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I rush past him to see what is wrong with Maddie. When I walk in, I see her in the kitchen, with a broken mug in the sink.

“Kenz, I can’t find the fucking coffee pot. Someone broke in and stole our coffee pot. How the fuck am I going to function?” Is she fucking kidding me?

“Maddie, what the fuck? I took the coffee pot across the hall so the guys could have some. You scared the shit out of me. I thought someone broke in here! That you and Becca where in trouble. Stop OVER REACTING! FUCK!” I can’t help but yell because she scared the shit out of me and now to top it all off I’ve started to cry. I don’t want to cry in front of Campbell and his friends; it’s embarrassing. They probably think I’m an emotional mess. Maddie rushes over and grabs me in a hug.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to scare you. You know how I love my coffee; I guess I was a bit dramatic.”

I pull away from her, wipe my eyes and say, “Yeah I know you’re a dramatic bitch. I’ll go get you the coffee pot.” I just want to get away from everyone right now.

I walk across the hall to the guys’ apartment. I get into the kitchen and see that I just dropped my mug on the floor. “Shit.” I say to myself. I look around and see a roll of paper towels. I grab them get down on the floor and start cleaning up my mess. I pick up all the big pieces of my broken mug and lay down paper towels on the coffee to soak it up.

“Kenz?” I turn around to see Campbell standing there with his hands in his pockets. “Leave it sweet girl. I’ll clean it up.”

I turn away from him and continue to clean it up. I feel the tears running down my cheeks and I do not want him to see it. Fucking Maddie scaring me like this.

Campbell comes in front of me and squats down. “Kenz. Please just leave it.” I haven’t said anything to him and I’m afraid to look up. I feel like such an idiot crying like this.

He puts one of his big hands on both of my hands cleaning the mess and the other he lifts my chin. “Please stop.” He pulls me up and pulls me to him. I start to cry harder at his sweetness. “Oh beautiful

, it’s alright. Maddie is fine.”

I’m too embarrassed to look up at him so I mumble into his shirt, “I know she is. It just scared the shit out of me. I feel like a fool for crying like this. You may want to run now.” He pulls away so he can look at my face.

He wipes my tears with his thumbs, gives me a smile, and says, “Kenz, you’re not a fool for being upset. You thought something happened to your friends, sweet girl, and as far as running ... that’s not going to happen.”

I give him a smile and say, “Thank you for rushing over there and for coming to check on me. That was extremely sweet.” He pulls me back into a protective hug.

He rests his chin on top on my head and sighs. “Kenz, I told you that I wouldn’t let you regret giving us a shot. I will do whatever I can to protect you and make sure you’re alright.”

Is this guy for real? Everything he says and does seems too good to be true. I squeeze him tighter and say the only thing I can think of, “Thank you Campbell.”

After the morning from hell, the guys went back to unpacking and the girls and I are sitting on the couch enjoying this relaxing day.

“It’s obvious that you and Campbell are going to give this a shot. Want to tell us how this all happened?” Becca asks. I smile because even just hearing his name does things to me.

“Well I got some good advice from Maddie. She said people change. I just realized that she is right.” I look over at Maddie and she gives me a wink.

I proceed to tell them everything that happened last night, right down to the text messages.

“Holy shit. I think I love him.” Becca says.

“Fuck, I might actually be jealous of you right now.” Maddie says laughing. We sit and talk into the late afternoon.

We are just finishing a late lunch when I feel my phone vibrate in my jean pocket. I pull it out to see who it is. I am not disappointed to see its Campbell. I can’t help the smile that spreads across my face.

“Oh boy, looks like someone just got a text from lover boy.” I flip Maddie off and open the text.

Campbell: Hi, beautiful. I wanted to make sure we are still on for tonight.

Me: Yes! Looking forward to it. What are the plans?

Campbell: I may have something up my sleeve. ;)

Me: No hints? :(

Campbell: Don’t give me that sad face, it breaks my heart. I figured dinner and I want to take you somewhere after. Sound alright?

Me: Definitely! What should I wear?

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