Trust Him

'Are you avoiding me?" Sebastian asks 'Uh no, why would you think that. I'm just busy lately and I don't want you to disturb you since, I haven't seen you in a while too" I answer as I help pack for the outreach program 'Abby, Mathias please move the boxes from here to over there. This would go out last" I instruct my team 'Ever since, that incident where I lied to you you've been acting different" 'Well, wrong actions make people change" I answer 'One more!" I shout at them 'I'm not busy" he says 'You didn't call so, I thought you were" I answer 'Kristen. I thought you are getting irritated that's why I didn't call or text" 'Don't put the blame on me. Let's say I am irritated, I still want you to call or text me somehow" 'Then I'm sorry. Can you please allow me to go at least?" he says 'Are you sure? Your dad is going to be there. I know you don't have a good relationship with him" 'I'm not going for him but for you" I sighed 'Okay. If you say so" Then after we drove off to go to the location. When we got there. Sebastian was nowhere to be seen. He followed us using his car and I didn't notice he was gone. Well, I'm used to it already. Him, disappearing. I was in a daze when I bumped into someone. 'Oh I'm so sorry" I say and I look who it was and It's the Mayor. My eyes widen 'I'm so sorry Mr. Mayor." 'It's fine. No one got hurt. Are you hurt?" he asks and I shake my head 'No, I'm not." I answer and smile 'We are conducting an outreach program. I'm looking for the volunteers' leader. Do you happen to know where can I find her? I was told it was a girl named Kristen Miles" he says with a smile on his face He seemed nice. Why would Sebastian hate him? 'I'm Kristen Miles." I say reaching my hand out 'Oh, I have been meaning to meet you. I heard a lot about you" he says I look at him confused. 'Oh where are my manners. I'm Gabriel Harris, my wife's mother told me a lot about you. Grandma Melody" 'good suff I assume?" 'Ofcourse. She said you were a nice neighbor. You've been taking care of her all these years. Thank you for that" 'It's nothing. She and Grandpa took care of me when my mom died and my father left me" 'I'm sorry for that" 'It's fine" 'Shall we?" he asks I was about to answer when Sebastian pulled me away. 'Did he hurt you? Tell you something?" He asks immediately 'Sebastian please not here. Not now" I whisper 'Did he hurt you? Fucking answer, me!" he whisper shouts 'No, he didn't. Please if you just going to make a scene, wait for me outside" 'Sebastian, its an outreach program. What are you doing here anyway?" His dad asks softly 'I'm here because my girlfriend is here" he says and my eyes widen 'Oh. I didn't know you had a girlfriend, your grandma never---" Sebastian cuts him off 'Yeah, If you pay attention to me maybe you would've known" 'Sebastian, I---" he cuts him off again 'I'll wait outside babe, call me if you need anything" he says turning to me, kisses my temples then walked away 'Uhm, I'm sorry for the way he behaved" I say 'So, girlfriend huh" he says I didn't know what to say, I was just nervous. What if he doesn't like me for his son? 'Welcome to the family. I'm glad other than Bianca, he has someone" he says I was stunned, and he chuckled 'You thought I'm a parent who would pay you and say stay away from him?" I didn't know what came to me and I nod, I fucking nod. 'Mom mentioned he changed a lot because of a girl, she never mentioned your name but I assume it was you. Thank you for breaking his shell" I smiled 'He changed because he wanted to, not because of me" 'I really like you for him. Now lets start, I would love to invite you to our house if ever I could change Sebastians mind" I nod and we went on. We started the program with some speech, games and then giving what they need. It was fun and I enjoyed every bit of it. Then suddenly, I felt pain in my chest that I needed to sit down. 'Are you okay?" Mr. Harris asks and I nod 'I just need to rest for a while and drink water" I say He nods and left me alone. I called Sebastian but he didn't pick up. I called him five times but no luck. 'Kristen, you look pale. Are you alright?" Abby asks 'Yes. I just got tired. Let me sit for a while and I'll be good to go" I answer as cheerfully as I can 'Are you sure?" 'Yes. Please, help them. I'll get up as soon as I get like a fifteen-minute break" 'Okay. Oh, I saw Sebastian left earlier. Did you know that?" No 'Yes, he texted me that he couldn't wait for me so he left" I say and smiled and she nods When she left me, I wondered where he went again. He didn't even text me to say anything. I called him five times but it kept ending. I called him again and it also ended over and over again. That's weird, why would he turn down my calls? Then my phone chirped it suddenly notified where he was. I didn't even turn on his location but it showed he was at Bianca's again. 'Where are you? Why did you leave?" I texted When his name popped in my screen, I was happy but then he replied, he lied to me again 'I just went to hang out with Darius for a while" I didn't reply. He lied to me again. Why does this keep happening. The pain I felt in my chest faded away but there was a different kind of pain again. The pain of being betrayed and lied to. ------------------ After a long day, we all went back to school to fix somethings and go hom. I decided to let this pass. He lied but I'd give him the benefit of the doubt. I trust him this much. I won't tell him anything. I know it's wrong to keep quiet but I want to see how far will this go. Before going home, I went to the bathroom. When I heard someone talking. 'I though the president of the student council and Sebastian is dating? Why would he always go to Bianca's house?" One asks 'Some say, Sebastian is just using Kristen. He's making Bianca jealous because he still loves her. But some also says, Bianca is his best friend, only. I don't really know what's true but I pity Kristen" 'Yeah, I mean she had Kyle, well she still have Kyle but if I were her I would've chosen Kyle. It's hard to compete with an Ex-girlfriend whom you shared a lot of years with. I heard they were also childhood sweethearts" 'Well, at least we are not stuck with that kind of relationship" one says and they both chuckled the left I slowly got out from the cubicle. I stare at my face in the mirror. 'You trust him. No matter what you hear or what you see. You're only going to believe what he says because you trust him" I tell myself I tried calling him and finally he answered. 'Where are you?" is the first thing I asked 'I'm here in-front of the gate. You?" 'I'm coming out" I say and hung up Should I ask him? I should, right? I went out and immediately went to him. He guided me in and he drove me home. When we stopped, I stopped him from going out. 'Can you explain this?" I ask I showed him my calls and his text. His eyes widen. He shakes his head 'I don't know who sent you this but I didn't do that. I would never end your call" 'Then where were you?" 'I was at Bianca's" he says, well at least he didn't lie to me 'Then maybe she ended my calls and texted me to make it look like you lied to me" I tell him 'Babe, I know her, she wouldn't do that" 'Then who did?" I ask 'I don't know but she wouldn't do that. She's very supportive of our relationship" I sighed. I don't believe that 'Okay" 'Just don't let it happen again. What if I was hit by a truck and called you? What would I do then?" 'I won't let you get hurt" he says and kisses my hands But you're hurting me now. Was what I wanted to say but decided against it. I don't want us to fight again. I hug him tight. 'See you tomorrow" I whisper He nods and led me in. After closing the door, I took a deep breath. I'm home. I prepared dropped myself to bed and not long after, I fell asleep.