The Neighbor

eighteen

"Why is Tim calling you?" I asked calmly.

"Cora I said it was fine!" Hellie said raising her voice a little.

"Why is Tim calling you!?" I asked also starting to raise my voice.

"Just because!" She yelled.

"Just because! Really!? Helena why is he calling!? You can tell me!" I yelled.

"Why so you can freak out again!?" She asked.

"No! I just want to know why he's calling you! And so what if I freak out! It should be a good thing that I do! He has tried to ruin our relationship more than once!" I scoffed. Hellie pulled over and turned to me.

"Coraline! He was just mad because I moved on from him!" She yelled.

"So you're protecting him now!?" I asked.

"No! All I'm saying is that he was just mad!" She yelled. I scoffed and sat back in my seat.

"Is this the first time he's called?" I asked calmly. Helena stayed quiet and I got my answer. "How many times?" I asked.

"Just for the last couple of months." She whispered.

"Months!? You have been keeping this from me for months!?" I yelled.

"Yeah! Because if I told you, you would freak out! Like your doing right now!" She yelled.

"I should be freaking out! He tried to ruin our relationship more than once!" I yelled.

"He was mad!" She protected him.

"You're still protecting him!? After everything he has done!?" I asked.

"Yeah, I am because I forgave him for what he did!" She yelled. It honestly broke me to hear that she could just easily forgive someone who tried to break us apart.

"Okay well then if you forgave him for everything then maybe you should go be with him!" I yelled.

"Maybe I will! Maybe he won't be as crazy as you! And at least his parents didn't beat him!" I gasped at her words. It was silent for a couple of minutes until I took my ring off and threw it at her. Careful not to hit her anywhere it would hurt her. she caught it in her hands and looked at me surprised.

"I hate you!" I said through gritted teeth then grabbed my phone and left the car.

"Coraline! What are you doing!? I'm sorry get back in the car!" Helena yelled getting out of the car. I ignored her and continued walking. I heard her groan and then get back in the car. Paparazzi started to surround me so I tried to hold back the tears that were in my eyes. But failed when a tear fell out and ran down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away and continued walking ignoring all of the questions the paparazzi were asking me. I walked to the park and sat down on a bench watching a family running around playing. They had a little boy that was probably around 4-5 his parents were chasing him around while he was laughing trying to get away. I smiled slightly at them just wanting to have that with Hellie. I put my head in my hands and just thought. Was I overreacting? Do I always overreact Does Hellie really think that? Is she going to get back with Tim? I kept on asking myself.

I felt a presence beside me so I looked up and saw Hellie. She cupped my cheeks she had red puffy eyes and tear stains. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean any of that! I-I didn't mean to say that about your parents either I'm sorry I was just angry." She started crying again. I sniffled and wiped her tears away with my thumb.

"It's okay. And if you want to talk to Tim you can. I just don't want to hear anything about him." I mumbled but Hellie shook her head.

"No. I'm not going to talk to him anymore. Your right he has tried to ruin our relationship too many times. He just messes everything up." Hellie whispers. I smiled and kissed her "can you put this back on?" Hellie asked showing me my ring. I smiled and gave her my left hand. She put the ring back on my ring finger and kissed me.