Chapter 87
Trevor spent the next two weeks at home and he spent a lot of time with Evelyn, which she really enjoyed. The Monday following Thanksgiving he returned to Orlando for the first time in two weeks. Colby went with him like he said he would. Trevor needed to get used to being the house by himself. The house Colby had gotten especially for him and Andy to live in while being at the Performance Center.
It was hard the first few days for Trevor being back in the house and he talked to Evelyn every day about it. She was happy to listen and talk to him about it. She talked about how she was feeling a little better too. She said it was hard not talking to Andy like she did almost every day over the phone, but talking to Trevor helped her with it.
Mercedes and Colby were glad both Evelyn and Trevor were happy and dealing with Andy's death together. And after two weeks in Orlando Colby returned home to Moline leaving Trevor behind to be on his own for another two weeks before he came home for Christmas and New Year's.
Trevor told Evelyn is was weird and lonely being the house by himself since Colby had left. However, he said it was something he needed to do. And it truly was.
Evelyn and Trevor kept talking to each other every day for a few more weeks and before they both knew it, he was coming home for Christmas and New Year's.
Evelyn was at school the day he was coming home. He was coming home on Friday, December 21, the Friday before Christmas, which was on a Tuesday the following week. Evelyn had her last finals that day which marked the end of the first semester of her senior year and the second grading period of that year as well. Evelyn didn't expect Trevor to be in town until the evening. However, when she got home from school with Aaron and Katianna, Trevor was at the house waiting for her.
"I know that car," Evelyn shouted going into the house.
Her younger brother and sister chuckled as they followed her inside. They knew Trevor was there already. Everyone—minus Evelyn—knew he was getting home in the afternoon and not the evening.
Evelyn quickly walked into the house. She looked into the living room. She saw Trevor sitting in the room with Mercedes and Colby talking.
"Hey," Trevor said, getting up from his seat.
Evelyn squealed with a delight and went over to him. Trevor laughed.
"I thought you weren't going to be here until tonight," Evelyn said, hugging him.
"I wanted to surprise you," Trevor replied, pulling from their hug a moment later.
"We all knew about it," Mercedes said.
Evelyn grinned. She looked at her parents. Colby nodded his head, saying, "Yep, we did know."
"Well, it's a great surprise," Evelyn said. She gave Trevor another hug.
"That's why I did it!" Trevor replied.
Evelyn chuckled.
A few minutes later, the two were alone with Evelyn's room talking.
"It's so nice to see you in person," Evelyn commented.
"It is," Trevor said. "How were your finals?"
"Great. I know I aced them. But how was your flight here?"
"Not too bad. I was very anxious to get to Moline."
"How are your parents?"
"Happy that I'm home now. They don't mind if I spend a lot of time with you, though."
"Well, that's good to know," Evelyn said.
Trevor nodded his head. "I plan to spend some time with Dylan while I'm here."
"Yeah, we can do that together."
"I talked to Becca already today. She knows Dylan will be happy to see me."
"He will be. He has told me himself."
Andy's younger brother, Dylan was doing okay with the loss of his older brother. He was very depressed in the first few weeks. But he has gotten a little better. It would take a while for him to really live with the loss of his older brother. Especially when he, Dylan, was only eight years old. Evelyn made it her duty to see him as much as possible in the last month and a half. And now that Trevor was home for a few weeks, he would make sure to Dylan a lot as well.
"How about tomorrow you and I go see him?" Trevor suggested.
"Sounds good. But tonight, it's just you and I!" Evelyn replied.
"And what would you like to do?"
"Just hang out! Watch movies, pig out, and talk!"
"So, girls' night?!" Trevor teased.
Evelyn giggled. "No."
"I know what you mean, Evie, Eve. That would be nice!"
And that was what they did. The two spent the evening watch movies, pigging out and talking it. It was something they had always done with Andy and Christina. However, Andy was gone and Christina was yesterday's news to Trevor.
"Have you talked to Christina?" Trevor asked.
"Only a little bit," Evelyn said.
"Is she still with what's his name?"
"Yep. Liza said Christina is coming to her New Year's Eve Party."
"Whatever," Trevor replied. "I'm not going to Liza's party to see her. I'm going to see everyone and hang out with you."
"Yeah," Evelyn said. "Fuck Christina!"
"Already have."
Evelyn burst out laughing as Trevor chuckled.
"Oh, my God," Evelyn said.
"It was too good to pass up!"
Evelyn chuckled.
The next day, as planned, Evelyn with Trevor went to Andy's to see not only his little brother, but also his parents. Trevor enjoyed catching up with Casey and Becca. He also enjoyed spending some time with Dylan. They two hung out like brothers. It was truly something the two had both needed.
