Regret.

Thirteen

     Mitch's POV

   I can't wait any longer for tour. I'm so anxious to travel the world with a group of amazing people. It's been way to long, and now that Bella and I are civil, everything's going my way.

   "Mitchell!" Kirstie yelled, breaking my thought.

   "Yeah, Mom?" I asked her.

   "Stop daydreaming and warm up. We're starting rehearsals soon." She explained and I giggled. "We leave for tour tomorrow and our voices have to be ready."

 "Ugh, fine." I grumbled and took a sip out of my water bottle. As I brought the bottle away from my mouth, my phone started to ring. It was Bella. She never called, so something had to be wrong.

  I picked it up as fast as I could and answered it.

  "Hey, Bella. Is everything okay?" I asked her.

  "No, please come over. I need you here right now." She begged me.

 "Bella, calm down. I'm on my way, but you need to tell me what's going on." I told her anxiously.

  "Marcus...he's here. He found me, and I'm in the closet with Aphrodite." She explained.

  "Okay, Belle. Stay calm and don't move. I'm coming."

  "Don't bring Scott." She demanded.

  "Why not?" 

  "He'll freak out, and I can't drag him into this. Just me and you," She said quietly.

  "Okay, I'll be there soon." I said and hung up.

  "Who was that?" Scott asked me when I started walking to the door.

  "It was Travis." I lied, "He needs me to meet him at Starbucks right now. I'll be back in 30." I said and fast walked to the door.

  

After 5 long minutes, I finally made it to Bella's apartment. I dialled 911 on my phone before I walked in. I pressed call and waited for an answer.

  "911, what's your emergency?" A female voice asked.

  "There's a man inside my friends house. He's previously been charged with abuse towards this girl, and she just called me telling me he was here." I explained to her calmly.

  "Alright, sir. I'll have police there right away when I track your location." She said and I hung up. I hesitated, then walked to the door. I waited a minute before opening it, and walked in quietly.

  "Bella?" I whispered.

  "I'm in here," She cried softly, knocking on the closet door. I immediately ran to the door and opened it. 

  "Where is he?" I asked her, helping her up off of the floor.

  "Upstairs," She said and pointed. Her eyes widened when she heard sirens, and she sighed with relief. 

  "Bella, come outside with me. Bring Aphrodite," I told her and she nodded, bringing the kitten close to her chest. I took her free hand and walked her out the door, slamming it shut so Marcus knew that she was gone. I didn't care because the police were already here.

   "Were you the one who called?" An officer asked me and I nodded my head.

  "Well done, sir. Is the man still in the building?" She asked.

  "Yes, and I think he'll be coming out soon, considering I slammed the door to let him know we had left." I explained and the officer nodded. 

  "Should I call Scott?" I asked Bella when the officer walked away.

  "Maybe," She said and looked down.

  "Hey, it's okay, Bella. He can't hurt you when we leave." I told her.

   "I knew he would come back, Mitch." She said and looked up at me.

   "We should call Scott. I kind of told him I was meeting up with Travis." I told her and she giggled.

   "Does Mitchy have a boy-toy?" She asked and wiggled her eyebrows.

   "He's literally my cousin," I said and her eyes widened.

   "Just call Scott." She demanded and I obeyed. I took out my phone and dialed Scott's number.

   "Hey, Mitchell." He said when he answered the phone.

  "Hey, Scooter. I need to tell you something," I said to him and looked at Bella, who was signalling to put the phone on speaker. I did.

  "Yes?" He asked.

  "I wasn't really with Travis," I confessed.

  "Mkay, so where were you?" He asked me curiously.

  "There was an emergency with Bella." I said and I heard him gasp.

  "Is she hurt? Where is she?" He panicked.

  "Scott, I'm right here." She said into the phone.

  "What happened?" He asked with fear in his voice.

  She hesitated before she answered. "It was Marcus." 

  "I'm gonna fucking kill him," Scott muttered.

  "No, Scott. Please calm down," She said to him.

  "How can I calm down when my girlfriends ex tried to hurt her?" He asked her. My heart stopped when he said the word girlfriend. 

  "What?" I asked her, "Girlfriend?"

  Bella's POV

  Scott slipped up. He said we were dating.

  "Scott, you're on speaker." I said quietly.

  "Shit..." He muttered. "I'll talk to you later, okay?" 

  "Okay, bye Scooter." I said.

  "Bye, Belle." He replied and hung up.

  "Girlfriend?" Mitch asked me, he was clearly pissed off.

  "Um, yeah. We've been dating for about a week. We didn't know how you or the band would react, so we just waited." I confessed to him.

  "Bella," He said quietly, "Are you joking?"

  "Mitch, why would I lie about that." I asked him, but it didn't sound like a question.

  He looked down at the ground, "I just...I knew that you two would eventually date because it was obvious you liked eachother, but I don't want to lose you again." His eyes met mine.

  "Mitch, you won't lose me. I don't want to lose you either; that's why I was hesitant to say yes." I confessed and he pulled me into a hug. 

  "You're gonna crush my kitten, you big grape." I laughed and he pulled away, kissing the kitten on top of it's head.

 "Sorry, Queen." He apologized.

   Mitch's POV

   I was heart broken. Truly heart broken. Not only did I not want to lose Bella, I had major feelings for her. I loved her more than the world, and she's with my bestfriend. I mean, he does deserve her. He's good enough, and I'm not.

  "Should we go back to the studio and tell the rest?" I asked her and she nodded.

  "I guess we have to." She shrugged.