"That Guy"
I wake up next day, take a shower, change into the clothes for the day and go down to eat some breakfast that my mom leave made for me, after I told her about last night and Liam, she comfort me with some of her food and we cuddle in the couch to watch some comedy movies, so I can feel better, but I still feel like shit.
Liam has tried to call me, but I keep rejecting his calls and I even blocked him from send me texts or any other way of messages like apps or social media, I really don't want to talk to him not yesterday night and I'm doubting about it today.
I arrive to school and as soon as I arrive I see Liam is close to my usual parking spot and is waiting for me, I walk and avoid eye contact with him, I hear him calling me softly when I pass him by but I ignore him and go to my locker to grab my stuff and see Hayden walking with Theo, god I really hate that girl and that guy, he even got the nerve to smirk and wink my way when he pass me by.
I go and sit on my class, a class that I share with Liam and I see also in there Mason, Corey and Hayden, I still feel like I need information about the chimeras and Theo's pack to know about The Beast that Scott spoke to us about, but I'm not talking to Hayden and I'm not going to be part of Liam's plan, so I'm gonna make my own.
"A relationship among alleles where both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the heterozygote" – said our teacher – "to the ones in the first and third row, turn around, the person that is behind you is going to be your lab partner" – she says
I'm on the fourth row, so some guy turns around and looks at me and I shake my head saying no, I turn to look at Mason pulling a girl to be where he was so he could be with Corey and see that Liam will be partner with Hayden, I roll my eyes and I go and pull Mason away so I can be partner with Corey and Mason with whoever I was and I go and move to be seated next to him and he smiles at me and I smile back.
"Hi again…Marco, right?" – He asks to me
"Yep, looks like we are together on this one" – I say to him
"Look…I know that you may know what I am…" – he starts to say
"Yeah I know, I just will like to know a little more about you and how all of it happened, I would ask Hayden, but I will have to pull her eyes out, Theo as well, I don't know who else is part of your pack…but you look to be nice enough to be the one who can answer my questions" – I say with a smile
"I don't know…I may get in trouble" – he says to me
"Look, we all need to be together against The Beast, besides, what's the fun in never get into a little trouble" – I say to him and wink at him
We work in our assignment and he did answer some of my questions, but only some because he didn't wanted to give away something…at least I hope, because if not, I may use another ways that I have been teach to bring out information from people, but I think this pack is just as clueless as mine about The Beast and everything.
Besides that, he's very easy to talk to and charming, Liam doesn't seem to enjoy too much that I am with him and talking while clearly flirting with him and he's flirting back at me, he looks tense, but he's there with Hayden anyway, she will help him or not if she doesn't want me to rip her head off.
"So…I was wondering if you like to go on a date with me?" – He asked
"Me…with you…on a date?" – I ask and I look to Liam's side and he looks angrier than before…I really don't know what to say to Corey, in one side it would be a taste of Liam's own medicine and on another…I don't want to be "that guy" – "I…I don't know Corey" – I say to him looking away
"Look…I understand, Hayden talked to us about you" – he says and I look at him in shock but then feeling angry – "Theo asked to us if we know anything about you and she answered that you are his mate but that you guys argue last night because she and Liam kissed while you were away…just so you know, if you want to get even at him because of that, you can do it with me, I understand" – he says with a smirk and a wink making me blush which is something that I haven't done since I was back from Mexico
We finish the assignment just before the class was over and the teacher let us go since there wasn't much time before the bell ring, I was glad about it, so I could go to my other class that I didn't share with any of them since it's the art class.
"Mr. Finstock, it's good to finally see you again" – greeted me the teacher Mrs. Bellamy
"I'm kind of happy to be back as well, thanks for letting me join again" – I say to her
"Well you are one of the best in here, I couldn't let you go, how was your stay in Mexico, learn anything good?" – She asks
"Aprendí lo suficiente" – I say to her in Spanish and smile
I was actually happy to be in this class again, I could let go all my frustration by painting and that was exactly what I was doing, red, black, blue, green, what a way to color my frustration, this time I wasn't even trying to follow a patron, a drawing or anything else, I was just going for straight forward abstract, doing this and that, and let my feelings and impulses take over instead of my head.
