Him

End it

Andy and I sat at our tables in English class in silence. I could tell he was mad at me. Our professor didn't pitch for the lesson and the student teacher that came in their place said we could do whatever we wanted as long as we didn't leave the class.

Andy eventually leaned back in his chair and turned to me.

"Can you at least walk me through your thought process? You broke up with Ronnie yesterday, what happened between then and today that has you convinced that you're going to pursue a relationship with Mr Caid?" he asked me as he crossed his arms.

"I don't think that's any of your business Andy." I retorted.

"It is if you want me to be quiet about it." he said.

"Are you blackmailing me?" I asked him shocked.

"No, I'm trying to be your friend and talk you out of this stupid decision of yours. Does he have something on you? Are you being pressured to go along with it?" he asked.

"Andy, I haven't decided anything. I was speaking hypothetically. What makes you think anything even happened between us yet?" I asked him.

"Well I'm assuming something did because there's no way you'd act so casually about him kissing you after class this morning." he stated.

"He didn't kiss me Andy." I lied.

"Yes he did, don't lie to me. I'm incredibly observant, don't think for a second you can fool me. Your lip gloss lost it's shine after I left the class, it's also slightly smudged. Tell me again how he didn't kiss you." he said matter-of-factly.

My hand shot to my lips as I wiped the slightly smudged lip gloss off the bottom of my bottom lip. 

"His eyes practically undressed you throughout the lesson with no shame or restraint, did you fuck him last night?" he asked me and I looked away from him.

"Fuck sakes Scarlet. What were you thinking?" he asked shocked.

"I wasn't thinking." I admitted and he sighed.

"How did this even happen?" he asked.

"I went to the library last night to study, he happened to be there as well." I said shrugging.

"So he came onto you?" he asked and I nodded.

"Did you try to stop him?" he asked as he turned his whole body to face me but I didn't look at him.

"I did but he ignored me and I caved." I said, making me revisit the events that took place last night.

I had tried to stop him and while he had ignored me, I didn't try harder to fight him off.

"Scar... I hate to be the bearer of bad news but he raped you. If you said no and he continued anyway...that's rape." he said softly.

"He didn't rape me Andy." I said softly as well.

"Why? Because you enjoyed it?" he asked and I nodded slowly.

"That may be your way of convincing yourself that it wasn't what it was. But I hate to break it to you, most rape victims don't come forward or consider it rape if their bodies reacted in that way to their attack. He is a teacher, he had no right coming onto you like that." he said.

"Well what do you expect me to do about it Andy? It's done. I can't report him without putting myself in the firing line too. I was out past curfew, alone with a teacher. If it got out, my reputation would be shot and my father... fuck. I'm in a shitty position and there's nothing I can do about it." I said.

"So what is it you were planning to do? Just go along with it?" he asked.

"What else can I do? If I tell him I want to stop, it might negatively affect my grades." I said.

"Your grades speak for itself, he wouldn't be able to fail you even if he tried. You don't have to go along with it." he said as he placed his hand on my arm.

"I'm supposed to meet him tonight in the library again." I said and he placed his hand under my chin and turned my face to look at his.

"You're not going." he said as he stared into my eyes.

"Andy..." I said but his grip tightened under my chin.

"Promise me you wont go." he said and I felt my heart begin to hammer in my chest.

I looked straight into Andy's eyes and in that moment I knew I couldn't say no to him even if I tried.

"I promise." I said and he let go of my chin.

"I'll deal with it and before you protest... know you can't stop me." he said and I stared at him.

"You mean deal with it like you dealt with Ronnie?" I asked him and he laughed.

"That asshole came to me with a fight, I just ended it before he could start it." he said nonchalantly.

"You broke his nose Andy, isn't that a little excessive?" I asked him and he smiled.

"It's not my fault he can't take a punch, I literally only hit him once." he said and I rolled my eyes. 

The bell went and we packed up our things.

"You want to go off campus for lunch?" he asked me and I looked at him shocked. 

"Uhmm sure, as long as we make it back in time for science." I said and he chuckled.

"Don't worry nerd, we'll make it back in time for class." he said as he took his hoodie off he held his arm out to me.

He wore a plain white T-shirt exposing his tattooed arms. I looked at his arm and then back at him. He rolled his eyes and took my hand and linked it around his arm. I froze as my hand touched his skin. He placed his other hand over mine and lead me out of the classroom.

We received multiple stares as we walked to the campus' parking garage. As we walked up to the second level I saw Mr Caid at the boot of his car. He turned to look at me and Andy, a confused look on his face. Andy lead me to his car that was parked opposite Mr Caid's car. It was a black Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. He undid my arm around his and he placed his arm around me at my waist. Mr Caid stared at Andy's hand on my waist. 

Andy pulled my body up against his as he opened the passenger door for me. I was shocked at his actions but went along with them. He must be doing this on purpose in front of Mr Caid. He placed his hand under my chin and lifted my face up to look at him. He winked at me with his right eye that wasn't visible to Mr Caid.

He brought his face down to mine and planted a quick kiss on my lips. I was taken aback at his kiss but kept eye-contact with him as he separated from me and winked at me again. I heard Mr Caid slam his boot closed, I turned to look at him and he stared at me with dark eyes. Andy gently pushed at my waist, indicating he wanted me to get into the car. I took the hint and climbed into the passenger seat and he closed the door behind me.

He rounded the back of the car and got into the driver seat. He started the car and the engine roared to life.