Thank you for all the reviews, and follows. Someone mentioned The Notebook, and I thought of that as I was writing, even thought about having Callie either get her car stuck or run into something. Lol, but that's what came out. Here's the next short one.

Chapter 9- Arizona

She loves me, she loves me, I really don't know how to feel about that. Yes I have strong feelings for her, but is it love? It's too soon right? I'm internally freaking out, but I can't show it, as now we are sitting at the kitchen table, having breakfast, although I'm just staring at my plate. I hear Alex say something, but it doesn't register "huh?"

"I said, I take it you won't be coming into town with me?" he laughs, I look up at him, and he can see the confusion in my eyes, and tilts his head. That's the problem with having a best friend you've known since you were little. They can read you easier than the tv guide. "it's fine" he smiles. Once everyone is done eating, except me, I didn't have a bite, dad cleans up, after shooing us out of the room. Callie and I find myself back in my room, the door is shut, and she's searching around for her clothes. "you've been quiet"

"yeah" I sigh and take a seat in my desk chair. When I was younger I used to love to write, so my dad built me a desk, and chair. It's not comfortable at all, but since he made it I keep it.

"what's going on in that head of yours"

"you said you love me" I blurt out, I see her smile and nod "that's because I do" she moves closer to me "and I'll say it again, I love you" she leans in and kisses me. My heart is racing, I really didn't know how to feel, no one has ever said that to me and meant it before. "how" I step back.

"how what?"

"how can you love me, you don't even know me"

"I know enough, and I'll learn the rest as we go" as we go, what is going on here? I blink trying to form some thoughts I can say out loud. "you don't feel the same?" the tone of her voice is what made me look at her, I can see the tears start to well up in her eyes "honestly" I say and see her nod "I don't know how I feel, you were here, then you were gone, I hadn't heard from you in so long, and now"

"I get it" she says finding her pants, she slips off the shorts and slides into them.

"Callie" I say trying to change the mood that had quickly gone south "I'm just saying I don't know how I feel, I know I have strong feelings towards you, but"

"you don't love me, I get it" she sniffles picking up her shirt, I remember the buttons popping off when I took it off her, I stand and head to my closet, pulling out a shirt "wear this" I toss it at her, I see her take a deep breath and turn around, quickly putting on her bra and the shirt. Finding the rest of her clothes she turns to me "when you figure it out let me know" and opens the door, and just like that she was gone…. Again…. I sit down on my bed, the smell of sex obvious in the room, along with the scent of Callie. Falling back on my bed "what did I do"

"that's what I'd like to know" Alex says in the doorway, I let out a sigh and he steps in "why did Callie just leave in tears"

"she said she loves me"

"and you didn't say it back?" he asks completely confused, when I shake my head, he hits me "you fucking idiot"

"ouch" I say touching my shoulder where he hit me

"you love her, I know you do, Pops knows you do, shit the world knows you do, why the fuck didn't you say it back?"

"I don't know" I sigh again

"did you at least get her phone number this time?"

"what?" I look at him

"so you can, I don't know, call and tell her you love her" rolling my eyes I shake my head "no"

"fucking hell" he groans, exactly how I feel. "well, get dressed, and open the window, it smells in here like sex"

"hmm"

"I'm leaving at 10" I look at the clock it was just after 7, and I really didn't want to go "Alex"

"fine stay home and mope, I'll see you later" he says and leaves me to my thoughts.