"Pierce, please I'm trying to study." I let out an aggravated sigh as my eyes flickered upward from the white-colored pages of my textbook. Pierce approached closer to me, sliding the textbook out from my lap and throwing it to the side.
"Take a bre...
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I looked down at Pierce's hand gripped around my wrist, his fingers pinching the surface of my skin. Raising my eyes to his, I waited for him to let go. I waited for him to say something, anything at all.
His lips parted as if he was building up the courage to say. His face soon changed as he stared down at me intently, the expression he wore turned to agitation instead of anger. I wanted him to look at me and tell me he didn't sleep with her. I wanted to hear the words leave his mouth so that he wouldn't betray me in such a way but as the seconds passed those words were nonexistent.
"You're not my girlfriend anymore, remember? So now you can't go beating the shit out of Mercury just because she says something to you. Grow up." Pierce tore his hand away from me, releasing his aggressive grip on me.
I was left in shock at the words he left me, Pierce backing away from me and walking out of the kitchen. His hatred stayed with me and my heart was ripped out once again, watching Pierce defend her in this kind of situation. I felt betrayed yet again, and on top of all of that, I was embarrassed as everyone watched what used to be my ex-boyfriend talk down to me.
"Aspen? Aspen are you okay?" I heard words echo from behind me, pulling me from my trance as Juniper reached out and placed a hand on my shoulder. I turned around to face her, my head spinning as I replayed Pierce's words over and over again in my head.
Pierce's words repeated over and over in my head, striking my heart every time. "I can't fucking believe it-" I started, forcing the words out as I stood dumbfounded at what had just happened. Pierce stood up for Mercury as if she was his new shiny toy.
"Aspen, he's not thinking-" Triston joined in, placing a hand on my free shoulder. She and June stood on either side of me while I stood straight ahead to where Pierce had walked out of the kitchen with Mercury. His voice haunted me as the words were being screamed louder in my head.
I tore away from the both of them before storming out of the kitchen to end this once and for all. I didn't dare look at anyone, keeping my sight in a straight direction to find where Pierce had run off to with Mercury.
"Aspen stop!" June yelled after me but I wasn't going to. I wasn't going to sit here and take her shit or his. The anger in my body was radiating through me, I was shaking from the anger I withheld. I was in complete disbelief as to what just happened, and I wanted to know what was exactly going through his head.
My eyes scanned over the living room that had been filled with people, knowing Pierce couldn't have gone super far in a matter of time. My mind was filled with a million different thoughts, none of them being super clear but I couldn't ignore the pain that ached in my heart.
I looked up to the ceiling, pushing back the tears that formed at the surface of my eyes with a close escape. Thinking back to a year ago, I remembered the fear that Pierce put in me. I could remember the tensing of my body when he would inch himself closer to me, hovering over my body like I was nobody but a scared piece of flesh.
