Gone in Love

I'm Sorry

"You know you are terrible at this." Ace came up behind me and slung his hand on my shoulder.

Closing my locker, I turned to him and asked him what does he want? I have no concern regarding him.

"Well, for starters, you have been avoiding me since the trip and you never showed up at our scheduled time, at the coffee shop, for our tutoring session."

"And come to think of it, I don't have your number. So I had to wait there for you." he continued.

He looked his conventional self like he didn't just ignore me the whole time during the trip, spending most of his time with his friends and didn't even notice me when I was gone.

The events of that day are still stamped on my mind and have shaken me up. It's making me crazy and I've been questioning my sanity.

"Look Ace I don't want to be rude or anything but I can't do this anymore. You should look for another tutor."

"What? Why-"

"Because I don't want to and it's my decision not to teach you anymore. Just keep your distance from me and let's end our friendship here."

Who I was kidding... He doesn't even want to be my friend, he was just another hot jackass who desires to get into my pants through his flirting and this whole tutoring thing was a perfect excuse to get close to me.

Of course, the hot and irresistible A grade jerk would think like that. Typical.

"Elena I don't know what happened or if someone told you something about me, but I seriously require your help here. And I'm not kidding. You are a good teacher and I'm getting a hang of it. Everything. You just make it seem so easy."

His words are so sincere just like his azure eyes shine with it. Like he means everything he is saying.

But I wasn't having it. Enough of this. I've been sleepless for few nights with each night bringing me back to those woods with that blacked mask stranger who declared knowing my deepest darkest secret which could lead me in a hole so deep that I don't think I can come out of it again.

So I did the best thing I could. I burst out. Disseminating all of my pent up animosity of not being able to do anything on Ace.

"You don't know what happened? Well, let me start what about the fact that you left me in the woods alone and accompanied your friends. You asked me to come with you and you said it will be fun, being entirely aware of the fact that I had no friend there except you. And you just left me stranded in the woods, alone. I had to find my way to the group

"Oh, and your good friend Samantha told me that you are an A grade student and top of the class. Why didn't you tell me this? Or did you forget this bit of information? God, I just made a fool of myself in front of her, thinking that you do need my help. Look if you think that I'm interested in you then let me tell you, Ace, I am not. So just leave me the hell ALONE."

God, it feels so good to let it all out of your chest. And he had it coming for lying to me and behaving like that on the trip.

He looked at me in silence with no reaction on his face to gauge what he was thinking. I was almost ready for him to laugh at me and make fun of my naivety and how he betrayed my trust.

"Elena, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before, I know I should've told you this but I haven't told this anyone. Look you are correct I'm an A grade student but I've been lacking in my classes due to personal issues I have been facing. And I haven't told this my friends. They don't know that I might lose my scholarship. So they also don't know about this tutoring.

"They think I'm the star kid with perfect grades and perfect athletics performance and I don't want to jeopardize my reputation. Elena, I'm not lying to you. It's the whole truth. I accept my mistake and apologize to you. I won't lie to you again. Please tell me you are still my tutor. Please? Pretty please."

He showed me his puppy eyes with a smile which perfectly show his dimples. And my heart just melted.

"Ace, I believe you but you should know that it's not right to take advantage of someone's naivety and use it for your benefit. You don't have the privilege. Just because you don't want to compromise your perfect bad boy image, doesn't give you any liberty to ill-treat someone else." I schooled him.

I know my words were harsh but I had to tell him that so that he comprehends his wrongdoings. I'm not going to inflate his ego and let him have a free pass to mistreat because of his bad-boy impression.

It's intolerable and he needs to learn a few things.

"Yes ma'am. Sorry and from now on I'm going to be on my best behaviour. So, are we meeting after school at the coffee shop, for another session?"

"Yeah, sure we will meet there. Bye," I turned on my heels and left for my class.

This conversation was much needed, I feel a lot lighter now that I've cleared things with Ace.

Now I have to think about one thing only and that is my secret stalker who has been on my mind ever since that day in the woods.

I've been restless. My mind is conjured up, thinking about him, his words, implying that I might have harmed somebody.

And his fearful threat lingers on my mind that my negligence can cost me much more than I can bargain for.

I have to do something. I have to find a way.