Fate

Chapter Forty-Seven

Chapter Forty-Seven

That night, after Reggie had talked us into getting ice cream, they dropped me off at the hospital. I was eager to tell mom everything.

She was upset by a lot of what she heard and heartbroken. I could see it in her pained expression.

"Zayn tried to hit you?" She frowned in sorrow.

"I don't know, but he was angry. Maybe he was only going to grab me." I admitted with a sigh.

"No one should be grabbing you, baby. Not even him." She frowned.

"I know I shouldn't have said those things in front of Melinda and Eric, but I was so angry I didn't think. I don't blame him for being angry."

"No, but you have a right to be angry too. What he said was very hurtful." She argued.

"He did help me through with George. I never said that he tried to hit me, but he thought I did and he was angry too. I don't know if he was going to hit me or if his whole point was to get me to stop telling people that.

He was scaring me and grabbed me and it hurt my arms. Maybe I should have just told him I'd stop telling people that?" I muttered, looking at her.

"No, sweetie. You didn't do anything wrong. You tried to get away from the situation. He shouldn't have confronted you and grabbed you like that in his anger.

That is one time I'm very happy Zayn, and everyone else was there. You need to stay away from him if he tries to confront you again. Hopefully, he learned his lesson this time." Mom smiled sadly at me, taking my hand.

"I hope so too," I frowned.

"I'm so sorry you didn't have fun at the party," she frowned.

"No, I did up until that. It's just I don't know what's going to happen."

"About what, honey?"

"Anything. Me and Reggie. Zayn and I. Miles. I don't know about anything." I shook my head.

"You told me you started to break up with Reggie then didn't?"

I nodded, "Yeah, I said I needed him and at that moment I did. I'm so selfish for that. I didn't want to hurt him or me. I wasn't ready to have a breakup." I frowned at her.

"I understand, but you shouldn't stay with him if you don't think either of you have feelings for each other beyond friends. One of you needs to break up with the other sooner or later. Sooner would be best so you don't drag this out and feel worse about it." She advised, patting my hand in comfort.

She was right. What was the point of dragging it out if it wasn't going to work out? I hadn't broken up with him yet because I was selfish. I needed the comfort and company of a boyfriend and he so willingly gave me that.

Reggie had always been so considerate and kind. He always stuck up for his friends and took care of others, whether they deserved it or not and I loved him for that. If I were smart and knew how to control my own heart, I'd pick Reggie to be with. I'd chose him over either Zayn or Miles because I knew Reggie wouldn't hurt me like they have.

Miles had been the perfect boyfriend up until the night he cheated on me. Three years of a seemingly perfect relationship gone overnight. He'd tried to get me to take him back, but it was just too painful for me. I loved him and trusted him and he'd broken both my trust and my heart. I couldn't go back to him after that.

Not at the time anyway. Soon after, he realized this and that's when the bullying began. He bullied me alongside Melinda and the rest of their friends and it'd been like that for the past three years. I didn't know why it was now starting to change, but I knew if it continued like it was, I didn't know what I was going to do.