WHAT COMES AFTER THE END OF THIS

Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Yrene' PoV

He just stood there in front of me like a damn statue and refused to move; I was beginning to lose my patience. 

"What are you doing here Yrene?"

 It sounds more like a question he was meant to ask himself rather than asking me as far as I could judge from his tone. 

"I came to lose myself, to be very honest, but I found you instead."

"How?"

"Oh you were sitting there and I sa-"

"I mean how did you get in?"

"Pssshh, it's the 21st century and getting fake ID's made is no biggie."

"It's wrong. This is wrong." I catch the underlying meaning of his words, he was referring to us more so than the situation at hand. 

"It doesn't have to be."

I grab his hands and placed them on my hips as I begin to sway to the rhythm and just like last time, he tears his warm hands away from my bare skin, making me feel cold instantly.  

"You're my student. We can't do this. Not after everything." 

"What do you mean? We aren't 'doing' anything. And what do you mean by 'everything' ?" I know what he means but I want to hear him say it. 

"This...whatever this is between us-no don't even try to deny that there is no attraction between us because I know you're not dumb enough to ignore it! I'm not so sure about you but you're definitely in my system Yrene Jones and that is wrong on so many levels! It can't be, it's not allowed and if I'm being honest it's driving me nuts!"

Wow. I never thought he'd say all of that. He had voiced what I had felt for so long so easily, and  all I can do is stare at him,

"Wow. Ummm....you just voiced my thoughts. But let me tell you one thing, you're driving me nuts too, ever since I met you. I know it's wrong, very wrong but it doesn't feel that way. You're in my system too, Chase, and I can't deny that any longer, I'm sorry-"

"Don't apologise to me Yrene. Please. I hate it when you say you're sorry for something, it burns me from the inside, it really does."

An unnoticed tear escapes from my eyes for some unknown reason but before it can fully slip Chase wipes it away with a swipe of his calloused thumb and that's when I notice that there is no ring on his left ring finger. Huh. So I do what I think is best in the moment, I hold his left hand and examine it carefully,

"Chase what happened?"

"Not something good Yrene. But perhaps it was for the better."

"Chase... Please tell me. You seem so torn, I can't stand seeing you like this, please tell me."  

"I-I broke off my engagement with Allison."

"Why? Please don't tell me it was because of me Chase, I don't think I'll be able to handle that kind of news."

"No. No, it was not because of you Yr, not at all. Don't blame yourself for it one bit, you hear me? She was bitch and I'm just happy I saw her real face before we tied the knot, Bear had been telling me about her loose character since day one but I was too blinded by her so called love that I couldn't see it for myself."

"How did you find out?"

"She-" there's a slight crack in his voice, the pain of some form of betrayal evident, " she was hooking up with my best friend behind my back this whole time and I kind of walked in on them making out a few hours prior. I just stood there while she screamed at me for being a lousy, over protective and possessive fiancé and how I made her feel claustrophobic the whole time we were together and that she was kind of always with me for my best friend, Blake."  

"I should probably say I'm sorry but I won't because the bitch that fucked with you should be sorry. Instead I'll say I'm happy for you because you no longer have a snake attached to your neck, Chase. I can tell you're feeling bummed out and that's why you were here, to forget, but this isn't the right way. Moving on is."

How ironic, here I was telling someone that being in a club to drink away deep sorrows was not the way of moving on while I was here myself for almost the same reason, to drink away my troubles. How pathetically hypocritical I am being. 

He attaches his forehead to mine, running his hands up and down my back, and my heart starts to jump in my chest excitedly,

"What are you doing to me Yrene, I can feel you in my veins-"

"I can too, Chase." 

"But this is very wrong, I need to get you out of my system."

"Same, I need to do so too, otherwise we're both fucked." 

"Indeed we are and I think I know what needs to be done to get us out of each other's system."

I was stunned, to say the least; what did this mean? How did he think we would come out of each others minds and hearts? 

"Yrene I hope you don't have to be home for the weekend, can you manage someone to cover for you?"

"Pardon?" Confusion fogs my brain as I fail to comprehend his suggestions. 

"Do you trust me?" 

"That shouldn't even be a question at this point." I laugh at his delirious question.

"Good. Come on then."

"Where are we going?"

"My place." 

I stay glued to my spot, immobile,  not sure if I had heard him correctly.

True I had fallen for him but still I wasn't ready to have sex with him, especially not with so much going on, all with the betrothal and betrayals and whatnot.

"Oh, my bad, I'm sorry. Yrene you won't be pressurised into anything you're not ready for especially since you're a minor, and I in no manner had the intent of implying what I seem to have. Now, we could get into a lot of trouble if we're discovered but I think I'm ready to risk it in order to save us from even greater trouble and heartache. Are you in?"

I nodded and follow him out of the club.