Three Thousand Miles To You(57)
“Leo, hey how have you been?”
“Alanna I am fine, are you here to see Katharine?”
“Yes, is she in?”
“No she’s not, she told me that you two had some kind of argument or something?” Leo is one of those laid-back people, who would never associate with any kind of drama, so he always judges when others do.
“The guys we were with did, it wasn’t so much me and Katharine. Did she say where she was going?”
“She is meeting up with that British dude.”
“Can you tell her I stopped by?”
“Sure babe.”
I walk away and I am a little glad she is meeting with Michael. At least I will not have to tell her that Michael is breaking up with her. As I walk back to my room, I see Marco over by the lockers. Therefore, I do exactly the opposite of what my head wants me to do but instead I follow my heart, and my heart is saying, how awful and depressed this guy looks. His hair is longer than usual and he has facial hair that I have never seen on him before. He is always usually dressed in finest Italian clothes, however today he has on pair of loose jeans and an oversized black hoodie. He looks a shadow of his former self and I cannot help but feel at blame for it. I walk briskly over to him looking down at the floor as I do.
“Marco, how are you?” I say as I look up at him. He looks down at me and says,
“Good, I suppose.”
“Marco I want to apologise for everything that happened.”
“You apologise, are you joking with me?”
“No,”
“What do you have to be sorry for, I am the one who assaulted you.”
“You didn’t assault me, Marco I pushed your buttons.”
“Alanna I was mad at you for not liking me, I was obsessed you.”
“Can we put this behind us?”
“I can never be your friend, it wouldn’t work I would want more.”
“We don’t have to be friends, I just don’t want there to be this awkwardness between us.”
“There won’t be any,” Marco reaches down and gives me a kiss on the cheek. I smile and turn to see Adrian standing there behind me.
“Adrian Hi,” I say smiling but I know that look on his face, he is not happy. He stands glaring at Marco. His hands are trembling and I fear what he will do. Trying to avoid an awful scene, I take him by the arm and lead him back to my room.
“Adrian, I know how that must have looked,”
“Don’t Alanna, just don’t.” Adrian looks so angry; I go over to him and take his hands in mine.
“I just wanted to clear the air with him, that’s all.”
“Why do you care Alanna?”
“I don’t like seeing people unhappy.” Adrian lets go of my hands and puts them on my face. He kisses me and I know he is not mad anymore. When I finally break free from him, I begin to wonder about Michael, knowing Adrian and how touchy he is about things; I decide to wait until he brings it up first.
“I don’t have long until my flight, is there anything you want to do?” I see him look at the bed but I pretend I did not. “Maybe we could get breakfast?” He laughs and says,
“Okay Miss Hart breakfast it is.”
We go to small café not far from my dorm. Adrian orders us a massive breakfast consisting of almost everything on the menu.
“Adrian I think you have ordered too much.”
“No I haven’t, you can manage.”
“Are you trying to make me fat?” I say as I burst out laughing.
“No but I don’t like to see people go without food.”
“But I have plenty.”
“Yes but as a child I never had any.”
“I never thought,”
“That’s okay, why would you.” I look at him again feeling guilty for having it so good when I was growing up I try to shake off the feeling and say.
“Adrian, are you looking forward to going home?”
“I have to go, but no I wish I could stay.”
“Adrian with all this going on now with Michael, I don’t know how to feel about this whole situation.”
“You don’t have to worry Michael is fine, he will carry on protecting you.”
“So you sorted it out with him?”
“Yes Alanna.”
“I am glad that it was all just a misunderstanding.”
“It wasn’t, he told me last night that he loves you but he has agreed for your safety to stay here with you.”
“Adrian, that is going to be very odd for me,”
“I know, but there is nothing more I can do.”
“Can’t you stay?”
“You know I would love to, but the business needs me.”
“I need you,”
“If there were any other way I would do it in a second.”