Looking for you

Chapter 12 (edited)

Evelyn

I served two cups of tea for each and walked out of the kitchen to meet Alex who was sited at my living room with two opened books and a note book in hand, she was scribbling furiously with her pen. I saw a page was already filled and was starting with the next one.

“You do know, the info in those books won´t go anywhere in few minutes, right?” she chuckled. And answered me without separating her eyes from the notes.

“Aye, I know they won´t go anywhere, but…this way, I can end sooner. Seeing it hasn´t stop raining, I can spend more time enjoying your company than with my nose stuck in this books.” She left the pen aside and close them, apparently she had finished everything.

Changing the seat, she moved closer to me and gave me a kiss.

“You finished everything you had to do for tomorrow?” she asked.

“I´m only missing two papers the principal asked me to fill. It´s not much, I can do that later.” Alex admired everything in my leaving room, from the furniture to the books and some pictures I had on the shelving.

“Are this your parents?” she asked pointing at one particular frame and lifting it.

“Yes. We were in Canada when that was taken.” She saw another one of a woman similar to me but with brown hair and a bit shorter. “That´s my sister, Susan.”

“I didn’t know you have a sister. She seems nice.”

“Hey, you won´t try to make me feel jealous of my sister´s picture, right?” I played, imagining what her answer would be.

“Oh no, there´s no need for that Ev. I love you…” She kissed me tenderly “I must say your sister looks pretty, but unfortunately for her, I´m in love with you.” I chuckled and slapped her shoulder. I guessed it was my fault to receive those answers, after all, I was the one who normally teased her about many things. She used to be nervous and shy at the beginning but she´s been more confident now. Alex moved to another shelf and saw a different picture, I got worried a bit when noticing which one. It showed a picnic near the mountains by the south of the city. It was a picture of my ex-girlfriend and I.

“Who´s her?” she asked. I took a deep breath.

“That´s my ex, Nathaly, we were at a picnic with my family” she then noticed the picture by its side, the five of us were in it. Alex crossed her arms and thought for a while before saying.

“Your parents knew her…” she whispered more for herself than to me. “Were they happy? I mean, did they…approve your relationship?” she asked.

“Yes, they were very happy for me.” Her sight was fixed at some point at distance, I remembered what she could be thinking right now. She was waiting for me to continue. “…when telling my parents about my preference I thought they wouldn´t approve, but they did, second hard part was to tell my sister, but she told me she knew already…when I met Nathaly and we started to date, they were so happy about it , they wanted to meet her. That trip was our third, our relationship lasted for almost three years.” Perhaps I shouldn´t have told her…she´s too quiet, perhaps I talked about this too soon.

“The five of you look great there” she whispered. I raised up and hugged her from behind.

“Yeah, I look great with my family, but not with her, not anymore. She's ancient story.” I kissed her cheek before adding “ I'm with you because I love you, you're my girlfriend and I'd love to take you somewhere nice for the weekend.” When having no response I started to worry.

“Hey, you ok?...it's really not necessary to worry about my ex…”

“No, Evelyn I'm fine, I trust you, it's just...your family is happy for you, they approve it. It's beautiful…” I needed for her to finish that sentence.

“And?”

“…and I live with a homophobic mother who won´t accept me for who I am.” My heart felt her pain when she said that. I knew she only lived with her mother, as far as I know, she had no one else. She turned to look at me and I hugged her tighter.

“I’m sorry. You shouldn't have to live with that”

“Don't worry, it has to stop some day…” she said.

“Would it be all right if I want you to meet my parents, someday?”

“I'd love to. Perhaps I won´t know what to do or how to act, but I'd love to.”

Alex

It didn't matter how hard I tried to hid my saddens about the subject with Evelyn, she noticed immediately. But as much as my sadness was true, I didn't want to ruin the moment by her side with it. I did my best to improve my humour the remaining minutes at her place and kissed her, trying to reassure her I was all right. Seeing I was calm she laughed and told me she loved my kisses, as it was expected, I blushed furiously.

“Hey, I have an idea. You remember that rainy afternoon when we stood at school while you were grading some papers? You were surprised because you didn't expect me to play chess…” she nodded.

“I do remember. Told you I had an old board that was rarely used. Why?”

