Don't Know Why

Chapter 19

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Alanna...

My heart was hammering, my chest heaving violently. My body was sprawled on a yoga mat, an arm slung over my eyes.

I was angry and I wanted to haul anything within arms' reach especially on Lance's head. Exhaustion was the only thing that prevented me from doing so.

After Lance and Brian accosted me during lunch, I dragged myself through the rest of my afternoon classes, half my head and heart focused elsewhere. Particularly the contents of the flash drive.

It remained a mystery to me until the end of final period. I was determined to keep it that way, and once I opened it, I knew I was right to do so. Otherwise, I would've stormed out of my classes and probably threw a fit. Once I discovered the video, I marched straight for the dance studios. There were some starting to fill up, both for the evening classes and practice sessions. I ignored these and went straight inside an empty one.

I didn't trust myself to be near people right now.

Four hours into it, I already had a routine for Friday. The same routine I had trouble putting together last week. In fact, I would've kept going, if only everything wasn't starting to ache.

But despite the fatigue creeping in, the drowsiness I felt still wasn't enough to un-see the short clip.

I set play just somewhere between start and middle. I heard the moans first before the image registered. A woman, she had her eyes closed and her mouth open. Then I noticed she was naked, her hand moving between her legs. Initially I was disgusted, thinking Lance might've given me this by mistake.

I was just about to shut it off.

"You look so hot right now."

A voice said in the darkness. Casting my eyes away, I waited a little while.

"Tell me what you want right now."

"Y-you. I want you." I froze and as much as I wanted not to look, I couldn't help it.

She had her eyes open now, looking at the owner of the voice perhaps. But one thing was correct.

Kate.

I stopped it immediately.

Recalling the contents of the video, I sat up. My simmering anger, once again close to reaching boiling point. I didn't have to wrack my brain hard enough. I knew right away when this had been taken.

There was a party Kate mentioned over the summer, one that I didn't go to.

"Oh my God Alanna! You should've gone. I had a blast." A dreamy expression pasting on her face. "I met a guy, he was cute and God – oh the sex. I could come right now just thinking about it. He's just perfect"

Jerry was his name – or at least that's what he told her. She said he took her out for breakfast the day after and was perfectly charming. They exchanged numbers after that.

But she hasn't been able to get a hold of him since. The number was invalid.

She hid it well and did her best to move on from the incident. But I knew it bothered her. We never really figured out what his play was.

Until now.

She remembered seeing Lance, Travis and some of his friends at the party. But they never approached her so she didn't give them much thought anymore. I didn't either.