Chapter: The excursion (part I)

Chapter : The excursion (part I)

I would like to know who told me that I was not a jealous girl, that is, with Andrew or Rafael I was not at all jealous, I think I did not even care that they talked to pretty girls, and in fact their deceptions hurt me because they affected my ego not out of sentimentality.

Now, here I was, blowing smoke from my ears when I saw Hades Parker with Professor Paula Pompeye, that is, there were 2 other teachers on this excursion at the Mediterranean company, but Pompeye was looking for any excuse to touch Hades and talk to him, I noticed more Hades once walked away from her because he was obviously not a man who liked to be touched, but she followed him like a dog in search of affection and attention.

She irritated me.

She irritated me too much that she touched what was mine.

"Did you write that down, Nube?" Stella said, seeming annoyed that she was so distracted.

“Yes, yes,” I said and scribbled nonsense on the notebook in my hand.

"You didn't write anything," said Gabriel, the three of us were on the team, not by my choice, but by Stella's choice, who put me in the group without knowing it and it was in bad taste to leave.

I looked at Gabriel in an annoyed manner for exposing myself.

"Shhh Gabriel... shut your mouth."

"Concentrate," said Stella, "what's distracting you?"

"You see Professor Parker a lot," Gabriel commented.

I felt my face blush knowing that I hadn't been hiding anything.

"We know that the gossip that Pompeye is no longer with Andrew and now she actually seems to want to jump on Professor Parker is interesting" said Stella, "but our grade depends on this, so focus."

What heavy.

That she said that didn't bring me any peace of mind, at least she thought it was gossip and not jealousy that she was keeping an eye on Hades.

"Okay, I'm writing down." I said.

We continued the journey, we had to climb some narrow steps, as soon as I went up a little I slipped a step and I almost looked like I had broken teeth when suddenly I felt hands on my waist holding me before I fell, I caught my breath and turned around to find light brown eyes.

Andrew.

I cleared my throat, steadying myself on the floor and feeling strange to be so close again after so long.

"Thank you," I said.

"Are you okey?" She asked.

"Yes." I said, it felt very strange and even uncomfortable to be talking again.

“Mmmh,” Andrew said, “can we talk?”

Ugh.

Actually, I was tempted to say no, but after all we were going the same way on the stairs, it wasn't like I could run away.

"Sure," I said, "but we keep going up so as not to get behind, do you think?"

“Yes, of course,” Andrew murmured, putting his hands in his pockets.

We began to climb the steep steps to the top, there were many, he seemed uncomfortable, well, not just him, me too.

Everything seemed uncomfortable.

"Well, I guess... uhm," I started to say, "in the end you did have someone else and that's why you were so weird."

He was already there, he had let go.

He pursed his lips.

"I'm sorry I did to you what your ex did to you," he said.

Don't worry, I did the same to you.

No, you can't say that Nube.

I licked my lips.

"You told me, you know?" I said.

"What? About the other one?" He said surprised.

“Yeah, the last time we went out when you came home drunk,” I said, “you said something like; I can't stop thinking about her, before you went to sleep."

I noticed how his face blushed.

"I guess he was... very drunk." Andrew whispered, I could see some embarrassment on his face.

Of course he was, so much so that he didn't even realize that Professor Parker was also in my apartment; stuck in my room, giving me like a drawer that doesn't close.

Remembering that made me blush a little.

Enough Nube, concentrate.

I cleared my throat and said:

"Alright."

"Uhm," Andrew said after a moment, "and is it true that you have a boyfriend or was it someone pretending to be your boyfriend?"

Oh, were you talking about the call Hades took?

Shit.

He is investigating.

If he said I had a boyfriend I was going to investigate further and I might somehow come to the conclusion that it was Hades and I couldn't risk this, not when we were supposed to be keeping suspicions away from us.

"It was someone pretending to be my boyfriend." I limited myself to saying.

"So," Andrew said, "you're single?"

I bit my lips.

"Yes, but I don't want to be with anyone," I added seriously so he knew I really wasn't available at all. Andrew opened his mouth to say something when suddenly someone behind us said:

"Permission."

Hades' voice chilled my blood and I was paralyzed.

Shit.

Andrew stepped aside and Hades passed between us, finishing up the stairs to get lost in the hallway.

Had He been listening to Us? Obviously, he probably did that so I would notice that he heard me.

Damn, he hoped he understood why I said that.