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“One to start with… What did you major in?”
“Oh, you didn’t ask Mom? I thought you two were all buddy-buddy.”
“Sav, I only asked for your number. I wanted to talk to you, I didn’t want to talk to her about you.”
My thoughts drift to my conversation with Mom, she never once mentioned anything about Nixon other than him asking for my number.
“Business with a minor in accounting. What about you?”
“Software engineering with a minor in accounting.”
“That’s… odd.”
“Yeah, I know. I was planning on accounting, but after I took my first computer course, I loved it. I switched to software engineering but didn’t want to abandon the accounting aspect.”
“Wow, you sound nerdy,” I tease.
“You’ve always sounded nerdy.” His deep chuckle fills the line. “How long until you come home?”
“Four days.”
“I'll be counting them down.”
“Can you count that high?” I smirk.
“Why do you think I studied accounting? Someone needed to teach me how.”
A smile graces my lips, but it quickly falls. I can't let Nixon back in, I can't handle losing him all over again.
“I need to go. I have to study for an accounting test.”
“Oh, ok… Can I call you tomorrow?” Disappointment is clear in his voice. He wanted to talk to me longer. As much as I’d like that, I need to keep distance between us. Nixon’s a distraction I can't afford when I'm so close to reaching my goals.
“I guess. Bye, Nixon.”
“Bye, Savvy.”
The rest of the night, I don’t study. I don’t do anything except flip through the pictures Nixon sent me and wonder if the boy in those pictures is really back in my life. And if he is, is he here to stay or is he just passing through.
Chapter 6
Nixon
Each second I'm not texting Savannah, I want to be texting Savannah. She’s like this addiction I can't seem to shake. The weird part is, I don’t know her anymore. I'm well aware she could be a completely different person than the girl I walked away from six years ago. Six years is like a lifetime when you’re in high school and college. So much changes and you never seem to know which way your life is going to twist and turn.
I definitely never saw my life turning out like this.
I never saw the accident coming my way. One second, I was in a jeep cruising through the deserts of the middle east, laughing with my buddies and the next thing I knew I was laying on the ground and could barely move. Everything happened so quickly.
I lost a few brothers that day. I watched them bleed out with no one there to help them. I was one of the lucky ones. I survived. Yet I didn’t feel lucky at all.
After I woke up in the hospital, I swore I was going to focus on getting better so I could be the man Savannah deserved. She didn’t need a crippled man to take care of for the rest of her life, she needed someone strong. Someone who could provide for her and I was going to become that man.
Except it took so much longer than I expected. One set back after another had me struggling to recover and be the type of person Savannah needed. Now it might’ve been too long.
I’ve debated on going to the Catalino’s house to visit Carla and Donny since I moved back into town. I know they’ll happily brag about their daughter for hours, but I want to learn more about her by talking to her or watching her. I don’t want my information coming second hand.
The next four days are going to be brutal. I feel like the last six years have been a countdown to re-uniting with Savvy.
