Broken Beauty

Chapter 4 (Part 1)

I sit and watch as the boys devour the pizza. I get bored and take out my phone. I type in my pass code and go to my photo albums. I find the one saved as "Graduation".  *Flashback*- Nathan's graduation had just finished and we were walking outside to our special tree at the park, since my brother was meeting us there. We got to our special place and Nathan got down on one knee and gave me a promise ring. Ashton snapped a picture. *Flashback Over*- I twist my promise ring around my finger. I feel tears run down my cheeks at the memory. Mikey looks at me. "Are you okay?" He whispers, so he doesn't draw attention towards me. I nod. "I'm going to the bathroom." I say. I get up and walk to the restroom. I hurry into a stall and just stand in there and cry. I cry and cry and cry. Luckily nobody came in there, and eventually I stop crying and walk to the mirrors to fix my make up. I realize that some of my concealer ran off and you can really see the bruise on my cheek. I groan and search through my bag trying to find my concealer. "Shit, its not in there!" I shout to no one. I groan. "What am I going to do?" I think to my self. I try to take my hair down and cover it up. It works, you can't even see it now! I smile and walk out of the bathroom. I get back to our table and plop myself down. The boys are talking and their conversation goes on for another 10 minutes as Michael eats the rest of the pizza. "Everybody ready to go?" Calum asks. Everyone nods. We walk out to our cars and I follow Ashton to his. "Hey Cal, you want to ride with me?" Mikey shouts out his window. I look at Ashton. He shooes me towards him. I grin and run up to Mikey's car. I hop in the passenger seat and buckle up. We pull out of the parking lot and go the opposite way of the boys. "Where are we going?" I ask. I mean I trust Mikey, I know he is not going to take me to his house and rape me or something, but I still like to always know where I'm going. Not knowing where I'm going really brings my anxiety level up a notch or two. "We're going to get my girlfriend, Kenzie. She lives on the other side of town," He explains. I nod. "So how long have you been with Kenzie?" I question. "We've been together for a couple months. She's really great," Mikey smiles. "So what about you? Ash tells us you've got a boyfriend.. Uh Nathan..How logn have you guys been together? " Mikey asks. I shrug.  He nods. A few minutes of silence go by. "So. Nathan. Is he the one who gave you that big bruise on your cheek?" Michael questions.