Tolerating The Player

We stopped Joe in his school and Maya continued the drive but after we were a little bit far from Joe’s school she parked her car by the roadside.

“Did your Dad say anything to you?” She asked but I shook my head, even though tears were now falling I didn’t think I wanted to talk about what had happened.

*No, he didn’t” I said but my voice cracked in between, I hated that house and everything there. It only made me cry and sad whenever my father was around.

She knew I wasn’t going to say what was wrong with me so she handed over the wipes that were in her car to me.

“Thank you” I mouthed to her and cleaned the tears off my face. She continued the drive in silence and I appreciated her for understanding me.

We arrived at school and the realization of me facing Zach struck me. I wanted to be alone but now I have to be stuck with him. At least it’ll end soon and I’ll finally be free in the next two days.

I got out of the car and made my way to the school building. I spotted Aurora’s eyes on me as I entered but I didn’t mind, I didn’t have the energy to be involved in their matters today. I looked like a trash bag today but I also didn’t mind that my eyes were swollen.

Zach also entered the building and Aurora went to meet and placed a kiss on his lips. They had probably settled their fight. I removed my attention from them and focused on the books I was removing from my locker. My mind wasn’t settled that I had mistakenly brought out the wrong textbook. I immediately returned it and took the right one before heading to the class.

The class was still empty and I sat at the edge of the classroom where no one would see me or pay attention to me. The teacher entered the classroom and the class was shortly filled up. The lectures started but I wasn’t able to relate with what the teacher was saying. My mind was drifting off so I laid my head on my desk till the class was over.

It was time for the next class and I went to my locker to change my books but Zach walked up to me. My eyes were filled with numb emotions and my face was pale, he was quick to notice that I wasn’t alright.

“Hey” He greeted me and I slowly nodded my head in response. I locked my locker and turned to leave but he pulled me back by my backpack and dragged me out of the school.

“What’s wrong with you?” He asked immediately we got outside.

“I’m fine,” I answered. He released his grip on me, staring at my face as if he was looking for something.

“Get in the car” he said and entered the car.

“Where are we going?” I asked and shut the door as I sat on the soft chair. The smell of his cologne filled the car and it was relaxing, almost intoxicating.

“Somewhere” he responded and started the car. I was sure leaving school during school hours was against the rules but since he was with me I didn’t mind much.

The drive was starting to be long but I liked how the cool breeze touched my face. It was relaxing so I didn’t complain about the drive.

“I was in the class with you earlier today, you didn’t seem to notice me then you placed your head on your desk throughout the whole class” he said. He must have been watching me throughout the class, I was glad he cared about me. At least I had people who considered me.

I looked outside the window without replying to him, he also didn’t say any more words throughout the drive.

“Here we are, ” he said and parked his car beside the road. It was in the middle of nowhere and I didn’t understand him until he gestured at me to come down from the car.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

I came down from the car and walked behind him, we walked deep into some slightly bushy area before we arrived at the place. I couldn’t help but admire the beauty of the place, it was a beautiful garden with butterflies everywhere and a small lake at a corner.

I could have sworn that I wouldn’t have believed anyone who told me a place as beautiful as this existed.

“How did you find this place?” I asked while my eyes were still scanning the whole environment.

“My mum found it” he replied and walked to sit on a silver rocking chair that was tied to a tree.

“It’s beautiful” I complimented and he shrugged his shoulders with his hands in his pocket.

“Come sit” he patted the space beside him and I slowly walked up to him before sitting on it.

“Take deep breaths and tell me what happened to you” he said in a commanding tone and I found myself doing as he said as I took in deep breaths and released it. The fresh smell of the lake mixed with the flowers filled my senses.

“It’s my Father, I found out something bad about him today” I said and he looked at my face expecting me to say more.

