Effeminate Within

Chapter Twenty-five

Chapter 25

MARILYN, HELENA AND I departed happily. I was glad I had people like them. It felt like having another pair of parents.

They dropped me off at the gate of Hansville and I walked on my way to the apartment. When I was close enough to have the view of the apartment from where I was standing, a flood of emotion escaped from me. No, I was not sure yet.

I ran closer until I was at the fence. My eyes were sure to what they saw.

The picture frames I hung on the room that Greg and I shared together were all scattered throughout. Broken glasses were everywhere though I hardly saw it partly because it was almost dark and partly because tears were starting to blur out my vision.

I walked through it slowly, looking at the smiling pictures of Greg and me—just as how we used to be before today. The cracking sound of glasses beneath my feet made me sure that was real. Who would do this? Surely, this couldn't be Greg's doing.

And I thought I knew who.

I hurried inside and found Greg sitting at the corner of our room just under a window. His knees were pulled to his chest and his head laid down on it. He was weeping. I shook my head, unbelieving to what I was seeing right now.

Greg looked up as he heard my footsteps coming. His eyes were red and he looked ragged like never before. Seeing my sanctuary, my Gregory like this now felt like my heart was being pricked by thousands of lancets all at the same time.

"Sorry, I couldn't stop her." He muttered before I even got closer. "She's insane. I hate her."

I sat down beside him and laid my head sideward on his shoulder, silent. Neither of us wanted to speak. Seeing those broken glasses outside like there was a riot happened. I was completely shocked of what was happening, knowing that there was no worse reason than just because Greg and I loved each other.

He unfolded his knees and put an arm on my shoulder. "I love you." He managed to speak even if he could barely breathe.

"I love you, too." I answered, unhesitant. My voice cracked as I spoke. "I just don't get it why does it have to come to this."

"I don't want to think of anything else. I just want you to hold on my words when I say I love you because it's real." Greg's strong physique was gone and he looked at his most vulnerable at this moment. I hated seeing him like this. It pained me so much more than that slap I got from his mother. I wished I could take the pain he felt and own it, but I, too had too much. Yet I won't hesitate to take it if given the chance.

I didn't know how I was going to proceed with all these. I tried to calm his sobs and when it did, we transferred to our bed. We remained silent for half an hour, just staring at the ceiling blankly.

Her mother scandalized at our apartment, knowing the fact that she was a known owner of the school. What else she could do? Maybe much worse than this. Maybe much worse than just breaking picture frames. I couldn't imagine a well-respected prestigious businesswoman doing all these. I was afraid of what more she could do.

I blamed myself for this. If only I listened to Greg that his family couldn't know me. If only I didn't push him. If I had been contented with just Greg, this won't be happening.

I wanted to erase this from my head. "It's quite a day. Let's sleep." I tilted to kiss Greg before going to sleep.

Our eyes were both swelling when we got off from bed at noon. We were supposed to have a meeting later at school regarding how we would proceed with our projects. I thanked God for another morning, at least Greg and I could try to take things back to normal.