Within The Shadows.✅ (WLW)

27 | Hit

Shit shit shit. I am late.

Ava is going to be here any minute now and I still have to do my hair AND makeup.

*Knock Knock*

"I'm coming!" I shouted from my room.

"I am so sorry I am almost..."When I look up, after opening the door. I come face to face with bright blue eyes.

"What are you doing here?" I ask, folding my arms.

"Look Mel, I know what I did was wrong. But I promise it will never, ever happen again." Now where have I heard that before?

"You promise it will never happen again? IT SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST FUCKING PLACE NATE!!!!" Now I am getting furious.

"Mel, please. I love you." He continues to plead.

"You should leave," I say, not even looking at him. But he does not move.

"Please, just hear me out."

"She said leave." A voice from the hallway outside of my door, speaks.

⚠️TRIGGER: Homophobia.⚠️

❗If you are not comfortable with that, please skip this part that is to follow.❗

Nate looks at her, then at me. Looking up and down. You have to be fucking kidding me." That is what he says when I think he figured it out.

"You're getting dressed up, for...HER." He starts raising his voice.

"Look, dude. I think it's time for you to go." Ava says one more time.

"You are disgusting. I am here trying to apologize, but you are here...here messing around with...with HER!" But before he could say another word.

❗Okay, it is safe to read❗

"Shit," he says as he falls backward on the ground.

"Say another fucking word, and I'll hit somewhere more painful than that pretty face of yours," I say. I can feel all the anger and sadness radiating off of my body.

Angry, because of the way he saw me. The way he just...called me and all my LGBTQ+ family, is disgusting.

Who the fuck does he think he is?

With that, he stands up, and without saying a word, he leaves.

"Come on let's get you inside and get an ice pack on that hand," Ava says, walking me into my apartment.

When I look down at my hand, I can see a bruise already forming.

"You know that was kind of hot. You have a great hit on you." I can see a smirk form on Ava's face as she grabs an ice pack from the fridge. I jump onto the counter.

"I'm so sorry. I know we were supposed to go out tonight, I'm still not ready and now he showed up." Why when Ava and I are starting to get somewhere, BOOM someone had to ruin it?

"Hay, look at me. It's fine, we could always just stay here and watch a movie or something." She says walking over to me.

"Eishhhh" I hiss when she puts the ice pack on my hand.

"Sorry." She gives me an apologetic smile.

I just stare at her. Trying to memorize every small detail of the face. When I get to her lips, I cannot help but feel like I want to kiss her so badly.

Soon I realized we are leaning in. But before we could kiss, she turned her head.

She clears her throat. "I'm sorry Mel, but I can't. Not until you are 100% sure and not until I know you are going to stay. I can't go through what I went through last time." She explains.

"No no, it's fine...I ugh...I understand. I am going to change quickly, why don't you pick a movie so long?" I say, jumping off of the counter. Walking to my room.

I get where she is coming from. I mean would I want to date someone that I am not 100% sure would stay?

I mean probably not. I would constantly be on edge, wondering when they were going to leave.

God, now I am answering myself. I am going crazy.

I quickly grab some comfy clothes.

"Hay so is it okay if..." she stops speaking mid-sentence when she sees me...

Standing in just a bra. We both freeze, now do not get me wrong, Ava and I have seen each other naked many times....5 years ago.

"You know what, fuck it." And with that she marches over to me.

She grabs my head from the back and slams her lips on mine.