Through his eyes

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Theodore

"You may start now" The teacher said and I flipped to the first page skimming through the questions,
That's to easy man.

I looked up from my sheet to be met with many distressed students looking terrified.
I shrugged beginning to answer the questions.

•••

"How was it?" I asked Ezra as we waited for Imani at the parking lot

"I would say pretty decent but good enough to pass with a pleasant grade" Ezra says shrugging
"I'm not even going to ask you if that's what you think - you nerdy ass already know what you'll be getting" he adds chuckling

"Well... we'll see" I say smiling a bit.

It wasn't long after when Imani arrived looking like she hasn't slept in weeks.

"Are you o-"
"I don't! want to talk about it" She said cutting me off and I raised my hands in surrender.

I unlocked the car and she climbed into the backseat.
Today has been the first time I drove my mustang and not my dad's old truck to school. Normally I don't like being the Center of attention but seeing the turning heads because of the roar of my engine does make feel some type of way.

•••

After dropping Ezra off at home Imani went to sit in the passenger seat.

I cleared my throat not knowing what to say to her without her getting upset, I would secretly take a few glances at her making sure she was... somewhat okay.

"Theo if you want to say something just say it!" She suddenly said and I felt caught red handed

"Oh erm uhh I was just wondering if you wanna do something right now" I ask unsure

She massaged the side of her head "I'm not really feeling good right now, so can you just drop me off at home?" She asks and I nod

"Sure"

•

Parking in front of her driveway I turned the engine off.

"What are you doing?" She asks eyeing me weirdly

"I'm coming in with you" I state normally unbuckling my seatbelt

"I would actually like to be on my own right now" She said avoiding eye contact and I felt a little pang in my chest

"Why?" I ask dumbfounded and she groan's tiredly

"Because! Ugh in case you haven't noticed this week has been shit to me, I'm bleeding out of my vagina and everything is getting on my nerves right now!" She snapped before breaking out in tears.

A wave of relief hit me when I realised the cause of her sour mood, I leaned over to engulf her in a hug to calm her down.

"Shhh, it's okay" I try soothing her planting a few kisses on her head.

We stayed in this position until she stopped crying,
"I'm sorry for snapping at you" she said her voice hoarse from the crying

"There's no need to" I say kissing her forehead
"Why are you so good to me?" She whispers gazing up at me and I felt my heart clench at the sight.

"Because I love you" I smile at her which she doesn't return, instead her gaze drops.
I gently tilt her face upwards so she would look me in the eyes again,

"What's wrong?" I ask searching for an answer in her beautiful eyes
"I... I don't know" she said lowly gently pushing my hand away.

She unbuckled her seatbelt, grabbed her back and opened the door to step out,
"Imani, Imani wait!" I call for her but she shuts the door walking away.

I hurriedly get out my car as well to follow her,
"Talk to me" I plead reaching for her hand
"I just need some time to myself Theo, please" She said looking at my hand that was holding hers.

I nod letting go of her "okay" I say,

I watched her unlock the door and walk inside giving me a small smile before closing the door shut.
I stared at the door for a while feeling frozen on the spot.

I ran a hand down my face and made my way back to my car.

It felt weird. I felt weird. Whatever that just was has never happened before and that was scaring me. I noticed the change in her mood for a while now but I didn't think it was anything serious thinking the feelings would go as fast as they came,

but after this interaction I'm certainly not so sure anymore.

Did I do something wrong? Have I said anything that hurt her in the past few weeks? Did something happen between her and her friends?

I had no fucking idea and by the looks of it she doesn't want to talk about it, at least not with me.

•••

After returning home, eating dinner, playing with Will at the park and taking a shower before bed I talked to Ezra on the phone.

I told him about what happened today and he just told me not to Stress so much and that Imani will come talk to me when she's ready.

But that was easier said than done.

I groaned into my pillow before an idea popped into my head.

I took my phone out and googled
What to do when your girlfriend is sad
Listen to her situation without interrupting. ...
Give her a consensual hug. ...
Speak softly and gently. ...
Offer your opinion and advice. ...
Never tell her to "calm down" ...
Tell her how strong she is. ...
Make sure you take her side. ...
Don't make snap judgments.

Confusion strikes me as I read to the options.

I shut my phone off deciding to go with Ezra's advice and wait until she comes to me.

•••

W: Well well well
Kinda short chapter I know😭 I've just been kinda distracted lately🤭🤭🤭🤭 (yes it's because of a guy ew ik but pls don't hate me😭)