THE THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE 1

EARLY LIFES (V)

This is the 14th time I'm calling Thando but she's no picking my calls. Natasha gave me her number last night when we were chatting. I was debating whether to call her or not last night I decided against it. It's a Saturday morning and I have laundry to do. My mother bought each of us single beds and told Mark and I to occupy the guest bedroom. He still hasn't gotten back from his choir practice, he's really a good singer though, I heard him sing a solo for our school choir. He's been into music for as long as I can remember.I'm worried about Thando. Her parents live in Pretoria so i think she has a family emergency but I just want to know how she is doing . I don't know how my feelings for her got to this point, she honestly brightens my life. I stopped trying to call her and decided to move some bags and boxes to the guest room. Tijan was busy doing some errands with his father, my uncle, at the backyard. Troyen is still sleeping, he came in the house around 06:00 AM and it's almost 11:00 now. After I moved some things to mine and Mark's new room, I took my dirty clothes to the laundry room and stuffed them in the washing machine. A few minutes later I hanged everything and headed back to the room. Mark was just coming in from choir.

"I see you moved our bags... can we get the beds from the garage?" He asked after settling down for a while. We got the beds from the garage and put them In our room. We decided to make it a hostel like, beds on sides and a space between. The room had already a built-in-closet so we just packed everything well. By mid afternoon we are already done. So we stayed in the room relaxed.

"I saw Gloria today" I looked at him interested in whatever he's about to say. He's sitting on his bed and I'm laying on mine. Gloria is his ex-girlfriend. They are having this on and off relationship. They are each other's first everything. He asked her out when we were In the 8th grade and have been dating until last year when we were In the 11th grade when they started their on and off relationship. Markus was trying to be Troyen and Tijan simply because he nailed one of the prettiest girl in the hood so Gloria lost trust in him. I tried to talk to him but my advices fell on deaf ears. Everyone was crushing on Gloria except me because I felt like she was too much. She's a good girl though.

"What did she say?" I asked him.

"Nothing we were just stealing glances at each other but she was walking with this other dude"

"Could be the boyfriend" -me

"I doubt man. I know her better she couldn't go for less. That dude isn't anything she'd go for" he said looking serious. I smiled.

"Are you jealous? Dude... I thought you moved on" I teased

"I'm not jealous. I just know that the dude Is probably her friend"

"I bet she's busy with the dude now"-me

"Shut up man... I'm sure he's just a friend " I saw him taking his phone and dialing. He looked stressed.

"Dude what are you doing?"

"She's not picking her phone!" I got up abruptly from the bed and started laughing.

"Get yourself a girlfriend and stop laughing"

"Are you seriously calling your ex? You know that she's probably getting smashed" tears are coming out of my eyes from laughing and my cheeks are burning. He really looked stressed and anxious. I know he's trying to avoid negative thoughts.

"You're being annoying bro!" He got up and walked out of the room.

My phone beeps as soon as Mark leaves the room.

Hey... I'm really sorry for leaving without telling you. My dad is sick so I had to rush here. Hope you not mad at me- Thando . I smiled when I saw her name. So she's not deliberately avoiding me.

Me- I'm not mad at you love. I hope it's nothing serious.

Thando- It is but he's doing a bit better now. He'll be discharged on Monday.

Me- Alright. Stay strong okay. Your dad will be perfectly fine.

Thando- Thank you xoxo. You are the best.

My cheeks start heating up. The things this girl makes me go through.

Me- I'll be waiting for you.

Thando- Okay. I gotta go now. And just like that we stopped chatting. I go through our text messages checking for errors I might have made. Yeah I don't trust myself. I went to the kitchen to see if anyone was preparing lunch. Turns out no one wants to cook since mom left with grandma for shopping. She'll be leaving on Monday.I sighed and headed back to the room. I laid on the bed and dozed off.

***Flashback***

My head is heavy after taking my 4th shot. Tijan disappeared moments ago with a light-skinned girl. Tom, one of the guys that brought us in kept on bringing drinks to the table and I'm trying so hard no to get drunk though I'm already tipsy. I got up to go use the toilet. I saw the toilet sign from a distance so I walked there and got in the corridor leading to the toilet rooms. It is a bit dark since the bulbs are dim. I pass by a couple making out heavily not giving each other chances to breath.

"Sorry!" I said and walked into the male toilet rooms. I bump into two guys coming out laughing and holding hands. One Is blushing heavily. I don't want to wrap my mind on what just happened inside there so i just got in the toilet room and finished doing my business. I step on a puddle of white sticky things when I'm about to go out. Damn! I'm grossed out cos I definitely know what it is. I take toilet paper and wipe my shoe. I walked out immediately.

"John!" I heard someone calling. I turn and see a drunk Troyen. He was drinking heavily back there.

"You startled me bro!" I looked at him annoyed. He walks to me and crowd my space. Our face almost touching each other. I tried to move away but he immediately hold me from the back. I could feel his hard-on on my back. My heart starts beating fast so I turn and look at him. He pulls me towards him and our chest touching.

"Let go of me bro" I tell him. I'm angry and anxious at the same time. Part of me likes what he's doing the other wants to strangle him.

"I see you-you know" he says looking directly In my eyes. He licks his lips and smile. Wrong move bro!

"What are you saying" I say trying to control my breath and heartbeat.

"I see the way you look at me every now and then. The way you talk to me sometimes. The way you can't keep eye contact with me. You want me" my heart stops beating for a second. So he noticed. But I don't want him though.

"You're drunk Troyen" I tell him. He laughed a little and then pulled his right hand from my back and touched my cheek.

"I thought it was bad. But I just want to taste this soft lips and fuck you"I'm shocked at his statement. I know he's drunk but he definitely knows what he's doing or maybe not.

"You don't know what you're saying. Why don't I take you to your girlfriend" I tried to talk him out of his insanity. He looks at me with a serious face.

"I'll get her later. Now I want you" right then I got angry. How dare he thinks of using me. He's surely drunk he must be thinking of a different John.

"Troyen. Look at me. You are drunk. You don't know what you're saying so let me go" I try to fight myself off of his hold but what happened next is what I least expected. I feel his lips on mine and his tongue fighting for entrance in my mouth. I press my lips not letting him in and he's not giving in either. I try to move my face away but he held my face in with both hands and he press me on the toilet wall as he closes the door with his feet. Somehow I give him entrance in my mouth and our tongues are already entwined. The next thing I see is our mouth fighting for dominance. I finally realize what I'm doing so I pushed him with all my strength and rush out of the toilet not able to breath. I calm myself down as I realized I was already hard. I join the others shortly and Mark was looking at me with concerned eyes. I took my glass of wine and toast with him. My mind was all over.

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