An Unbroken Story

Rumors

"Athena..." Rolaf sees me and his face goes hard... I pushed him away when he last saw me.
"Rolaf... I... am sorry. I had no right to do that to you..." I say to him.
"That is not why I am feeling like this... rumor has it you betrayed Ulfric..." he says to me.
"NO! I hate them..." I say.
"There is no way to prove if you are lying." he says.
My eyes swell up with tears.
"Rolaf... please! They are rumors!" I plead with him.
"I still don't believe you." he turns away from me.
"Then I will ask Ulfric to behead me since the one I trusted the second most doesn't believe me..." I tell him. I turn and go to run away but grabs my arm.
"Please don't..." he says to me.
"You don't believe me... that hurts worse than a million daggers in my back." I tell him.
"I'm sorry, Athena!" he tells me. He grabs my hips so he can look me in the eyes. I turn away.
"Please... don't seek out death..." he's crying now.
I stay silent... a tear falls. Another is still running a course on my cheek.
"Athena... I'm stupid..." he lets go of my hips.
"I-I... no. You don't believe me until I say I will kill myself... what kind of friend are you?" I ask him.
Star comes over... is she... she looks as if she is with a child...
"Rolaf? What's wrong?" she asks him.
"I-I..." he stutters.
"He chose to believe rumors over my saying... I told him I would kill myself and he suddenly believes me." I say.
"Is this true, Rolaf?" she turns to him.
"Yes..." he says quietly.
"Remember what I said about my friends rumoring about me?" she asks him.
"Yes... I'm sorry... both of you." he wipes his tears away and looks at me, then Star.
"I forgive you." I tell him. I run to go up the steps to Ulfric.