“Do you still have it?” Catching my intentions, she raised a brow as if saying ‘Seriously?’.

“I think... I can make you like it” I said while unbuttoning my shirt a bit by the neck.

Some minutes later we had played two games, which I had won, and Evelyn was frustrated with the third one. I watched amused and she started to complain.

“This is not fair Alex. I told you I knew little about this. You have to be cheating somewhere.” I laughed again. Before starting the game, I proposed that by each point, the winner could ask for a reward from the opponent. So far, I had rejected some of my rewards and she's been able to kiss me just a couple of times. On the other hand, by winning the last two games, I had achieved to get her sweater and a kiss on the head.

“You'll make me regret I'd told you how much I love your kisses.” she said leaving her last dead piece by a side. I took the menace very serious and slowly leaned forward on the sofa we were on, moving the board and it's pieces by a side and reaching for Evelyn's side pulling her closer to me. She blushed and laughed telling me I would make a mess with the board.

She stayed against the inner arm of the sofa, I kissed her and caressed her side feeling how she relaxed with my touch. I separated our lips a moment.

“You know, I don't like to cheat, in anything.” I said against her mouth before she hushed me with another kiss, deepening it. Before moaning against my lips, I felt her hands traveling between my back and sides. “I know I just...wanted to tease you. Is this all right?” she asked and moved her hands to my upper back. I answered with a ‘Uhumm’ feeling the vibration of my voice in her lips. My knees were supporting my weight while I caressed her side underneath her shirt, her skin shivered against my touch.

“You’re cold” she managed to say braking the kiss and laughing. I returned my hand over the fabric and gave a small peck to her lips before resting our foreheads against each other. I hugged her with my arm, pressing myself against her, took a deep breath and managed to sit us.

Looking into her eyes I said “I love you Ev”

“I love you too. I wish we could stay like this forever”

I chuckled “Me too”

We noticed it had stopped raining and it was starting to get late. Both knew it was better for me to get going.

By the time I arrived my mother had also returned from work. I did the cooking for the meal and talked a bit with her about some projects of microbiological investigation she would be doing in the next months, still I couldn't avoid my mind from drifting back to some sad thoughts about my life. About the relationship I had with my mother and how I couldn´t trust her. It was sad for me not to share with her my happiness.

A couple of weeks later at school, some new students have been added to our group, no one was very happy or sociable with them, we limited ourselves to answer and cross a couple of words with them if necessary. It was a Friday morning, the class about to start should be Piña's. It was practically the end of the week, but I couldn't wait anymore to end the day and run to see Evelyn. We’'ve agreed some days ago that this weekend she would present me with her parents and then we'll go on a picnic with her family. I’ve learned that it's common for them to do such trips.

The door opened and I took my notebook out, ready to start but when I raised my sight I froze for a moment and my heart started a furious beating race. Evelyn was the one who entered the class room.

“Morning. Professor Piña had an emergency, I'd give you the class for what remains of the day.” She said.

“Only be for one day? There's nothing I can do with Piña, but I'd like to do something with you.” said one of the new guys.

Bastard.

Evelyn ignored his comment and began with class. As usual I started to scribble in my notebook, but after some minutes, the same guy started rabbiting again.

“All of this is useless, she should stop writing and start striping herself…” I heard.

“Shut up.” I hushed him sending a death glare.

“What, is she your girlfriend or something?” I used head over feelings and answered. “You owe her respect, is a Professor.” Bloody fool…

“With that ass and those boobs, she should be in my bed…” I couldn´t control myself nor did I let him finish. I pounced against him and punched his face, he fell from his chair and before I could punch again his fist hit my left eye. Somewhere in the crowd I heard Evelyn´s voice telling us to stop. I was taken aback by the punch, went for him again when Evelyn tried to stop us, the guy threw a punch that missed me but hit her. My blood boiled inside and I punched him again feeling my knuckles connect with his jaw. Other classmates separated us, I heard Evelyn´s voice, but couldn´t understand what she said because someone else screamed in the room.

“Enough!” All the classroom turned to the door, it was the Principal who had screamed. “Both of you to my office, Professor Wright follow me.”

I obeyed not being proud at all about my behaviour, but that didn’t mean that I may regret it. I would accept full consequence of my actions, as soon as he was reprehended for his.

