Chapter 5 the dancefloor

Chapter 5

"What's wrong with me?" I tried to get out of his hand

We were in such a situation when a fist suddenly flew at the man's jaw, knocking him down. The people on the dancefloor immediately moved to one side.

"Not my girl bastard" I heard Vincent's voice behind my back. He slowly snaked his arms around my waist and pulled me for a hug.

"Are you okay?" there is a trace of worry in its eyes.

I just nodded as an answer'

"Next time you touch my girl it's not just your mouth that will bleed" Vincent threatened before pulling me off the dancefloor. We returned to our table. After a while, Kim also came with a frown and behind her was Damon who also seemed to have a bad trip.

"What's wrong?" Vincent asked the twin

Damon sat next to Kim as his thumb wiped her sore lip.

"I don't want to leave yet. I still want to dance" Damon replied irritable

"There's nothing wrong about it! It's a dancefloor. What do you want me to do there read a book?" Kim said sarcastically

"Your brother Vincent is stubborn. When you're rude, you get into a fight huh" Damon got up annoyed and left Kim frowning

Kim's hand flew to Damon's arm to stop him.

"Fine. I won't just sit here anymore" he said softly. Damon just looked at him. "Sit down now! Let's treat your wound! Why did you punch me? You must have punched me in the stomach so you won't retaliate! You are also a weak creature"

Vincent and I smiled at what Kim said. I saw Damon smirked before sitting next to Kim.

"Oh what's wrong? why does it have a wound?" Ethan suddenly appeared from where we didn't know

"Ask your twin here," Damon said while Kim put a cold compress on him "Oh! take it easy" Damon slightly moved his face away from Kim.

"See how brave you were a while ago, then you're complaining about cold compresses" and Kim emphasized putting cold compresses on the wound.

Vincent caught my attention when he suddenly put his face on my neck.

"Sorry, I was late. Are you hurt?"

"No, baby I'm okay" I reassured her

"Promise I won't be late next time" he planted a soft kiss on my neck that made several electricity runs throughout my whole body.

"I'll protect you always, C" he promised and kissed the back of my palm.

I smiled as I looked at him while his eyes were closed.

I'm so damn in love with you, V

As time goes on, my feelings for Vincent deepen. He's my first love, my first kiss, my first boyfriend and I'm happy with him.

In the morning I received the message that he couldn't pick me up because he said he had something important to go to. I just sent it to our driver. I was walking in the hallway when someone bumped into me. He's holding a cup of juice that spilled on my clothes. It was especially wet around the chest.

I gasped because of the coldness of the juice spilled on me

"Sh*t, sorry sorry. I didn't mean it" he apologized

"You're not looking at what you're passing by," I told him annoyed

When I looked up at him, I saw his face was red. I followed what he was staring at only to find out that my black bra was already scratched on my wet clothes.

I quickly hugged myself and looked at him intently.

"Oh, I didn't mean to stare. I just noticed" it explained

"Basto" I shouted at him

It frowned

"You're assuming it's like there's substance" he insulted me.

I was stunned because of what he said and immediately my head got hot because of hearing from him.

"Come" and it grabbed my wrist to pull.

"Where are you taking me?"

"In the locker room"

"and why?"

It stopped walking and turned to look at me "I'm gonna let you borrow my shirt or maybe you want to walk with your bra scratched all over the university" he raised an eyebrow and sniffed my body

"Fine. I didn't bring any extra clothes either"

I couldn't do anything but watch as he pulled me. There was no one in the locker room when we arrived. He would have continued to enter the locker room but I pulled my hand away from him.

"I won't go inside. I'll just wait for you here"

He just nodded at me and entered the room to get his extra shirt.

"Catch" he shouted so I caught his clothes "Nice reflexes" and raised his hand as if he wanted to give me a high five I just tortured him and headed to the rest room. I heard his laugh as I walked away from him.

I cleaned up inside the girls bathroom. I put on the t-shirt he lent me.

Varsity player

"Beltran" is written on the back of his t-shirt.

I just tucked it into my pants because it was a bit big for me. I hurried out because my class was about to start.

"My shirt looks good on you" I was surprised to see the man leaning against the wall while wearing a shirt.

"Don't be surprised! It's not funny"

"Didn't mean it tho" he said "I'm Thirdy and you are?" His hand was outstretched and he was waiting for my answer

"Calixta" I accepted his palm. "Need to go. My class is about to start" and ran leaving him standing there in front of the girl's restroom

"See you later" he shouted and was still waving

See you later, I don't even know you

I gasped as I entered the room. I noticed that my classmates were following me

"Do i have dirt in my face?" I asked when I got close to Elisse, my seatmate, "He's been following me for a while now, eh?"

"So it's true you and Villafuerte are gone?" this surprised question

"Huh? What's wrong? Where did you pick that up?" I asked him laughing

"Girl, you're wearing Beltran's shirt" and pointed to the clothes I was wearing

"So? He threw juice on me earlier.. He just lent me" I explained "then who is that?"

"That's hard for you because you're only Villafuerte because you don't know the others. He's a varsity in the men's volleyball category. Girl, when you see him play you'll be drooling" he said with excitement.

"Ah as long as I don't know him" and arranged my things

"If you and Vincent are still here, why is Athena saying it's my day on Facebook, there's even a post on Instagram of them sleeping next to each other"

My movement slowed down when I heard what Elisse said.

