The Tutor Series

Chapter seven- 02

Chapter seven- 02

Frank took Athena to the restaurant that was just opposite his building, when they got in, he led them to a booth at the far end sight of the room. She slid into the chair and he took the one opposite her, “how are you?” He asked.

“I’m fine, and you?” She asked.

“Great, everything is great,” he answered, picking up the menu and handing it to her, “order what you want, we have to be fast, I can’t afford being late to work.”

Athena nodded and made her orders when the waitress approached them, “don’t you want anything?” she asked when he made no order.

“Don’t worry, I’m okay, I will get something to eat in the office.”

“Oh,” she looked down at her fingers, heaving a deep breath and letting it out slowly. They stayed silent for a while until she spoke up, “I’m sorry for sleeping in your neighbor’s flat, I should have waited for you. I was wrong, will you forgive me?” She looked up at him.

Frank heaved a sigh, “it’s alright, I was unreasonable earlier, it’s not like I should expect you to just sit in the hallway and wait for me till I’m back, so…it’s okay.”

“It won’t happen again, I’m really sorry.”

“It’s alright, Athena,” the waitress brought her order, “eat up.”

She nodded and began eating. After the breakfast, he took her where she would take a bus to her place and left her with only a few dollar bills to pay for her transport. Athena didn’t read anything into it, he had told her that they hadn’t start selling his designs yet so he hasn’t start receiving his percentage and that once he does, he would give her more money and she could also stay with him in the city. She could only wait for such day and meanwhile, he had mentioned that they would be a fashion show in a week’s time and his designs would be among the dresses that would be showed off, he is hoping on making great sells after that and she couldn’t be more proud of him.

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A week later, Frank was talking with some models outside the hall that the fashion show was taking place, when one of them scowled in disgust, “who the hell is that? That dress is so outdated, in fact, I don’t think I have ever seen such.”

“My goodness, you don’t think she is attending the show, do you? I mean, dress in that?” Another said, her face and tone no different from the first model.

Hearing the ladies’ words, Frank was forced to turn around and he froze when he saw the brunette who just got down from a cab and was looking around the place. She was dressed in a pitch pink dress which he recognized as her mother’s, her hair was let down on her shoulders and she was putting on a white two inches heels, he was with her the day she had bought the shoes but he never realized how ugly the thing looked until now. She smiled and waved when she saw him and he woke up at that moment as he heard one of the model’s words, “my gracious, is she waving at us?”

“It can’t be, where on earth would we know that kind of person?” The other model retorted.

“But she is coming over, can’t you see that?” The first one insisted.

“Ladies, ladies, have you forgotten who you are? You are intentional models, maybe she is just a fan who is passing around and saw you, then wanted to say hello. You never can tell,” Frank said with smiles, “now come on, if we go inside, maybe she would understand that we don’t want to talk to her, there is no where she would be allowed inside, of course.”

“Yeah you are right, but really, I wouldn’t want to have her as my fan, even if she is, then I will definitely not want her approaching me,” the second model said as they turned to go into the building.

“Frank,” Athena called, all smiles, she had been preparing for this show that she had even spent some money to have her hair washed and highlighted in a salon. She just wanted to stand beside him and offer her support in a day like this.

“What the…?” The second model turned to Frank, “do you know her?”

“I don’t think so,” Frank denied.

“But she just called you,” the first said.

“You sure?”

“Frank,” Athena called again, running to meet up to them.

“Yep, now I am sure, she called you and by name,” the model said.

“Oh, maybe she is not your fan but mine and now I think I will have to know what she wants, you know how these fan-girls can be, I wouldn’t want her pestering me the rest of the day. So why don’t you beautiful ladies go on and I will catch up with you soon.”

“Alright then, but be careful, she looks like the obsessive type,” they chuckled and continued on into the building.

Frank turned to Athena then and growled at her, grabbing her hand, he dragged away from the building to the back of it, beside a car. Athena was trying to catch up with his pull, she thanked her stars when they finally stopped and that she didn’t fall and ruined her dress. “What the hell are you doing here?” He bellowed.

Athena who was still catching her breath from the short run gasped at the tone of his voice, “I-I only wanted to support you. Look, I even had my hair down, just the way you like it and I had it washed in a salon. Gina was more than happy to help me with it,” she giggled, “do you like it?” She asked, looking up at him with dreamy eyes.