22
Faye
“T
his is our last night!” Kevin told me as we wrapped up what would thankfully be our final interview. I couldn’t wait to get away from him, I was more than done spending time with the ever arrogant Kevin. I couldn’t wait to start working with the next player, who’s name was Daz. I knew he had a girlfriend who he was very committed to, which meant we couldn’t have any trouble at all. “I bet you’re sad, aren’t you? But don’t worry, the kissing can still carry on if you want it to.”
I cringed and visibly shuddered. I’d only acted that way because I felt slightly tipsy and I’d just seen Angelo with his new girlfriend. Irrationally I wanted him to know that I didn’t care. I wanted him to think that I’d finally got what I wanted with Kevin and that I didn’t miss him at all.
I was hurt though, there was no denying that. Why did I have to be just another notch on his bed post when the next girl got to be the one he committed to? It wasn’t fair. He was a player, and if he’d continued to be so then I wouldn’t have been quite as hurt. That would be him, not me.
“Hmm, I don’t know so much about that. I think we should keep our distance.”
“Can’t handle the heat?” Kevin laughed. “I get it. You think you can keep away now but you’re wrong. One way or another you will end up back with me, wanting me desperately.”
I snorted. “I highly doubt that, but whatever. If it helps I don’t mind if you want to keep on believing that. I think I’m going to go and get this edited now before I start with Daz.”
“Urgh, Daz is so boring.” Kevin rolled his eyes dramatically. “You’re going to find him so dull. Even his welcome party tonight is going to be awful. Cathy will be all over him.”
I liked the sound of that, it’d be much easier to deal with a possessive girlfriend than a guy who thought it was okay to be moody and demeaning. Leaving Kevin’s mood swings would be awesome.
I left Kevin behind and headed straight back to my room where I found Tia spread across her bed. She glanced up at me with a happy smile spread across her lips. “Been with Kevin, have you?”
“Honestly, Tia, I know that you saw one nice moment of him but he’s horrible. I’m glad to be done with him. I’ll be glad to be done with this whole mission actually. My life before I started filming for the football team was so much easier. Remember when we used to talk about things other than boys?”
I shook my head and laughed. Things seemed incredibly different way back when. After this football season was over I could go back to normal. There was no way I’d get mixed up in something so dumb in my last year at college, I would be too busy. I would have paid my dues by then, done all the shitty jobs for my resume. Any employer would have to take me… surely?
“Yeah, it was kind of boring,” Tia declared. “I like all your tales about the football team.”
“They might be fun to listen to, but not to live, you can trust me on that one. Anyway, I’m headed over to the library to edit this and upload it. I’ll see you afterwards, okay?”
“Any parties tonight?” Tia chuckled again as I nodded. “Wow, the team do nothing else.”
“I know, but I’m not going to stay late tonight. The guy I’m dealing with next is less of a party boy and has a girlfriend who keeps him on a tight rein, so thankfully I’ll be in bed at a reasonable hour.”
“We’ll see. Maybe I’ll see you in the early hours of the morning then. Have fun.”
“Fun… hmph, we’ll see.” A party with two guys I didn’t want to see wasn’t fun. “Yeah, sure.”
I put down all the bits I didn’t need and grabbed up only what I had to have for editing and I walked towards the library. As I went there was almost a skip in my step because I was done with Kevin now. I might have to see him, but there wasn’t any excuse to speak to him. He was tricking himself into believing that I would want to hook up with him, there wasn’t a chance in hell. He’d get bored now, I was sure of it, I wouldn’t hold any appeal to him at all. Not when I wasn’t a prize.
As I stepped into the library I got the same feeling I always did. I couldn’t enter this room without recalling how it felt to meet Angelo. I found that so annoying since he’d clearly moved on and probably didn’t remember it at all. I couldn’t wait until I got to that place myself.
It won’t be long, I tried my utmost to reassure myself. I got over Tyler, who I had an actual relationship with, so I can do the same again. It won’t take me long…
“Thank you very much, Daz,” I said to him with a genuine smile. “It’s been a real pleasure to interview you. Now I want to get some shots of you at the party to show how fun the team is, then we’re done for the day.” I stepped back and trained the camera on him. He looked a little awkward. “That’s it, just carry on as normal now, pretend I’m not even here.”
Cathy, his girlfriend, slid onto his lap and spent a lot of time flipping her hair over her shoulder and pushing out her breasts. Rather than being the jealous and possessive girlfriend I was expecting, she was more than happy for me to film Daz… as long as she got to be in the shot too. I suppose it was good because she showed a behind the scenes element, but I had a feeling it would get annoying.
