Learn The Game

TATUM

Chapter 21

I woke up at twelve because I didn't go to bed until five this morning. From everything that had happened last night was spinning in my head. First everything was going just fine, I was having a good time with Alfred and we where just hanging out. It was all good until the paparazzi came and destroyed a perfect memory. Now that memory is a burnt photograph. 

Through last night seemed as if he was someone else, as if some other part of him was escaping. Not in a bad way or anything, he just seemed different. I noticed it all night but I was trying to stay low about it, because I didn't want to ruin the good time he and I were having.

When I was finished getting dressed I walked over towards my laptop that was charging. I didn't want to because there was a voice inside my head telling me not to look and don't do it. I opened the screen and went to the social media outlets and other famous websites that hold the most popular rumors about celebrities.

I saw all the captions ...Who Does She Think She Is?... Playboy falls for a nobody! ... After this shes going to crash down! ... New Playboy girl? ...  What is with these people thinking that whatever they see is the truth. Pictures can hold a thousand words in one persons eyes. Basically everyone is saying how Alfred is still with this girl which is not true. He's just looking to get into my pants and I try to push him away, but last night that didn't seem like him.

Other people were saying that after I 'break up' with him I'm going to be on the side of the streets, which isn't true cause were not together. Its funny how all these people can say so many bad things about others and they don't even know what war that person is fighting. I just wish that these people could understand. I can't say anything about it because then that's just going to lead on this bad path.  So I'm suppose to sit back and do nothing, which I really hate so much. 

As I read more and more of the comments and head lines I finally came upon a picture of Alfred and I. He and I were standing in front of each other looking into each others eyes. We were in the park and behind us was the city of lights. But they must of used some sort of filter to make Alfred's and my face more visible which doesn't make the picture look right. So I copied that picture and went to the edits for my pictures that I use.  I used few edits shifted the lighting and contrast of the picture a bit, but then it looked right.

Our bodies don't look that visible, you can barely recognize our faces. The city lights were burled a bit because the main focus is Alfred and I standing in front of each other. All of the colors in the picture were flowing with each other, it turned out as a good picture. But in the back of my mind it was telling me to keep the picture I don't know why it was just the feeling I got.

I walked over to the printer I had and the picture came out perfectly. I had a leather brown book that was for all the photos that I'm going to take when I travel the world. I still have to find a picture for Italy to put in. Through I suppose this picture that I had just printed out can go into the first slot for France. Because maybe later I may came back, if my career doesn't get ruined.

Above my screen there was a message from my boss Jerry. I went to were I receive emails from him. This is what he sent me...

"Why do you keep going close towards Alfred? You seem as if you two are magnets, are you two a thing?"

I replied back by saying.. " No he just keeps finding me, he won't leave me alone. And the paparazzi won't leave Alfred alone."

After a few minutes he replied back to the message... "I'll try and figure something out to calm this down, because I really don't want to fire you. You really do deserve to have this job, but I can not let people start thinking that I'm going soft with my company rules. So try your best to stay as far away from him as possible. By the way your leaving in two days."

I replied back by saying okay and taking the warning. I really can't have Alfred be the cause of ending my career. Because for some reason I don't want to say goodbye to him, but I was sure that he is only hanging out with me cause he just wants to do some dirty things to me.

I had to get everything off my mind like Alfred, rumors, and getting fired. I grabbed a black leather jacket dark golden shade sunglasses and with a black scarf to cover my neck and a little bit of my face.  Once I opened my door Alfred was standing there shocked to see me, as if I came to see him. He gave a crooked smile and I just looked at him confused.

"Alfred what are you doing here?" I crossed my arms leaning against the frame of the door.

He took a deep breath. "I just wanted to make sure your okay." He looked straight at me in a serious way, what is with him why is he acting like this?

"Yea I'm just fine." I brushed past him closing the door in front of his face, he stood there staring blankly.

I then heard footsteps behind me. "Where are you going?" He grabbed my shoulder for me to stop which I did. 

I huffed. "Out, I need some fresh air to clear my mind with everything." I looked at him his eyes seemed to be showing of a different tone. But I can't tell what exactly it is.

 He sighed and looked down at me. "You should wait a few days before you go back out there, because the paparazzi." He proclaimed and was making his eye movement from me to my hotel room.

"How come you can leave your place and I can't leave mine?" I bit my bottom lip in frustration, I really don't get what he's trying to do here.

"Because I've dealt with this shit before, I know what to do. You haven't though, and all I'm trying to do is help you." He sighed taking a step closer, which I backed into the wall and my heart was racing.

He lad his palm on the wall next to my head and looked down at me, his demon blue eyes were staring deep into me as if he was the devil or something. He huffed and shook his head as he looked down at the ground. "If you wanna leave your heading over to my place and staying there until its good for you to leave." He spoke very deep and husky but afterwards looked back up at me and his eyes were darker than usual.

Some how there was a negative dark energy flow coming off of him and it started to scare me a bit. "Fine." I whispered.

He stood up straight and walked down the hall and I followed him out to his car. He didn't drive like a maniac he drove like a normal person but he seemed dull. Why is he acting like this? Did I do something or say something wrong to him? When he was driving he pulled up a phone number and started to call it.

After two rings someone picked up. "Hello?"

"Listen Clay you gotta get you and your girl out of there cause I'm bring her over." He continued to look straight forward on the road, he didn't even glance at me. It was if I wasn't even sitting in the same car as him, while he's obviously talking about me.

"Yea no problem man, just text or call when we can come back." How is Clay fine with this, I thought Clay kept Alfred under control?

"Alright man, thanks." After those words he hung up and stuffed his phone in his pocket.

Soon after we arrived at the hotel room, Clay and his girl were gone just like Alfred told them to. When I walked into the hotel room completely, Alfred closed the door behind me making me jump a bit.  He then walked down the hall which I followed because I didn't want to be rude and just walk around acting as if I'm being snoopy.

He walked into a large room with a pair of shoes thrown across the room and multiple things weren't in here like the other rooms that I have glanced at. I stood by the bed because I was thinking to sit down and wait for him to tell me the plans, but he closed the bedroom door and I was confused at what he's doing.

He looked out the window staring down upon the buildings, he was doing something with the shirt he was wearing. When he was finished he turned back around and he had unbutton his white shirt. His abs were easily noticeable which I'm not sure what he's trying to do, but whatever it is I'm not going to fall for it no matter how tempting it is.