glass touch

Chapter 23

About halfway through Dance class something happened that I didn't expect

I was watching Anabel instruct a few new techinques. Everyone in the class danced gracefully so graceful that it made me grow green with envy. I decided to pull my phone out but right when I went to go to reach into the pocket on my backpack for it I saw someone open the door to the room out of the corner of my eye. I looked up to see Daniel walking through the door and then closing it behind him. He walked right past me not even paying me a glance then stopped in front of Anabel.

Anabel turned to him and smiled then looked over at the rest of the class.

"One second everyone." She stated then looked back at Daniel

They began talking and no matter how much I focused on them I couldn't tell what they were saying. Daniel handed a blue slip to Anae;/ when anabel read it her smile began to sink down into a frown. She sighed then looked over at me. my stomach began rolling. Where they talking about me?

Anabel nodded at Daniel. He noddedback then turned and began walking towards me. I looked up at him pulling my knees towards my chest

"Come with me Aaron has requested you."

Requsted me? I thought to myself.what is this? Steampunk Britan? The Victorian age?

I still questioned the way people communicated here with their formal language and gestures. But I guess its better than constantly heating words like "Aint and awag and Y.O.LO"

Why did Aaron want to see me? . The only time I'd ever felt welcomed by him was in second hour but he wasn't exactly nice he just looked really really hopeless. I still contemplated why.

But still I stood Daniel guided me towards the door as If I didn't already know where it was.

"Why does Aaron want to see me?" I asked him once we got into the hallway.

Daniel looked over at me not with a cold look as he usually does but instead with an emotionless look. I didn't know which was better.

"He just wants to see you. Don't question it."

He just wants to see you. The words sent shivers up and down my spine. The way he said it sounded so...mutual. Aaron wanted to see me. Maybe when we talked this time he wouldn't be so secretive or mean about anything. Still no matter how up tight he was I was still worried about him, which was a feeling I had no control over. But maybe I had the feeling that way.

Everytime he crosses my mind..... everything stands still.

When we finally get to the office. Daniel directed me to the room on the left. The door was wooden and tall. Instead of being his usual jerk self he actually opened the door for me and held it. I gulped nervously, then ducked under his arm and into the room.

And when I saw Aaron I gasped.

Aaron looked like he'd just come down with the Plauge. His skin was all pale and he was covered in sweat. Whenever he moved, he seemed to twitch. He leaned up against the wall, sitting on the cot on the left side of the room. When he saw me his eyes lit up though he didn't smile.

"I'll leave you guys alone for a few minutes..." Daniel muttered a little awkwardly from behind me then before I could object left the room and shut the door.

I was alone with Aaron Stone.

"I'm sorry if I interrupted you..." Aaron coughed in a rapsy voice. "I just wanted to talk to you."

I bit my lip, I wanted to demand to know what was going on around here and why he was so sick and well why he had kissed me in Saturday. I still couldn't stop thinking about it, how deep and meaningful it had been... but I knew that this wasn't the time or place. Instead I found myself sitting down on the cot next to him.

"Why?" I asked him.

Aaron looked at the wall on the opposite side of the room and rested his head up against the wall behind us.

"I needed to make something clear with you..." he turned to me. before I could pull away, his hands were on my shoulders and he was looking into my eyes. "I know things around here are confusing you....i just know, and I know that.... You're worried about me.... but I don't want you yo be. I promise that this will all blow over. And I don't want you questioning any of this as hard as that may be, and don't demand answers from me. I can't say anything."

He was stumbling over his words and I could tell that he was having a hard time telling me all of this. Even so I couldn't get over the electric feeling his hands on my shoulders gave me. Aaron did understand more than I thought he did. I just wished that all of this would be over. No more smoke and mirrors. No more secrets.

And I wish I knew where Aaron and I stood.

"Is that all?" I asked him.

He nodded.

"As I said before..." he began then wiped his eyes with the back of his hand. God he looked awful. "I am sorry to have kept you."

I looked down at my shoes then looked back up at him slowly. I wanted to make things clear to him too. I wanted him to know how I felt about all of this.

So I looked him in the eye and said exactly what I'd been wanting to say all along.

"I wont question all the lies and secrets. But soonor or later I want answers Aaron," then as I got up and reached for the doorknob. I said one last thing before I left. "And wheather you like it or not I want answers from you in particular."