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Chapter six ~ confession

"Chris! Hi!!" She had a huge smile on her face.
"What did you do." I said.
"What?"
"Y/N."
"Chris what are you talking about-"
"No-no-no-no, Y/N tell me."
She looked confused.
"I'm an overthinker, stop." I said.
I know she knows what I'm talking about.
"Chris i don't know-"
"Stop. Why did you do it? Why?"
"CHRIS! Slam on the breaks! I don't understand what you are even talking about!" She attested.
"Oh really, you don't? You don't understand why I would call you after a video of you CHEATING on me is spreading right now?!"
She had the look of pure shock and terror on her face.
"What are you talking about I didn't cheat?! What video?!"
"Cheating is so fucking low, and lying as well is even lower."
"CHRISTOPHER STURNIOLO!" She shouted.
"I have NO idea what any of this is about so stop acting like a fucking MORON and show me the video!"
I clicked onto the video, not wanting to watch it again, and shared the link to her.
I watched her face as she watched it, the color drained from her skin to the point she looked sick. Her eyes were wide with horror, tearing up. Was all this necessary just because she got caught? Maybe she shouldn't have done it in the first place.
"I'm gonna be sick." Is all I heard before her phone was thrown down onto her bed.
I heard various whispers in the background. 
"Y/N?!" Came from a girls voice, Esme's.
Her phone camera tilted up, and it was Rory.
"Dude. You've got the wrong idea." His face looked awful. Like he had gotten into a fight.
"How? That was her in the video. I saw it." I replied.
"You know you're a real douche bag for assuming shit right from the start instead of asking her side of it. You're a dick man-" Rory got cut off.
"Rory. Enough. Let me talking to him." This man was unfamiliar, wow, shocker. He took the phone from Rory.
"Hello, I'm Finley. I am assuming you are Y/N's boyfriend. Hi it's very nice to meet you. Rory is right, you do have the wrong idea."
"Oh for fucks sake! I just want to know why the hell she did it."
"She, didn't do it." Finley said.
"She didn't do it? How do you expect me to believe that shit when there is video evidence?"
"It's not my place to tell you what happened. You need to let Y/N explain, and be patient. It's .. a lot. She's in her bathroom right now, she got sick to her stomach, but I am sure she will be out soon." Finley said.
"How do you know Y/N?" I asked.
"We met at the party."
I scoffed.
"You can chill the hell out, because I am 100% sure I am gay. Not trying to steal your girlfriend man." He rolled his eyes. Rory snickered.
"Sorry, I didn't know." Is all I said to that.
After a few minutes Y/N got out of the restroom and was put back on the phone.

YOUR POV:
  I had just thrown up. I just watched a video of someone harass me, while I was intoxicated, and said no. If that wasn't bad, it's on the internet. And if both of those things weren't bad, my boyfriend thinks I cheated on him. I was crying, trying with all my might to keep a steady breathing pattern so I wouldn't pass out.
"Y/N, just tell me what happened." Chris said. He looked deeply saddened, angry, betrayed.
"I was intoxicated, I said no!" I was able to spit out these words through choked sobs.
"He-" I breathed "he grabbed my wrists so tight. I couldn't move, I couldn't see, I couldn't hear, I just remember feeling so.. scared."
His face dropped.
"From what I've been told Esme told him to stop and he wouldn't, so she yelled for Rory and he came over and attacked him. Finley came over to ask what happened, so he took me out of the building while Esme stayed back to get Rory. Then they brought me home." It still feels unreal saying it.
"I would never do that to you Chris.." He genuinely believed with his whole heart that I intentionally did that. He thought I would cheat on him.

He didn't know what to say. I mean I wouldn't either. Your partner tells you that they just got harassed by someone and you're in a whole nother country, what are you supposed to do? Or say?
He started breaking down. Which made me feel even worse, I never want to see him sad.

"Y/N I'm so sorry I was just so scared. I love you and I didn't know what to believe. I never took into consideration that it could've been forced upon you. I can't- I don't-"
"It's ok." I say. "You didn't know."
...
"y/n please, come home." He whispered through his tears.

This shattered my heart.
I want to go home. I miss my home, my friends, my family. I miss feeling safe, and comfortable. Even if I didn't stay long, I need to go home. I need to be able to heal from this. I've gone through something very scary, and I need to be with loved ones for it.

It hurts me to see him this way, but he also thought so negatively about me. Without asking me, trying to get my side of the story, he believed what he saw, rather than what his own girlfriend had to say about it. Who posted the video, and why? What did I do to deserve all of this? All I wanted to do was come here for school because Sweden is absolutely beautiful, but I guess most of the classmates aren't. Don't get me wrong I've met so many wonderful people whilst being here, including my best friends, but for every few wonderful people - there's horrible ones.

I watched as tears rolled down his face.
"please." He whispered again.

I need to go home.

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AUTHORS NOTE:

AHHHH FINALLY YOU WILL BE REUNITED!
i wonder who got ahold of the video, and why they posted it? 🤔

i love you! take care of yourself today <3