Chapter 7 - Mirror of Pain

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rickiana centric chapter :) sorry i took so long to update ❤️
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Justin drove me to Ricky's house holding my hand the entire way, trying to comfort me with my eyes as puffy as clouds

"Hey, it's going to be alright" he said with a reassuring smile.

It was a 10 minute ride when we arrived in a huge white brick house

"Mrs Alvarez! Ricky got in a severe accident and-"

"I know, it was not life-threatening, don't worry Ariana, We're going to the hospital too, we just got informed"
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We arrived at Ricky's room in the hospital, room number 392, along with his parents

I couldn't say anything, he looked awful, his eyes was swollen, he had bruises everywhere and a cast on his left arm and his left leg. I sat beside his bed and felt a touch on my shoulder,Justin.

"R-ricky?" I said with my hoarse voice

"Hey,princess," he said smiling "you look terrible"

I bit my lower lip to cover out a smile forming on my face. In this state, he could even crack a joke.

"It's not a joke, I was worried. Are you okay?"

"The answer is obvious, its a no"

"Can you all leave us two alone?" He asked his parents and of course, Justin

Justin looked at me and I nodded at him signaling to go out, and he went out of the room hesitantly along with Mr and Mrs Alvarez

"So"

"So?" I repeated

"I know you like him"

"Like who?," I asked, shaking my head and playing dumb

"Justin." He let out a sigh " I can't compete with the dude. I've seen the way you look at him. It's the same way-"

"-You look at me" I continued, and finally let out my breath that I didn't realize I was keeping. I knew I was falling for Justin. But it's too complicated. He's mine but he's not mine.

He probably doesn't even feel the same way.

"Exactly." He plastered a fake smile that I could see through right away

"I'm sorry" I said under my breath. My voice so small that I could barely hear myself

After a long few minutes of an awkward silence, I broke it, and made sure to get out of here. "I-uh, I think I need to go"

"Ok," Our gazes locked, and I saw despair, and mostly sadness in his eyes.

He leaned in slowly and pressed his lips on mine, his lips was soft. Damn it. He moved his hands to reach the back of my neck, and I finally kissed him back.

He started kissing me on my neck, as my eyes closed, pulling him closer to me, and covering any space between us

No. this is wrong

Wait don't I like Justin?

Why is this all so hard?

But I don't want him to stop

The kiss was passionate, my eyes closed and everything disappeared. This was different. It started to be slow, and soft,but later turned rough as if we wanted more. It was not enough. Until,

He pulled away

My eyes fluttered open, and I tried to understand what was happening, but I was so lost in his kisses

"W-What's going on?" I said, breathlessly

"You don't love me that way," He said with a tone of sadness heard in his voice "I can't change anything"

"How do you know how I feel?"

I cupped my hands on his cheek and kissed him again. It took a while, but he didn't kiss me back.

Ricky doesn't feel the same way anymore

"I-I'm sorry I shouldn't have done it" I stuttered, looking down and when I was about to leave, he held on the crook of my elbow, pulled me in, and kissed me again.

Out of all the times Justin could've came in, he came in when I was kissing Ricky Alvarez.

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