Page 46 of Still Love You

"I can almost guarantee that's what will happen. And if she finds out about the farm and the fact that you knew about it and hid it from her, she'll never talk to you again."

That is something I'm worried about, but I'm hoping she'll understand. I wasn't exactly given a choice. Carl asked me not to tell her and I'm respecting his request.

Trent stands up. "Let's get out of here. I'm starving."

"We didn't even play ball."

"We'll do it some other time. We need to eat and then I'm going to call Tana and see if she'll tell us what club they're at."

"I'm not going with you."

"You're just going to sit at home waiting for Willow to call? I'm sorry, but that's pathetic."

"That's not what I'm doing. I need to study. I have a quiz on Saturday and some homework to do."

He grins. "Look at you, all serious about school. You might actually make something of yourself."

"You're an ass."

"I'm just joking," he says as we walk to the parking lot. "I didn't mean it as an insult. I've always admired you for not taking life so seriously. I'd like to do the same, but I've got my parents constantly riding my ass, telling me to get my shit together because they're done supporting me the second I graduate."

We leave the park and get a burger at a sports bar. He calls Tana but she won't tell him the name of the club. But she does agree to meet up with him later, which is all he wanted anyway. A quick hook-up. Nothing serious. If he keeps this up, he's going to end up with an STD, if he doesn't already have one.

I do some studying, then look through the course catalog for the fall. I'm going to keep taking classes and eventually graduate. Even if I have no future with Willow, I still want a future for myself. I'm not sure what that is yet, but college is at least a start in the right direction.

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