"That looks interesting" – said a voice behind me, but it wasn't the teacher
"Are you even on this class?" – I ask to him
"I just heard about some disagreement about you and your boyfriend, I thought that you needed some comfort" – he said while resting his arms on the back of my chair and leaning to whisper to me – "I'm very good with comfort"
"Even if you were a friendly and cute grandma with milk and cookies, I would rather find comfort by holding a hedgehog or kissing a poisonous frog" – I say to him
"So you were thinking about holding and kissing? I can do more than just that" – he says and I could feel the smirk on his voice
"Mr. Raeken, please go back to your work" – called out Mrs. Bellamy
"Sorry, just was asking for advice to the most talented person in here" – he says and moves away from me
What it's going on with this place, first Corey and then Theo…wait…there is a patron there…both are in the same pack, this must be a trap and I'm not falling into that, not at all, they can both kiss my ass…wait that's not a good way to put it, they can both go and kiss their own ass…yeah, or each other's ass, that's better, I smirk at my thoughtful insult and continue with my work, until the bell ringed.
"Ok, paintbrushes down guys, you can continue with this next time, good work, see you guys later" – she said and we all stand up to go – "Mr. Finstock, glad to have you back, that painting looks good, kind of different from past works" – she says to me as I'm passing by making me stop
"Is it different bad…or different good?" – I ask hesitating
"Oh, definitely good" – she says with a smile and I smile back and walk way
I was a little nervous about this new type of painting, cause it doesn't have a shape or an specific meaning, it's just me pouring out feelings in this moment anger, sadness and confusion, but I'm glad that is attractive enough still to another eyes that aren't mine, I walk into the locker room to change for my last class.
I must say that I miss my uncle as our coach, new coach is just a lame ass, I always hate sports, but now that I have a better physical condition I was up for the challenge of standing up to my uncle expectations, but he's not here, he's in rehab, which by the way I need to visit him.
"Hey, you seem zooned out today, are you sure you don't want to go on a date with me, I may take your mind out of whatever that is bothering you" – said Corey to me as I finish to put my t-shirt back
"I'm just thinking about some other stuff…the coach…my uncle is not here anymore, I may need to visit him and…why am I talking to you about this" – I say picking up my stuff and walking away and he stops me grabbing my arm
"Maybe because you can see that I can be another option" – he says to me
"You know…you asked me first…and Theo asked me also, so whatever you guys are planning on doing, playing mind games with me or whatever…it's not going to work" – I say to him moving my arm to make him let go but he grab me again and I grab a dagger from inside my boots and move close to him to put it close to his throat – "let me go or I make you let go" – I say to him
"Whatever you're thinking about, at least about me, is not the truth, I'm not doing this because Theo make me do it, you can trust me" – he says grabbing my other arm by my wrist and slowly put my hand with the dagger down
"But I don't trust you" – I say to him
"At least, trust in me enough to let me do this" – he said and then leaned close to me to capture my lips in a gentle and sweet kiss
I let the kiss sink in for a moment, but after what it felt like more time but it must be like 5 seconds I pull away and step away from him.
"Don't ever do that again" – I say to him and put my dagger back in my boot and turn around to leave
I feel like crap, I was avoiding be "that guy" and now I'm "that guy" and I can't think in other thing, I hate it, how Liam could do this before, I wonder if he felt this guilty as well when his kiss happened, which I may add that I didn't know it was a kiss what happened between them until Corey told me, but I try to clear my mind as I get into my car and I go straight to Scott's house to talk to him about everything that Corey told me when we talked about The Beast, how they got back and a thing that he told me about Theo needed them to find a "blind alpha".
Author's Note:
Well that was a little bit uncomfortable to write, I mean I been through a cheating situation and I will not get myself involved into doing the same thing to someone, so I very much feel what Marco feels in this one about not wanted to be "that guy", will he forgive Liam and will Liam forgive him for this? (even actually he didn't started the kiss or let it go through that much) well you guys you just have to wait and read, see ya!