Adoration| colby brock

Chapter 5 🤍

i wake up with a raging headache, and my whole body hurts i'm so stupid for letting him stay in my apartment.

i pick up my phone to see a text from colby.

colby

colby: hey, im disappointed we didn't get to spend a lot of time
together last night could i see you soon?
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i cant let him see me like this...
what if i just don't reply? maybe he'll forget about me?

i did do a little research on him after i found out who he was and everyone says he dosnt "do" girlfriends so he won't miss me he can just get with the next girl he meets at a party.

i get up and try cover myself up with as much concealer on my face as i can, yeah that's not working. as i put a large jumper over my body the sleeve hits over last night cuts i wince at the pain, okay ow that hurt... alot.

i quietly wake up liam and we sneak through my apartment, i have to clean this up when i get home. dad shouldn't wake up for a while it by the looks of it he got into my whisky.

we get into my car and i drive liam home then bring him to bed before going to classes. as i walk through the hallway i get a few stares but i think it should be fine.
i have a private session with my piano teacher to help me for an upcoming concert.

"hello anna just give me one second and i'll be with you." mr quincy is an older man maybe mid 50s he's tall and muscular. he always wears a black or brown suit, me and him have always been close i see him as a father figure. actually, people thought we were sleeping together for a little bit.

he walks over to me with his binder of sheet music. he stops for a moment and takes a look at me "what happened anna"
i stay silent "you can talk to me" i mumble quietly "i know" he pushes me to speak about what happened to my face "would you like to speak about it?" he questions.
no actually i don't i would like for you to mind your business. but i don't say that "no i'm okay"

we sit down and flick through music trying to decide what 2 pieces i should do for the concert. "so what were you thinking about preforming" i think for a moment "i want to do experience by Ludovico and ylang ylang by FKJ"

the pieces i chose were quite basic but i had grown fond of them, i know a little bit of both but i definitely need practice.

mr quincy smiled at me slightly.
"you know i met Ludovico a few times " i look at him in disbelief "really?" he laughs slightly

"i was at one of his concerts in Berlin and i got the chance to meet him after the show and we talked and he listened to me play Beethoven on the piano, we still keep in touch once in a while" i can't believe it, what a small world.

piano really helped me when i was young.
it was the only thing to distract me from my mom and father fighting. for my ninth birthday my abuelo got me a piano because i used to love listening to him play.

piano has and always be such a big part of my life. of course it can be stressful at times but it's the nights with my close friends and family when they make me play for them when i remember why i fell in love with it. the joy that music can bring to people and how it forms relationships it beautiful to me.

mr quincy and i practice ylang ylang for the rest of our session and i go to conducting, music history and the rest of my classes after .

when collage is over i decided to go to mcdonald's for food, it's been ages since i got fast food i've been craving it so much.
i look in the mirror of the car to see how visible the bruises on my face were, yeah they were very fucking visible i need to get colour corrector to cover it up.

i can't go in like this? but the drive through is so long... i mean realistically who's gunna be in there that knows me?
and the people that don't me really aren't gunna care right?

i get my wallet and get out of the car, it's freezing in here oh my god. i end up getting a big mac, fries and a large coke, is it down in a booth near the door. i finish my food and sit on my phone for a little.

these guys out side just pulled up and and their being so loud for what? they are literally screaming do people have no manners? they come in and order their food when one of them turns around. oh shit.

it's colby i don't think he'll recognise me right? i'll be fine.

em no it's not fine he's walking over here. "Annabelle?" nope it's not me you can go now "yeah haha hi colby" he gets closer to me and sees the heavy bruising on my face and arms, my sleeves are rolled up because i dont wanna get food on them.

"holy shit Annabelle what happened is everything okay?" does it look like i'm okay to you? "yeah everything's fine, bye now" i jump up and run to my car but he follows me "seriously i'm fine colby" i saw climbing into my car.

"no your not your lip is busted open, your arms are all bruised and you have a black eye" why did he have to be here "i'm fine can you just mind your own business? you've known me for like 2 seconds and it's really not that bad now bye" i drive off i feel bad he was just trying to help.

i look back to see him just standing there staring at me drive off, it's dark so i cant see his face but i can tell he's upset.

i should just die first Liam and now Colby all i do is cause pain.