GOING AWAY
1604 Words
Mandy's pov
When I regained consciousness, i found myself lying flat on a table, Becky was by my side , she was staring at the door, I followed her gaze and saw the door shut.
seems like someone else was here, i thought wondering whom it could be .
I tried to get up and Becky turned and came to help me up and gave me glucose water to drink .
We discussed for a while before leaving for the opening ceremony that had already started.
I wanted to apologize to Blake or should I say my boyfriend,if we are even still that.
I knew it must have been very embarrassing for him .
I wanted to ask Becky about his whereabouts when I woke up earlier but I couldn't. I wasn't ready for the answer she would give. I resulted to asking if i would make a good girlfriend but she didn't give me a straight answer although from what she said I knew Blake had not ended our relationship already and that was enough to calm my nerves.
I used my eyes to search for Blake around the event ground but he wasn't there. I wondered where he had gone to , was he embarrassed from the incident that he doesn't want to face anyone or was he too upset that he was avoiding me?.
The ceremony ended by half past one in the afternoon,Becky had stepped out earlier when her phone rang to take the call and before she returned the ceremony had already ended.
"Thank goodness"she said as soon as she returned. it seemed she had been hopping for the ceremony to end .
"they were beginning to bore me "she added.
I for one actually enjoyed the ceremony and why won't I . what seemed boring for others was always fun for me . I was very weird that's why I didn't have any other friend except Becky. she was the only one who could tolerate my weirdness .
she picked up her clutch bag from the chair as I stood up .
Yanking me by the arm, she said "let's go" as she dragged me along with her.
I thought we were heading home .
I needed to talk to Blake at least before going home today , I thought .
he was the first guy to ever show that much interest in me and I was not ready to watch it blow in the wind.i really needed to speak to him even if I don't really know what to say.
I was about to stop her and inform her of my plans when I suddenly noticed that we had already passed her car and we were heading for the same building i had fainted close to .
"where are we going?" , I asked curious about what she was taking me there for .
"chill sweetie" she answered smiling at me .
I kept calm as I followed her although a million questions were rushing into my head .
we enter into the building and headed upstairs, after running up a few stairs ,we came to stop Infront of a room.
The sign on the door read 'dressing room'.
"Dressing room! what the hell are we doing going into a dressing room?" I thought as Becky opened the door.
I took a breath of relief as I glanced through the room. it was not what I had imagined. it was a dressing room quite alright but for basket ball players . There were jerseys laying around and hanging on the open lockers . I also saw a pile of white towels on one side of the room .
I stared straight and found Blake half naked. he had only pants on .
my eyes widened and my cheeks turned red like a ripe tomatoes.
I couldn't help but stare at his awesome body . it was indeed a wonderful sight to behold, his packs were so overwhelming and he had muscular arms .
I gulped.
he caught me staring and smiled.
my cheeks.got redder I could feel it .
"so embarrassing" I thought.
As if to worsen my situation,he started walking towards me. My heart rate increased and I was struggling to keep my composure .
" Are you okay?", he asked as he stood Infront of me , his eyes so full of concern.
I looked down immediately refusing to meet his gaze.still embarrassed about the incident earlier.
"yes" I answered though unsure .
He used his two fingers on his left hand to raise my face up to him.
he wasn't smiling rather he had a serious face.
I wondered if he was angry with me.
"what happened" he asked still having the serious look.
I already knew what he might be referring to but I didn't have any real explanation for him.
I didn't know how to tell him that I had stage fright and worst of all I didn't know how to kiss.
it would sound so uncool and he might like me less .
"I panicked" I managed to say lowering my gaze hoping he wouldn't go ahead to ask why.
"she has a little bit of stage fright" I heard Becky say from behind him.
"a little! she gotta be kidding" I thought.
"But not to worry , I already have a solution for that" she continued flashing one of those her steady smile.
I still do wonder how she does that , smiling so effortlessly in every situation and still managing to maintain it.
"and you will love what you see when you get back " she added.
"get back!"
I raised my eyes to meet Blake's face , he was looking at his sister and I quickly looked away when he was about to turn his eyes to me .
There was a moment of silence.
I was waiting for Blake's scolding. I was waiting for him to say how disappointed he was and to at least give me a chance to apologize.
"I wasn't referring to that" Blake's said breaking the silence in the room.
I raised my head in shock, i looked at Becky before looking at Blake. she looked shocked too . non of us were expecting him to be so calm after what happened . no one of his position and status would have been able to just let that go .
Becky and I exchanged puzzled stares.
" i understand that everything must have been happening too fast for you and the pressure must have gotten to you" he said .
again Becky and I exchanged looks , we still couldn't come to terms with how calmly he is taking the situation.
so unreal
"I mean who wouldn't panic in such a situation" he spoke so carefree.
"I'm sorry for being too fast babe " he added.
"did he just apologize?" I thought.
everything felt so unreal, too good to be true, someone should please pinch me.
"you're still my girlfriend right babe?".he asked
and I heard myself yell "yes"subconscious
he chuckled and I lowered my head in shame.
he was too sweet
"that's good"he said
"now that your smile is back, please do excuse me " he said as he turned and headed towards the lockers .
he opened a locker and brought out some neatly folded cloths and started putting them into the unzipped suitcase on the bench there that I hadn't noticed untill now.
I stood there still a little bit confused by the turn of events, Becky on the other hand seemed to have gotten over her shock, she was smiling again.
she winked at me when our eyes met
Then I remembered Becky saying that he was going away. I felt my heart ache .I would definitely miss him. why did he have to leave now. now thar we were officially a thing . I wanted to get to know him more at least.
He finished packing and zipped up the suitcase. he drew out it's handle and stood it on the ground before turning to face us .
I felt the sudden urge to ask him where he was going but I had to hold it in. I needed to let him tell me himself if he wishes to .
"I will be going away for a while" he started
"my team got a challenge from another school out of town and couch has decided that I would be good if we accept the challenge, it would be good for the school as the new academic year just started",he explained staring at me
I managed to smile hidden my sadness.
he left the suitcase and walked up to me . he took my hands from my sides and held it up slightly .
"it won't take long " he said looking into my sad eyes.
i smiled trying to assure him that it was totally okay even though it wasn't, I was gonna miss him so much .
he smiled back at me as he massaged my hand with his fingers.
" I must say they really had some guts challenging you guys" Becky blurted out .
Blake and I turned to look at her simultaneously.
she was on her phone but she seemed to be listening to everything.
"they will wish they didn't" she added without raising her eyes that were glued to her phone.
I noticed Blake smile .
I wondered which school would have challenged Blake's team and why would they wish they didn't .
I returned my gaze to Blake and asked
"which school?".
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