Christmas came and went. Evelyn enjoyed the holiday with her family as always. But she enjoyed it most with Trevor, even without Andy as well. And he did too.
The two were also enjoying spending all their time together. However, Evelyn wanted to have a conversation with her mom about something.
"Mom?" Evelyn asked, knocking on her parents' bedroom door.
"Yes, sweetheart?" Mercedes replied. She sat on her and Colby's bed.
It was the night of the 30th. The next evening was New Year's Eve and Liza's New Year's Eve party, which was where Evelyn and Trevor would be.
"I need to talk to you."
"Sure. Come on in."
"Can I close the door?"
"Of course," Mercedes replied.
Evelyn closed the bedroom. She walked over to the bed and sat down with her mom.
"What's up?" Mercedes asked.
"Can you have feelings for someone so quickly after losing someone else?"
"This is about Trevor, isn't it?"
"Yes," Evelyn replied.
Mercedes nodded her head. "I noticed there was something brewing!"
Evelyn chuckled.
"I don't know, Evie," Mercedes commented. "I think it depends on the person. It's been almost two months since you lost Andy. And you and Trevor have talked and spent a lot of time together since it happened. The loss of him brought you two closer."
"It did. But I don't know," Evelyn replied.
"You want to say something to Trevor, don't you?"
"Yes."
"Well, it doesn't hurt to talk to him about it. Just go with whatever your heart says, sweetheart. I did with your dad."
Evelyn smiled.
Meanwhile, Colby was on the phone with Trevor talking about him and Evelyn.
"I feel more comfortable talking to you about this, Colby, than I do my own dad," Trevor said. "You have been a dad to me for a long time and grown to know me deeply. Plus, we are talking about your daughter."
"Yes," Colby said. "I'm going to tell you what I always tell Evie. Follow your heart. I followed my heart to Mercedes and never gave up when it came to her. I wouldn't even give up when she pushed away when she was raped. I kept my distance for a few weeks. But eventually, it worked out in the end."
"I don't know, though. I don't want to tell her how I feel and suddenly push me away, because of it and Andy as well."
"Let me tell you something. I am not big on believing in fate and all that crap. But I believe everything happens for a reason. I know it is crappy the way things ended with Christina. Believe me I know how that goes. Except I was the Christina in my situation."
"Sure, sure," Trevor said, knowing Colby's relationship history as every other person did.
"However, you and Christina are done. You are single. But we lost Andy. And the way we lost him is awful! Now Evelyn is available. Let me tell you this too, Trevor. I have seen the way my daughter looks at you since Andy has passed. She looks at you completely different compared to beforehand. I have noticed it. I know my daughter!"
"She has feelings for me. I know. I have them for her."
"Talk to her, Trevor. You just need to talk to her."
The next evening, Evelyn and Trevor were at Liza's house for her New Year's Eve party. It was mostly friends from marching band. Aaron had been invited too and he was there. Evelyn and Aaron always did their own thing when they were with their marching band friends. But everyone was excited to see Trevor. They were glad he was doing good since the accident.
Evelyn and Trevor wanted to spend their time together at the party, but Trevor was pulled away by different people to talk. Evelyn talked with Liza and Mona about eventually talking to Trevor. They were both a little leery about the whole thing, because of Christina. Evelyn didn't care. She hadn't talked to Christina very much since Andy's funeral anyway.
Finally, after about an hour and a half, people unlatched themselves from Trevor and let him to do his own thing. He rejoined Evelyn. He knew it was also the perfect time to talk to her about how he was feeling. Evelyn thought the same thing but for herself and her feelings.
"I'm glad I can finally be alone with you," Evelyn said.
"Me too," Trevor said. "I actually wanted to talk to you tonight about something."
"Me too."
"Well, you go first."
"Okay," Evelyn said. "I'm just going to say it. I have feelings for you, Trevor. Like the feelings I had for Andy. Not love feelings. But I really like you. More than a friend!"
Trevor smiled. "That's what I wanted to talk to you about myself, Evie."
"Really?" She asked with a smile. "You have feelings for me too?"
"I do," Trevor confessed himself. "I really like you too. And I wasn't sure how this would play out because of Andy, you know."
"Yeah, me too. But we can give it a try, you and me. And if it doesn't work out we can still be friends."
"I'd like that."
Evelyn smiled.
"I have one thing to ask, though," Trevor said.
"What?" Evelyn replied.
"Can I kiss you?"
"Yes," Evelyn giggled.
Trevor chuckled. He leaned in and kissed her.
"I should have seen that one coming!" Someone exclaimed.