Treat you better

Chapter 14- Discovery

SHAWN AND ROSALY

Rosaly took care of the last client, and went to the locker room. She heard someone call her, and she saw with discouragement that it was John. She liked him, but she wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone.

She wanted to go home and rest a bit, as she would have a dance performance to do that night, and she needed to be in a good mood so that the show would look nice and pleasant for those watching it. However, she knew that she could not just turn around and leave, so she waited patiently for him to come.

John was really attractive, she observed. That particular day he wore a blue shirt that contrasted with his manly figure and showed off his stiff muscles. His pants told her they looked lightly stripped, and the round glasses matched his perfectly dashed face. Although he admitted that John was an interesting man, he did not attract her at all.

He wasn't the kind of man who would make you sigh, she thought. Perhaps because she preferred brown eyes and curly hair, she said to herself, remembering Peter, then she criticized herself mentally for the thought she had had. She shouldn't think about him.

- Good afternoon, Rosely. I see you're ready to leave. - He smiled at her, and Rosaly reciprocated without willingness.

- Yeah. She just answered, didn't want to stretch the conversation.

- I'd be free for coffee. - He looked at her hopefully, but she knew she'd have to decline his invitation again for a second time.

- John, I'm sorry, but I have a work appointment later that I must go.

- But, it's almost Friday night, Rosely. People usually have fun in this period and don't work - he said frowning.

- You'd be surprised how many people work on Friday night. - Rosaly said he wanted to get out of there right away.

- So no coffee break? - he looked disappointed.

- I'm sorry. Why don't you invite Lexy? I'm sure she'd love to have coffee with you. - Rosaly knew her friend was interested in John, even though she never admitted it to Rosaly, but she'd notice the enthusiasm in her voice every time she talked about John, and she hoped the man would realize what a great person Lexy was, and stop throwing out invitations on Rosaly's lap that she'd never accept. She had given him a cue and hoped John would understand.

- I'll ask her. Thanks for the suggestion. - He didn't seem very enthusiastic about Rosaly's suggestion, but he continued to smile sympathetically at her

- See you Monday, then.

- I'll see you then. - Rosaly said goodbye and headed for the locker room, thanking mentally for having the next day off.

She rarely had Saturday off, but she needed a quiet weekend to put her thoughts and feelings in order. Then she remembered what had happened between her and Peter the Sunday before, and felt the anguish take over again.

As soon as he had left, she had collapsed, and cried so much sitting on the floor of the room that she thought her tears would become a river. She had lost him, she was sure, because of the disappointed look he threw at her before he left and slammed the door of the room so hard, that the noise echoed through all the rooms of her apartment.

After that, she had only remembered to crawl into bed, and stayed there until late at night, when she had got up to eat something, for she had spent the whole day fasting, and needed strength to work the next day.

So the week had dragged on, and Rosaly thought it would never end. She was in a terrible state of mind, and not even the Shawn Mendes' song her students had chosen for that week had cheered her up. If I can't have you was a passionate song, but lively and without the same melancholy of the last song they worked with.