The Fantasy

Caterina handed Mikey a cup of tea, sitting down beside him as she struggled to come to terms with what he had just said. She never really knew what happened with Ryan, only that he left school one day without so much as a goodbye; not that she would have wanted to talk to him anyway- he had a reputation for wandering hands.
“Mikey?” She said quietly, startling him as she broke the silence between them. He shook his head, his eyes focusing upon Caterina who stared at him with worried eyes. He had never seen her look so anxious before, the very look made his blood run cold. “Mikey.... you just said your brother was having an affair with one of the students...again?” Caterina cried, her eyes wide with shock as she stared at her friend, his hand nervously rubbing the back of his head as he slowly rose to his feet, dragging his hands down his face.


It was only when he took them away, he saw he was crying.


She sighed, placing her hands on his arms. “You need to tell me what happened” She said, keeping her voice low as she locked eyes with him. Mikey nodded, taking a deep breath; a tear trickling down his cheek as he began to tell her everything.


“It happened nearly a year ago... Gerard was just starting out as a teacher. He always got on well with Ryan, they both loved art and comic books so I guess he thought they had a connection or something. It’s one thing to have class favourites Cat but he didn’t want it to end there, before we knew it he was texting him, meeting up with this guy...doing things I don’t even want to imagine”

Caterina swallowed hard, biting her nails anxiously as she stared at Mikey. She knew there was always something...weird about Gerard but she never expected this. “If he really slept with his student, why isn’t he in prison then?” She said coldly. Mikey smirked, raising his mug to his lips as he took a quick gulp of the warm liquid; his teeth chattering against the glass.

“Oh believe me Cat, they were sleeping together alright It was a full blown affair. I saw the messages, the pictures, and the drawings in Gerard’s room. I confronted him, told him to call it off before it got out of hand but he wouldn’t listen...he never fucking listened to me”

He slumped down onto the sofa, resting his head in his hands as he hung his head in shame. Guilt coursed through his veins as memories of that horrific time in his life began to resurface. “Something happened, I never found out what, Gerard never told me but I know it was serious because Ryan was in hospital for a few weeks, he even had to go to therapy.That’s when the police were involved...they took him away for hours. He called me up while he was at the station, told me to destroy everything, to cover his lying arse. Of course, me being the doting brother I did it. I destroyed the evidence, I lied to the police, gave that son of a bitch an alibi......I fucking covered up a crime for him and he goes ahead and does the same thing again!” Mikey said, his hands curling into fists as he became more and more angry.

Caterina placed a hand on his leg, immediately calming him down. She offered him a sympathetic smile as tears began to well in his eyes. If only he hadn’t of lied that day, if only he just told the police was he saw on his phones, in the drawings and the photographs.

Perhaps if he had, he wouldn’t have had Ryan carted off to the asylum.

Or have Frank endangering himself.

“After all that, you don’t honestly think he’d do it again do you?” Caterina replied, her voice remaining the same calm and soothing tone. She didn’t want to give away her opinion on the situation; Mikey was her friend and the last thing he needed was people reminding him of how much of a shithead his brother was. He nodded, glancing over her with a pained expression. It was happening all over again, only this time it was worse. He was becoming more and more obsessed, possessive.

It was frightening.

“Gerard’s a know-it-all, nothing I say makes a blind bit of difference” He said miserably, leaning back against the cold leather of the sofa and closing his eyes. Caterina moved in closer, turning his head to face hers. He opened his eyes, his lips trembling as they stared into each other’s eyes. “Then make him listen, you’re a good person Mikey, I know you’ll do the right thing” She reassured, the smile still perched upon her face.
“I’m sorry putting all this on you” Mikey whispered, looking up into his friends eyes. Caterina smiled, cupping his face in her hands, stroking his cheek with her thumb and sighed. “You have nothing to be sorry for” She replied, locking eyes with him as her hand gliding across his cheek and into his hair. Time stood still as their lips moved together sweetly; the memories of the events that night seemed to fade away. Mikey pulled her closer, his tongue moving rhythmically with Caterina’s. He felt his body shiver, moaning as his hands moved up her back, exploring her body. It was so surreal; he couldn’t believe this was finally happening. Everything he had hope for, dreamed of, was finally coming true. He, slowly unzipped her dress, running his hands down her pallid skin as he began to slip her out of her clothes. Caterina pulled away, leaning against his forehead. Mikey smiled. “It’s ok, we don’t have to if you don’t want to” He said quietly, stroking his hand against his best friends cheek.

She nodded, kissing his hand. “It’s not that I don’t want to its just...” She was quickly cut off by Mikey kissing her one last time. She didn’t need to explain anything to him, they didn’t have to do anything- just being with her tonight was enough for him. “You can stay with me tonight” She said, looking up into his loving face, watching him nod before leading him upstairs and into her bedroom.

Caterina took off everything except for her underwear, feeling Mikey wrap his arms around her from behind, making her smile. For a moment, she thought about Ray and how this would kill him if it got out. But they hadn’t been working for a while; it wasn’t like anything was going on with Mikey. He kissed her good night as they slid into cool sheets of the bed; wrapped her arms around him as she rested her head on his chest- drifting off to sleep.

Notes

~DOUBLE UPDATE DAY~

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