THE STORY 2 EP. 17

 EPISODE SEVENTEEN

THE STORY 2

BY PRAISE UMORU

*(rewind)*

Tony tried to catch his breath after the long kiss. Quinn’s heart was on a country race as she kept on inhaling and exhaling the air. Both foreheads rested on each other as they made soft pants.

Tony pulled away a bit to gawk into the eyes he fantasized about, but immediately he sighted Quinn he retorted back speedily

“What…what are you doing here?” Tony asked all confused

“What sort of question is that?” Quinn asked more flabbergasted

“No no no no no no…” Tony stood up panting and pacing to and fro the walk way. He grazed his fingers over his head in disbelief and rage “please don’t tell me I just kissed you…” 

Tony’s heart was racing rapidly but it was with no comparison to the confusion and hurt Quinn felt

“What are you saying Tony?” Quinn’s voice had mellowed down in pain that has now absorbed all the ecstasy that was stir up by the kiss before

“Quinn I couldn’t have kissed you!!! I swear I saw Lil sitting right there in front of me!!!” 

Tony’s voice screamed out with thousands of mixed feelings. Quinn’s tears had already made it’s way out unknown to her. She didn’t know what she felt anymore, either it was pain, or hurt, or shame… she just had all the negative feelings in her all at once 

Quinn searched for words but all that came out was more tears

Tony had his hand on his forehead with frustration and guilt “I’m sorry” he managed to mutter staring at Quinn

“What are you sorry about?” Quinn’s words were accompanied with pain and hurt “are you sorry that kissing me gives you so much disgust or are you sorry you consider what just happened between us as the biggest irritable mistake of your life because I am not the one you wanted to see? Which is it Tony?”

Tony looked into Quinn’s eyes. Her tears expressed her hurt and pain “Quinn I’m sorry I kissed you. I forced myself on you and I know you hate me right now…”

Quinn cut him in with a yell “that’s the point!!! That’s the freaking point Tony!!! I love you…I have always loved you right from the very moment I knew you” Quinn’s tears streamed out profusely with the hurt accompanying her words “no matter how I try to hate you, no matter how I want to despise you for not recognizing how I feel about you for all this years, no matter how I want to keep my distance and hate you for choosing someone else when I was always standing right in front of you… I just can’t!”. “Because the more I wanted to, the more I can’t stay away from you, the more I love you” Quinn slopped on the floor frustrated, clasping her palms over her face “Godddddd!” she screamed out her lungs.

Tony couldn’t say a word. He wanted to apologize but he knew it would only make things worse. He had never seen Quinn as someone that would love a guy like him. They were worlds apart to him. Quinn was born with a silver spoon in her hands, while he had to struggle to get even a wooden spoon. He didn’t have money, nor style nor perfect parents like she did. He locked up any hope of them having something together. To him, Quinn was of the high class, and he was way below low in her standards, there was nothing in him that he thought Quinn would admire but there she was saying the opposite. 

He flowed with their friendship not because he wanted benefit from the rich girl, but because they were both alone at that moment and he thought they could help each other become strong. He was the only child of his parents who had nothing to look unto but even if Quinn had all the wealth in the world, she also felt lonely and they just felt compactible to him for strengthening

“What does she have that I don’t Tony?” Quinn sent an intent gaze at him

Tony stared at her without a word as she kept chanting the same question. When he felt he had enough he took a deep breath walking up to her

“Get up… lets go” he said lifting her up\

“Tell me!” she kept hitting his chest as he helped her up. He picked up their things attempting to move but she stood stagnant. “I am not going anyway until you tell me. What does she have that I don’t…tell me, I will make it work. “Tony took it all in as she kept hitting his chest. He wanted her to stop on her own but She kept ranting the words and hitting his chest continuously. His chest became sore but his heart was sick of her ranting “Tony tell me…!”

“MY HEART!” Tony snapped back causing Quinn to stagger back. Tony had never yelled at her before, it sprung out fright in her but most of all more hurt and tears 

“She has my heart Quinn!” Tony continued “I love her so much and nothing can change that, not even you!” Quinn’s heart dropped along with more tears at his last statement “I am sorry, really sorry, that I didn’t realize how you feel about me and I am deeply sorry for giving you false hope a while ago. I don’t know why I mistook you for Elizabeth, I don’t know what came over me and I kissed you, but I am sorry.”

Quinn stood there silently gazing at him blankly as he continued talking “I value our friendship a lot trust me… but I’m not sure it’s going to work this way. Maybe we could just give ourselves some time off apart, so we could figure things out for ourselves.” Tony’s words where like consecutive firing darts that kept aiming for her heart. He was indirectly cutting their friendship. She couldn’t help her tears as words weren’t available. “I don’t want to hurt her neither do I want to see you two apart.” He hesitated a bit and continued “I know what just happened is my fault and I am still sorry, it will never happen again, I promise, because I don’t want it to”

Silence took over for a while. No matter how Quinn cleaned her soft tears, they just streamed don’t endlessly

“I’ll call your driver to come pick you up. I’ll wait till he comes at the roadside”

Saying that Tony headed off with their stuffs in both hands towards the roadside, a bit distant from the lake, giving Quinn the privacy he knew she needed at that moment

To be continued…

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