Pretty little promises (Mialotte)

Chapter 32 | are you okay?

(Mia's pov)

It had felt like a never-ending day at school as I approached the gates, prepared to exit. I held Charlotte close to me while we strolled outside of the school and began our walk home. Something had clearly been wrong with Char recently but she just won't seem to tell me what the issue is. Gently, she positioned her arm around my waist and rested her head on my shoulder as we slowly walked away.

I remember a couple of nights ago when she told me that Deliah was tormenting her she practically begged me not to do anything to help her. It's so hard not to attempt to help because I hate to see her suffering.
"Baby, are you okay?" I asked her, softly.
"Mhm." She mumbled, while nodding against my chest.

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(Charlotte's pov)

Why? Have I not been through enough already?

Deliah has been harassing me for weeks on end now, she's horrible. Nothing I can do will get her stop, no amount of threats. I've even considered murdering her but I would never snoop down to that level, again.. I truly just don't understand her problem with me, I've never done anything wrong to her. I have enough on my mind, with my parents roaming free, to worry about some cow with pigtails.

As I scanned across the messages that she had left me, tears began to form in my eyes. I never replied to her messages. The texts she left me were horrific, torturing me mentally.

"Deliah - Hi Charlotte. How are your parents? Oh sorry, I forgot you murdered them."
"Deliah - You are such a girlfriend stealing cow. Mia was meant to be mine."
"Deliah - Imagine not having anyone that cares for you. Mia is just using you, you know."
"Deliah - I found a portrait of you when I was inside Mia's bedroom the other day. I thought you looked ugly so I did you a favour and set it on fire. Now, when I look at you, I realise that your whole body probably needs to be set on fire too."

I shivered at the sight of such horrendous messages, I wasn't sure what to with them though. These messages had left me in a terrible state, mentally and physically. Resulting in me relying on self harm, secretly, of course, so my girl didn't know.

While Mia was out at the grocery store, buying us snacks, I exited our home and went into the woods so I could get some fresh air and clear my mind. I shook nervously, feeling some sort of tension nearby. All of a sudden, I felt a sharp pain in my back so I turned around and saw Deliah standing there holding a plank of wood. She seriously hit me in the back with.. wood?

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?" I screamed.
"Thought I'd pay you a little visit, Victoria." Deliah smirked.
Aggressively, I kicked her in the stomach then pinned her to a tree and uppercutted her nose.
"Awh, imagine taking your anger out on little old me. Your parents would be so disappointed." Deliah gave a breathy laugh.

Those words circled in my head, suddenly I couldn't breathe. My mind was racing and the trees felt like they were closing in on me. The forest was spinning in circles, round and round. The only possible answer to escape was to sprint away, I ran away from Deliah and got major deja vu from when I first met Mia. Back then I ran out of the woods trying to escape her, now I was escaping some psycho lady who has a disgusting attitude. My eyes flooded with tears and I felt completely out of breathe. I arrived back at the house and immediately tucked myself into a ball, hoping for some form of protection.

I grabbed my phone and rung Mia, it was the only thing I could think to do.

(On the phone)

"Hey baby, what's up?" Mia smirked into her phone.
"M-M-Mia.. help. I can't breathe."