I sat down on my bed, taking a deep breath.

Okay, Katelyn, you can do this. You know you don't love Jeffery, you know who you really love. You're in love with Travis. You hate to admit it but, you fell for him. It'll probably backfire immediately, but you know you fell for the player, so play his game. If your heart gets broken, you have nobody else to blame but yourself.

I grabbed my phone and dialed Jeffery's number.

"Hello?" He picked up on the second ring.

"Hey, Jeffery, can you come over? We....we need to talk"

"I'm not gonna like this...am I?"

"Probably not...."

"Alright, I'll be over in a minute"

I hung up and let out the breath that I had been holding throughout that whole short conversation.

After a little while, there was a knock at my door. I hesitantly pulled it open, it seeming heavier than I remembered.

But to my surprise, it was Travis at my door.

"You can't be here, at least not right now" I quickly said. He looked shocked and then walked in anyways.

"Your pool is way nicer than mine. I came to swim, you don't even have to be near me"

I looked at him, baffled as to why on earth he thought he ha that sort of authority. He walked out the glass doors to my pool. I sighed and closed the curtains for privacy. There was another knock at my door, and I knew exactly who it was. I was sure it was Jeffery.

This time, it was him. I let him inside and sat him on the couch.

He could tell what was coming, it was easy to tell. And by the glazed over eyes, it seemed e even knew why I was going to say what I was about to say.

"Jeffery," I started, "I'm gonna be honest with you, I fell for someone an-"

"Katelyn, no need to say more, I understand. Us falling apart was inevitable, and I saw this coming for awhile now."

"Can we...still be friends?"

"Of course," he took a deep breath, trying to steady his breathing, "tell him he's lucky"

I smiled, nodding. Jeffery left after giving me a friendly hug. When we let go...it was like letting go of an anchor. Getting rid of the one thing that seemed to be holding me in a steady calm place.

I slowly inhaled and exhaled, calming my nerves that were on fire.

Soundlessly, I walked over to my glass doors. It was silent. I opened them and saw Travis, a deep shade of red. He had been caught. He was eavesdropping.

"Travis..." My voice was small, barely above a whisper.

"Katelyn..." His tone matched mine, only huskier.

"How much did you hear?"

"From you asking to just be friends..."

I nodded, swallowing in attempt to remove the lump in my throat that was crawling up my throat, desperately trying to escape in a sob. My eyes were beginning to tear up, and I hated it. I hated feeling so weak, so fragile. But, although I was the one to break up with him, I was afraid.Jeffery had become a main part of my life, and I was trying to tough it out and change my life simply because my feelings and emotions had changed. But nonetheless, I was petrified. What if Travis really was just playing with my heart like he had done with so many before me. What if I meant nothing to him, anjd I was just another name added to the list of girls he broke.

"Don't cry..." He whispered, nearing me. By now, a few tears had managed to slide their way down, creating a path down my cheeks.

Travis pulled me close to his chest, he was still clothed, signifying he hadn't even started swimming yet. I couldn't help it, a few sorrowful sobs escaped my lips.

"It's okay...you don't have to be so strong all the time...let me be strong for you" he rubbed my back soothingly, which only suffocated me more. It was easy to contain tears when there were no eyes watching you, and if some had escaped, nobody would notice. But the second I become comforted, I feel trapped and it becomes too stressful to hold back the tears.

He thought I was crying over Jeffery. Which, in a sense, was sort of true. But I was crying over Travis. I was terrified of the unknown future that awaited me. After this movie, would Travis and I still have the flame of passion fueling us? Or would it die down to a glowing ember that would only be re-kindled if we were in another movie together.

Did Travis really care? Or was I just another name in his list of victims.

"Travis..."

"Yes?"

"Do you really care? Or is my heart a toy to you, I need to know"

"I love you, I care too much, and your heart is the most precious thing, I would never play with it, with the chance of it becoming broken"

My heart fluttered and I pulled my face out of his chest, looking into his eyes. His sincerity was there, like it always was. Dancing like a rogue flame.

I grabbed his neck, slowly pulling his lips to mine. It was a slow kiss, the kind you see in the movies when there's about to be a sex scene, but there was to be no sex scene for us. At least not yet.

He pulled away, looking at me with a mixed look of curiosity and amusement. I smiled bashfully, looking down at our feet. Because they suddenly became more interesting and they were far less intimidating than his questioning gaze.

We stood there, no words to describe the atmosphere.

And with one more look in his emerald eyes,

And I was no longer afraid.

A/N See, I could end the book right now and it would be a fine ending, but I'm having fun writing Travlyn, so I'll extend this book maybe five more chapters? Twenty if I'm extra creative. Anyways, we'll see what fate has in store for these two in this book. I'm so sorry for how late I'm updating, but I had work today, and I'm not even supposed to be awake right now. But I wanted to get this chapter in because I don't update this book as often as I feel like I should. Right now I should be writing some more of How We Met...but I'm already exhausted. Imma sleep like the loser I am, and tomorrow I'll have all day to write, I'm planning on writing the finishing chapters of How We Met, then some more Exquisite Pain, and maybe a finish up a few one shots? Anyways, a lot on my plate but that doesn't mean I don't have time to love you all very much. Byeeeeeeee.
*Unedited, like dude I legit just wrote this in like thirty minutes, very last minute.