A Second Chance at Love

I entered the house quietly. No one was in the living room. I breathed a sign of relief and walked into the kitchen. Jordan was sitting at the table, his head in his hands. I almost thought he was sleeping, until he woke up. "Raina, I was worried about you." he whispered.

"Jordan, I'm a big girl. I told Max I wasn't coming home, really no need for you to be worried." He must not have liked my answer.

" You know your are something else. I can't believe you slept with him after just meeting him." He got up and threw his cup into the sink, shattering it.

"Are you kidding me Jord? As much as you sleep around? You have no right to judge my actions when you can't control your own. You have Heather, on and off, as much and whenever you please, yet you insist on cheating on her constantly or breaking if off and apologizing a week later. Grow up Jordan" I spit at him. He walked into the living room pissed off and I headed up to shower.

The rest of the guys were up by the time I threw on clothes and headed back downstairs. I couldn't make out words, but Sidney and Jordan were arguing in the basement. Max wrapped me in a hug. "Mon ami, it will be ok. He is just hurt you didn't choose him." Max held me tight. I felt horrible. I loved Jordan, but as a friend. He was god awful sexy and could push the right buttons on me, but I didn't want to mess up what we had.

He came up the steps and grabbed me by the arm. "We need to talk Raina" he barely could look me in the eyes. We walked towards the back deck and sat down.

"I'm sorry. I acted like an idiot. I'm not great at telling people how I feel. A lot of what I say comes off in a joking manner when I am serious. I wanted to tell you how I felt for awhile now. I do like you, a lot. I know I am young and that is one of the things that bothers you. I just hope I can prove to you I can be mature enough about things. I hope he is good for you Rainy, but I'm not going to lie and say I hope it works out. I love you."

I was rendered speechless. I didn't expect it to be as heartfelt. I hugged him and whispered "I love you too Jordy."

The rest of the morning we just hung around the house. Geno and I watched TV while Max and Jordan played pool. At 12 pm they left, me hugging each of them and promising to make it out to Pittsburgh soon enough. Max told me he call me later and shut the door. I was mentally exhausted. I laid on the couch and set my phone alarm for 1:15 pm.

I must have drifted off quickly because the next thing I remember is being woken up by the phone ringing. I had a text from Danny. "Meet us out front at 1:30, and dress warm. Bring a change of clothes for later." I jumped up. I had twenty minutes to get ready. I threw on a pair of tights and sweats over them. I grabbed an under armour turtle neck and slid that on. I grabbed a hoodie and my skates then packed a small bag with a change of clothes.

I ran out the door and across the street. Danny and Claude were already standing at the car waiting. Danny pulled me into a hug and asked "You ok, you look beat?' I let him know I was fine and told him Jordan and I had a huge argument. He just threw me a funny look and got into the car.

Notes

That damn Jordan Staal is so sexy....