front and hands him an envelope, he glares at her. “Ms. Lewis, I’ll be seeing you in a little while…correct? What is this?”
She shuffles a little, “Um no you won’t. That is actually my letter of resignation…I got a job at a gym as a trainer…and it works with my major a little better. You know since I’m Sports Medicine and all.”
I swear I see anger in his eyes, “I’m sorry to hear that Ms. Lewis…You were doing so well, I really hoped to work more with you.”
She shrugs, “I’m sorry, this job just came up and I don’t want to miss out on it.”
He scowls, “Well, that’s unfortunate…Would you mind stopping by my office later…I have a couple of things to go over with you?”
“Um actually I have a pretty busy day…maybe another time.”
With that she looks at me and we walk out of the room. I can look at her and tell she’s visibly shaken. After we get into the foyer of the building I look over at her she still has this look on her face like she may throw up. I look over at her, “Gabby lets go work out in the weight room.”
She shrugs, “Yeah, sounds good. But don’t you have class in a little bit?”
“Yeah, but I want to go work out or maybe lets go for a run.”
She smiles, “Are you sure? I mean I don’t want you to get into trouble with your coach for skipping class or something.”
“Nah, it’s just a current affairs class.”
She smiles, “Then a run sounds great.”
We go back to the apartment and change for our run. I notice her phone keeps dinging that she has text messages and she keeps ignoring them. Once she comes out of her room I notice she leaves her phone on the table. She has her IPod which she never carries when we run, what in the hell is going on with her?
“Gabby, if you wanna talk about anything…I’m here.”
She smiles and kisses my cheek, “Yeah I know, I’ve just got a lot going on in my head.” She goes to walk out the door and she turns and glances over her shoulder, “I’ll talk to you soon I promise…I’ve just got to work some things out.”
I nod, “Okay let’s go for that run.”
We run for what seems like forever in silence, once we get to the other side of campus she finally stops. She leans over with her hands on her knees breathing, I go to hand her a bottle of water and realize for the first time that she’s crying. I pull her to my chest and we sit down, we just sit there for a few minutes. Finally almost as if she’s just realized what’s going on she looks up at me.
“Linc I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do this.”
I stroke her back, “Gabby it’s okay…Now please tell me what’s going on? I’m not sure I can take much more of knowing that you’re hurting and me not being able to help you.”
She wipes her cheek and looks up at me with those big green eyes that I still see tears in, “Please don’t hate me Linc…”
“Hey, I can’t hate you.”
“The night of the party, I slept with Professor Jennings.”
I know the look on my face has to be one of shock, “Gabby did he…did he force?”
She stops me, “No, I mean I was pretty much drunk and I was a mess from my run in with Reece, but no he didn’t force me. This isn’t something I’m proud of…Now he won’t let it go…That’s the reason I quit my job, Russ helped me get the one at the gym off campus…he is who
She shuffles a little, “Um no you won’t. That is actually my letter of resignation…I got a job at a gym as a trainer…and it works with my major a little better. You know since I’m Sports Medicine and all.”
I swear I see anger in his eyes, “I’m sorry to hear that Ms. Lewis…You were doing so well, I really hoped to work more with you.”
She shrugs, “I’m sorry, this job just came up and I don’t want to miss out on it.”
He scowls, “Well, that’s unfortunate…Would you mind stopping by my office later…I have a couple of things to go over with you?”
“Um actually I have a pretty busy day…maybe another time.”
With that she looks at me and we walk out of the room. I can look at her and tell she’s visibly shaken. After we get into the foyer of the building I look over at her she still has this look on her face like she may throw up. I look over at her, “Gabby lets go work out in the weight room.”
She shrugs, “Yeah, sounds good. But don’t you have class in a little bit?”
“Yeah, but I want to go work out or maybe lets go for a run.”
She smiles, “Are you sure? I mean I don’t want you to get into trouble with your coach for skipping class or something.”
“Nah, it’s just a current affairs class.”
She smiles, “Then a run sounds great.”
We go back to the apartment and change for our run. I notice her phone keeps dinging that she has text messages and she keeps ignoring them. Once she comes out of her room I notice she leaves her phone on the table. She has her IPod which she never carries when we run, what in the hell is going on with her?
“Gabby, if you wanna talk about anything…I’m here.”
She smiles and kisses my cheek, “Yeah I know, I’ve just got a lot going on in my head.” She goes to walk out the door and she turns and glances over her shoulder, “I’ll talk to you soon I promise…I’ve just got to work some things out.”
I nod, “Okay let’s go for that run.”
We run for what seems like forever in silence, once we get to the other side of campus she finally stops. She leans over with her hands on her knees breathing, I go to hand her a bottle of water and realize for the first time that she’s crying. I pull her to my chest and we sit down, we just sit there for a few minutes. Finally almost as if she’s just realized what’s going on she looks up at me.
“Linc I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do this.”
I stroke her back, “Gabby it’s okay…Now please tell me what’s going on? I’m not sure I can take much more of knowing that you’re hurting and me not being able to help you.”
She wipes her cheek and looks up at me with those big green eyes that I still see tears in, “Please don’t hate me Linc…”
“Hey, I can’t hate you.”
“The night of the party, I slept with Professor Jennings.”
I know the look on my face has to be one of shock, “Gabby did he…did he force?”
She stops me, “No, I mean I was pretty much drunk and I was a mess from my run in with Reece, but no he didn’t force me. This isn’t something I’m proud of…Now he won’t let it go…That’s the reason I quit my job, Russ helped me get the one at the gym off campus…he is who
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