Chapter 23: Ryder's Confession (Tyler's POV)

(Tyler's POV)

Lying on my bed in my dimly lit room, the rain pummeled furiously on my bedroom window.

Finally, my phone buzzed indicating a message. I knew it was Katelyn.

Katelyn:

Don't think your parents liked me 😢

God, how was I going to fix this? She probably feels like she isn't good enough. What if she wanted to call this whole thing off? What if the lack of support from my family was just too much for her to deal with?

I sent her another message asking if I could call her, hoping to try and work things out without anything being misunderstood or misconstrued over text messages.

It took her ages to respond and I had begun to doom scroll on my phone while I waited until I eventually got a response.

Katelyn:

Give me 5

5 minutes... I could do that. At least I had a time frame to work with.

I messaged her, asking her to let me know when she was ready, then I continued to doom scroll while I waited, desperately needing a distraction.

It was more like 15 minutes, but she fi