The Orphan

Chapter Thirty-Eight.

Autumn-

"Wyatt, it's over, i said to get him jealous not beat him to a pulp!" i screamed at him. His face was irritating me now.

"Don't pretend you didn't want it to happen, i was protecting you, like boyfriends should."

My mouth dropped open in disbelief.

"You're not my boyfriend!" I screamed at him.

I may have made a deal with a delusional maniac

"I could be."

"I don't like you."

"But you will, once Ryder's out of the equation."

"Don't.ever.say that!" i spat before turning to head away.

I was stopped in my tracks as he jumped in front of me, taking my hand and blocking my path.

"Autumn, I'm falling for you." He stated.

I wish he was lying, but why bother lying when I'm obviously not interested, How can i be any clearer!

"Thats your problem." i hissed snatching my hand back.

Chase pulled the truck to a stop in front of me.

"Hop in!" he shouted out the window.

I narrowed my eyes but took the offer.

"I can take care of myself." i muttered but made sure he heard me.

After I closed the trucks door, he didn't waste any time taking off. I clutched onto the seatbelt at the sudden jerk of the truck.

"When will you let someone take care of you?" he asked sounding a tad irritated.

"I can take care of myself." i repeated, irritated myself.

"No you can't." he whispered under his breath.

I don't think i was supposed to hear that, but i did."Excuse me?!"

"Don't take it personally." he muttered once again.

"How else am i supposed to take it!" I screamed at him.

Silence.

"Pull over." i announced.

"What?"

"Pull over!" i shouted at him.

"We're in the middle of nowhere." He reminded me.

"You follow the road until you get to the house, its not bloody rocket science!" I assured him with a poisonous tone.

He rolled his eyes before hitting the brakes.

I didn't hang around, i was out of the truck and walking along the road in no time.

It seemed he was giving me a head start. Head start or not he's got a truck, I've got legs, do the math.

Soon i heard an engine humming bedside me.

"Get back in the truck Autumn." Chase ordered.

"Make me!"

"Autumn, get back in the mother fucking truck!" he repeated harsher than before.

I gritted my teeth and kept walking.

"God damn it Autumn! why do you have to be such a bitch!" He hissed.

Thats it!

I stopped in my tracks and he stopped beside me, leaning over the passenger seat to see what i was about to do.

"I will not continue walking while you throw distasteful pathetic insults at me! Are you getting impatient Chase? irritated? Well breaking news! I.Dont. Give.A.Single.Shit! so piss off!"

With that i continued walking.

I didn't hear a truck engine so i turned back around ready for round two when I was approached by Chase.

"Get over yourself Autumn!"

"What?!"

"Get.Over.Yourself!" he repeated.

He seemed to be doing that a lot.

His harsh tone both irritated me hugely and made my stomach do backflips.

I decided not to go for a round two or three or whichever one we were up to now.

I shook my head at him and walked away.

"What? The princess too high up in her castle to fight back?" He spat.

What?

"Since when have i ever been a princess?!" i questioned genuinely curious.

"Autumn you're a damsel in distress, you've been waiting to be saved, but no one has manage to. Do you know why?"

He fell silent waiting for a response, i just shrugged my shoulders.

"DO YOU KNOW WHY?" he screamed bringing a terrified tear to my eye.

"No." the reply came out no louder than a pathetic whimper.

"What was that!" he shouted.

"No! i...i don't know!" I stuttered unwillingly.

"Because Autumn, Because you're just so fucked up! you're too fucked up to be saved Autumn! A lost cause. And every time you manage to reel in another guy, I have no fucking idea why they keep on falling for you Autumn!"

Was he drunk or something?

I bit back another tear that wanted to fall.

"Are you gonna cry Autumn? Is the princess gonna cry?! Cry Autumn! for once in your pathetic excuse for a life let yourself be human!"

And i did...

Once a tear fell there was no going back.

I was a river of tears.I was a pathetic mess.

I turned and ran.

Ran from the world,The world of truth.

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I climbed into bed once i made it home, Chase didn't come after me after that.

But what he'd said stuck in my mind, and when you replay those words over and over in your mind, you start to believe they're true, if they're not true already...

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Sorry this chapters half the size than usual, but i promise my next chapter will be ten times better and bigger.