Pleasantly Raising Cain

Stitches (Songfic)

"Bella please!" Tate begged, scrambling up against the wall.

The dark haired girl stalked up to him and raised her hand to hit him again. He already had a broken nose, a busted lip and a black eye. She thought he needed more than that.

"YOU'RE A MANWHORE!" She screeched, slapping him. "WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU CAN FUCK KALANI AND THEN CALL ME A SLUT?!"

Tate tried shielding his face with his hands, but it didn't work. She got through with her punches, and he cried out in pain.

I thought that I'd been hurt before
But no one's ever left me quite this sore
Your words cut deeper than a knife
Now I need someone to breathe me back to life

"You were never around!" He tried. That earned another slap.

"SO YOU WENT AND MUCKED AROUND WITH MY FRIEND?!"

Tate cried out when the toe of her boot was sent cracking against his ribs. He fought the urge to curl up into a ball and cry like a little bitch.

Got a feeling that I'm going under
But I know that I'll make it out alive
If I quit calling you my lover
Move on

"Bella stop! It wasn't like that I swear!"

"Oh you swear?!" She yelled, her dark eyes glaring daggers at him. "You swear on what?!"

"My life! I swear on my life!" He tried. She smirked.

"I'd be careful if I was you Carnage. I am not a happy girl right now."

You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
Shaking, falling onto my knees
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
Tripping over myself
Aching, begging you to come help
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches

"Bella you have to believe me! Please I promise nothing happened with Kalani!"

She leaned down in front of him, the smirk never leaving her lips.

"Oh, but that's the thing... I don't believe you."

"Come on Bells I can't lose you..."

"You should've thought about that before you became a fuckboy."

Tate felt like he'd been stabbed in the heart. She'd called him a fuckboy... His beautiful Bella had just labelled him with that title.

Just like a moth drawn to a flame
Oh, you lured me in, I couldn't sense the pain
Your bitter heart cold to the touch
Now I'm gonna reap what I sow
I'm left seeing red on my own

He fought back a sob.

"Why can't you listen?" He asked, his voice suddenly soft. "Nothing happened."

Bella stood quickly and he flinched. She glared at him, and if looks could kill he knew he'd be ashes by now.

"Nothing happened?" She repeated. "Nothing happened." She laughed, and he saw the hurt flash in her dark eyes. "I'm not that stupid babe."

"Who told you this?" He choked out. "Who told you these lies?"

"No one told me..." Bella muttered, beginning to pace. "I found out for myself."

"H-how?"

She turned and grinned, showing her white teeth.
"Detective," she said.

Got a feeling that I'm going under
But I know that I'll make it out alive
If I quit calling you my lover
Move on

Tate breathed out and winced in pain. He stared up at Bella, terror in his blue eyes.

"Please don't..." He tried. Bella smirked again.

"Please don't what Tatey boo?"

"Don't hurt me..."

"I think I've hurt you enough," Bella said softly, turning away from him.

He breathed out in relief.

"Really?"

Bella whirled and narrowed her eyes.

"Don't fucking talk, I'll break your bloody jaw without a second thought."

Tate immediately shut up and looked at the floor.

You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
Shaking, falling onto my knees
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
Tripping over myself,
Aching, begging you to come help
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches

"We're done," Bella mumbled, and Tate's head snapped up to her.

"No..."

"Yes. I'm done with you. Fuck off and never come near me again or so help me you won't live to see the light of day again."

Tate slowly got to his feet, only to groan and slide back down the wall again.

"Please Bella... Please don't leave me..."

"Maybe you should've thought about the consequences before you decided to do what you did with Kalani," she said sadly, already walking away.

"Please... I can't lose you Bella..."

"Boo hoo."

Needle and the thread,
Gotta get you out of my head
Needle and the thread,
Gonna wind up dead
Needle and the thread,
Gotta get you out of my head, get you out of my head

Tate watched, tears slipping from his eyes as the only girl he'd ever loved walked away.

"Bella... Come back..." He tried, but his voice came out as barely a whisper. "Please... I love you..."

A pang of guilt spiked in his heart and he clutched at his chest. What had he done?

As Bella disappeared from sight, along with the missing pieces of his heart, and all the promises and plans they'd ever made, he hid his face in his hands and sobbed. His shoulders shook and he cried, shutting out everything and everyone else around him. Without Bella, without his beautiful girl, he was nothing.

He was a ghost, stumbling through life like Scapegrace, with no destination in sight.

You watch me bleed until I can't breathe
Shaking, falling onto my knees
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
Tripping over myself,
Aching, begging you to come help
And now that I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches

I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches
I'm without your kisses
I'll be needing stitches

This song is called 'Stitches' and it's by Shawn Mendes :)

~ Bella