The Bet

Chapter 12

"Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game." -Babe Ruth

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The truth is about to come out sooner than I expected.

If I could have went back in time to stop myself from taking that stupid bet..... I would. The last few days I have tried to tell Noah the horrible thing I had done. But, the whole time we spent together for the past month... The bet never crossed my mind until the day in class when I realized I had a week left to complete the bet. I wish the ground would swallow me up.

Maybe I could just drop out. That would work.

Because when the truth comes out, I'll be more damaged then when Owen did his nonsense betrayal. And this shattering of my soul, I won't come back from. I already know it. I contemplate on how to tell Noah. Do I just blurt it out and get the damage over with or do I slowly peal the bandage off. My phone bings and I open it up to a text from the one person I could harm in an instance.

Noah: You know I love you tight.

I remember when he told me he loved me yesterday and I knew I had to tell him. But he constantly cut me off before I could even mention the horrible bet I took. Sucking up air like it's going to give me strength and through shaky hands I respond.

Aria: And I love you too. More than you know. Even if I don't deserve your love.

I lock my screen and put it in my back pocket. I run out my dorm and up the stairs. I push open my brother's dorm door with a lot of force. Devin comes out his room from the banging noise.

"Aria." His voice is hoarse.

"Devin. We need to talk." I rush out as I shove my brother back into the kitchen.

"The bet is off. I can't go through with it. I couldn't from the moment I agreed. I will not continue it. I won't make Noah fall in love with me like some sick game." I grumble out with fear in my voice. Why do I have fear, I fear Noah could hear me.

"A bet Aria. Seriously?" Noah growls out from the dorm door. Shit! I didn't even notice he had walked in. I'm fucked.

"Noah! Let me explain!" My voice is trembly and weak. Tears brim my eyes.

"Explain? Explain what? I was your pawn. It's whatever. You're a cold heartless bitch anyways. I should have known there was a reason you stood near me every chance you got." Noah growls out. His words cut through me like a knife. Tears spew from my eyes like a leaky faucet. One I couldn't turn off if I tried.

"Noah. Wait." I yell at him as he walks for the door.

"Fuck you Aria. Devin, you won the bet. By the way, I took your sister's virginity like everyone seemed to bid on. At least I didn't. I actually thought your feeling were real. But hey, you played me like a fool. You should win an Oscar for your performance. It was flawless." Noah bites back with intent to harm. As I blinked away a fallen tear, Noah wasn't in the doorway. He had rushed out the moment I couldn't form anymore words. Devin watched the whole encounter without saying a single word. I punch my brother in his chest and run out his room. I cried my eyes in my bed until exhausted took me out.

For the following days every time I ran into Noah, he glared an icy glare my way and ignored my existence. I don't blame him really. I just killed both of us with one bullet and neither of us will recover from it. He has a strong exterior so it only poked his skin. However, that bullet enter my delicate skin and exited right out my chest.

The bet was the beginning of something. And the bet costed me everything.

This is the only bet I wished I never took. It led to two souls shattered and broken. And I don't think time could possibly heal the damage that has been done.

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