You And Me

Chapter 12

Noah's face goes completely white.

Everyone looks at Tate.

I look at Beatrice.

He came to my room.

He didn't go to Noah's.

He came here to see me.

Noah's eyes flick to his classroom door, and he stands up so he's not leaning on my desk, and then he stops and looks at me, and then he shoves his hands in his pockets, moving closer to me.

"I'm not here to fight." he says. "Or to threaten."

I don't speak.

Noah just stares at him.

"I got out on bail."

"Who the hell bailed you out?" Beatrice asks.

"My Mum." he says.

Noah doesn't speak. His expression stays blank, but I see pain in his eyes.

The bell rings.

Everyone leaves, and second period floods in.

Nobody speaks.

Franki looks around, confused.

Beatrice looks at me, and then at Tate.
"What are you doing here?" she asks.

"I'm here to apologize...to Annabelle."

I just stare at him.

"And also to get my best friend back."

Noah snorts, shaking his head.

"I am not associating myself with you, and I'm definitely not letting you speak to my fiancé. Leave."

"Noah." Tate sighs.

"You ransacked my fiance's place and you left a death threat, all because she was the one that told Eloise that you knocked up my sister."

He looks down at the floor.

"You would do the same thing if you got someone else pregnant."

"Let me set some things straight here." Noah says, revolted. "I would never. Not in a million years, cheat on Annabelle. And if I did, I wouldn't do that. I would accept that I fucked up and hope she can move on happily. I wouldn't try to hurt anyone. I would never do that."

Tate sighs.

"Annabelle, can you at least forgive me?"

"I told you not to talk to her."

I grab Noah's hand.

"Stop." I whisper.

He runs his fingers through his hair.

I think about it. I really, really think about it.

"Annabelle?" he asks.

I sigh, shaking my head.

"No." I whisper. "You got my sister pregnant when she was depressed and vulnerable and broke my best friends heart in the process." I sigh. "Not to mention you broke into my house." I pause. "You want me dead." I shake my head. "What if I was there?" I ask. "Would you have killed me?"

He doesn't say anything.

Noah's face starts getting red.

"That's a yes." I whisper. My eyes start welling with tears. I want to burst into tears. I look down.

"Just get out." I say.

He doesn't move.

I move forward and to to guide him out the door. I feel a strong force to my body, and then the world goes black.

BEATRICE'S POV

People are screaming. Noah dragged Tate out by his hair, literally.

Anna is unconscious on the floor.

He pushed her and she fell over a desk.

I take a deep breath and close my half open mouth.

My best friend is unconscious.

I walk over to her and check her pulse. She's still alive and breathing.

I try lifting her up, but the bitch is all muscle. Noah comes back in the room with the campus cop.

His eyes widen.

"She's still alive." I tell him. "She's too heavy."

He scoops her up. The SRO radios for help.

Noah is about to have a panic with her in his arms.

He lays her down on the floor, taking off his shirt to protect her head. Staff start to come in.

"Okay, will all of you make your way to the auditorium-"

Noah's class is in here too.

A guy stands up.
"No way, lady, they're my favorite teachers. If you want me out, you're going to have to remove me!" he shouts at her. Everyone starts to argue with her.

"Alright!" she shouts. "Stay then!"

Noah crouches next to her, panicked.

She moves her arm to press against her head.

"Oww." she mutters.

She opens her eyes, and the panics.
"I can't see." she mumbles.

"What?" Noah asks.

"Noah, I can't see!" she says. She rubs her eyes, panicked. "I'm blind!" she starts reaching around. Noah grabs her hands.

"You're going to be okay." Noah says.

"I'm fucking blind, dammit! I can't see! I can't see!" she starts crying. Noah hugs her.

Paramedics come in and shine lights in her eyes
"Can you see that?" one asks.
"No. It's black!" she says. She's sobbing.

There are two paramedics.

They put her on a stretcher. She starts yelling when they lift her up. Noah start to protest when they pull out a needle and inject it in her arm.

They push the fluid in and she stops immediately. He body goes limp.

"Is she going to be blind forever?" he asks quietly.

"Hard to say." one says. "Maybe, maybe not."

"I'm coming with you." he says.

"Are you family?"

"Yes."

"What's your relation?"

"I'm her fiance." I say.

He pauses. "Well you're not really related yet-"
"I'm coming with you." Noah says again.

"You can't."

He watches them go.

He runs his fingers through his hair, muttering under his breath. He grabs his things, and Anna's, and walks out without a word.

I hate Tate. I might kill him.

Not kidding.

~Sam