Never Enough by Ashley Johnson Page B

really was the best. “Thank you so much for everything!”
    “Gary, thanks man. We won’t let you down.”
    Gary looked at Trevor with a serious look on his face and said, “I’m serious you hurt her, I’ll hunt you down and that’s a promise. This is my baby girl.” He set his hand on my shoulder and watched Trevor.
    “Yes sir. You have my word.”
    This whole day definitely was a dream now. I never thought in a million years that my uncle would allow this but yet he had. Having his trust was so important to me. I wanted nothing more than to be able to prove to him that I was fully capable of being an adult. I tried to open my mouth to say something but none of the words would come out.
    Gary stood up and said, “Enjoy your day, you both better be at work tomorrow.”
    We all laughed and he left. We finally began to eat our food. The bowl of gumbo was still warm and it took no time to devour it. The town was right; it was amazing but still not as good as Gary’s. Trevor leaned over and gave me a kiss on my cheek. I don’t know if I ever believed in happy endings before but I prayed there was such a thing. A happy ending for this screwed up life was exactly what I needed.
     
    Chapter 7
     
    Trevor and I had been officially seeing each other for about two months now. It had also been about a month since I’d heard from my mom. Can’t say I was shocked or anything. I expected nothing less from her. Honestly I didn’t expect her to call on a regular basis all of a sudden. At least there was something positive in my life right now. We started hanging out a lot with Halley and Marcus either going to eat or sitting around the apartment. Everything at The Lounge stayed the same. I still sang karaoke in between taking shots and the band playing. When Trevor wasn’t performing, he was glued by my side. Gary really did trust us and he never gave us any problems. I never imagined he would have been so amazing about all this. Believe it or not, I hadn’t been drinking as much as I used to. I still enjoyed myself whether I was drinking or not, but I never left and woke up unable to remember anything. Trevor brought a much needed peace to my life and every day I was more and more thankful for that. He had been so patient with me in the past two months. He brought no pressure to our relationship at all. He just enjoyed me and us hanging out. Most guys would have started complaining by now but not Trevor. I was glad he was so understanding.
    He called me earlier and said he wanted to see me before we went to The Lounge. This was a norma l affair but his voice had a rather excited tone to it. I had no idea what he was up to but I could tell he had something up his sleeve. He asked if he could pick me up so I told Halley that she and Marcus could go ahead and leave. I had just finished spraying my wavy hair when I heard a knock at the door. I had decided to pull it half back tonight; I was pretty pleased with the way it turned out. I opened the door to find Trevor standing in the doorway wearing a cheesy smile. “Hey beautiful. I missed you.”
    “It’s only been a few hours silly.”
    “I know, forgive me, but I’m crazy about this girl. I can’t stand being away from her. Maybe you know her? She’s about well, she’s average height I guess you could say and she has this amazing smile and these beautiful eyes. The girl can sing. I’m telling you, like knock your socks kind of singing. Tell me you know her or I just may die.” The cocky grin on his face about made me think he was really crazy and not just about me. Crazy in general, crazy like I’m going to call the mental ward.
    I rolled my eyes and laughed. “I missed you too. I’m not sure if I know her though. She sounds amazing I must say.” He leaned in and kissed my lips. My arms wrapped around his neck and I let myself get lost for a brief moment.
    He pulled away and asked, “So can I come in, or you going to make me stand outside?” Damn, I’d