Chapter 37 - Confessions

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Everyone stopped talking and stared at Brad.

He gulped.

“Okay. I have something to tell you.” He repeated.

I looked around to see everyone watching him with curiosity.

“So I need to tell you all two things.” He stared at the ground, avoiding eye contact with people.

“Go on then.” Tris said, eager for Brad to explain what was going on.

“The first thing that I need to tell you will probably be quite hard for you to take in. I have been keeping it a secret for a while because I was worried that if I told you that our relationship as a band and as friends would suffer.” He breathed out slowly, his eyes still fixed on the floor.

“Bradley. Tell us.” Joe summoned, angst and anger in his voice.

Brad looked up from the ground and breathed deeply. I could see how nervous he was. Why was it such a big thing though? She was just a girlfriend. What happened between them that was so bad?

“I broke up with Liberty.” He quickly blurted out.

The room stayed silent for what seemed like hours.

“Why?” Joe asked.

“For complicated reasons.” He mumbled.                

“Brad.” Joe said in a stern voice, “Tell us.”

He pulled a face and a small whimpering sound came out of his mouth.

"Why is it so important to you?" He asked.

"Because you two were perfect and I want to know what caused you to break up."

I shrank into my seat.

All this talk of Liberty was making me jealous.

“When our band started to get serious she kept on holding me back and not wanting me to go to organised events that we had planned. She tried to restrain me from travelling and she didn't want me to become famous it seemed. I ignored her comments because I couldn't possibly agree with her. Obviously she was at university and so it was extremely hard to keep in contact with her, so we became distant. I then got this random really angry text message from her. I didn’t reply, because I wasn’t sure what to say back and she kept on sending me horrible texts. They were awful and there were some nights when I couldn't go to sleep because I was so worried, scared and sad. I know it may seem overdramatic but she was my girlfriend. We had been together for ages and she felt like family. The messages stopped one day and she invited me over to her university, so I went, thinking that maybe she would apologise or something. I guess I was expecting too much of her…”

Brad stopped and ran his hand through his hair.

He looked over at me and I smiled at him to encourage him to carry on speaking.

“So I arrived at the university and I walked to her room but when I got there it wasn’t what I expected. She started to shout at me for forgetting about her and treating her so badly. I just stood in the room while she violently attacked me with words, and I didn’t know what to do. There was a knock at the door and I saw her smirk as she walked over to answer it. This boy walked in, and kissed her. I just stared at him and he told me to get out and never speak to Liberty again. I went home straight away.”

Everyone was silent.

“The other day she asked to meet up and it was obvious she just wanted to because I am becoming famous.”

No one said a word, and we all just stared at Brad.

He looked at the floor, shuffling his feet around.

I felt so sorry for him and I just wanted to hug him and make him feel better. I didn't realise what she had done to him.

“Brad.” James began. “I am so sorry. I had no idea. I feel so terrible.”

Brad smiled at him weakly.

“I think we all understand. Thanks for telling us.” James said.

“It’s just that I know how much you liked her, and it was so hard…I…uh…” Brad trailed off.

“Bro. You should have just told us though. It would have been fine.” Tris said.

Connor nodded but didn’t say anything. It was to be expected as he is always quiet.

“What was the other thing you wanted to tell us?” Joe raised an eyebrow.

Brad glanced at me and I felt myself shiver.

He was going to tell them about us.

Even though I felt out of place in the last part of the conversation, in a way I wanted it to stay like that, and not be the centre of attention.

I was really worried what their reactions would be.

I hoped that they weren't in a bad mood because of what Brad had just told them.

“Emily and I are together.” Brad said.

I blushed as I felt lots of eyes dart towards me.

I saw Tris wink at me out of the corner of my eye and I glared at him and rolled me eyes.

“You what?” I heard Joe say in an angry tone.

“We are together…” Brad repeated more slowly.

I felt Joe’s eyes burning into me and my heart started to beat faster than usual.

“Is this why you brought her up here with us?” Joe continued.

“She came with us because I wanted her to and we thought that it would be best if we told you that we were together sooner rather than later.”

Joe glared at me and I was worried.

Why was he so uptight?

Was it bad if we were together?

Endless questions were going round and round my head.

I hoped everything was going to be okay.

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