Chapter Four

For the next few days, Silver and Teddy found themself extremely busy. Teddy's coach had scheduled extra practices during the week, and The Blaze was backed up as far as completion of stories went. Navid ran around in a flustered daze, barking orders at the number of faithful Blaze workers. When they finally finished for the weekend, Silver and Naomi walked through the halls together, out to the parking lot.

"You and Teddy hanging out this weekend?" Naomi asked, as she replied to text messages as they walked.

Silver nodded. "I hope so. We've both been so preoccupied.." She bit her bottom lip gently. "I'll call him tonight to find out."

"Cool." said a disinterested Naomi who's eyes were glue to her Sidekick's screen. When she finally finished responding to what seemed like a hundred text messages, she finally looked up at her best friend. "I'm so happy for you Sil." Her whole tone of voice had changed, and she sounded genuinely happy.

"Thanks Nay." Silver smiled. "So am I.."

She grinned. "Have a good weekend, chica." Naomi smiled as she got in her car.

Silver smiled and waved. "You too." She put her helmet on, placing her belongings in the storage compartment under the seat and hopped on her Vespa. She was about to turn left to get home, but at the last minute decided to go to the Beach Club, in the hopes of running into Teddy. As she rode down the highway, she realized she was smiling from ear to ear. Erin Silver. The 'crazy sex tape' girl, was truly happy! Nothing can ruin this right now. She thought to herself. She parked her Vespa in the beach parking lot, lifting her helmet off her head, and securing it on the back of her seat. Silver strode into the Beach Club, and headed to the lounge, spotting Teddy's coach chatting up one of the waitresses. She smiled to herself, and sat on the couch realizing Teddy must be close so she pulled her phone out, texting him a 'I'm at the beach club, you here?' No sooner had she sent the text, that she saw him walking towards the bar. She watched him stop and pull his phone out of his duffel bag, looking around once he read the contents of the screen. Once he spotted Silver he walked over to her and sat on the couch next to her.

"Hey!" She said excitedly, kissing him softly on the lips. "How are you?"

"Sorry, I haven't been around.. I was gonna call you.."

"Teddy it's fine..we don't have to spend every minute together." She shrugged lightly and smiled. "People get busy."

"I have to talk to you about something." He said cautiously.

"Okay, what is it?"

Teddy glanced around the lounge, lowering his voice. "I don't think we should do it here."

She squinted at him, tilting her head to the side. "What's going on?"

"Let's go take a walk." He took her hand in his and was about to stand up, when Silver came to a painful realization. Her heart sank and the happiness in her face drained.

"You're joining the ATP." She said dryly.

Teddy closed his eyes briefly and sat back, not letting go of her hand. He sighed and the two of them sat in silence for a moment. "Silver, I'm sorry."

Silver nodded subconciously and narrowed her eyes in hurt and confusion. "But.. you said it back." She said apprehensively.

"What?"

She pointed an accusatory finger at him. "You said it back. I said 'I love you' and you said it back." She shook her head, and spoke again, this time her voice laced with emotion. "So what? Now you just, don't?"

Teddy scooted closer to her, squeezing her hand gently. "Silver, this doesn't mean I don't love, because I do, I really do."

"Then why?" She asked sheepishly.

He looked down at their hands and sighed. "This is a really great opportunity for me Silver. I mean this is something I've wanted ever since I can remember, and.. I'm good enough for it."

She frowned and took a staggered breath, nodding slowly. "Then you should go.."

Teddy lifted her chin gently and looked into her eyes, that were a shade of blue he'd never seen before. They were almost black, which was what he guessed she was feeling inside right now. He missed her sparkling saphire eyes, now all her saw was sadness and hurt. He pulled her in close to him, kissing the top of her head as he held her tight. "I do love you." He whispered.

Silver bit down on her bottom lip, because she knew, if she said anything else she'd break down, and that was the last thing she wanted to do. She simply nodded and held onto the moment they were in. She figured it'd be one of the last anyway.

The End.

**So here's the thing. I haven't decided if I want to continue the story. Let me know what you think. If y'all want me to continue it I promise it won't take long to update as I already have an idea in mind, but I'm kind of digging the unhappy ending, not sure why. Let me know what you guys think.

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