wander

34|anger consumed me

Romeo's pov:

I stood outside Leo's office and knocked the door 3 times. I didn't wait until he answered and just opened the door to see him head in hands over his desk.
"Um Leo... can we talk about Chiara?"
"Yeah yeah of course."
"Well I told you about the guys at the school and everything right?"
"Right."
"Yeah.. well the school couldn't do anything and the principal suggested that we go to the police. But Chi, she didn't want to get involved with the police. That's why we left early. But I was thinking if we talked to her about it we could do something about it. We won't do anything she doesn't feel comfortable with but I just want to sort it out because it wasn't right. Like we... we didn't do anything. We kissed... that's all."

Leo took a deep breath and looked right at me. 
"Talk to her about it when she wakes up. If she doesn't want to, we do nothing okay?"
"But-"
"We do what she tells us. Understood?"
"Yes. Yes Leo."

"You're a good kid Romeo. Kid? Can I call you that? You're 20 for god sake!"
"Call me whatever Leo. You've been amazing. Thanks for everything. I mean it, really."
"No need to thank me. You're always gonna be that annoying as 10 year old next door who used me for money."
"Hey! My Ma told me to ask you to mow the lawn for you. Don't regret a single thing though."
"She was a good woman. Always so happy and made anyone smile."
"Yeah... she was." I gave a small smile.

I got up and patted him on the shoulder. I walked up  to the door and Leo got up.
"Keep my girl free tomorrow night. I booked dinner plans. You can come if you please."
"No no. You can have her. Bond with her you know?" I smile and leave Leo to his work.

I go to the sofa and scroll through my phone. Some how I end up on my camera roll. I'm rewatching the mix of videos she's sent from her phone and the video's and photos I took on my phone. I watch the video of us singing in the hotel room yesterday and it makes me blush. The way she smirks before she starts singing with me and my reaction to her singing.

I tap onto Instagram and go to Chiara's account. She had gained so many followers in the past week. I guess that's where rumors get you. I tapped onto the comments of her recent post. Most people were being nice. I didn't expect that.

"Girl you are stunning"

"I would kill to look like you"

"She's so pretty what"

"Oh my god beautiful"

But of course. You still had the guys like Harry who comment the most horrible things. And just the other horny guys who don't give a shit and just want to do indescribable things to her.

"Slut"

"Such a whore"

"Wow sex can give a good glow up"

"I would fu" I'm not even going to finish that comment. A comment from zackflare

I decided to go to my comments and people were just like Chiara's comments. The people who just find me attractive and Harry. I scrolled a little until I found his comment. hharryy commented: oh look at the boy who fucked little chiara smithers 

I decided to click on his profile. He had a decent following. I already know he was that popular dick in high school. Everything about him gave an impression that he's so self-obsessed. He's so pathetic. I bet he can't even date a girl for over two weeks. He's the type of guy to move on to another fuck body then move on. The cycle continues.

I threw my phone on the pillow and decided that I needed to go out. I peeked around Leo's office door and told him that I'm going to walk around the house. I left and slammed the door on accident. I took a deep sigh and I felt myself break in half.

They way these guys spoke to her like she was trash. No one deserves that. We did't even fu- do anything and suddenly when people see her with a guy she's apparently had sex with them. At that point we were just friends... that flirted but I never made it go too far. I respected her decisions and never wanted or made her feel uncomfortable. Harry and this zackflare guy need to learn basic respect. I bet they treat loads of girls like this. I swear if they ever touched her... or anyone for that matter.

A broken cry is released from my throat and I fell to my knees. Cold tears trickled down my face so I could taste it on my lips. I never cried like this. Ever. I tug my hands at my hair and pull myself back to my feet. I run over to a plant pot, picked it up and threw it across the brick house. It shattered into a million pieces. The sound echoed throughout the property and I sat on the stair leading onto the patio. I took a deep breath and the door behind me opened. I wiped my eyes and flashed my head around to see who it was.