All You Had To Do Was Stay // Tree of Love

Chapter 10

It's 5.30 now I should be getting ready and leave to the library. I don't want to be late and don't want him to wait. If I was late, I'm scared that he'll be mad at me and it would be the last thing that I want.

I quickly took an early dinner because I'm not going to be able to eat after this or I'm going to be late and it's not allowed to eat in the library. After I finished eating, I quickly getting ready and back downstairs again to grab my coat.

"Wes, I'm going now!" I yelled to Wes so he can hear me from his room.

I already told him that I have a group project and I'm going to do it in the library. I won't tell him that I'm going to tutor Brody. Well, not yet. I'll tell him when the time comes.

I grab my coat and leave the house. I really don't want to take the bus but as soon as I closed the front door, the cold air of winter hits me. It is really cold as the sun is going to go down real soon. I quickly walked to the bus stop.

I'm not sure if there is a bus to the library around this time. I barely go out after 5. Once I got home, I would stick in my bedroom until the morning. Except when it was urgent and I really want to leave the house for awhile.

Once I arrived at the bus stop, it's 5.50 now. The bus should be here now or I'm going to be late. I check the bus schedule and there is one bus that'll be arrived at 5.55 and passed the library. Thank God. I sighed in relief because the bus will arrive soon. I clutched my coat because it's freezing here. A few minutes later, the bus is finally here. I quickly get into the bus and show the driver my ticket and took my seat next to the window.

The drive to the library was fast. When I can see the library from the bus, I pressed the stop button and get out of the bus right after the bus stop driving. I checked the time it's 5.59. One minute left so I hurried to the library and took the seat that close from the front door so it would be easy for him to find me. As I took a seat, I look around thinking maybe he's already here. But no, he's not here yet.

Time passed by, it's 6.15 now. He hasn't come by now. Is he forgot? Or is he just playing with me? I tried to push the negative think away. I get up and walk around the library to search for a book to read while waiting for him to keep me occupied. I picked one book that I'm interested into, and go back to the table to read the book. I read page by page while waiting for him but then I was interrupted by someone tapping my shoulder. I thought it was Brody but when I look around, I see a light brown haired women stand in front of me.

"Shay?" Carol, the women who work here greet me.

"Carol!" I get up to hug her after I greet her back.

Carol is a woman around 28 or 29 I'm not sure. She works as a publisher but took a part-time job here in the library because she's all crazy about books. She thought that books are part of her. I met her back 2 years ago when I start visiting the library to entertain me with books. Carol is really nice to me. She let me borrow the book for an unlimited time. She has this motherly thing even though she hasn't married yet that I wish she would marry my dad.

"Oh my God, look at you." She took both of her hands on my cheek after we pulled back. "Where have you been?" She asked me.

"I've been busy lately." I told her with a reassuring smile. She nodded signalling that she's understood.

"So, why are you here? What kind of books that you're looking for?"

"Oh, no. Actually, I was here because I want to tutor one of my friends." Friends? I think I should reconsider about that. He's my bully to be exact.

"Oh, that's such a nice of you." she said and added, "Where is she? Or he?" she laughs after that.

"He." I corrected her, "He's.. I don't know. We're supposed to meet here at six. But he hasn't come yet." I frowned.