Second Chances

Stephanie.
What was wrong with Sid? I knew for a fact that he liked Autumn, even if he didn’t love her there was still feelings there. I didn’t understand why he had to make things so difficult not only for him but for everyone.
I pulled into Geno’s driveway just as my phone rang; I looked at the caller id and smiled once I saw it was Jon. Hopefully he’d be able to calm me down before I go in there and kill Sidney.
“Hey babe.” I smiled even though he couldn’t see me.
“Hey, how are you?” He asked.
“I’m alright; you just interrupted me from kicking Sid’s ass.” I laughed a bit imagining a 5’3 girl trying to fight Sid who was 5’11 and a lot stronger than me.
“What did he do this time?” Jon sighed.
“He royally fucked up with Autumn” I explained the bits and pieces of what I knew about the situation to him. I was interrupted when I heard other voices in the background.
“Who are you with?” I asked.
“I was the first one at practice, Bollig and Smith just got here.” He explained.
“Oh, tell them I said hello.”
“Steph says hello.” Silence.
“Hey Steph!” They both shouted loud enough for me to hear.
“They said they miss you.” Jon muttered not too pleased that his teammates missed his girlfriend.
“Ben said that, I didn’t!” Brandon added, I rolled my eyes, same old Brandon.
“Tell Ben I miss him too and I’ll see him when you come to Pittsburgh.”
“She misses you too.” He mumbled.
“Ooh, Steph wants another piece of that ass Smith.” Bollig teased.
“Can you ask them to leave?”
“I’m leaving.” Jon announced to the two idiots who were still laughing over Brandon’s comment.
I got out of my car and leaned against the side of it. It was still chilly in Pittsburgh but the breeze felt nice. I didn’t have time to go back to the apartment I shared with Faith and Tori, so all I had on was a sweater and tights, I hugged myself as the cold started to kick in.
“”What happened between you and Ben?” Jon asked bringing up this conversation for the millionth time.
“Not again Jon,” I sighed, “Nothing happened that you don’t already know.”
“I feel like you’re lying to me. Brandon’s comment, he wouldn’t have brought it up if all you guys did was kiss.”
“Brandon’s being an idiot, nothing happened!” I raised my voice.
“I’ve heard that before.” He muttered.
“Don’t, don’t you dare do that to me!” I hissed, “Don’t blame me for Lindsey’s mistakes!”
“Steph,” he sighed, “That wasn’t my intention.”
“Look I know she broke your heart when she cheated on you, but I never and will never cheat on you. What happened with Ben happened when you were dating Lindsey, you have no right to get mad at me for it because we weren’t even together.” I snapped.
“I’m not mad! I just feel like an idiot because all my teammates know about how Ben hooked up with my girlfriend and I don’t even know exactly what happened.” He explained.
“I wasn’t even your girlfriend at the time so it shouldn’t even matter!” I shouted.
“Well it matters to me!” He shouted back.
“Then listen to me carefully when I say, nothing happened that you don’t already know!” I growled.
“I don’t have time for this,” I cut him off before he answered; “I have to go, bye.” I quickly hung up and threw my phone through the open window, it landed safely on the passenger seat.
I made my way over to the front door; I was frustrated with everything going on, it felt like every time things were going to work out it ends up going downhill for all of us. I opened the door and walked in, I slammed it shut behind me and immediately regretted it.
“Hey!” Geno shouted from upstairs.
“Sorry!” I apologized.
I kicked off my boots and made my way over to the living room where I found Sid sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. He was mumbling incoherently and I walked over and smacked the back of his head, he looked up at me startled and quickly backed away from me.
“Do you know what I’m going to say?” I shouted.
“That I’m an idiot that severely messed up?” He asked I almost felt sorry for him; he was beating himself up over this.
“Well yes, that is exactly what I was going to say.” I said, I sat on the couch beside him and tried to comfort him.
“You can still fix this.” I suggested.
“What’s going on?” Tori asked as she walked through the room with Geno slowly trailing behind her.
“Autumn told me she loved me.” Sid explained.
“You say?” Geno asked.
“Nothing.” He mumbled and looked down at his feet.
“She told you she loved you and you said nothing!” Tor yelled, she made her way over to Sid but Geno grabbed her and held her back.
“That’s my best friend’s heart you’re messing with!” Victoria shouted and tried to get Geno to let go of her.
“Do you love?” Geno asked as he held onto Tori effortlessly.
“”Yeah, I do.” He said shyly.
“Then tell her!” We all yelled in unison.
“I will,” He got up from the couch and ran out of the room, he walked back in a few seconds later, “What do I say?”
“Just walk straight up to her and kiss her, and when you’re done kissing her tell her you love her.” I suggested.
“Thanks!”
I leaned back into the couch and groaned, “Guys are so stupid sometimes!”
“Jon?” Geno asked.
I nodded my head and ran my fingers through my hair, I had fixed one problem, but can I fix my own?
“What happened?” Tori asked as she sat down beside me.
“I go make French Vanilla.” G announced before leaving the room.
I spent 10 minutes explaining the full story to Victoria and Evgeni, they both listened carefully never interrupting what I said.
“I think you should talk to him, and I mean talk don’t yell because it’s not going to help. Just talk calmly and tell him what happened with Ben, even if you’ve already explained it a thousand times. If it helps him sleep better at night just tell him.” Tori advised.
“He just makes me so angry,” I groaned, “But I love him regardless.” I sighed.
“He loves too.” Geno smiled.
“I know.” I smiled to myself; I never once questioned Jon’s love for me.
"I need to fix this." I said before getting up and leaving.

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