Mentor (Johnny Depp)

Chapter 4

After about a couple more stores, I had gotten a few more outfits, mostly casual, but I also wanted to get some more formal clothing in case there were any special occasions.
Johnny had paid for all my clothes, on the next two stores, more fancy boutiques, he handed the cashier his card right as we entered the door, without me noticing, so I had carelessly choose what I wanted to buy. Johnny was taking me to yet another expensive boutique, I told him we should just go to an outlet mall.

"There's too many people in an outlet mall, I'll get noticed" he said.
I nodded my head understandingly.

"It's not that I don't love my fans, of course I do, they're my family, it's just..." he paused

" What is it?" I asked kindly

"Well, it's just... I don't want paparazzi to catch us together, they'll make a dumb headline saying we're together or something like that," he continued, he had a sorrow look on his face.

I will admit, it hurt to hear him say that, did he think it was a dumb idea for us to ever be together? God, of course he does Bianca, you're 23 and he's 58, of course it's a dumb idea.
The rest of the ride was silent, I knew I was being overly sensitive about the whole thing, but my feelings were hurt, and when I'm in a bad mood, I get silent.

When we arrived at the boutique, Johnny had noticed my mood. I was never good at hiding my feelings, I've been told before that I wear them on my sleeve.

"You all right love? are you getting tired?" He questioned.

"I'm fine." I sighed, walking into the boutique.

I was honestly no longer in the mood for shopping anymore, I felt like Johnny was embarrassed to be seen with me. I also felt so stupid for feeling this way, like a dumb teen girl who had hear her crush say "ewww omg me and her would never date!"

I haven't even started art lessons with him, the reason why I'm even here, and I'm already upset with him. This is ridiculous.

I lazily skimmed the clothing racks for any items that may have caught my eye, but nothing did. The only thing on my mind was Johnny, and what he had said.

"Hey Johnny, I didn't find anything here, maybe we should just go home," I said as I walked up to him.

"You sure you're not hungry sweetheart? I know a great restaurant nearby I think you'll like, we can order it to go," he offered me with a smile.

"Sure," I sharply replied, not wanting to continue a conversation.

The ride to the restaurant was silent once again,

"Alright, I've been through plenty relationships and one daughter to know when i've pissed a woman off, so what's the matter darling?" Johnny asked

I sighed, not wanting to tell him the embarrassing reason why I was upset.

"It's not a big deal, I'll get over it," I replied

"Look, it's going to keep me up all night if you don't tell me, so please tell me what it is."
I took a long inhale, and held it while I thought of how to word this.

"Are you... embarrassed to be seen.. with me?" I asked quietly.

Johnny looked at me with the most caring look in his eyes. His face turned soft, and he sweetly replied,
"Of course not Bianca, what in the world made you
think that?"

"Well, it's just when you said you didn't want to go into very public spaces because you didn't want anyone to make a dumb headline about us, it made me feel like you thought being seen with me is a bad thing." I admitted