𝘛𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰, 𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢 | 𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘌𝘓 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘋𝘌

xviii. ending act

closed curtains

'✭.<Rigel Wilde>.*•
I'm not in the wrong here.

"Are you saying this now because Nica wants to be with you now?" She asked. I hated when she brought up Nica cause what does she have to do with anything we are talking about? "So this is it right? Are we done?" But although, I felt sorry for her, maybe doing this whole show was wrong and it just made her think that we were something more that friends. "We were nothing, Nora. We were just friends..." Her look in her face stiffened, it looked like she was trying her hardest not to cry in front of me but you could tell that if I said one more thing everything will just come out. Lenora dropped her violin and her sheets of music and just took off.

Now believe me I do feel bad for her but we have barely met and I don't know. I feel like Nica and I share so much with each other. We come from the same background. Same torture. Same story. Another thing I feel guilt about is well every time we made out. It was just me feeling...bored? I'm not sure what it was but one thing I know for sure is that we shouldn't end up together. Like come on we rushed things, and it the end it just ruined everything. But I don't think I can just leave it like this, I want to at least apologize for I guess making her cry? Yeah that's it.

I began picking up her Violin case and her sheets of paper, where I then saw this Polaroid. It was when I was practicing with Lenora while Christian was watching us. He said he pretending to be our crowd, I think he just had nothing to do. Lenora keeps this scrapbook where she keeps all of her favorite memories I guess and it's in this little butterfly covered book full of pictures, stickers and scraps of random things. She said she wanted to take a photo because I was the new addition of her book and I still remember her smile she gave me after we took it. All this time I thought she put it in her book. I took one more glance at it before shoving it back in her folder.

It seems that she didn't walk as far because I saw her with Christian and Fernando but as I started walking over Norman and Anna along with Nica were walking out the auditorium, shocked to see me, Anna put her arms around me while Norman patted my shoulder. Anna pulled away and had the bright smile on her face. "You did so well, Rigel. And the duet with Lenora was just so perfect."

"Grazie..." I just stood there awkwardly while Nica just smiled at me while my attention was over at Lenora who is crying into Fernando's arms. "Now we can't keep the surprise waiting, should we go?" Nica said, Norman and Anna agreed where they started guiding me towards the exit but I mean I can't leave with her stuff, "I actually need to say something to Lenora, before we go." Nica gave me this look and I just brushed it off walking towards Lenora and Fernando.

Lenora stood infront of Fernando wiping her eyes while his full attention was on her not even acknowledging me, Christian on the other hand did. He shook his head at me while shaking his hand trying to signaling me not to go but I didn't listen and walked over anyways. I just wanted to get this over with as soon as possible. I put her stuff on the ground in front of her, "I wanted to give you these before I leave." I said. Lenora didn't even move her head to look at me and I don't really blame her but of course big bad boy Fernando just looked at me with the same disgust face that he always does. "I'm just here to give these back. I'm not trying to talk to her, so you can calm down on the look."

"How can you just stand there so calm and not realize what you did." I just wanted to return her stuff and I'm here being lectured I probably should've backed off when I had the chance. "This really has nothing to do with you. So back off."  He looked at me then behind me where I felt a hand placed on my shoulder, there was Nica. What absolute worst timing. "Anna and Norman said that we should go now." I looked at her and I think she was trying to help but this just made it worse. "You should listen to her, Rigel. It's time for you to go." And before I knew I was there shoving Fernando back. Of course he was going to retaliate back and he swung and strikes me right on the side of my face. I could feel the side of my face aching from the hit like a burning sensation then again the amount of adrenaline is overpowering that pain. Fernando shoved me to doors that were leading into the auditorium where I felt a hit straight to my stomach causing me to stumble and a shortness of breath. Then Nica of course tried to intervene herself and tried to pull Fernando off luckily Christian was there to pull her off and to my advantage Nica distracted him to where I was able to take a hit right where he hit me.

When I took the hit we both fell on the ground, I hit my head hard on ground, Fernando Held me on the ground by my shoulders but seemed so out of it that it wasn't till long where we switched positions and my hands holding on his throat as he kept trying to leave my grasp. I was so focused on him that I didn't even notice that people were leaving the auditorium until I heard a scream coming from a women, my grasp around him loosened and that is when Christian succeeded at pulling me off and Fernando was able to hit me straight in my face.

A large group began surrounding talking amongst one another and looking at me with disgusted and shocked looks, then others with pity for Fernando as he finally sat up while Lenora was right near his side holding the side of his face where bruises were starting to appear, i took one more look at him where he wasn't looking at me but at Christian with narrowed eyes while shaking his head, I don't think he noticed the look Fernando was giving him and just looked straight forward not even glancing back once. I just faced forward not saying a word to him.

So this is how our story ends. Lenora and I. Although Nica is all I have known and wanted for years since I first saw her when we younger, a traumatized young girl who was brought to the orphanage. I have set my eyes on her since our first interaction, stood by her side through all things she went through from Margret. And yet coming here and meeting Lenora. Her coming from a whole different life than I. Comes from money, talented, smart and kind. How it was such a coincidence that we were partners for a project and began getting closer and closer with each other, but I know what we had wasn't real. I think we both should've known that. She just came out of relationship with a boy who she has known forever and was vulnerable and I took advantage of that cause Nica didn't know how I felt so I craved the attention I got from Lenora.

But now, our story is being written how it was made to be. She belongs with the boy that makes sense to be with someone like her and I...I don't know if I should be written in her book. I should be the one side character that is barely mentioned, or the villain. The one who aims for the main character to ruins them till they shatter. Or maybe we are in neither of our stories, two different characters from different genres. It wouldn't make sense to mix them together cause it will only end in a story that is confusing and doesn't make sense.

Our story will remain in the drafts and never touched again. Collecting dust and none to be added to it, meanwhile Fernando and Lenora's will be number one bestseller, the story everyone raves about and adores. Nica and I will be the number one mystery, the one that no one is sure of what will happen with that one. I guess we just got to wait and see.