The Beast And The Prodigy

The Prodigy

" I was going to tell them... you didn't let me complete -"

He turns around to walk towards me and my heart drums in my chest. Those eyes. I can't see hate in them again. No please.

He walks closer and my steps move back on their own accord.

My back presses against the bonnet of a car and he places his palms on either side of my head. Trapping me.

" Yah right. I could clearly see your hesitation... this blabbering mouth of yours was suddenly out of words."

" If you are so ashamed to accept who I am, how are you going to accept being my girlfriend, Peaches?"

Trailing his eyes all over my face, he whispers to make his hot breath fan my lips.

" This beautiful face of yours can easily trap a rich guy, go use it on one. With me, you will just be wasting your time and effort."

A traitorous tear trails down my eyes. Why is he being so mean and rude suddenly? I was just being protective of him.

Next I know, his finger tip catches a falling tear, sliding it off my cheek. That strange look from earlier returns in his eyes.

" Stop this... "

" Stop what?"

" This. Being mean and rude.I just did it to protect you."

He scoffs to suddenly laugh, like I cracked a joke of the millennium.

" Protect? Seriously? That's the most stupid excuse I have ever heard. What makes you think I will need protection and that too from a person like you?"

Right. What was I thinking? He doesn't care what people think about him. But I cared. I can't hear anyone talk shit about him.

Taking deep breaths, I finally look into his eyes to speak.

" Stop playing with my feelings. Just reject me directly. If you don't want me to be your girlfriend  just say it."

Those dark eyes just stare at me.

Not saying anything.

And I feel my insides crack with every second. This is it. If he says no, I am leaving.  You can't force someone to beg you to like you back. He is never going to look at my face again.

Lowering his hand he clenched his fists. And I see he is debating.

Deciding our future.

Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. He moves back from me and I feel my insides break. Shattering.

No. Please. No.

" I don't need this right now, Peaches. Go home."

" What about later?"

I just couldn't bud that little hope. I had to try my best. One last time.

He shakes his hand to sigh.

" We aren't compatible."

This was it. The final rejection. And a stream of tears follows that even he couldn't stop. This was going to happen, why was I feeling like this. I should have known.

" Sorry... I am sorry for troubling you all this time."

I say smudging my nose and avoiding his eyes. Dammit! What am I saying? Biting my lip I try to control my sobs.

" Goodbye-"

Saying this, I turn around to leave when I feel a hand grip my wrist and I seize. What now? Why is he stopping me now? Wasn't it enough brutal already.

" Peaches listen-"

" No. I understand. You don't need to say anything else."

Ripping my hand from his grip I enter into a sprint, struggling to see with my blurred tears. I need to go away from him. Far- far away.

Fuck me for being so stupid.

He must be mocking me internally. Calling me a stupid desperate woman. I bet Ali and him will have a good laugh about this.

I don't know anymore where I was going.

I just run. Blindly. Till I see blinding flood lights flashing at me and my footsteps seize.

Honkkkkkkk

Fuck!

I couldn't move. The car was coming closer. Approaching me like a dark hole ready to engulf me as whole. My senses left my body as I hear the honking come closer and I scream to just shield my eyes.

This is it.

I wanted to do the maths. To measure the angle and velocity to escape this. Use my brain cells this one last time.

But I was frozen.

My calculations failed my mind like senses left My body.

It is the end.

When did my life become so meaningless? I was a happy go lucky person living my life, until a beast came and upturned it. To only walk away in the end.