When arriving at the Principal´s office, he asked the guy to come in first and told Professor Wright and I to wait by the hall. We´d barely turned around before we could hear a slam at his door when he closed it. My attention focused immediately to Evelyn, who had walked some meters away from the principal´s door.

“Are you all right?” I asked approaching her and reaching for her face where a red bruise was starting to form by her cheek where a tear rolled down. “Did he hurt you?” my rage started to build up again. Evelyn drew my hand away. “I´m fine” she said. Keeping our distance I tried to understand what her feelings were in that moment. Either she was sad, or mad about it all.

Perhaps I´ve been a fool…

“What is it?” I asked.

“´What is it?´ You create all that commotion back there, in my class, you punched a student who perhaps would like to sue you, you managed to get yourself hurt and you still wonder ´what is it?´ ”

So, I am ´it´.

“Evelyn, that moron insulted you, I wasn´t going to let him go on the entire class”.

“You should have let me handle it! I´m the authority in that classroom, even for you.”

“I know you are” I said being confused by the comment.

“Then why did you reacted that way? You´re smarter than that, Alexis. But you reacted as a child…” that hurt me.

“You know I´m not.”

“No, you are not. You´re mature and clever, and kind…” she walked approaching me with every word “…you are more than just feeling furious and react by anything. That´s the girl I fell in love with, that´s why I love you.” I was trying to suppress the tears in my eyes that threatened to fall. I was mad, but she was right. If I fell for every provocation like that, I proved my intelligence was good for nothing.

“I´m sorry.” I whispered accepting my fault. She let out a deep sigh calming herself and hugged me. Our faces where close to each other, I could feel her breath but I felt as if I couldn´t breathe. Still hugging her, I opened the door of a cubicle behind her and pushed us in before closing the door. The place was small and dark and I had no idea where the switch was neither was it important for me. I pressed my lips against hers and kissed her. I wasn´t mad anymore, but I had a burning sensation in my chest and kissing her with all the passion I had made it feel better.

Evelyn

I found it hard to believe everything that had happened that morning, but a moan that escaped from my mouth brought me back to the current situation we were in. We were kissing in a cubicle at school, and my mind was telling me I should stop it and save it for later, but I couldn´t find a way to speak. All I wanted was for Alex to continue kissing me the way she has and to feel her hands against my body. In the middle of the kissed I bit her lower lip a bit, only when Alex complained in pain did I remember her swollen lip. “Sorry” I apologised. “It´s all right” she mumbled between kisses “it only hurts a bit”. She sighed and froze her hands by my sides, her forehead rested over my shoulder. “Perhaps, we should stop” she said. “Yes, the Principal could call us any minute.” I agreed.

When being out, we both tried to compose ourselves. I helped to comb her hair because it was a bit messy, besides that everything was normal. He heard a door opening and saw the Principal dispatching the guy out of his office and sending him away. Then he turned to us.

“Well, he admitted everything I saw by the outside of the classroom, it was a mere strike of luck. I suspended him for a month. Surely with it, he´ll fail the finals. I´m sure even though you meant well, you know the fault in your actions, Miss Raley.” Alex nodded, not being intimidated by the serious tone in his voice but being careful to be respectful with him. “Very well. Realizing you have never been involved in any rebellious act, I will only suspend you for two days starting next Monday. I suggest you to visit the infirmary now, Professor Wright please be sure she does, you too need attention.” Without saying anything else he dismissed us and let us leave for what remained of the day.

Neither Alex or I went to the infirmary, instead we headed to the professor´s room for my things, we agreed we would go to my place, then we´ll arrange everything for our trip that weekend.

“You sure there´s nothing else here you may need later?” she asked me be the side of my desk.

“Sure,” I said by the door. “Everything I need to check is already in my bag the only one missing is you Raccoon eye. Let´s go, I´m starving and we still have to cook when arriving to my place. We could watch a movie before packing everything.” She looked at me with mischievous eyes and approached me.

“So Raccoon eye, huh?” I laughed while she hugged me and won´t let me scape, pressing herself against me. I couldn’t stand it and hugged her by the neck, giving her a peck on the lips. We both laughed and turned to leave. We hadn´t noticed that Jane stopped at the entrance of the room and had seen the whole thing.

End of first part.