Beautiful Mistake

Chapter 22

Bay's POV.

I checked my coverup one more time before I headed outside. Destery was in the driveway already, leaning against his car, looking perfect. I jogged up to him, still a little sore. He wrapped me in a hug, kissing the top of my head.

"I've missed you." He said.

I smiled, looking up at his face and kissing his lips.

"I've missed you too." I said with a smile.

I was glad to be in his arms again, but I didn't want him to see me all beat up and what not. It was hard to avoid him but it was worth it in the end.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you." He said, tears threatening to fall.

I hugged him tighter, "It's alright, you can't always protect me."

"But I damn will try my hardest." He said, his voice stern.

That brought tears to my eyes but I blinked them back. Nobody has ever said anything like that to me before. Everything was so different now. I was afraid of falling in love, but Destery changed all that. He helped me fall, and he caught me.

"I love you." I whispered into his chest.

"I love you too." He said, lifting my face to plant a kiss on my lips.

After our little reunited moment we head to his place. It was a quiet ride there and sorta awkward. I snuck a look to see his face, it was emotionless.

"What are you thinking?" I asked, breaking the silence.

"Bay, who did this to you?" He asked, ignoring my question.

I bit my lip. I didn't want to lie to him, but I didn't want to tell him either. So I just shrugged.

"I don't remember."

"Try to remember, please?"

I sighed, pretending to think back to my attack. I was trying to stall, debating if I should tell him the truth or not. I finally gave in, not wanting to face the guilt of lying or him finding out later on.

"It was...Stephanie."

Destery slammed on his breaks, making me fly forward, luckily I was wearing my self belt, which jabbed into my bruised up ribs. I winced in pain, gripping the car seat. I slowly turned to Destery. He looked angry.

"Stephanie did this?!" He shouted, making me cringe.

"Y-yes." I stuttered.

"Why didn't you tell me?!"

He was so angry with me for not telling him right away. Tears started to roll down my cheeks as he kept shouting at me.

"I-I'm s-sorry." I managed to choke out, curling up in the corner of my seat.

Destery's face softened, he tried to reach out but I flinched away. I saw hurt flash in his eyes. He put the car in drive and continued towards his place. I silently cried to myself, staring out my window. The way he shouted was frightening, although I knew he would never hurt me, it was scary.

We got to his place finally and he turned the car off. Neither of us moved.

"Bay... I didn't mean to yell at you or scare you. It's just I..." He stopped, not finishing his sentence.

All I did was nod and got out of the car. I let myself in and found my way to Haley and Nate's room, needing to bring myself together before facing him again. I walked into their room. Haley was sitting on her laptop on Tumblr.