was going to cry any minute. She pulled her hand out of his grasp and said as she left the offices, "Thanks for everything, Percy."
She quickly exited, leaving him there standing, looking shocked and sad.
She closed his office door behind him and started to sob profusely as she walked down the hallway. Thanks for nothing.
Later that evening, Tanya lay on her bed as she flipped through her teaching schedule. She was going to start teaching again soon.
That reminds me, she thought. She reached for the envelope containing her diagnosis. She wanted to know exactly what it said, since she'd have to present it to the school principal. The school principal and Aisha, his daughter both knew about her condition but only the principal had known about Percy being a doctor. Aisha, just like Tanya, had thought he was just a new hunky recruit, had practiced her 'feminine wiles' on him, which had only resulted in Percy and Tanya's kiss in her office, for all her trouble.
They had felt so real. His kisses. The way his face had lit up on their date at The Apollo to see The Kings of Comedy live. His lovemaking. It had all felt so... genuine. Tanya was angry at him not because he had done all those things with her, but because she couldn't tell... or dare to ask... if he had any feelings for her.
And now that he was leaving dodge, well that just explained. He was done with Harlem, done with her. Onto the next Lolita, in Greece.
Tanya ripped open the envelope with more vigor than was required. She removed her diagnosis and scanned through it. It pretty much said what he had told her, she was cured, which was true.
She then looked down curiously at the colorful paper that had just fallen out of the envelope as well.
She picked it up. It was a ticket. A ticket to... the Apollo? Tanya frowned. Had Percy intended to put this in the envelope? It was for one person.
Come see Eddie Griffin at The Apollo. Above 18 only. ... And it was for that evening.
Tanya wondered if this was Percy's ticket and he had included it by accident. Perhaps he had gained an obsession for The Apollo ever since she had introduced him to it, that amazing night when they had come home and made love for the first time.
She wondered if she should take it back to his office. He wouldn't want to miss his show. This had nothing to do with their failed relationship. Except for the fact that The Apollo was a special symbol of the time they had first really fallen for each other. The first time she had fallen for him. She didn't know what he felt, after all he had lied to her.
She turned the ticket around and that's when she saw what he had written on the back in pen,
It's for you Tanya. Please go. Begs, Percy. p.s. I love you.
She looked at those last three words and her heart skipped. Then she rolled her eyes. So he wanted her to go alone? Why hadn't he at least offered to come? Yes, she would have refused, but that was the most gentlemanly thing he could have done.
She shrugged and decided not to waste the ticket. Percy probably had many boxes of books to pack up before he walked out of her life. Too busy running away.
Tanya decided she would follow the ticket's instructions and go. She decided on the same red dress she had worn the last time, hoping no one would notice.
"Hey! I remember you! You were that honey in the red dress the other time! And you're in the same. Red. Dress." The guy collecting the tickets at The Apollo entranceengaged in a quick conversation with her. She threw him a chilly smile and he chuckled nervously.
"It's a lovely dress 'specially on you girl. Even if it you worn it before. Say. Where's the white boy? The tall one you came with last time?"
Tanya grabbed her half of the ticket and told the man politely, "I'm now single and available." The old man whooped and started talking again before the line behind her started to
She quickly exited, leaving him there standing, looking shocked and sad.
She closed his office door behind him and started to sob profusely as she walked down the hallway. Thanks for nothing.
Later that evening, Tanya lay on her bed as she flipped through her teaching schedule. She was going to start teaching again soon.
That reminds me, she thought. She reached for the envelope containing her diagnosis. She wanted to know exactly what it said, since she'd have to present it to the school principal. The school principal and Aisha, his daughter both knew about her condition but only the principal had known about Percy being a doctor. Aisha, just like Tanya, had thought he was just a new hunky recruit, had practiced her 'feminine wiles' on him, which had only resulted in Percy and Tanya's kiss in her office, for all her trouble.
They had felt so real. His kisses. The way his face had lit up on their date at The Apollo to see The Kings of Comedy live. His lovemaking. It had all felt so... genuine. Tanya was angry at him not because he had done all those things with her, but because she couldn't tell... or dare to ask... if he had any feelings for her.
And now that he was leaving dodge, well that just explained. He was done with Harlem, done with her. Onto the next Lolita, in Greece.
Tanya ripped open the envelope with more vigor than was required. She removed her diagnosis and scanned through it. It pretty much said what he had told her, she was cured, which was true.
She then looked down curiously at the colorful paper that had just fallen out of the envelope as well.
She picked it up. It was a ticket. A ticket to... the Apollo? Tanya frowned. Had Percy intended to put this in the envelope? It was for one person.
Come see Eddie Griffin at The Apollo. Above 18 only. ... And it was for that evening.
Tanya wondered if this was Percy's ticket and he had included it by accident. Perhaps he had gained an obsession for The Apollo ever since she had introduced him to it, that amazing night when they had come home and made love for the first time.
She wondered if she should take it back to his office. He wouldn't want to miss his show. This had nothing to do with their failed relationship. Except for the fact that The Apollo was a special symbol of the time they had first really fallen for each other. The first time she had fallen for him. She didn't know what he felt, after all he had lied to her.
She turned the ticket around and that's when she saw what he had written on the back in pen,
It's for you Tanya. Please go. Begs, Percy. p.s. I love you.
She looked at those last three words and her heart skipped. Then she rolled her eyes. So he wanted her to go alone? Why hadn't he at least offered to come? Yes, she would have refused, but that was the most gentlemanly thing he could have done.
She shrugged and decided not to waste the ticket. Percy probably had many boxes of books to pack up before he walked out of her life. Too busy running away.
Tanya decided she would follow the ticket's instructions and go. She decided on the same red dress she had worn the last time, hoping no one would notice.
"Hey! I remember you! You were that honey in the red dress the other time! And you're in the same. Red. Dress." The guy collecting the tickets at The Apollo entranceengaged in a quick conversation with her. She threw him a chilly smile and he chuckled nervously.
"It's a lovely dress 'specially on you girl. Even if it you worn it before. Say. Where's the white boy? The tall one you came with last time?"
Tanya grabbed her half of the ticket and told the man politely, "I'm now single and available." The old man whooped and started talking again before the line behind her started to
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