“Well ever since my mum left, we moved here and he turned to an alcoholic. I was still trying to live with that when though it was really tough”

“He would leave the house for days to drink leaving my brother and I with no money or food and that was why I started to work at the mall after school”

“I went home yesterday and he looked different when I entered, there wasn’t any smell of alcohol in the house but his eyes was bloodshot, he didn’t even notice we were inside the house until u greeted him” my voice started to crack and tears were filled up In my eyes already.

“Today..” I paused and covered my mouth with my hands trying not to cry really loud.

“Today I found out he was into drugs too” I said and my emotions came before me as tears flowed freely on my cheeks.

He watched me as I cried and pulled me closer to him, he hugged me tight to his body but said nothing as he patted my hair. It felt really relaxing and I couldn’t believe he was comforting me.

“You’ll be fine” he said while my head was still on his chest. I felt the warmth of his chest and tried to calm myself but the more I remembered the fact that my father is an addict despite the fact that we’re poor and he was slowly killing himself I felt sad and cried the more.

“Okay you better stop crying or I’m throwing you in the lake” he teased and I laughed.

I appreciated the fact that he was trying to cheer me up even though we weren’t close friends.

“You wanna eat?” He asked and I nodded my head. He brought out his phone and made some orders on it. I patiently waited for the food while watching the butterflies and how calm the lake was.

“It calms me too” he said and I turned to see him staring at me.

“What do you calm yourself from?” I asked but he tilted his head away from me for some time before facing me again.

“Everyone!” He responded and I realized he didn’t want to talk more. I kind of felt bad because I told him about what was bothering me but he doesn’t want to share his own sad story with me.

His phone beeped and we remembered that he had ordered some food. He left the garden to bring the food while I waited behind staring and admiring the cool environment.

He shortly came back with a box of pizza and two giant bowls of ice cream in his hand, I really needed that. I watched how he placed the food on the carpet grass and sat on it. I walked up to him and sat opposite him.

The grass was trimmed and it was obvious that someone had been taking care of the garden regularly.

After eating the pizza and some part of the ice cream, I covered the remaining one and kept it aside. It was a family sized Ice cream and I had eaten more than half of it already. My period would be coming soon and I didn’t want to get bad cramps.

I watched how Zach finished the whole bowl of ice cream in awe, he really did have a sweet tooth.

The memory of him and Aurora kissing earlier today resurfaced in my mind and I wondered if they were dating.

“Are you guys dating?” I asked and he lifted his head to look at me.

“Aurora” I added trying to be specific. A smug smirk appeared at the corner of his lips before he licked them seductively and I couldn’t help but admire his perfect lips.

“I wanna show you something” he said and stood up, I watched how he removed his shirt and his trousers. I started to feel uncomfortable and different thoughts started to play in my mind.

I tried to look away but he noticed the way I was behaving and laughed.

“I’m not going to strip naked, don’t die yet” he teased and I raised my head to look at him. I felt some strange feeling in my body like the butterflies in the garden had suddenly entered my stomach and now they’re playing there.

I couldn’t stop but stare at his rock hard chest that was perfectly tanned and blessed with abs. I spotted some tattoos on the right side of his shoulders. It was a tattoo of a skull but it looked great on him.

My eyes drifted to his boxers and my eyes caught a glimpse of his dick print. I tried to sanitize my eyes but I had already seen it and it was too late.

He walked into the lake and splashed some water on his head, he seemed to be enjoying it.

“Come on in, let me show you,” he said, staring at me.

“I don’t have extra clothes” I whined. He stared at me for some while in the lake before deciding to say something.

“Aren’t you wearing a underwear? Come on in” he rudely said and my eyes widened. I wasn’t going to let him see my underwear especially my half naked body.

“I’m good..”

“If you don’t come in here I’ll have to force you” he cut me off with a serious tone.

I decided to let my guard down and go in with my underwear.

“Don’t stare” I said and he turned to look away as he swam and played in the lake.

I pulled off my clothes and made my way to the lake, he turned to look at me and his expression was unexplainable as he didn’t say anything. I feared that I might have made a mistake and my insecurities overshadowed me.