School
Alex sat in his music class and Mr. Kane talked about the Beatles again. Alex would be very interested in that topic. He loved the Beatles, probably as much as Mr. Kane seemed to, but his mind went all the way to his boyfriend. Alex really screwed that up. The only good thing that has happened to him, was mad at him.
Is he going to break up with me? He thought. What if he does? I couldn't handle it. I like him too much
Alex didn't pay attention to the class at all until Mr. Kane came up to him.
"What's wrong? Everybody is working and so should you Alex" he said.
Alex looked around and indeed everybody had their music book in front of them reading the given pages.
"I don't know.. I just.. I don't know" Alex answered him.
He took his book out and asked "what pages do we have to read, Sir?"
"Page one hundred and twenty two until one hundred and twenty six"
"Thank you." Alex immediately started reading, but Mr. Kane still stood there, waiting for an explanation on why Alex didn't give him one hundred percent attention, like he expected him to.
Alex noticed his presence and looked up to him. "What?" He asked.
"Just wondering what is bothering you so much that you can't follow my lesson" Mr. Kane furrowed his brows and looked directly into his eyes just for a second, leaving Alex behind as he walked to his table.
Mr. Kane sat down and looked at his files and stuff he wanted to do in this lesson.
"You'll get ten minutes to finish reading, after that talk to your partner and discuss what influenced the Beatles for their music, then of course write it down. After you finished come to me and get the next work sheet and work on that for the rest of the lesson. That's all you need to do today" Mr. Kane said and pointed at the sheets in front of him.
Alex read the pages but he didn't have a partner because he always sat alone. He got up and walked slowly to the front and took a work sheet from the desk.
"Do you want to talk about the exercise?" Mr. Kane asked.
"What?"
"First of all 'excuse me' and second of all, I asked you, if you want to discuss the exercise. You don't have a partner to work with, so I guess you could talk to me?"
"Yes sorry, Sir and okay"
"Sit next to me" Mr. Kane pointed at the chair next to him.
Alex did as he was told and sat next to him. He rolled away with his chair to create some more space between them.
Mr. Kane noticed it and got a bit closer to him.
"So what do you think? Who or what influenced the Beatles the most?"
"The Beatles started out as a rock 'n' roll band. Their most admiration went to the rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley. Another rock'n'roll legend that inspired and influenced the Beatles was Chuck Berry. The Beatles covered songs from both of these musicians at the beginning of their career, like Chuck's "Rock And Roll Music", Elvis's "That's All Right, Mama" etc. But I think the guy that influenced most the Beatles was Elvis. Lennon himself said: Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been Elvis, there would not have been the Beatles."
"Very good Alex. That quote wasn't even in the book. Good work" Mr. Kane praised him.
"Thank you, Sir" Alex said.
"So, whats on your mind? I can't see you like this, tell me what's going on" Mr. Kane whispered to him.
He didn't want anyone to notice that they're not talking about the topic.
"My boyfriend is mad at me" Alex whispered back.
"And why is that?"
"Because I was honest with him and told him that I kind of flirted with that new girl Alexa"
"You shouldn't have flirted with her, if you're committed to another person, Alex"
"Well, I know that! But what can I do? She just mesmerized me in a second. I was so amazed by her beauty and her intelligence I couldn't help it. I didn't even notice that I was flirting until Matt told me that I have to chill"
"Well, you still shouldn't have done that. It's not what good boys do" Mr. Kane said.
Alex eyes widened at his words.
What did he just say? Good boy? No, no this can't be it I must have misunderstood that
"I know but it wasn't on purpose and he knows I like him a lot. At least I think he does.. I don't know what to do.. he is ignoring me for the past two days and it's driving me mad" Alex told him.
"Well, I think you have to give him some time. It's driving you mad, I understand that but he is probably hurt. And you should go back to your seat and do the work sheet"
The other students started to give both of them a strange look because they sat together for quite a long time.
"Sorry Mr. Kane can you please help me out for a second? I don't understand this question here" some kid in the first row said.
"Alright. I'll be there in a second with you" Mr. Kane said a little bit louder this time.
"So take the sheet and go back to your place. We'll talk after the lesson." Mr. Kane whispered to Alex.
Alex as usual did what he was told and went back to his seat.
He started to work on the exercises and was quite fast and finished them, because he already knew all the answers.
He saved himself some spare time to think what he could do.
Mr. Kane said that Alex should give his boyfriend time to heal. It's a good idea, but Alex didn't want to be apart from him. It feels like he needed his words, his love, his commands. Yes he missed being commanded what to do. Alex loved to listen.
He was like a little puppy that needed to be trained by his owner.
The man owned him practically.
And he loved it.
Break
Mr. Kane waited until all the students left, except for Alex.
"Come to me, Alex" He said while he closed the door.
He went back to his chair and desk.
Alex immediately came to him and stood in front of his teachers desk.
"Why so shy? Sit down next to me" Mr. Kane laughed.
"Yes..uhm" Alex put his backpack down and took a seat right next to Mr. Kane with a bit of space.
Mr. Kane, as always, bridge the space between them to be as near as possible to Alex.
"What did you want to talk about with me? I thought we were kind of.. you know.. finished?" Alex said, not making eye contact.
"Well, I don't know. I just thought that maybe you wanted to talk about this fight with your boyfriend a bit more."
"Yes.. just.. I don't really know what else to tell you. I don't want to loose him. And I don't want to be ignored by him. He doesn't text me back. I'm so sad that I screwed up." Alex eyes began to tear up a bit. He tried to blink his tears away but a single one made his way out of his eye, down his cheek.
"Shh Aly, it's okay.. don't cry, please" Mr. Kane wiped his tear away and for the first time today they're making eye contact.
Alex eyes were filled with sadness and Mr. Kane felt guilty for ignoring him, but he has to be punished.
They stayed like this, Mr. Kane caressing Alex cheek and Alex leaning in his touch, for several minutes until the bell started ringing and both of them woke up from their trance.
"Uhm.. I have to go now. Me class is about to begin" Alex cleared his throat, took his backpack and left the classroom.
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