Fate

Chapter Ninety-Four

Chapter Ninety-Four

I stood in the middle of the hallway stunned at what I just said. Zayn's retreating figure was long gone and I felt I'd hurt him badly. Almost as bad as it hurt me to refuse him and to say all that. I knew I'd also hurt Miles by declaring that in front of everyone in the hallway who might have been paying attention. I turned to Miles who was looking at me with a pained expression.

"I guess that's what you wanted to say to me too?" he asked softly.

"Miles," I pleaded tearfully.

"I guess your right gem. I just don't want to believe it," he said turning away.

"Miles wait!" I rushed over gripping his arm and he turned to me.

"You don't love me anymore, right? That's why you wanted me to be with Lita. Maybe I should have been because at least she actually loves me. I can't say that about you. I know I hurt you and I will forever be sorry for that but when will you stop hurting me? I just want to know?" he demanded bitterly.

"I don't mean to do that."

"I can't right now I just can't," he said turning away.

Now he was leaving me too. This decision had happened so suddenly and I wasn't so sure that it was the right one since it hurt so badly. I felt Liam's arms wrap around my shoulders as he pulled me toward him and gestured for Maggie to follow us toward the bathroom. She took me inside and gave me a paper towel to wipe my face with. I doubled over as fresh tears spilled out again. I was panicking.

"Ariel calm down it's okay," Maggie said wrapping her arm around me as she used the other one to rub my back.

"Don't go in there," I heard Liam's voice warn.

"Like you could stop us!"

Oh no.

I was aware as Melinda, Emma and Lita walked into the bathroom and I could see their blurry reflections in the mirror with my swollen eyes. They were sneering as they gazed at us and Maggie turned almost like she was shielding my body from them and whatever they might say.

"Just go and leave her alone," Maggie warned.

"It's a free country and we can be in this bathroom if we want to," Lita challenged.

"Maybe you should go somewhere else," Emma added. "Not like we want to see you ugly cry anyway."

"Stop it," Maggie warned.

"No, because I'm enjoying it. Seeing her get what she deserves. It's about time," Melinda sneered.

"Just leave me alone!" I screamed angrily as the echo filled the bathroom. They paused, not use to my outburst. Maggie seemed stunned as well but didn't voice it. The pain I was feeling now was so much worse than anything I'd ever felt in my entire life. My heart, beating wildly behind my ribcage, felt as if it were going to bust out of my chest than to make sure I felt the exacted magnitude of it all, Melinda would stomp on it with her high heels, digging into it so far the emotions flowing within would burst, splatter all over the walls.

The smirk on Melinda's annoyingly beautiful face told me I was right and she had every intention of kicking me so hard in my stomach with her insults there would be no doubt I'd end up on the floor begging and pleading for her to finally kill me--no, not me but the emotions running frantically through my body and soul. My burning eyes met her rust-colored eyes through the mirror above the sinks and I kept her gaze. I wouldn't back down. Not this time. I was done taking her insults. Especially, now that I felt as if the world around me was crashing down on top of me.