Fallen

Chapter 9

No Ones POV

Justin sat there patiently, keeping his thoughts inside his head, unvoiced, as he heard the rude comments repeatedly coming out of the phone that was held in Sophie's hand. He cringed at every remark, every single word that came out of Nate's mouth. He found himself rapidly tapping his foot on the tiled floor beneath him. Trying to stay calm, he reached his hand over to Sophie's shoulder, letting her know that he was still there for her. She looked over at him with sincere eyes, she mouthed the words 'thank you' and shut her eyes tightly, knowing that in a few more moments, all of the pain was going to go away.

"You're a selfless bitch. I fucking hope you rot in hell. You were nothing to me and I'm surprised it took you this long to figure it out."

"It didn't take me this long to figure out that I'm nothing you Nate, it took me this long to realize that you don't deserve me. For two years I always thought that the reason you hit me was because I made you angry. And because of Justin, I realized that it had nothing to with me. You hit me because you're insecure. You hit me because you need to feel strong and violence is the only way you can do it. I finally realized that it wasn't my fault you were angry, it was you're own and you used me as a scapegoat. All you ever did was use me and I'm done."

"You're right about that. I did use you. And I used you for a lot of fucking things. I hit you when I wanted and a word never came out of your mouth because you were in love with me. I made you think that I was in love with you so you wouldn't say anything. I bet you feel really fucking stupid don't you?"

"No Nate, I don't feel stupid."

"Why not bitch? I used you for everything. I hit you. I cursed at you. But I have to say, my favorite was forcing you to have sex with me. You're telling that doesn't make you feel stupid?"

Justin inhaled deeply and calmly made his way to the kitchen table, far from where Sophie was sitting. He couldn't bare to hear something that vulgar coming through the phone about someone he cared so much about. His mind raced in all different directions, telling him different things he should do, things he should say. One said that he should run back over to Sophie and yell through the phone at Nate, tell him to back off and that if he tried to contact Sophie again, he would regret it. But he knew that Sophie would be more than angry at him. He was there for moral support and that's all Sophie wanted him to do. He heard Sophie smoothly reply back to everything Nate was saying. Justin envied how it as so easy for her to stay calm. Justin's anger always got the best of his in these kind of situations. He gathered himself together and went back to where Sophie was.

"Nate, please. I don't want to do this anymore. I just want to move on with my life. And I don't want you to be a part of it."

"Fine, but you'll be sorry Sophie. Trust me, you will be sorry you broke up with me."

"The only thing I'm sorry about is that you're too blind to see how much damage you've caused."

Sophie finished her sentence and slowly pulled the cellphone away from her ear. Clicking the 'end' button she gradually placed her phone on the glass table that lay in front of her. She tilted her head, knowing that Justin's arm would be there. Looking up at him, she gave a half-hearted smile. He gently rubbed his thumb across her forehead and looked right back into those green eyes he spent so many hours thinking about. 

"I'm so proud of you."

"I know you are, thank you for being here with me." Sophie tilted her head away from Justin's and gazed at her stomach. That same warm feeling was dancing around, making her nervous and insanely comfortable at the same time. She didn't know how to process it so she did her best to ignore it.