They wouldn’t relax, it was so obvious that the camera was upon them, I didn’t know what to do. I kept trying to blend into the background, to make it seem like I wasn’t there, but it didn’t help.
“You know you could just film me again.” A pair of hands grabbed onto my waist, making me jump. “I told you Daz would be boring, I bet you’re missing me like crazy now.”
I didn’t want to turn to see Kevin, but I had to just to get him off of me. As I did it became very apparent that he was much more drunk than he sounded. He could hardly stand, he rocked back and forth on his toes. He nearly crashed into me, which was irritating because I had to hold him up.
“Woah, Kevin, what’s going on here? You know I’m not filming you now.”
I didn’t want to talk to him either, but here I was, stuck chatting to him like a chump.
“I know, but I wish you were. I like being filmed by you, it’s fun. You’re fun.”
He swayed again, so I shut my camera off and focused a little more on him. He clearly needed me right now, and I hoped that by the time I sorted out what was going on with him that Daz and Cathy would’ve relaxed to make getting a little bit of footage of them a whole lot easier.
“Do you want to get some fresh air? You seem really wasted?” I asked. “I can come with you?”
“Yeah you can, because you’re an awesome chick. I would love that. I need air.”
I focused hard and concentrated on getting Kevin outside. It wasn’t easy because he could barely stand but we just about managed it. As soon as we reached the outside area, I felt a little awkward and uncomfortable. I didn’t know how I should react to him now, it was weird.
“Woah.” Kevin fell against me and I smacked into the nearest brick wall with him against me, fixing me there, keeping me in place. “Careful there, you nearly knocked me over.”
“I really like you, you know?” he murmured in a tipsy voice. “You’re so cool. That’s why I kept pestering you. I might play it like a big man, but really I just want a nice girl, you know?”
“Erm…” Maybe the truth was coming out because he was drunk, maybe not, I couldn’t tell. I just knew that it wasn’t the sort of chat that I personally wanted to be having. “Really?”
I tried to shove him off me but all that did was cause Kevin to slap his palms against the wall next to me, on each side of my head. I felt pinned, my breaths sucked in panicked, I froze. I could feel his breath tickling my face and it wasn’t a sensation I liked at all. His lips moved in, I got the horrifying sensation that he wanted to kiss me. I didn’t want to be kissed, not now.
“Kevin, I think you need to get back to your room,” I said in a whimpering tone. “You’re drunk.”
“Not too drunk to want you. You know that, I’ve always wanted you. And I know that you do too, because you kissed me in the student bar that night. You know for a fact that you did.”
He pressed his mouth into mine, and crashed hard. It was uninvited but because of the position I found myself in I couldn’t drag myself away. His hands moved from the wall and towards my tee shirt. There he slid his hand upwards and over my skin towards places where I really didn’t want him to go.
“Stop,” I whimpered desperately as I tried to yank myself away. “Stop this now.”
“Oh don’t be boring, Faye. This is what you want isn’t it? To be with me? To get fucked properly? I’m sure you haven’t had much fun since you’ve been here at college. You deserve the full experience.”
His hands were all over me, touching my breasts, my butt, my thighs… it was horrible. I had the dreaded sensation that I wasn’t going to be able to get out of this and that something dreadful would end up happening to me. Why the fuck did I come outside with him? I didn’t even like the guy…
“Please don’t do this,” I begged while pushing as hard as I could, but it did nothing against Kevin’s strong frame. “Please leave me alone, you don’t need me, you don’t need to do this.”
“Oh but I do,” he said with a self satisfied smirk. “Because I like you and also to hurt Angelo.”
“Angelo won’t care, he has a girlfriend, he doesn’t even want me.”
There was nothing else for it, if I didn’t want this to go in some horrific awful way I had to find the energy deep inside me to scream. I needed to get someone’s attention, there had to be someone around who could hear me. Maybe Kevin would stop if another person came along. Or the noise alone could be enough. I just needed to find it somewhere…
I parted my lips, sucked in a deep breath and tried, but nothing happened at first. My raspy throat couldn’t seem to manage it. I sucked in and tried again, refusing to give up. I didn’t want to cave and let Kevin have whatever he wanted. He’s already taken away far more than I wanted to give him with his hands. I couldn’t do it anymore. Luckily, this time a shrill noise burst free from my chest, exploding into Kevin’s ear drums and making him step backwards.
Oh thank God, I breathed a sigh of relief. Now I just need to run. My legs need to get working…