YOU BELONG WITH ME

Chapter 10

Tracy's POV

At the end of the day, I couldn’t make up with Jason and on top of that, Percy made it pretty clear why I was being bullied by him

It was because I was friends with Jason

He gave me an option before he left the equipment room after that revelation

He could delete the voice record if I ended my friendship with Jason and kept my distance or he keeps up the blackmail and eventually puts a strain in our friendship or he reveals the truth that could lead to a dissolve of our friendship

Anyway, it would all lead to a bad end for me and Jason

And forget the feelings, Jason and I have been friends for like forever, there was no way I could give that up even if I wanted to

I walked down the hall with a waste bin in my hands; it’s the end of the day and I happened to be on the list of those on cleaning duty

Thinking back on everything he said, my mind keep choosing revealing the truth as the better option except it would be better if I told Jason myself

He wasn’t a saint himself, so I knew he would understand, that felt better

As I dragged my feet towards the end of the hallway the melody of the music LET ME DOWN SLOWLY flowed to my ears and when I turned to check, it was coming from the old, abandoned music room

‘who could be in there at such a time’ I thought as I walk closer to the door, leaned my ear on the wall and when all I heard was that same sad melody, I turned the door knob and gently opened the door

Someone was maning the piano

His baritone low voice singing sadly to the lyrics that I felt I could relate to at the moment

The atmosphere was so sad and coupled with my own sadness, I blamed both for why tears run down my face

I just made a small mistake and this…

I wiped at my eyes and as I brought my hands down, it accidentally made contact with the trampoline which made a short sound before I held it to stop

But it was too late

Whoever was sitting on the piano, already heard and the music stopped abruptly

“Who’s there?”

‘Adrian?’

My eyes widened, but before I could do anything, he was already looking at me who stood there like a deer caught in headlight and he frowned

“What are you doing here?” he asked, not pleased

“I… I was passing when I heard some music and…”

“It’s late, shouldn’t you be at home?”

“Well I was on clean up duty and…” it suddenly hit me “but you don’t care do you? You just don’t want me here”

He sighed and moved back to the piano but instead of continuing on with what he had been doing, he packed his things inside his bag and like he’s been doing since he got here, he walked past me

My heart clench and my lips tremble

“Wait”

He walked on, completely ignoring me and when his hand was on the door knob, I don’t know what came over me and I just screamed

“Stop Adrian” I breathed “if you take that step out, I’m going to start screaming

“What the f**k?” he walked back to me, anger visible in his eyes “are you crazy or are you on drugs?”

Even I was curious about that

Why did I want him to stay?

“One more song” I said as I looked up to him pleadingly “please Adrian, just play one last song and then I’ll leave”

His resolve seem to crumble and he walked past me again but this time towards the piano and a smile threatened to break out on my face but I jumped a bit when he slammed his fingers on the piano and made a few harsh notes before it all came to an abrupt stop

Was he that mad cause I asked him to play a song

Well if he didn’t want to, he could just up and go but then again I don’t want that

I was feeling coy but happy that I still had a bit of an effect on him

The piano resumes playing against Adrian’s fingers, gently this time

I sighed in relief as I walked over to sit close to him, looking over his handsome yet pissed features

“You’ve been avoiding me Adrian” I whispered, and the sound of the piano would have drowned my words had I not been sitting so close to him “why?

“First of, it’s mister Adrian to you and second of all, I don’t need to pay any special attention to my students”

“Why are you pretending like that’s all there is between us, like we didn’t do things together and …”

BAM

His fingers once again slammed against the keys, interrupting my words

“Things happened between me and a twenty four years old lady from Damasis, who is a student at the federal college of education and whose name is Lucy” he gritted through his teeth “not some kid from Atlanta high school, Maydis”

“Is it working?” I asked simply and he blinked confused at the question

“What?”

“You trying to convince yourself with those words” he huffed angrily and turned back to play the piano, he kind of looked childish at that moment with an annoyed pout on his lips and it made me smile

His dark hair seemed to catch the ray of sun at their tips and his eyes even behind his glasses looked just as beautiful as the day we first met

“Why did you lie to me?” he asked and I looked away, his large hands on the keyboard looking more interesting

“I thought I’d never see you again”

“Getting over feelings” he scoffed, probably remembering the our last moment together that day which now looked horrible to me “you’re so young, why did you have to do something so frightful and dangerous?

“I’m sorry…”

“You made me a pedophile”

“I’m eighteen”

“And turned out to be my student”

“It didn’t even cross my mind that something like this could happen”

He made a last hit at the keys before getting up

“I played a song just as you asked” he picked his bag once again and headed for the door

My body moved before I could think, and I was in front of the door, blocking him from going any further

“What is it this time?” he asked, aura darkening

“Can we…” I started, my face flushing red at what I was thinking “can we do it again… s*x… can we have s*x again?”

Adrian didn’t say a thing and just looked at me stupefied

And it was silent safe for my breathing

“Adrian…” I pressed when all we did was stare at each other

“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything, so just go home” he said and tried to bypass me but just like last time, like an animal on heat, I tiped my toes, wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips

Or attempted to

Because my lips just barely brushed over his before my hands were roughly pulled over my head as I felt my back hit the wall with a now very pissed Adrian hovering over me

“Is this really what you want, to be treated like this?” he glared at me as his other hand which was free from the bag he had previously been holding, worked on unbuttoning my shirt causing my heart to beat erratically and for a second there, I was scared of the Adrian I was looking at

“Oh don’t give me like look” he snickered lowly as he brought his lips close to my ears “you asked to be treated like a w***e with your actions and that’s just what I’m doing”

He placed a chaste kiss on my jaw, traced it to my lips and bit down on them causing me to yelp but he paid no attention to that and instead continued to down to neck, all the while his hand fondled with my breast

I felt a lone tear run down my face

Yes I may want Adrian to make love to me, but not like this

Shit

It must suck to be a whore

“s**t!” I felt his hot air on my neck before he was pulling away from me, letting my hand go “I can’t do this” he said as he pulled open the door and ushered me out

“Wait Adrian” I said as I buttoned up my shirt in panic

“Just leave Tracy!” he bellowed and I stood frozen

“I’m sorry Adrian” I said after a few seconds as his breathing begins to come back to normal “it doesn’t have to be s*x, can I get a kiss from you at least?”

“No” he answered strictly and I joined my hands together in plea

“Please, for the last time”

He was reluctant for a few seconds but then he lifts his large palms to my face and leaned down to plant a gentle kiss on my lips

It felt like he was pouring out every form of love he had for me into it

The last one and a way of saying goodbye to this relationship that never started

He pulled away and without letting go of my face said

“Don’t appear before me like this again” and he retreated and pulled the door open “leave”

Somehow, even as I left the room like that, I didn’t feel anything weird, only better than I was feeling earlier before the music

It had always been like that since we met online

Adrian had always had a way of making me feel comfortable and normal

But like he said, this was the end and I was going to keep it like that even though as I left, the sad music from earlier continued and tears run down my face

Goodbye, to a love story that never begin

3rd person POV

“Too bad I didn’t get to see his face” a figure loomed out at the opposite end of the hallway from where Tracy was headed, and flipped through the pictures on the phone in his hand that showed Tracy being kissed by someone who couldn’t be seen from the angle the picture was taken

“And to think everyone thinks of you as an innocent bum” the figure smirked, their white dentition showing even in the dark “this is going to be fun”