Three Thousand Miles To You(56)
“You better run along then, you wouldn’t want to upset Adrian, now would you,” he says, raising his eyebrows and I know that he feels sorry for himself.
“Look, if there is anything I can do,”
“Actually there is.”
“Okay, what?”
“Could you please tell Katharine that it’s over between us?”
“What?”
“You heard me, it’s over I don’t love her I never could.”
“Michael you can’t treat her this way.”
“She is pretty and fine for a while, I don’t want to hurt her, but I don’t want to be with her either.”
“Why can’t you tell her yourself?”
“Because I can’t, she is your friend and you can tell her anything about me, I don’t care.”
“You are a pig, and you don’t deserve her.”
“I take it that’s a yes?”
“Fine,”
I shake my head at him and walk over to my room. I grab my suitcases that are lying on the bed. I take one last look at the room; I have had an up and down time here. Nevertheless, I loved the up moments with Adrian. As for the down moments, I hope I never have them again. On my way out, I look at Michael wondering does he really care about me. When I meet Adrian again down at the car, he is standing looking very impatient leaning on the door of the car.
“What took you so long?”
“Michael is up there,”
“What did he say?”
“I am not going to lie, I asked him about what you said.”
“And,”
“He denied it, Adrian are you sure you don’t have it wrong?”
“No Alanna,”
“Now come on get in the car.”
I give him my bags and get into the car. On the ride over to Columbia, Adrian ,like always when he is in a car, does not say a word. I just sit there frozen glaring up at the stars that glow on the roof of the car. I glance over to Adrian and he looks as if he has so much on his mind, I cannot help but feel I am the cause of it all. Adrian walks me back to my room, he kisses me goodnight and promises me that he is not mad at me. He says he will be here first thing in the morning. He has also warned me not to talk to anyone strange, and to be careful if any one comes to the door. Therefore, I take my orders and bid him goodnight.
Twenty-one
Sophie, who seems so irritated, wakes me up.
“Alanna what happened last night,” I rise up opening my eyes, to see Sophie is right in my face. I lean back and she gets the hint and moves away too.
“What are you talking about?”
“I am talking about you, Katharine and two unbelievably gorgeous British guys, and the fact that there was a fight.”
“It wasn’t a fight,”
“Katharine told me that Adrian hit Michael, isn’t that his step brother?”
“Yes he hit him, but Michael deserved it.”
“What happened?”
“When we got to dinner Michael starting being rude to me and Katharine was no better.”
“Katharine said that it was you two that were being rude.”
“What, we only responded to their rudeness.”
“So what actually happened?”
“Michael called me a bitch, Adrian flipped out and hit him.”
“Never, why did he call you a bitch?”
“He started going on about me and Marco, and I really don’t feel like talking about it.”
“Alanna you never seem to want to talk about anything anymore.” “I guess I have just, changed.”
“I know what’s changed, it’s that you are now with Adrian, and everything revolves around him.”
“No, I am not like that; I just find it boring with all these little dramas that go on here. If they had real problems then it would be different.”
“What are you talking about?”
“New York and its people, their worries focus on the latest fashions shows, and if they look fat, or if there friends are talking behind their backs.”
“Alanna, you used to be one of them.”
“Maybe I pretended to be, but now that I have heard how hard a life Adrian has had, I can’t go back to pretending I care about all the silly little things.”
“What happened to him?”
“I don’t feel like I can talk about it, Sophie it’s not my story to tell.”
“But I am your best friend, or at least I used to be.”
“You still are, but Adrian told me all that in confidence. I can’t betray him by repeating it.”
“Okay, I understand but I want you to know that you can come to me anytime.”
“I know I can.”
I jump out of bed, get dressed, and head out into the hallway. As I do, I think of what Sophie said about Katharine, she actually said that I was the one being rude. I go over to her room and I knock on the door. Her brother Leo answers, he does not look too pleased to see me. Leo and I used to study together and he did ask me out once, but he was not too disappointed when I turned him down and we have been friends ever since.