Forrest
Chapter 5 Troubled
FORREST
“GOOD TO see you again, Forrest.” Dr. Diana Reed sat back to her chair after our handshakes.
“You too, Dr. Reed.” I took a seat on the couch across hers while she was taking her notes and pen.
She smiled. “So, what brings you here today?”
I rested my arms on my thighs and linked my fingers together. “I don’t know.”
She studied me for a while before she asked. “Have you been having trouble sleeping lately?”
“No.” I hated it when people tried to read me, but this woman helped me a lot over the years. Alan usually gave me a long speech to visit my therapist if he knew constant nightmares were keeping me awake, but this time, I came here willingly. For what reason? I didn’t know.
“Something’s bothering you.” She smiled knowingly. “Let me rephrase. Is someone keeping you awake?” She must have noticed the dark circles under my eyes.
I licked my lips and shifted on the couch. I always kept everything under wraps, but I didn’t have an excuse when it came to my therapy. I had to talk about it somehow. “What made you say that?”
“I am your therapist, Forrest. You said you don’t have trouble sleeping, then this might be something new. Tell me about it.”
“I can’t say that she’s a bother though.”
“But?”
There was definitely a but. Of course. I opened my mouth to say something, but I couldn’t put what was bothering me into words. So I shut my mouth again.
“Okay. Tell me three things you think first thing in the morning.” She scribbled on her notes, then glanced back at me.
Fuck. Me.
“There’s nothing to be ashamed of, Forrest.”
“I am not ashamed, Dr. Reed.”
“Then you knew everything we discuss here is just between you and me. It’s normal to feel something toward a woman, to be sexually attracted over someone. And you’re young and good-looking.”
“I know. It’s just. It’s not about myself I am troubled about.”
“It’s normal to worry about someone.”
“Yeah. I guess so.”
“Let us think that you’re not talking to your therapist right now. Think of me as someone you trust.”
“I trust you, Dr. Reed.”
“So you have feelings for her.”
My gaze snapped at her. Her? Do I have? ”I am not sure.”
care
I just admitted. I wanted to run and never come back. Something kept me from not
progress. Tell me about it.”
about a year and a half ago. I just don’t know if she knows that I’d been watching her. We don’t talk, I mean we exchanged his and hellos a couple
“Why not?”
in common. We have different perspectives
that two opposite people
Yes. ”Maybe.” I
you say that you two have different perspectives?”
been keeping tabs on her. I know it sounds
me about
enticed me...” Enticed? Jesus. I wanted to hit myself in the head. “...is her loose-tongued sharpness. I know not most men like that quality in a woman, but I like her just the way she is.” Whatever
Go on.”
can handle the temptation, I
believe that she doesn’t believe
She’s a commitment-phobic. Her friends’ word. Not mine.”
bothering
is—” Fuck! I sighed. Why does it hard for me to express? “These past
“How so?”
something’s wrong. I’ve never seen her so down since I met her, but I can’t just tell her to open up to me, besides, she already questioned my motives on why suddenly, I am talking to her. It’s a good thing though, that she doesn’t trust someone so easily. I mean unless
trust for her
approach Megan or why I was so bothered, to begin with? It’d been almost two years since I’d been watching her, and I was satisfied with that arrangement. But lately, I couldn’t just watch her as she ruined her life with whatever she was trying to deal with alone. She needed someone. She needs me. Does she now, dumbass? I wanted her to need me and consider me as her friend.
that was it, but I was completely wrong. Something flipped inside me and told me to do something, and that I never did in a long time.
right, it was immensely bothering me.
it’s that easy.”
just have to trust yourself,
***
the time. The Fleur Gym was just next door from the tattoo shop, also owned by Alan. I
Megan and asked her if we could talk over a coffee. I scoffed. Now, I’m weird. Over a coffee? Yeah, I kinda knew what coffee she liked. Just the word talk made me wince in embarrassments of not having guts to ask her. Every time I saw her
my forehead, I slumped my ass to the bench, lied down flat, and did a few bench pressing. Then, I placed
looking down at me. “Try sharing. It’s
good, dude,” I denied, raking my fingers through my damped
the black headband. “Grow some balls already and just do whatever you are planning to do,” he
“I said I’m fine.” Pissed, I stood up and walked away from him.
grow your balls, Wood!”
need
Personal entanglement was the last thing I wanted. It would complicate things. I kept reminding myself that many times for a week now,
embrace what I’d become. Nothing was
friends. They’d grown on me, and I liked the feeling that I cared about someone more than myself. Damn it, Megan!
screen that had my heart leaped over my throat. Speaking of the devil. How did she get my number?
even know what I am doing
as I reread after reread her message. It was really from her because I had her number
you doing here, Megan? Wanna get a tattoo?
hung in the air, rereading my message if it was right to ask or I sounded like a stupid.
am at the Diner. What do you think? I don’t eat ink and needles.
I could feel her rolling her eyes. I typed
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