Show Me How To Love (Pentatonix Fan Fiction)

Wrecked Reality

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Chapter 4:

JESS POV- 2 MONTHS LATER

"Avi, put the bottle down," I said, my voice trembling as his dark, lean figure inched towards me. We've been through this every night since we got back to Arlington. He drank too much and I lived in constant fear that he would hurt me. He loved me, I know he did, but when he was drunk, it was hard to tell. I glanced at the bruises on my arm and the memories of last week came rushing back. I don't know why I still let him drink. He couldn't control this. I know that this is not who Avi Benjamin Kaplan is. He's.. Better than this. I knew this was how he coped with his stress, but it hurt everyone around him. It hurt me.

He walked toward me and I tried to back away. I just needed to keep distance.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked me in his low, raspy voice, "Remember what happened last time you tried to get away?" I cringed at the painful flashback that ran through my head. He had hit me, hard. Images of blood and bruises filled my mind.

"Avi stop!" I yelled trying to calm him down. "You're drunk again."

"IM NOT DRUNK!" his deep voice bellowed throughout the apartment.

Tears filled my eyes and I bravely grabbed his arm to try to lure him over to the bed so he could lay down and calm down.

"What do you think you're doing, touching me?" he asked me and I ignored him as I wept and led him to the bed. "Jess, don't force me to go to sleep. I'm not done with you."

"You need to be sober, Avi. And I need to leave," I said as calmly as I could through my tears.

"Leave?!" he yelled. I nodded my head yes and the next thing I know I heard the sound of glass breaking and Avi was more angry than before. I saw it on the ground, the flower vase he had given me on Valentine's Day. Shattered. Gone. I cried even more as I inched toward the door. "First you treat me like crap every day and now you leave me?! Don't you dare do this Jess."

"I treat YOU like crap?! I'm the one running for my life because you had too much to drink," I yelled back at him.

"Fine! Leave!" he replied.

"I'll get my stuff from Esther later," I calmly responded, "Goodbye, Avi." And with that I closed his bedroom door and ran out the front door. I ran into my car, but I couldn't bring myself to start it.

I sat there and cried for a good hour. I glanced into Avi's window and all I could see was his dark outline throwing things, punching things, and kicking things. I was the cause of this monster. I felt terrible leaving him. He was truly the one I loved, when he was sober. But if he was going to constantly treat me like this, then it was better for me to leave. He didn't need me anymore. He had Pentatonix and they were on their way to fame. Maybe this was just my idea of coping with it. Maybe this was HIS idea of coping with it.

I finally gained the courage to start my car. But where would I go? Our... Avi's apartment and work were the only places I knew anymore. Then it hit me. I drove off into the night, hoping someone would take me in this broken mess I was in.

REN POV

"MICHAELA! Get to bed already. You have school in the morning," I yelled to my little sister.

"Ugh, fine. But I'm 17! Not twelve anymore," she replied.

"Well I'm older than that and what I say goes!" I responded as I heard a groan from upstairs. I continued to make tea as I heard Michaela getting ready for bed. She was listening to Pentatonix again. Wow, she loved them. I had never seen her be so passionate about anything. It was also nice to have something in common with her. We've really bonded over the whole Tanner incident and now Pentatonix. I finished making my tea and curled up in a blanket on the couch. I turned on the tv to watch Downton Abbey. Yes, I am a British enthusiast. Suddenly I heard the doorbell ring. Who on EARTH would be at my house at nearly 1 AM? I walked over to the door and opened it. My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw who was standing on my front porch.

"Jess?" I asked the pale, broken figure standing on my front porch. The next thing I know, she burst into tears and ran into my arms. I let her cry on my shoulder and I stroked her hair. She tried to talk but her voice was muffled by her tears and the crook of my neck. She escaped from my embrace and looked me in the eyes.

"I missed you, Ren," she finally spat out some distinguishable words. I led her over to the couch and let her calm down before I asked any questions. Jess was my best friend in high school and I had lost complete contact with her as she didn't have any social networking or anything. Finally, she got the courage to speak.

"What's wrong?" I asked her.

"Well, I was dating a guy. You may have heard of him. Avi Kaplan. Of Pentatonix." she told me. Really? I wouldn't have guessed that. I knew she was on the show but I never put them together. My face probably showed the shock as she continued. "Yeah, I know. Crazy, right? Anyways, he hasn't been doing so well lately. He got into drinking because he was stressed all the time..." she rambled and choked on her own tears. I held her as she continued to tell me the story. "And t..tonight he.. He got really d..drunk and he hit me and he sh...shattered the v..vase that he g..gave me and so I r..ran away and left him and I don't know where to go." She leaned back into me and cried even more.

"Shh.. Shh... Don't worry. It'll all be okay, honey," I tried to comfort her. "You can stay with us."

"Really?" I saw a hint of a smile come from her lips.

"Yes, really. I'll put you in my room and I'll move into my parent's room. They'll be in Italy for the year," I told her. Suddenly tears of joy, I'm assuming, erupted from her eyes.

"Thank you so much, Ren. You've always been the one who was there for me when no one else was," she told me. That sentence alone made me feel incredibly happy. I had missed my best friend so much. I gathered some linens and set up my room for her. I went into the living room to tell her that her room was ready and I saw her passed out on the couch. I smiled to myself. She looked so peaceful. I decided to leave her because tonight had been a stressful night for her. I retired to my room and finally went to bed.

AVI POV

I woke up in the morning with a pounding headache. I turned around in my bed to face my wonderful girlfriend. But what I saw was an empty bed. I scrambled to grab my phone and call her. I dialed the number I knew by heart and heard the phone ring three agonizing times. I heard her morning trembling voice as she picked up the phone.

"Hello?" she asked.

"Jess, where are you?" I asked her with concern.

"Are you sober?"

"Yes. Terrible hangover, though."

"Okay. Avi, I left. For good. I can't take this anymore. I was putting myself in danger by being with you."

Silence. I couldn't bring myself to say anything. I was so stupid. I had just let go of the best thing that had ever happened to me.

"Hello?" she said.

"Uh.. Yeah. Okay.. bye Jess." I quickly hung up the phone. A single tear fell down my cheek. I felt like the biggest loser in the world. What had I done? I burst into tears and remained in my bed. I didn't want to face the world today.

I had to change.