My Teacher

What?

Alexey seems taken aback for a second, but he recovers quickly. Too quickly, if you ask me. His eyes look nervously around the purple room, trying to come up with an answer as quickly as possible.

"She's... Someone I used to be.... close, I guess." He shrugs carelessly, avoiding my eyes. That must be either a lie or just a tiny, tiny part of what they actually used to be, since it took him so long to respond.

I'm a bit surprised that he hasn't asked where do I know her from. But... he's a bright guy, he'll figure this out soon. "Do you still keep in touch?"

Again, his eyes avoid me with a hint of pain in them, staring straight ahead at the wall. Man, this must've been quite something, if he's acting like this... Maybe he's not quite over her? There is no way I can sleep until I find out the truth about this. No way is this Irma just someone who he used to be close with. There has to be more, why he's acting like this.

I stare dead into his eyes as he continues to eye the wall, when I notice change in his eyes. Realisation. "Where do you know Irma from?"

Even though I had expected him to ask this, my face still heats up, making me a bit embarrased about even asking him anything about this girl. What if she's just some old girl-friend, who used to be his bestie and they've fallen out of touch? What if Irma is just drunk texting? Ugh, why did I even decide to ask him anything?

"I woke up and mistaked your phone with mine... And accidentally read the notifications, where Irma's texts were." Now it's my turn to avoid his eyes, embarrased. Mom always taught me that snooping was bad, but I always waved her off, knowing that I don't do that. Guess I should've listened to her more attentively.

Alexey surprises me by jumping out of the bed and practically flying over to the desk. That lightly hurts my feelings, because I know what the messages said, so if he decides to reply, I'm going to be devastated.

After reading and re-reading the messages over again, Alexey puts the phone on the table and reaches for his t-shirt, that he has neatly placed on his wardrobe.

"Are you...going somewhere?" I barely get that out, shocked that he'd leave me to meet Irma.

While putting on his jeans, Alexey avoids my eyes. "This used to be our code word for when one of us needed a ride from a nightclub or somewhere, where we didn't feel the vibe and nobody could take us." He explains in a flat voice, his thoughts completely somewhere else than this house.

I'm shocked and my eyes feel like they're going to pop out of my eye sockets. What the heck was going on? Why was my boyfriend (at least I thought we were official privately now) leaving me here and picking up his...ex-girlfriend? Ex-friend? I didn't even understand what she is.

Alexey's allegations didn't even seem truthful. Could it be, that he was just leaving me here to hook up with his... something-girl?

When I didn't move and reply, too shocked to even think of something to reply, he came over to his bed and kissed me on my forehead. While in other situations I'd flinch back, this time I just couldn't, because my brain had me frozen in some kind of a shock state.

"Wait for me here, I might bring Irma here, if she has nowhere to stay tonight." Alexey quickly glances in my eyes and starts to leave. I want to go with him or scream that he cannot leave me here, but my fucking voice seems to not function anymore. How is this even possible?

When I hear the main door close (and also - he leaves it unlocked!), I finally regain my body back. For a second I feel like I should run after him and beg him to stay, but then I decide against it. Who the hell am I, compared to Irma? She's probably the same age as Alexey, knows him way better than me and is more his type. What am I even thinking? I'll never be good for him, unless I'm not his student anymore and my age isn't a lot closer to his.

Taking my phone from under the pillow, I notice two messages, 5 snapchats and two facebook notifications. Glancing at the time, I realise it's 4 A.M. Did Alexey really just leave me at freaking 4 am?

Opening the messaging app, I see Saf's and Alexis's names up top. I decide to open Alexis's message first, but she's just forwarded me some article about table hockey, which we've been obsessing over for three years already, ever since her parents bought her a table hockey set. There is also a text attached to the article, saying *We could participate in the championship this year! You in?* After a quick "Hells yes" for answer, I open Saf's text message.

*How's everything?* It amazes me how good of a friend Saf is, even though she sometimes is too hyper-active and energetic for my old-lady-soul. I notice she's written it quite recently, so I try my luck writing back to her and hoping for a reply. *Everything was perfect until some girl texted him and he ran to her rescue.*

I hit send and, for my surprise, I get a reply in seconds. *Are you alone in his house right now?*

*Sadly, yes.*

*Text me the location, I'm rescuing u!*

Even though it seems silly, that Saf would rescue me from here, I share my location with her and get out of the bed to get dressed. Thankfully, my pants and sweater are easily found and in a few minutes I'm ready to leave his apartment.

Since he didn't lock the door, too, I don't feel bad for leaving his apartment unlocked. If he doesn't care about me, I won't care about him, too.

When I get to the first floor, I feel my phone vibrate in the back pocket of my jeans. The first thought, that pops into my head is - it's Alexey. Don't respond. The thought makes me freeze for a second and earns me a suspicious look from the night guard, but take a breath of relief, when I notice that it is only Saf.

"Yes?" I answer casually, so the guard doesn't think I'm stealing or something.

"Yo, A. I'm at his buildint in a black uber. We're waiting for you!"

"We?" I'm confused, since I didn't see Saf mention anyone else coming and meeting new people unexpectedly makes me anxious.

"Yeah, my friends wanted to come, too. We're going partying, babe."

Hi loves! Sorry it took so long for the new chapter to come, but I am a senior and this year I literally had no single moment free to write (I swear). 

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