Inked In Love

Twenty three

Twenty three

Theo

I don't normally get involved in peoples lives without there being a really good reason or if someone actually wants me, but something just felt weird. When Elle had her hearing with the board of directors I found Michelle crying.

I'm not one to ignore a crying woman so I went to see what was wrong. Hearing her story of how her father was suffering from a terminal illness was heartbreaking for me. what made it even more heartbreaking was that Elle didn't believe it.

I confided in Tina after that initial talk with Elle and I was able to find out that both of them didn't believe Michelle and it pained me that they didn't give Michelle the benefit, but I can't force them to believe something.

Even if it wasn't true I would have liked it if the girls were able to side with Michelle whatever the cost. They were friends at the very beginning, but Michelle didn't want to be friends after I started to pursue in Elle.

I felt uneasy after hearing about what happened to the boys at the gym. I also saw a big shift in how the boys were around Michelle.

This led me to do some investigating myself, which is quite unfamilar to me, considering I have a lot on my plate right now. But I didn't want this gap between me and Elle to get bigger. Lord knows I'd be making a huge mistake.

Elle isn't just a pretty face with a lip biting sexy body. Her fighting character was attracting for me and I found myself wanting to know more about her.

"Oh, hey Theo what are you doing here," Thomas, one of the swimmers said as I entered the sports hall. I knew that the sports teams would often chill out down here after training. Something that become more frequent after Elle joined.

Scott and Ben turned hearing my name. They ran over Scott was holding a basketball in his hands.

"collecting intel" I chuckled. The boys looked at me weirdly.

Scott started dribbling the ball between his feet. It wasn't long before we started to dribble between us, casually shooting hoops.

"I've spent way too much time on her Theo could you not just give me a break" Scott groaned as soon as I mentioned her name. I could tell from his expression he was tired of it.

"talk about bros Scott, the man needs help with his woman," Ben said quickly dunking the ball into the hoop.

I smiled, my woman. I've got a long way to go before I can start calling Elle my woman. I know that for certain.

"Ah, so you're trying to get back into Elle's good books. Well, good luck with that, Elle is complicated it's like getting into an encyclopaedia" he said grinning.

Weird analogy but I'll accept it.

"We all know that Michelle was sad about her father, we would believe it if we didn't see them together the other morning" Scott decided to tell me.

"even when you have a terminal illness you might not recognise it boys" I should know, my mother had cancer for 2 years and nobody could even notice it. Her son didn't and that's saying something.

Scott turned to George and sent him a rushed look.

"We know for a fact that her father isn't ill. I know we should've just left it, but coach was beaten up seeing you with her" he said, his eyes staring at me. I felt my jaw tense up, way to make me feel better.

"yeah we felt bad for Michelle so when we saw them we wanted to give our respect, but Michelle kicked us out before we even had the chance," Scott said his eyes rolling back almost like he was thinking about that specific moment.