The Darkness Inside Of Her

III

After that day Lucia and I were in a relationship, all went well. We did everything together , we had lunch together , went on walks , went to the park & went to see movies. Her favorite category in movies were horror films, she said they made her feel a tingly sensation almost happy. I didn't know what she meant with that but I didn't mind it, I was happy and that's how I wanted it to stay. I could say our relationship had no flaws, she wasn't the jealous type so that was a win for me, since that meant not having fights about stupid shit. Everyone knew about our relationship and Lucia even decided to change classrooms, I didn't want her too but she just told me that she didn't want to feel like she was getting good califications just because she was my girlfriend, I felt sad with her decision but I also understood her .
It was strange not seeing her in class every day, on top of that Lucia didn't have time to be with me anymore since she had a lot of work from the other classes. I saw Lucia in the hallway and decided to ask her out, I've been thinking about this for the past three days, I wanted this date to be different to the other ones since I have never taken her on a romantic dinner, my plan was to ask her to marry me, I knew I was rushing but I had been with her for the past three months now and I felt like I knew her enough, besides I'm thirty years old and I wasn't getting any younger so why wait, I knew I wanted her to be the mother of my children, she was the only thing I wanted to see when I waked up and when I fell to sleep. I finally got the courage to ask her out and I didn't know why I felt so nervous (of course you know, you're going to ask her to marry you) -Said my subconscious- "No I'm sorry Michael but I can't today I have work to do" she tried to leave but I reached out for her "Lucia can't you do it tomorrow? its Friday for God's sake , it's not like you're going to fail" she stared at me for a second and then I saw her expression go from confused to mad "Look Mr. Bank this is more important that going on a stupid date with you" I fell silent, I couldn't believe she was ignoring me, was she cheating on me ? I let her arm go and she disappeared in the middle of the crowd.
I didn't felt like teaching so I let the class go for today, I couldn't get my mind off what had happened in the hallway or the thought of her cheating on me " But why would she do that ? I had been everything she ever needed nor wanted, at least I thought I have" -I whispered to myself-. All of a sudden I hear a slight knock on the door, I thought it was Lucia so I told them to come in, suddenly a red haired woman catches my eye, this certainly wasn't Lucia but Mrs. Rodriguez instead , " Hey handsome why the long face?" Mrs. Rodriguez was a woman of business and she was used to having what she wanted. Since I started working here she had been sending me signs that she wanted something with me but I didn't pay attention , don't get me wrong she is very attractive , but not my type . "May I ask what is the purpose of your visit?" she walked closer to me and only the desk maintained the distance between us, she leaned on the desk and I backed my chair a little " I want you ", all of a sudden I heard the door open, when I looked to see who it was, Lucia was standing there. When she saw me looking at her she left , I knew she wasn't happy with the scenery that had been displayed in front of her and I hoped she didn't think I had anything to do with this . I stood up from my chair and ran after her, I knew she didn't want to see me but I had to explain to her what had happened. I looked everywhere for her but she wasn't to be found.

I texted and called Lucia for God knows how many times but I got no answer , I was starting to get worried, What if something had happened to her ? , the thought of losing Lucia tortured me.

Days passed and Lucia wasn't to be seen I had even told the police but they just told me that maybe she was just ignoring me. I knew it was the obvious thing to do after what she had seen but something just told me that there was more to it. I was praying to God that the day passed quickly so I could go see her. I was planning on going to her house to see if she was ok and explain to her what happened. The clock ticked so slowly and it was driving me crazy I needed to see Lucia before I went insane. I decided not to wait till my shift was over and went to her house at lunch time. The whole ride to Lucia's house I was going over on what I was going to say to her.