The Tutor (5)

The week went by with speed, the classes flowed very naturally, and little by little, Luke forgot the things that separated him from her. She was a completely different person from what he expected.

She was kind and very direct, she seemed to really care about the things they were doing, not only did her notice him but also the possibility of getting to know each other better and little by little the resignation that the meeting in the park had left disappeared.

She laughed at his jokes and shared stories about her with him, this brought them closer, and without a doubt, she felt comfortable in his presence. He began to thought perhaps all his restrictions, and all those negative ideas were nothing more than those ideas that painted an idealized Shana that was not the real one.

The real was kind of funny, nice, and more beautiful than he could normally understand. Between them, things seemed to flow smoothly, and several times, she seemed to have come close to confessing something to him that would probably change the way they saw each other.

He hoped she liked him. He wanted him so badly that little by little, he gathered the courage to talk to her about what he felt, but every time the moment approached, some circumstance reminded him that despite being in the same place, their worlds were completely different.

‘How can I tell her?’Luke wandered in front of the mirror, looking at the clothes he would wear to the party, normally he would not go to those kinds of places, but for Shana, he would be willing to make the sacrifice. That was something she liked, and he could not just ignore it. If he wanted a chance to be with her, he must do that.

Without giving too much thought, he listened as Shana played the horn of her car, she knew where the party was, and without a doubt, it would be much more comfortable for her to take them. When he left the house and saw her behind the wheel, Shana didn’t look like the Shana of class. No, she looked like the unattainable woman he always looked at in college.

I have a bad feeling,Luke thought, but he forcefully shook that thought from his mind to focus on the beauty that awaited him. She didn’t smile naturally, and when he got in the car, she said.

“Are you ready for this?.” But he looked at her, and she seemed more to converse with herself.

Luke nodded, and she was smiling weakly at him, took a deep breath, and they both advanced towards the party. The road was slow, and with little conversation, that seemed strange to Luke because, throughout the week, they had built a total naturalness that she felt, but this time she seemed nervous and scared as if her mind was not in that place.

‘Something is not right!’Luke thought as they both arrived at the party site, the house was on a very high hill where the city lights were shining brightly across the valley. He could see almost the entire city from that height, and that view seemed romantic to him. Lost a bit in the landscape, he listened.

Shana said,  calling Luke’s attention, “There is something I want to tell you!” She added, “There is something I have wanted to tell you about myself for a long time now.”

He looked at her with enthusiasm and felt in the environment that this was his opportunity, and without wasting time, he said, “I also want to tell you something.”

She looked up to see him, and in that small instant, the eyes of Shana, the one that had shared with him all week, came back. But before he could say what he was going to say from the front door of the house, a boy came out screaming, “Shana, you arrived. It was about time!”

‘Excellent timing, jerk!’Luke said in his thought as he let out a frustrated sigh. At that moment, he raised his gaze and saw Shana’s longing eyes, he wanted to tell her not to go into the party, but his mind betrayed him, and thinking that was what she wanted, he said, “Shall we?”

She let out a resigned sigh, and they both entered the party. The noise was thunderous, and they all seemed to have been in that place for days already. As soon as they entered, a wave of people interposed between them and dragged them to different places.

Shana looked for him with her gaze as he tried to find her, but nothing seemed to work. In a few minutes, he lost sight of her.

‘Where the heck is her?’Luke wondered as he searched everywhere for his date. He wanted to find her, but it was difficult for him, and at that moment he met the boy from the park who greeted him when he saw him.

“What’s up, teacher? How were you doing?”

Luke nodded calmly, and, taking him by the shoulder, the guy said, “Maybe you can help me with something, professor!” Luke nodded before he said, “Sure! But have you seen Shana?”

The man nodded with a smile as he added, “Yeah! She told me to ask you for help,” With those words, he guided him to the front door and said, “Let’s get some drinks in my car and go where Shana is okay.”

‘Well, maybe I misjudged them!’Luke said in his thought as they both walked calmly towards the door. 

Once there, the boy opened it, and when Luke went out, he stared at him coldly from the doorway.

Luke looked at him confused, and with a half-smile, he said, “And the things?!” But the guy sneering replied, “The only thing here is you! And you were leaving.”

‘I knew it!’Luke said to himself, while stunned, he told the boy.

“What are you talking about?” Luke’s gaze was confused as he said, “You invited me?”

The man wickedly grinning said, “Yeah, man, because if I didn’t do it, Shana wouldn’t come, she’s gawking at you, but don’t worry, she has passed it by, and she doesn’t even remember you at the party.”

Those words hurt Luke, who was looking at the boy with anger, as he said, “Seriously? Well, let her tell me that!” And when he tries to enter, the man in front of him grips him, saying, “Did you think a woman like that would be with an idiot like you?!”

And with those words, he pushed him so hard that Luke fell to the ground with suddenness. The laughing man entered the house again, and closing the door, left Luke out of the house in the middle of the night.