Right My Wrongs

Chapter 6 continued...

**** Bryson's POV ****

Fuck. I thought to myself, staring down at Raelynn.

Jessica instantly went to crying and apologizing to Rae. Scared of the potential ass whooping thought she was going to get.

Rae pushed EJ off of her.

"Bitch, if you don't get the fuck from me..." Raelynn says in a scary calm voice.

Jessica backed away, not taking her eyes off of Raelynn. But the only person Raelynn is looking at was me. My hearts beating fast as shit and I'm can't think of words to say.

Raelynn pushes me back onto the door and as it swings open I fall into the bathroom backwards.

She's never put her hands on me before, but I say don't shit. I just sit there, now looking up at her.

She looks more than angry. I think she might actually hit me when she balls her fist. But I don't say anything, I'm prepared to take it. I deserve it.

"How could you..." She finally says. I stay silent.

"I can't believe you. You really played it. I wanted to see you before I left tomorrow. And you..." She wipes the tears that start falling.

I hate when she cries. I hate being the reason she's crying right now. The angry facade she had on is gone now. She's not mad she's hurt. And that makes this fifty times worse.

"I'm not even mad though," she continues, as I stand up. "I knew something like this would happen eventually. I just didn't think you moved that fast." She gives up on wiping her tears as she sniffles.

"It's whatever. We're done anyway." She says, and her words have a finality to them. She means it. Today was our last day together. She leaves town for college tomorrow. She's leaving. She's leaving me.

I try to get my brain and mouth to work with each other. It's been four years with her. And I can't let it end like this.

"Wait, Raelynn, please.." I say and grab her wrist she flinches and pulls away. I look down to see they're red. And I think about how I'm going to get on EJ's ass about bruising her like this.

I step towards her and she backs away, like she's scared of me. Like I'm the one pushing niggas through doors and shit.

"You know it didn't mean anything..." I say trying to reassure her of her place in my heart. "I didn't even kiss her, I don't love her, she's not you..." I tell her.

"You're so full of it!" She yells at me, her voice cracking. "I loved you!"

Loved? Does this mean she doesn't anymore? I love you too, I swear. I think but for some reason the words don't leave my mouth. I'm sorry, I love you. But it's like someone has put me on mute.

My eyes start to burn as I feel unfamiliar tears rush to my eyes. I put my hands on both of her cheeks and she tries to pull away from me.

"She didn't mean anything," I tell her again. She's gotta know I love her. That this one mistake didn't change how I felt about her.

So I kissed her, trying to get her to understand it. Trying get her to feel what I felt for her through the kiss. She put her hands against my chest ready to push me away, no doubt but I couldn't let her. She's tried it before, our sophomore year.

I grabbed her hands in one of mine, holding her chin in place with the other and she stepped back, backing against the door. I let go of her hands trying to put them around my neck but she pushed me off.

"She didn't mean anything," I felt a tear fall down my face. Raelynn was crying harder now. Rubbing her wrists. Fuck! I forgot about her wrists.

I tried to wipe her tears, but she turned away. "Don't touch me," she said flatly. Like she didn't have any fight left in her.

"Just let me go." She said turning around. She opened the door and left the bathroom brushing past EJ looking defeated.

I put my back against the door and slid down. I put my face in my hands and cried for the first time in I don't know how long.

I don't know how everything went from good to bad so fast. But I know it's because I fucked up.

I should've been with Raelynn tonight. But instead I let Jessica talk me into some quick sex.

I couldn't even think straight. I just lost her, I looked down at the watch she gave me just a few hours ago. I shook my head. I wanted to see her smile again. The last thing I wanted to see was her hurting.

**** Raelynn's POV ****

I don't even have words right now. I can't even cry anymore. I know my eyes must be red and puffy. I wish I hadn't given EJ my fucking eye drops.

I looked down at my throbbing wrist. They'd be okay, I just needed some ice.

I get some from the bar. Where I see Jessica further down from me. I think it's funny how she would always say how cute we were together, but moves in the first chance she gets.

She's laughing with a group of her friends and I wanna beat her ass. But I know I can't just pin it all on her. Bryson could've stopped himself. I've got to be the bigger person on this.

I want to find Kayla and get out of here but it's only been an hour, and just because I had a bad start doesn't mean I should ruin her time.

"I need all the pretty girls on the dance floor right now." The DJ says and all of the girls run out to the floor.

Not really in the mood I stay right at the bar close enough to the stage to not have my view blocked off. The bartender leans on the counter next to me from the other side.

"It's crazy how he said for the pretty girls to get to the dance floor and all of the gremlin faced bitches run out there. Like they made it all throughout high school not knowing their ugly." He says, and I smile at him, and shake my head.

"You're crazy." I say to him.

"And you're beautiful. Shouldn't you be out on the dance floor?" He asks.

"Nah, it looks a little crowded." We watch all of the girls go nuts when "No type" starts to play.

Kayla appears out of no where and grabs my hand.

"I'm ready to go," she says exhausted.

I grab my cup of what's now water and half melted ice cubes and hop down from my seat.

I walk over to where I see Jessica standing and tap her shoulder, when she turns I toss the water on her. So much for being the bigger woman. I think to myself walking away with Kayla.

I'll tell her everything when she helps me move into my room tomorrow. But for now I just wanted to some sleep.