Alexa : Your a fucking coward for doing this over the phone 😪 but I agree. I know this isn't working.
Bye River

I sighed, glad that this chapter was over.

My finger hovered over Ivory's name.

Unknown : It's the girl you've been stalking for the last few weeks

Adeline.

I had not forgotten the way the tears had fallen down her cheeks. I had not gotten over the regret of leaving her.

Me : For the record I wasn't stalking you

Instantly, she replied as if she was waiting for me.

Adeline : Riiiight. Whatever floats your boat...

Me : Wait, how do I know that this is really you and not someone else? How'd you even get my number?

Adeline : You left me crying under the tree by the fence...

Oh, she remembered...

Adeline : Your ex gave me your number

Me : Alexa?! 🤨

Adeline : No you idiot. Blair Summer! Who's Alexa?

Oops.

Me : Sorry, I get around... Also, I'm sorry for leaving you. It's not my business but there are other ways to help and I should've tried. I'm sorry

It took a few minutes for her to reply, making me wonder whether or not I was doing the right thing.

I am not the type of person to shy away from something new. Most of the time that new thing blew up my life and right now that was Adeline.

I didn't want this to end. I had a good thing going. I've broken up with someone, true, but I was dating my best friend. That seemed like a fair trade of but I couldn't help feeling a sense of foreshadowing. Foreboding.

Something was coming, coming like a thunderstorm on the horizon.

Adeline : I shouldn't have chased you away. I maybe need someone and I chased the only person that wanted to be there...You may be the last person I expected but right now your the only person.

I don't know why but I smiled. That sentence sent a flood of warmth through my body making me want more.

I don't know about you but for me there was always something good about that warmth. It made me insane, desperate to find more or to do anything to experience it again. Often I get the opposite. Girls angry for treating them the way I did, boys angry for messing with their friends and sometimes even as far as parents mad for what I did to their daughters.

It's hard to feel good unless someone was holding, hugging or kissing me. Besides the obvious, that did not happen often.

Me : How about we get to know each other so that the next time I catch you, it will be my business?  😁

Adeline : 😅Sure, why not? What do you want to know?

Nothing came to mind. This seemed like the perfect time to ask boring questions like favorite color and such but I didn't want to.  I may never get a chance like this again, the thought passed quickly in my head.

Me : What is the naughtiest thing you've ever done?

Adeline : 🤨

Adeline : What do you mean 'naughtiest' ?

Me: I mean drinking, smoking... That kind of stuff

She took a bit longer to reply after that message. I took that opportunity to switch back to Ivory. We were currently arguing about when the last good Batman movie ever made.

Adeline : What about sex? 😶

My hand drifted between the letters and emojis.

Me : 😶

I didn't know where this conversation was going. I thought maybe the worst she'd ever done was hit someone or drew on her desk at school but not sex.

Adeline : I've had sex before. It went to a turn up but yeah. I guess that's the naughtiest thing I've ever done