Viktoriya's P.O.V
Alessio and I had been sitting in the hospital with Melanie everyday when we could and I got her notes from her other classes and helped her study.
We were helping her back into the dorm and everyone had stopped by the bring flowers or food or anything they thought would help her. I thought it was pretty nice to send so much stuff to a stranger you just met just because they had been shot but hey, it made her happy and that was the point I guess.
I was a little freaked out by it all, and by how calm Alessio had been through all of this. I had never seen such a responsible side of him before but then again, we did always joke around.
It was terrible. One of those " be careful what you wish for" kinds of things. I used to watch movies when I was little or read stories where there were people in gangs or shootings and I was like wow what would happen if that happened to me.
But watching Melanie get shot right next to me? It was the scariest thing I've ever witnessed in my life. I felt bad for making it all about me when she had gotten shot but now I just felt upset. I mean who shoots up a college party like that and they just get away with it?
The police hadn't even caught the shooter and as the days went by we hadn't heard anything. Almost like it never even happened.
As I further got lost in my thoughts I heard my professor talking to me.
" Viktoriya can you tell me the answer to the question?"
I was so lost in thought I wasn't even paying attention and she knew it. I hate when professors put people on the spot like that.
" Um, Is it C? I'm sorry I wasn't really um...paying attention," I said sheepishly, guessing the answer.
" That's correct but next time actually pay attention. You got lucky this time, don't let it happen again yeah?" She said continuing to teach the class.
I nodded and began to take notes. This is gonna be a long day.
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After classes and everything was done, I went back to the room to check on Melanie but she was gone. Always trying to take charge. We had to force her to stay in the hospital for observation and when they finally discharged her she tried to leave before the paperwork was finished. Today was the first day she was able to fully be cleared for classes and such but she was supposed to wait on me to escort her to her classes.
Of course, she didn't listen, what did I expect.
I huffed as I sat down at my desk getting ready to do homework when my phone rang.
Staring at the contact, a familiar name popped up and I groaned. After all this time why is he calling me?
I kept his number in my phone hoping this day would come and now that it has, I want nothing to do with him.
I pressed ignore and he kept calling back. I got frustrated and just turned my phone off completely so I could focus on my work. Tomorrow I had a new class on my schedule with a new professor. Someone by the name Ambrogio Rossi. I wondered who they were. The name sounded cool.
Melanie walked in the room sweating and I could tell she'd had a long day. I tried to smile but I'm sure it looked more like a grimace. We'd gotten pretty close since the party. Maybe a little too close considering she refused to let the nurses wash her up and insisted if she couldn't do it herself that I should do it for her.
At this point, she was more like family to me than anything and I found myself actually caring for her.
She walked to her desk and sat down groaning.
"You okay?" I asked her getting up to rub her shoulders. I gave her a shoulder massage as she talked about her day and how stressed out she was about all the school work. She complained that nothing " eventful or of relevance" happened in any of her classes. Whatever that meant.
I went to respond when someone knocked on the door.
I opened it to see Alessio's smiling face.
"Hey Al-" I went to speak when he pulled me out into the hallway closing the door behind me.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked noticing his entire face change as he looked at me.
" No, the real question is what the hell is wrong with you? Why haven't you been answering your phone?? I thought something was wrong or something happened or- "
" Alessio, I am fine. I'm okay, I was just studying. You've been acting weird ever since that party. I should be asking you what's wrong. Don't think I haven't noticed." I said crossing my arms across my chest leaning against the wall.
He had been asking me about my day recently, which wasn't unusual except for the fact that he had been asking me to go into great detail about my day. Most of which about where I'd been and who I had met.
That part was unusual, almost like he was tracking me at all times now. He'd been so paranoid recently.
" I just need to make sure you're okay... you know...since the party. You don't just watch someone get shot and then walk away perfectly fine Vikky. Plus I'm worried about you. You know how you get when you get stressed out." He said making this angry face and waving his arms around to imitate me when I'm stressed.
" I don't do that when I'm stressed out!" I laughed, shaking my head at his silliness. I didn't comment on the fact that he had talked about watching someone get shot like it was from a personal experience...like he'd witnessed people being shot before.
" Plus you were there too Alessio, I should be just as worried about you but you don't see me stalking you and asking about your day in great detail all the time," I said rolling my eyes. It was nice that he cared but his hovering was starting to bother me. What if I wanted to make more friends or I don't know, actually meet a guy who I find cute?
" I'm fine Vikky. Look I'm just worried about you is all. Hey, we have that new class tomorrow and I have some studying to do so I'll cay you later. Maybe we can walk to class together?" He asked me smiling a little. I hate that he could just change the subject and make me feel okay about it.
One of his nice qualities sure but it was annoying when he pressed me about something and then completely avoided the conversation when it became about him. I just nodded and went back into the room.
I wondered why he was so freaked out and then I turned on my phone and saw he had called me 15 times over the span of 2 hours. No wonder he thought something was wrong with me.
I studied some more and then Melanie and I got food and watched some TV. I got ready for bed with a bad feeling about tomorrow. I wondered why he even bothered to reach out to me after what he did to me.
I won't call him back. I should've deleted his number too but I just can't bring myself to do it.
I fell asleep thinking about him and I hated it.
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