The Lake...Chapter 2

"Well, that depends...", I paused, trying to think of what to say next.

He looked up at me and smiled, "On what?", he asked, locking his sparkling chocolate eyes to mine. I stood there dumbfounded, totally mesmerized. Never before have I seen such a beautiful sight in my entire life. If I did the math correctly, Sonny was now eighteen. he was definitely not the boys I remembered from the lake three years ago, let me just tell you that!

His hair was longer and even a bit darker than I remembered, but it did go very well with the new scruff he had on his face. Jealous! I can't even get a whisker to grow! Genetics! My eyes trailed down on his new well toned body. He ain't skinny boy I pictured in my mind anymore that's for sure! Damn! It felt like I was seeing him for the first time today, and that scared me a little.

I have to admit that I was totally blown away by him. Sonny was no longer a boy...He was now a man...

It took me a moment to realized I was daydreaming about my best friend from a few years go...I notice he was waiting for me to reply, but all I could do was stand there like an idiot and stare...No wonder he broke it off with me all those years ago.

Finally, I decided to put myself out of my misery and say something, because I honestly, If I kept staring at him this way, he might get the wrong impression and think I'm even more of a loser than he already thinks I am. What other reason could it possibly be for him not never contacted me for three years? Three fucking years and not a single phone call or a letter to let me know he was okay! Alright! I'll admit it, I'm pissed! But in a way, I'm also relieved. At least I could see with my own eyes, he was okay. But I wasn't ready to forgive and forget that easily, "It depends on whether you can explain to me why you never called or answered my letters", handing him over the flower and turning my back to him.

"Will...I'm sorry, it's just that...", he tried to explain, but I wasn't ready to hear anything he had to say. So I stopped him before he even had a chance to start.

"It's, fine! You don't need to explain anything to me. I should get going, it's getting pretty late and I need to unpack", hiding the fact that I really did want an explanation, but I was sure if I was ready to hear it, or if I would even believe anything coming from him at this point. So,I started to leave.

Sonny wasn't an emotional person. He never cried or showed any signs of weakness whatsoever. But today, I saw another side of him that totally caught me by surprise. He reached over and grabbed my arm. At first, I thought he was just trying to stop me from leaving, but never would I have guessed what he was about to do next.

Before I even had time to process what was happening, I felt two strong arms wrapping themselves around me, holding me tightly pressed against his body in a warm embrace, "I missed you Will", he confessed.

Amazed and confused, my heart pounded deep inside my chest. What the hell is going on? I asked myself, trying so hard to wrap my mind about why I was feeling this way. I never experienced this emotion before.

If I thought I was blown away before, well, I was now blown away out of my fucking mind. As much as I wanted to be angry at him for shutting me out of his life for so long, I couldn't. Because honestly, being in his arms now, was the best feeling in the world. For a second, I forgot about the reason I was even up here in the first place. Being with Sonny always did that to me. So instead of pushing him away, I simply embraced him back. Wrapping my own arms around him and holding on for dear life, "I've missed you too."

It took us a moment to realize that we've held each other for over two minutes. Don't you think it's kinda weird to hold you best friend that long? I sure did! Finally, we both let go of each other and took a step back. Neither one of us ready to explain what the fuck just happened. So we both stood there, looking at each other, wondering who was going to break the awkward silence that surrounded us, he did.

"Can I see you later?", he asked.

"Are you sure that's what you want?" I mean, I didn't want to push him into anything he wasn't ready to face. I have questions for Sonny, and I'm not sure whether he was ready to answer those questions for me or not.

"Please Will, I need to see you..."

I simply nodded, "What time?", I wasn't going to make things hard than they had to be, because I wanted to spend more time with him too.

"How about we meet back here around eight? It should give you long enough to get ready and grab something to eat."

"Sounds great!"

"Alright, so I guess I'll see you later..."

"Later" I whispered as I watched him slowly walk away.

To be continued...