Cimorelli Saved Me (Book 1)

Chapter 22

Bella's POV

I texted Meg's ex boyfriend saying to meet me at the pier. He said okay but I have this feeling he's suspicious about why I asked him to. Well let's just say I have a few things I want to tell him.

The bus finally gets to the pier and I find him sitting on a bench. I sit next to him.

"Hey Bella. So why did you ask me to come here?" he asks.

"First off, why did you break up with Meg?"

"Well... things were getting too hard with her. It was never fun being around her anymore because all she did was push me away."

I choose my words carefully. "Often the person who keeps pushing you away is the one who really wants you to stay and prove that you will."

"Oh..." He says.

"Yeah, dumbass."

He looks at me hurt. Not the first time I've seen this look today. I feel bad now, remembering Christina.

"Can I go now?" he asks me.

"No! You left my best friend at the worst possible time with a crappy excuse. Did you have any idea what was going on with her?! Did you even freaking care?!" I scream at him.

Christina's POV

We finally get off the bus and I hear yelling. Lisa and I run over to where it's coming from. We can tell it's Bella. We hear her scream to some guy about that he left at the worst possible time and she asks if he even cares.

But then he slaps her hard. I gasp and so does Lisa. I try to run to her but Lisa holds me back.

"Let me go!" I plead.

"No," Lisa shakes her head, "Not yet. Bella can fight her own battles. Let's see how this goes first." I sigh and we watch.

Bella's POV

He just slapped me. Okay, I am so done.

"What the hell was that about?" I demand.

"I-I'm sorry, I just lost it when you asked if I even cared. Of course I cared and still care. Maybe I should go see her..." he says.

"Over my dead body," I hiss at him, "You aren't ever going anywhere near her again. If you do, you'll realize how much you wish you'd never pissed me off."

"And what if I do it anyways."

"This," I say and punch him hard.

He stumbles back a few steps then looks straight at me about to swing his fist. I brace myself and shut my eyes. But when nothing happens I open my one eye shocked. Then I see Christina and Lisa have him on the ground holding his hands behind his back.

"You hurt her and I'll hurt you even worse than you could ever imagine," Christina says through gritted teeth.

They then proceed to throw him up.

"Get out of here," Lisa says roughly. James runs like there's no tomorrow.

Lisa runs over to me and gives me a tight squeeze.

"I can't believe you two found me," I say, "But thank you."

"Of course Bella, we're always gonna protect you," Lisa says. Christina is silent and I look at her. I see the hurt I caused her in her eyes and immediately tears start to fall from my eyes.

"I'm so sorry Chrissy, I never should have said what I did this morning. I hate myself for it. I can see the hurt in your eyes and it's killing me."