Dead As FUCK |Motionless In White||Ricky Horror|

Hearts At War

{Chloe}

"Chloe!" Gaia snapped me out of nothingness.

"Hmm?..."

"Were you not paying attention?!"

I ignored her. I stared at the water bottle. It was empty, like me. You could see right through it, like me. It was weak, like me.

"Jesus Christ! Ricky is trying to talk to you!" Gaia said.

"I'm listening..." I said quietly.

"Then what did he just say??"

"I don't know? I wasn't paying attention."

Gaia sighed in frustration.

I twisted the cap off of the water bottle then spun it like a quarter.
I watched it spin around and around in circles until it finally landed on the flat side.
I flicked it with my thumb and index finger and it landed on the floor somewhere.
I leaned back in the chair so it was now only balancing on the two back legs.

"Oh it's heartache every moment from the 'till the end. It's heartache every moment with you. Deeper into our heavenly suffering our fragile souls are falling. It's heartache every moment baby with you." I sang quietly.

"Chloe..."

I darted my eyes up at Ricky.
I raised both of my eyebrows signaling him to speak.

"I'm sorry...I was gonna follow you to the bathroom but Jaime, she-"
"Did you like the kiss??" I asked.

Gaia's eyes widened.

"That shouldn't matter." Ricky said.

"Did you like it or not?" I asked.

He sighed.

"It's just a simple yes or no. I'm not gonna get mad about it." I said with equanimity in my tone of voice.
I looked at Ryan Ashley and Gaia whom were looking at Ricky waiting for an answer also.

"N...yes..." He sighed. His eyes watered up.

I scoffed.

"There's no reason to start crying Rick. We're not even together so you could start kissing whatever you want now, you should start by kissing your own ass." I said calmly while standing up and leaving the kitchen.

"Chloe. No. I didn't mean it like that, I did like it but not the way that I like it when you kiss me..." He said.

I sighed and turned around.
"I'm not gonna argue anymore. I'm just tired. I'm so tired,Ricky. I just want to go back to Boston or Swampscott because this is too much for me." My eyes watered up.
"I-I can't take all of this stress anymore. I can't deal with it." I sobbed.

Ricky hugged me tightly.

"Why don't you just give up!" I asked with a sniffle.
"Like why are you still here?! Shouldn't you be with Jaime or something?? I don't understand why do you want me?? You pick me out of all of the other girls that are falling head over heels for you!" I sobbed in his shirt.

"Because I love you." He said quietly while pressing his lips against my head.
"It's because I love you."

I sniffled.

I pulled away then looked over to see Gaia's head poking out of the kitchen.
Dexter came waddling over to me with his toy carrot.

"I'm sorry..." Ricky said while hugging me again.

"Ricky...it's fine..." I sighed.
"I just need a break right now..."

"What do you mean?"

"A break. From everybody...I need to clear my head for a while. I've just been sexually assaulted in my own house by my ex, you fought my ex, I've met your ex, you kissed your ex, Gaia got into a fight with Lilith which I saw that one coming...and did I mention that I've been sexually assaulted by my ex??"

"W...Well that doesn't mean you need to take a break from everybody. Balz and I totally kicked his ass, I didn't kiss Jaime...she kissed me, and did I mention that Balz and I totally kicked his ass??"

I looked at Ricky's lips. Although the bottom one had a little blood on it, they still looked hot.

I stood on my tippy toes then pinned my lips against his.
I wonder where this kiss is gonna take us...probably to awkward land.
I wrapped my arms around his neck then he held me by my waist and pulled me closer to him.
I winced at his grip, my waist was still sore.
I pulled away from his lips then laid my forehead on his chest.
I laid my hand on top of his then slowly pulled them away from my waist.

"Chloe, don't lie to me this time..." He started.
"Did he leave any marks on you?"

I slowly nodded my head yes.

"Show me."

We walked to the bathroom then Ricky sat down on the toilet seat.
I slowly lifted up my shirt to reveal the finger marks on both sides of my waist.
Ricky slowly lifted up his hands then gently touched them with the tips of his fingers.

"Chloe..."
"I know you're pissed at me. You don't have to lie because I could see it. I know that you never accept apologies so I guess thats my loss because I'm truthfully sorry. I'm so,so,sorry. I would never do anything to fuck up what we have now, Jaime broke up with me so that's her loss...I already moved on and found someone better and that someone better is you. I wouldn't want anything else in the world but you."
Ricky kissed my stomach then stood up and hugged me.
"I am going to kill that motherfucker if I ever see him again." Ricky said before kissing my forehead.

We heard a little soft giggle outside of the door.
The door was open so I looked across at the mirror to see Gaia,Ryan Ashley, and the guys huddled up by the door.

"You guys know that I could see you through the mirror over there." I said.
They all turned around and hurried back to the living room.
I looked at Ricky then pursed my lips together in a fainted smile.
"Well..." I said while patting his shoulder.
"I accept your apology..."I said.
I looked down at the floor. I didn't say anything else. I didn't know what else to say so I just walked away and into the living room.