endgame ~ brock purdy

five

SONG: ALL TOO WELL; TAYLOR SWIFT 

Excruciatingly bright lights took over Bethany's vision when she tried to open her eyes.
The sun.

Her body felt comfortable but uneasy.
A bed. Not my bed.

A pounding took over Bethany's brain.
A hangover? But I didn't drink.

Bethany's eyes finally adjusted to the light so she began to massage her temple with her fingers to help soothe her migraine. When she eventually put her migraine at ease she took the opportunity to come back to reality.

When Bethany went to sit up, the comforter that was covering her body fell down. Her body was hit with a coldness causing her to shiver. It was only then that she realized she was completely naked. Bethany immediately looked to the other side of her.

Nick was asleep peacefully.

Bethany felt as if she could throw up… over and over again. She felt as if she could throw up everything until she was empty and then throw up her emptiness.

The memories from the night before came flooding back to Bethany's head.

Oh my God, did he rape me? He must've slipped something in my drink. There was never an eyelash on my fa-

Before Bethany's thoughts could keep rambling Nick started to stir next to her.

She wanted to smack him till he couldn't feel the pain anymore.

If Bethany was in her right mind she would've pretended to still be asleep and then try to escape when Nick fell back asleep. But in Bethany's state all she could do was sit there and stare at him with pure disgust on her face.

Nick sat up in silence.

Bethany felt frozen. She couldn't move. She couldn't breathe.

Oh God, not now. Breathe Bethany breathe. In through your nose out through your mouth. Smell the flowers and blow out the candles.

"Well, I see the sleeping beauty finally woke up.", Nick says as he tries to move some hair out of Bethany's face. But before his hand could get close to Bethany's face she slapped Nick across the face. Nick falls back on the bed holding face in pain. Even though Bethany was the one who slapped Nick it felt as if someone had slapped her back into reality.

Bethany took this opportunity to jump out of the bed and get out of Nick's place. Luckily, right as Bethany swung her legs over the side of the bed her eyes locked on her dress but before she could make it to it her legs gave out from under her. Bethany dragged herself to the dress and somehow slipped it on. Nick was stupid enough to put her phone on one of the bedside tables. Bethany gathered every ounce of strength she had in her legs to get up, grab her phone, and b-line it to the bedroom door.

Bethany was almost out the door when a sharp pain filled the back of her head. Nick was trying to pull her back into the bedroom. But Bethany's voice was back. She didn't know where it came from but thank God it was there. Bethany was screaming and scratching wherever she could. She tried to break out of his hold without injuring herself but the man was a professional defensive line.

I'm not getting out of here.

Bethany's strength had been long gone and at this point she was just weakly tapping Nick. She was ready to just give in and hope he would let her go when he was done with her but before Nick could bring Bethany back to his bedroom there was a knock on the door. Nick let go of Bethany's hair.

Fuck it.

Bethany took a mad dash for the front door. She unlocked it and pushed past the older woman who was standing at the door.

She must've been a neighbor; maybe she heard me.

When Bethany had gotten a little bit of a way from Nick's house she took in her surroundings. She knew this area. She was close to Levi's Stadium. Bethany regathered any strength she ever had and ran to Levi's Stadium. Bethany tried to open the doors but they were locked.

It's an off day.

Of course, Levi's Stadium was closed that day. And Bethany didn't have any of her keycards or anything so she had no way of getting in. She assumed if Nick was going to look for her he would come here eventually. He had no way of knowing where she lived though. Bethany just wanted to go home and shower off Nick's touch.

Bethany ordered an Uber that got to Levi's Stadium surprisingly quickly. She wasn't complaining though. The whole drive home Bethany just stared out the window with absolutely nothing going through her head. No thoughts. Nothing.

Only emptiness.