Chapter 2 - The Rain

Patrick swiftly went inside the corridor to get them some drinks, but he went to his bedroom first to wear a singlet top and cover up his bare chest. He assumed that was probably why Tina didn’t want to stare at him or speak to him.

Patrick wore a yellow singlet top first, then stepped out of his bedroom and went to the kitchen fridge to get the drinks. As he came back to the parlor to serve them, he noticed that Tina was no longer there. Only Prisca sat on his parlor blue couch, stretching her long slender legs seductively as she stared at him.

Patrick frowned as he approached Prisca. She smiled, dropped her legs down from the couch, stood up, and walked up to him to collect the two cans of drink from his hand.

Patrick immediately asked, “Where’s your friend Tina? Has she gone home?”

“No… I don’t think so. Tina went outside to wait for me because she wasn’t comfortable sitting in here with me,” Prisca replied as she collected the two cold cans. She added, “I have told you, Patrick, to forget about my friend. Tina doesn’t like associating with guys, and yet you’re still eyeing her over me. I have told you how much I love you, and yet you’re still picking Tina over me. What does she have that I do not also have? Check me out now — I’m cute.”

Prisca swirled around for Patrick to properly examine her body shape and beauty. She was a brown-skinned lady.

Patrick sighed and explained to her, “Look Prisca, I do not love you, and that’s the truth. It is Tina that I love, and I have always been looking for a way to meet with her. Remember that I also requested you try to bring Tina here. I really do appreciate our friendship, and I know that you’ve also been dating several of my friends behind my back, but I kept mute about it because I just want to meet Tina. Please try to understand me.”

Prisca frowned and said, “Tina won’t accept you, Patrick, and that’s not why I asked her to follow me here. I truly love you, Patrick, please…”

Prisca attempted to persuade Patrick again and tried to touch his hand so he would forget about Tina, but Patrick refused. He said, “Fine. I will think about it later, but not now. Let me first know what Tina is doing outside, before she gets lost or missing or strolls off to the street. Since she won’t know her way back home to your village.”

Prisca sighed and moved aside for Patrick to pass. She walked back to sit on the blue couch, still holding the two cans of drink.

Prisca popped open one of the cans and drank from it while waiting for Sharon to arrive. They had something important to discuss.

Just as Patrick approached the parlor exit door to pull it open and step out, Sharon arrived from her various outings with her two best friends. She smiled sweetly at Patrick as she stepped into the living room, but before she could greet him, Patrick swiftly dashed out of the house in search of Tina. He left Sharon and her two best friends speechless.

Patrick then saw Tina standing beside his house exit gate, speaking to his security gate guard. He calmly walked up to her and asked, “Why are you standing out here all alone?”

Tina stared back at Patrick's face, but ignored him. She crossed her arms around her chest and stared away toward the slightly opened exit gate after Sharon and her two besties had arrived.

Tina’s attitude clearly irritated Patrick, but he calmed himself and walked closer. He touched her folded arms, startling Tina. She stared at him in shock and glared at him for touching her.

Tina released her folded arms and stared at the slightly opened gate. She wanted to run out, but Patrick swiftly caught her arm and pulled her back to his masculine body. He had quickly realized her intention.

“Let go of me!” Tina screamed. She was clearly irritated by the way Patrick was touching her as he pulled her closer to his masculine body, sending shivers down her spine. Tina had never been with a man before.

Patrick saw that Tina was indeed beautiful, but also stubborn as she struggled to free herself from his tight grip.

Tina screamed, “Prisca!!” but Prisca was still inside the house and could not hear her.

Patrick’s gatekeeper did not interfere. He saw them and went back into his gatehouse shortly after locking the gate.

Patrick continued holding Tina as he inhaled her sweet blossom scent. He felt the urge to kiss her natural pink lips, but did not release her yet.

Tina calmed as she felt her heart beating erratically in her chest from the way Patrick held her arms, with her body touching his chest. Patrick was still in his yellow singlet top and black shorts, while Tina wore a short brown gown.

Patrick said to Tina, “I know that you’re not happy about visiting here with your friend, but that’s not why you should be behaving rudely and not respecting your seniors, just because I admire you.”

Tina gulped as Patrick spoke into her left ear. His hot breath fanned the crook of her neck, giving her more goosebumps. She said, “Let me go.”

Patrick lost all sanity while inhaling Tina’s sweet blossom scent. He felt the urge to kiss her truly, but controlled his arousal as he felt his bulge forming in his shorts. He replied, “Fine, I will let you go, but only if you calm down at least and give me a little audience. Why act so immature? Aren’t you a big girl? Or is this how you truly behave? Honestly, I really do like you, and I want us to be friends…”

“Friends?” Tina asked as she stared up at Patrick’s face and met his dark handsome gaze. She saw that he was truly handsome. She gulped, and stared away shyly. She replied, “Well, I’m sorry, but I cannot be your friend. Besides, aren’t you and Prisca friends? Just leave me alone and let go of me.”

Tina got angrier and cursed herself for following Prisca to Patrick's house in the first place, knowing the type of friend Prisca was.

Patrick then released Tina's arms and apologized, “I’m sorry.”

“Sorry for what?” Tina asked as she stared at him again, but he smiled, moved away from her, and said, “Fine, but why not wait inside for Prisca to be through? Since Sharon has already arrived and the sun is too hot now for you to be standing out here alone.”

Patrick turned to walk back into the house. Tina thought about his response and went back inside with him, following him from behind, as she stared at his masculine physique.

Just then, the sun went down and the clouds began to change and gather as if heavy rainfall were about to drop.

The heavy wind blew cold breeze around. Tina got worried about the sudden change of weather and swiftly said to Prisca as she stepped into the parlor, “Prisca, let us start going home.”

Prisca ignored Tina. She was clearly jealous after seeing Patrick go after Tina and refused to give Tina any response.

Patrick had already gone back into the kitchen to prepare dinner, while Sharon and her two besties sat discussing.

Tina got angry. She knew her mother would soon be home and her two brothers might be searching for her. She yelled at Prisca, “What’s wrong with you, Prisca?! Come, let us go home now!”

Prisca sighed, stood up from the blue couch, and replied, “I’m not yet going home.”

“Why?” Tina asked in surprise, but Prisca didn’t reply as she adjusted her black gown.

Tina said, “Okay, if you’re not yet going home, at least you can help me with transport fare, or tell me the directions so I can start going back to my house.”

Prisca hissed and walked away from Tina without responding. She headed up to the corridor to use the restroom, but Tina swiftly pulled Prisca back by her arm and asked, “What’s wrong with you, Prisca? You brought me here, and now you aren’t saying anything about how we should be going back home?”

Prisca yelled, “Just stop it, Tina! Stop it already! Yes! I brought you here with me as a friend, and not for you to come here and act up or try to break my friendship with Sharon and her brother. And please, if you want to go, then go. And don’t talk to me again.”

Tina’s jaw dropped as Prisca pushed her aside and walked away to use the restroom.

Tina stood speechless beside the corridor.