Within The Lights. (Series)

Chapter 8 - Cruella De Vil

3 months later...

I ran through the hallway, throwing doors open as i passed. The fear, nerves and excitement all welled up inside of me as I got closer and closer.

I threw a door open and saw a group of about 5 people standing there. I only recognized four. Alexa, Tanner, Scott and Lisa. I assumed the woman with them was Staci, but I've never met her so I wouldn't know.

I surprised myself as I ran over and jumped into Tanner's arms first.

“Hey, Mace.” He laughed quietly, hugging me back.

“I missed you.” I said, barely audible through his shirt.

“I missed you, too.”

I hugged Alexa next, and then stood up and faced them all. “Where is he?”

“Through that door, but-” I didn't let Alexa finish as I took off to the door and threw it open.

He sat on the chair with his knees pulled into his chest and his face buried in them. The minute the door opened, his face jerked up to look at me. I smiled faintly and waved. “Hi...”

He slowly dropped one foot to the ground, then the other, and stood up, his legs shaking. How long had he been sitting in that chair? It took me about an hour to get across town to get here, and he arrived two hours before that...

His eyes narrowed as he took slow, stiff steps towards me. I couldn't quite read his expression. But, when he reached me, and i opened my arms to hug him, he slammed the heel of his boot into the bones on the top of my foot.

I let out a yelp in pain and felt arms wrap around me from behind and pull me away from him.

The room was suddenly filled with voices, Greyson's the loudest. Everyone was yelling at him, talking to me. But, no matter how noisy the room got, I could hear his every word.

“You little bitch! You wait for me to leave the country and then run back to him!? I fucking waited for you and the moment I was out of your sight you ran back to him!? I should have fucking known better than to think that you actually cared! I should have figured it out a long time ago! You're still the same person you were five years ago! You haven't changed one fucking bit! Fuck you, Mailynn Black! I hate you! I hate everything about you!”

His foul words were cut off as Tanner drug my now shocked body out of the room and slammed the door with his foot. “We tried to warn you.”

“What was that!?” I yelled, not even bothering to try holding back tears. So much for a joyful reunion. I waited four months for him to break my foot and call me a bitch.

“He, uh, heard about you and Cody.” Tanner explained.

"Nothing happened with me and Cody. He found out from who?"

"Dunno. But he wasn't too happy."