horrible" I plead hiding my face in embarrassment although I know he can't see my reaction.
"What? No. I think you'd look cute with frizzy hair." He says and I smile.
"Thanks Trav" I say.
"No problem" he answers back.
"I miss you" he adds.
"Really how much?" I ask smirking.
"I miss you a lot i don't know.." he says trailing off.
"I'm not convinced Kelce." I say playfully name dropping his last name.
"Ok Ms. Carter I'll try again" he says and goosebumps form on my skin hearing him say my name.
"Steph I miss you so much,I could possibly kiss you when I see you" he says in barely a whisper as if so no one but me can hear what he just said.
My face feels hot and I start fanning myself hearing him.
My brain gets scattered and I start imagining him kissing me.
I start imagining him doing far more than just kissing...
Ew. No.
We are friends.
That's all we are.
Friends who kiss.
Friends who flirt.
Friends who...
Maybe Yesenia is right...
"Am I making you flustered doll that you can't speak?" He says chuckling deviously.
"No. I'm fine" I say sternly trying to snap myself out of it.
"Ok whatever you say...I just know your kisses are the best though after what you did in the car with me-"
"Ok Travis I need to go study I'll call you back later if I have time." I say cutting him off before I orgasm in my jeans from him talking alone.
"Wait Steph-"
"Later Trav" I say before hanging up.
I hold the phone to my chest.
I breathe in and out rapidly as my heart beats fast and my brain starts racing.
Images of us kissing,touching,possibly naked start running through my mind.
I take a long moment before walking back inside the dorm and I rush to the fridge alarming Yesenia.
"Are you okay?" She asks me.
She watches as I chug down a water bottle in one sitting without a break.
"I'm fine" I say as I crush the water bottle and toss it in the recycle bin.
"Are you sure you look hot and flustered..." she says smirking with a hand on her hip.
"I'm ok..I swear to-"
"Don't use god in this situation you might get struck by lightning" she says smirking.
"Ok ok Travis called." I say.
"A ha! That's why you're like this. You both need to be honest and tell each other your feelings" she says.
"Senia this is the best way of having him in my life,as a friend. If we were dating it'd be too complicated plus he deserves to be with girls in that scene. Sports girls" I say.
"And what are you? You are a student at UCF for sport's journalism and you're working towards getting a internship at Fox Sports" she says trying to pitch the idea to me.
"You are far more ahead than those girls,that they date athletes & then date other athletes,the cycle never breaks" she adds.
"You are smart and beautiful,you are kind and strong. You worked your ass off to be where you are right now" she tells me as she holds my hands.
"So listen no matter what..never say that again,you do deserve him. You do fit in with him. You are enough. Ok?" She says and I nod without looking at her.
"Look at me." She says.
I look into her eyes and she sees my eyes are slightly watery.
"Come here bestie" she says and I hug her tightly.
"Looks like we're taking a trip to Kansas City later this week?" She says smiling and I nod as she wipes my tears out of my face...
Maybe she's right.
What if she's been right this whole time and I've been blind to it all...?
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Hi everyone,it's Reina here!
I introduce you all to "Interception",a NFL fanfiction about the man who stole my heart Super Bowl Sunday.
Travis Kelce aka #87 ❤️ from The Kansas City Chiefs Football Team.
I can't wait for you all to read this book,I'm really proud of it and excited to introduce new characters that are so exciting for this series.
Peace & Love Always💜
-Reina☁️🌿✨🦋🍂🍁💕🧿