My Teacher

Tell me you love me

As we're walking towards Alexey's dark silhouette, Saf seems totally at ease. Actually, I'm kind of jealous of her calmness, because if we were in switched places, I'd be totally freaking out about meeting my friends boyfriend and trying extremely hard to not make an impression, that I'm flirting, like Marzia once had interpreted. That was when all hell broke loose. Literally.

The moment Alexey heard us approaching, he raised his eyes, but they instantly went to Saf. When their eyes met, there was a visible surprise and confusion from Alexey's side, while Saf looked like she knew a major secret joke. 

Marzia stretched her hand towards Alexey and said: "Nice to meet you, Alexey. I'm Safiya and I've heard so much about you!" There was a face-splitting grin on Saf's face as they shook hands, making me suspicious that they've already met somewhere. What if they've been in a relationship? 

"No. No. Nice to meet you too, Safiya." Alexey says, but there is something off. Insted of acting like a crazy, or, quite the opposite - a very sane person - would do, I decide to let this go. Eventually I will make either Saf or Alexey to spill the beans, but my earlier anxiety blooms up in my stomach again, reminding me that this evening is about to turn out interestingly good or bad. 

Saf and I hug each other goodbye and Alexey opens the passenger door while his eyes stay on Saf. This is starting to kill me. Why are they acting so weird? They MUST know each other somehow. 

When we're left alone in Alexey's car, he finally greets me properly by taking my hand into his and planting a sweet kiss on my knuckles. The kiss makes me feel certain ways, but I don't let them affect me too much. After I drop the bomb, maybe.

"So, how was your day?" He asks with a smile, that always makes my heart flutter. He is so handsome. It always hits me again and again, making me wonder how did I score such a wonderful God-made person. 

"It was nice. We went jumping at the trampoline place and we had lots of fun. I think Alexis feels better now, too, since she was feeling a bit left out." I tell him, remembering Alexis smiling and that makes a small smile pop up on my face, too. I love my friends being happy.

Alexey starts driving. "Do you want anything special for dinner?" My stomach growls for a response, making me blush, since I don't want Alexey to think I'm a foodie, which I might actually be. But that just makes me feel like a fatass, who can think only about eating. Well, I CAN think only about food often, but still, I don't think we're at the right phase yet .

My stomach growling makes Alexey smile and he places his hand on my stomach, patting it. "Shhh, tummy. I will feed you soon, don't worry." That makes my smile turn face-splitting and my heart to swoon. God, I love him. Oh. That thing again. I need to get that out as soon as possible. There is no way  I can hold it in any longer. The longer I stay silent about it, the more I just want to love him. 

When we reach Alexey's apartment, which is actually a fifteen minute drive from my apartment, it still manages to take me by surprise how much classier his apartment building is. There is a security gate, CCTV cameras, an elevator and even a special code to take you to your desired level. We go pretty high up, to the eight floor, I think. The elevator is decorated nicely in beige colours and pretty dark carpet, which seems clean even after we step on it with snowy/muddy boots.

As we step out of the elevator, we walk straight into Alexey's room. There is no door to unlock, no safety rather than the code on the elevator. Weird.

Alexey's apartment is nicely furnished and decorated. There is a big room, which I assume were two rooms made in one - a living room and kitchen mixed together. The wallpaper is rouge and it actually gives me Parisian vibes, since this colour is a favourite there. There is a soft looking black l-shaped couch in the middle of the room accompanied with a matching colour table and a LED tv with attached gaming system. I think it's Xbox, but I'm not sure, since I don't orientate well in these modern gaming systems. 

Right next to the door to balcony, there is a dark wooden shelving unit....full of alcohol and books. When Alexey catches me staring at it too long, he feels the need to comment. "That's for my guests. You see - when there is a party or somebody just comes over, I don't need to ask them what they want and wait as they can't decide. Instead, I just say - Make yourself at home - and guide them towards the shelf. From there they can take anything they would like to drink and mix whatever drinks they want." 

"Brilliant" Is all I can reply, mesmerised. This joined room is amazing, attracting me with these dark colours and the books... oh, the books.... There are at least five gigantic and full shelves, filled with all sorts of books. Oh my, oh my. I can already imagine myself spending a lot of time here, just reading. And kissing with Alexey, of course. Always that.

Next my eyes land on his dark themed kitchen area. All this darkness is making me curious about the reasons behind all this darkness, but I secretly really love it. I love everything black and dark, so this is like my secret heaven. Or would this be hell, since heaven is always white and feathery?

Beneath the couch is a large dark-wood bar counter, where two black bar stools are standing. This must be where he eats, because I don't see a dining table. That seems logical, since he lives alone and, I hope, girls are rarely at his place. So there is no need for a dining table like we have at home.

Alexey takes off my black winter jacket and hangs it by the door on specially made dark-wood (of course) coat hanger. There is already his jacket hanging and a suit jacket, which I've never seen him in, but the thought of him wearing one makes me drool a little. Sexy. 

I take off my black combat boots, which mom hate very much. There is something in her head, that girls have to dress girly and that's it. No combat boots, no leather, nothing like I'm wearing. Eh, my mom and I are sometimes quite the opposite people.

Taking my hand in his, Alexey leads me to the black couch. There is a fluffy black carpet, which I hadn't noticed earlier, but I almost scream at excitement. I love these types of carpets. Mom never allowed me to buy one, since Bub is more of a destroyer than a dog and would've chewed up it in minutes. So, I've always gone by these types of carpets and looked at them longingly. 

We both sit on the couch and Alexey somehow manages to pull me on his lap. Pulling me close, close to him, he plants a wet kiss on my forehead. When I pull my lips up to his, he responds to my wish to kiss and we engage in a steamy kiss. The kind, that would make you take your kid out of the room, so he doesn't see.

This might be the right moment... Anxiety takes control of me again and I break the kiss of, leaving Alexey looking confused. "Is something wrong?" He asks, worry creeping into his lovely eyes as usual. I wish he would stop thinking that he's done something wrong every time.

I look into his cool and limitless eyes and know. This is the right time. If I don't say it now, I might as well never tell him.

"Alexey..." I start, unsure what to say. How do you say 'I love you' easily, like it's no big deal, yet it's the biggest deal ever? "I know this might seem stupid to you, but I can't keep this to myself anymore. This might be bad for both of us, but I can't help it and it crushes me to think what will happen after I confess you that I love you." I meant to say how amazing he makes me feel and how lucky I am to be with him, but the 'ILY' just spilled out. But I was glad, that now it was out in the world and he knew the truth. 

He was silent for a moment, observing me, thinking. What was he thinking about? Was he planning to make an escape from this psycho, who had just confessed love to him? My heart was racing faster and faster with each possibility that came into my mind, but when he finally spoke, it stopped completely.

His blue eyes, completely honest and loyal looked into mine. After hearing somebody loudly swallow their saliva and then realising it was me, my ears heard the most beautiful words: "I... I love you too, Adèle." 

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