Before He Lied

Hardin Chapter 8

I told her to stay in the room, I can't believe her asshole of a boyfriend did this to her. I wanna kill him, I should have been in the room. I should have stayed instead of going to Chases apartment, I wanted to know what happened between him and Tessa but he said that it was "against the rules" of the bet to tell me. I punched him, I don't even know why I did it. I was just so jealous that he went out with her, I know Chase and his "ways" of getting girls. I walk downstairs and go to the dining hall, luckily they aren't closed. I ask the worker for some ice and they give me a big with a few cubes. Once I'm back in our hallway I knock on dorm B18, thankfully the girl who lives here answers the door.

"Well well well, look who it is. What do you want Hardin, I have a boyfriend."

"I'm not here to fuck you Shelly, I just wanna know if you have a first aid kit I can borrow?"

"You have some nerve asking for favors Scott." She says with ignorance.

"We hooked up and then I left, I don't know what the big deal is. Can you help me or not."

She rolls her eyes before she opens up her closet door and pulls out a red box.

"Here." She shoves the box in his chest.

"I'll bring it back when I'm done."

"You can keep it."

She slams the door in my face, I deserve it though. The ice starts to melt so I quickly walk back to our room...........MY ROOM! When I open the door I see her sitting on the bed holding a picture frame, a few tears stream down her face. I lock the door and sit next to her, I look down at the frame and see that it's a picture of her and Nick.

"Are you ok." He says quietly.

She sniffles her nose before she wipes her face.

"I'm fine, just memories I rather forget."

She throws the frame into the trash.

"Here, it's ice. Put it on your head, it will stop the swelling."

"Thank you."

She places the ice on her head before she squeezes her eyes shut.

"Does it hurt a lot?"

"Yeah, I'm fine though. This wasn't the first time he's hit me, I'm used to it." She says with a light laugh full of pain.

"You shouldn't have to be used to it, this ain't ok Tessa."

"It's fine, I broke up with him anyway."

That makes me happy, got rid of the boyfriend. Now I can have her all to myself, she's mine.

"This might burn, I have to clean your lip or it could get infected."

She slowly nods her head, I bring the alcohol pad up to her lip and she flinches.

"Sorry, I told you it would sting a bit."

"It's ok, I'm fine."

Once her lip is clean she moves the ice form her head to her cheek.

"Well the cut on your head isn't deep, you don't need stitches."

"Am I done?"

"Yeah just keep the ice on your face so it doesn't swell."

She looks at me with kind eyes and gives me a faint smile, I gently move the hair out of her face and tuck it behind her ear. Her beautiful ocean blue eyes pour into mine and it's like I'm in a trance. Her eyes are like the sky on a clear day, or the ocean just before a wave hits. They are so mysterious. I can tell something is on her mind, I know she wants to say something.