"What do you mean?" I asked in surprise

"Here girl. See for yourself"

He handed me his cell phone that was in Vincent's myday. I stared at the picture there for a long time. It's a photo of Athena with her back turned with a caption "beautiful view" Elisse then opened Athena's instagram. There is a picture of Vincent with his eyes closed while Athena is leaning on his chest with a caption "Endgame"

I don't know how I will feel. I returned the cellphone to Elisse and was speechless. There is no good reason running through my mind. I couldn't find anything that could be Vincent's reason for what I saw.

It's like my heart is being squeezed by the pain. I thought we were happy. I thought we were fine. What is it? Why is there such a thing? I feel so much pain but no tears come out of me. I was quiet all day. I don't know how the day ended, all I know is to go home. I quietly left the room. I don't even know where I'm going as long as I'm walking.

When I felt silence, my tears started to fall. I took a deep breath. I hit my chest lightly to somehow ease the pain I was feeling. I let my tears fall but no sound came out of my mouth.

"You'll get over it" I quickly wiped my tears when I heard someone around

I rolled my eyes and saw Thirdy leaning against a red raptor car. He came closer to me and seemed to be looking closely at my face.

"Broken?"

I was not in the mood so I didn't answer him "They say it's better to tell someone you don't know because you won't be judged"

I looked up at him again.

"I'll just listen, I won't speak. Promise" he raised his right hand as if making a promise.

I took a deep breath and walked to the end of the gutter and sat there. He followed. He doesn't speak, he seems to just make me feel. I cry silently and every time there are tears, I quickly wipe them away.

"You can use it" and patted his shoulder.

I just smiled and shook my head slowly. I looked up and let out a lot of air.

"Do you believe in love at first sight?" I asked him

"Hmmm, I don't know, I haven't experienced it yet" he shrugged.

"When I first met him, I fell in love immediately. I knew he was the type of man I wanted to be with until the end. I was 5 years old back then. Imagine I was that poor" I laughed as I looked back on my past with Vincent. "We've been together for more than a decade, that's how long I've had feelings for him. I dared not to pay attention to my feelings even though he was telling me face to face that he loves me. I was scared. He was becoming a woman a lot. I may have just added to his list so I chose to remain friends but in the end I also gave in. I'm weak, aren't I?"

"Quite a bit. Imagine how many years you've avoided it, you're going to give it up at the same time"

I looked at him badly because of his comment

"I thought you would just listen?"

"I'm sorry sorry I thought you were asking my opinion. Let's go ahead"

"I gave in to his promises. We are happy. Every day he did not fail to make me feel that he loves me. He even told me last night that he loves me. I am a gullible fool. I don't know something is just being done behind my back" my tears started flowing again

"It seems that the end of my dream has come. It seems that this is where my fantasy will end. I thought I was in a dream, it's a nightmare. The feelings and relationship I've kept for a long time will come to nothing. I don't know how to deal with him. How can I look at him now. For sure, just seeing him will make me cry. I've had it in my mind for a long time that he's something nice to look at but can't be touched but I gambled so I lost. It's not just the man I love who will be lost even my best friend" and I cried even more because I thought I was going to lose it

"Because my head is stubborn. I follow my heart. It's annoying!" this time I couldn't help but cover my face with my palms and cry out loud.

"You didn't make a mistake. You just gambled. Part of love is being hurt. What's important is what you experienced, what you feel. You won't stay in "how would it feel to be us?" "how would it feel to be loved by him too" it's harder like that. To regret what could happen just because you were afraid of the possible outcome. You gambled and now you know you lost, and so? You can love again knowing you're the next jackpot. You learned that's what's important."

I feel relieved because of what he said.

The important thing I experienced. The important thing I felt. I have something to drink.

Gradually my tears subsided. All we could hear was cricket. Thirdy stood up and extended his hand to me. I smiled and accepted that.

"You look like a child who lost a lollipop" he teased me and patted my hair like a child.

"Tse, thank you, I'm not in the mood"

"Edi, thank you"

For the first time that day I laughed.

"I brought you? It looks like you didn't have anything to pick up?"

"Is it free? You might charge"

"Since you look miserable now, just go free first"

"Yown, something good happened in my day today"

We walked together to his raptor. He went straight to the driver's seat and I opened the passenger seat.

"Calixta" a loud shout made Thirdy and I turn around.

My eyes immediately blurred because of the impending tears when I recognized the man a few meters away from me. His t-shirt was wet with sweat. Even his whole face was bathed in sweat. Looks like it's from running.

"Hmm, should I go with you or should you talk to me first?" Thirdy asked doubtfully

Vincent started walking towards me. I stared at him as he slowly came closer to me. I turned to Thirdy and smiled.

"Let's go" I got into Thirdy's car and before Vincent could get close, the car started moving away from him, at the same time my tears started to flow again.

I was crying silently in Thirdy's car for the whole trip and when I got to our house, I quickly got off.

"Thank you for the delivery" I thanked here "Just a friend's advice, sorry I'm feeling close right away" he scratched his head "please explain first before you make a decision. It's hard because maybe you're thinking wrong"

I tried to smile at what he said. I waved goodbye at him before heading straight to my room.

When I closed the door, I sighed and sat on the end of the bed. Facing the balcony. I stared at the beautiful and peaceful sky.

Can we go back to the past?

To Be Continued...