Roses for Red

Chapter 8

RED POV
For the past few weeks, i have been avoiding Gabby,Jake, and Mark has been a lot. I get to class really early so that I won't have to see Gabby in the hallway, I eat my lunch in the library so I don't have to sit either with Jake or Gabby then during basketball practice I just stay at the bench and as far as I can from Mark and Jake. I run out of the gym immediately after practice to my car to avoid any confrontation from Mark.
After trying for week, I think he is over trying to talk to me because he did not look at me once during this week's practice.
"What happened to the door now?" I asked out loud, noticing the door was not opening.
"Why today of all days?" I said to myself.
"Who is there?" I heard a deep voice coming from one of the bathrooms.
I couldn't say anything even though I knew I was allowed to be here, but it still felt strange to be in the boys' locker room.
"I asked something who is there?" I heard, and this time, the voice became more familiar and closer.
"Ooh, it's you" Mark said with a towel around his waist.
I still watched him turn his back, and I swallowed hard.
"Why are you still here? I thought you had run from me by now" Mark said I could feel the pain in his voice but what could i do?. He hurt me and this was the only way I could get back at him by staying away from him.
"The door is not opening up" I said calmly even though there was a storm in my heart.
"Ooh, it does that" He said looking at me. This time only wearing shorts now I could get a good look at his arms, chest, and abs. I wondered how I would resist him now that we are alone and in a room.
"Could you open the door, please?" I said nicely so that he would not pick a fight and used that as an excuse to get close to me.
"Sure" He said moving towards me, but he passed me and headed to the door and pushed but to no avail it did move one bit.
"It is not opening" He said moving away from the door.
"What do I do now?" I asked out loud.
"You can call Jake or someone" Mark suggested.
"Yeah sure" I said finding my phone.
"What happened?" He asked noticing that I stopped checking around me.
"I borrowed Josh, he said his phone is dead and he wants to talk to his mom" I said with my hands on my head.
"Josh never calls his mom" Mark mummers.
"What?"I said in shock.
"This was all a plan no wonder they made me bath last and why did you come here?" He asked.
"Jake said that the couch asked me to bring the schedule for the next game" I responded immediately.
"The couch had an emergency so he left early like an hour ago" Jake said then I noticed a note on Jake's locker.
This door won't be opened until you two make up and nobody will open the door because they know how much you two like each other and how awkward it has been since the party if you refuse to make up then you will stay here until Monday when the couch comes in for school.
                                                                   Love, Jake.
"What are we going to do?" I asked sitting on a bench.
"We talk" He said sitting next to me.
"No, we will stay here for while and he will think we have made up" I said trying not look at him,then a paper appeared from under the door. I am watching you.
"Come on, seriously" I said looking around to find a camera but I couldn't see one.
"We should talk" Mark said after a while of watching me.
"You should put on a shirt first. It is pouring outside" I said, pointing to the window.
"Here, take this" Mark throwing his hoodie at me.
"No, I don't need it" I said pushing it away.
"Okay then, I will not wear a shirt and I think you like my body like this" Mark .
"Fine" I said after a while then I put on his hoodie and watched him put on his shirt.
"Sooooo" He said after he noticed I had no intention to start the conversation.
"I want to say that I know that you were pissed about what I did to you in the last year and I should have not walked in and out and in again like I did" He said slowly.
"So for that I really sorry" He added after a while.
He got frustrated after I didn't respond after his apology and he moved to the other side of the locker room so that he won't show it.
"I waited Mark" I said after a while.
"But you never came out of the locker room that night and I went to your house there was no one home" I added.
"For two days I looked all over town for you calling your friends and team mate" I said slowly.
"Then you sent the text a week later and I was so happy and worried that I even called without looking at the text but your pho....phone was" I stammered noticing that my laps became blurry.
"After you left" I finally said after taking series of deep breath.
"I thought about a lot of stuff that actually make you to leave unannounced and also break up with me over a text but I found nothing" I said slowly to fight the tears.
"But I found none so I started blaming myself then I stopped eating, going to school, writing my blogs and totally everything"  I said with tears now rolling done my cheeks.
"I stopped everything but with help of Jake and Gabby helped me out and within six months I was better" I said slowly cleaning my eyes with my hands.
"Here" Mark said handing me his little towel with a rose design by the side.
"Thanks but I have mine" I said bringing out the same design on me.
"I don't know how I would even apologise for what you have been through this past year but I know I messed up completely I would have let you in on my pain and my sorrow. I always used to say that trusted you but look at me I pushed away I cried alone but I swear I always missed you every day I always had you on my mind and I called Jake and told me you were fine and there no reason to worry but now I figured out he lied to me" Mark said very frustrated.
"The day you called he was with me and before he could turn away I saw the ID and I was filled with anger and told him that if you ask for me he should say I was fine and I knew I never wanted your pity" I said immediately.
"I am sorry" He said immediately.
"I came back after six months you know and I stood in front your house but before I could get in Gabby saw me and stopped me saying you are the least of things I needed at that time" He spoke up after a while.
"If you say that you were fine in six months but what happened then" He asked and my heart skipped.