Secrets Of The Heart (Lesbian)

Chapter 8

CHAPTER EIGHT

My first reflex would be to grab Alex and run, but I knew we wouldn’t get very far, so I just stood there in horror and stared at him. His perfect blue eyes and manly physique intimidated me at first, but I remembered the connection Alex and I shared the first night outside the club. I closed my eyes for I brief second, hoping that she hadn’t shared such a connection with him before he started hitting her.

Derrick walked over to her, barely acknowledging me with what looked like a nod. Alex’s eyes stay fixed on me, as if she was scared that removing them from me would cause me to miraculously burst into flames. My heart beat was racing at full speed, waiting for the story in front of me to unfold.

 He leaned over to whisper in her ear, but still spoke the words aloud.

“Did you just kiss her?”

I could see the panic in Alex’s eyes increase. She swallowed hard. Her eyes alternated between me and him, then she finally nodded yes.

I stood frozen still, afraid that if I tried something Derrick would beat her half to death. I noticed he clenched his fist; causing his knuckles to turn white. He took in a deep breathe and released his hand from the clench.

Relief washed over me for a split second, then I started contemplating what I would do if he were to hit her. I didn’t have many options; I could call the cops, but I knew by the time they got here, Alex would be barely breathing. I could run out to the front of the shop and call for help, but once again he would have gotten a few more punches in than I would have liked, or I could attack him and draw the fire away from Alex.

“You said you weren’t into girls anymore since you met me.” Derrick said, still at her ear. My fears realised, I knew that she must have felt a connection with him, if she was willing to give up girls. I only hoped now that our connection was much stronger than hers and Derrick’s ever was. He finally pulled away from her ear and looked deep into her emerald eyes, for a second his expression turned loving, but then it changed to anger again.

“Well?” Derrick asked expectantly, referring to what she had said to him about being into girls. I felt my heart stop as I held my breath for her answer.

“The first night I saw her on stage, I could barely take my eyes off her.”

I finally exhaled. I liked the answer she had given, but Derrick on the other hand wasn’t too pleased by. He shut his eyes and lifted up his hands and ran it through his blonde hair.

I noticed how Alex flinched at this movement.

“You just disappeared on me. I woke up one morning and you weren’t there.” He said sounding half surprised and half sad.

“You hit me Derrick, even after you promised you wouldn’t.” Alex answered him, on the verge of crying.

“I know I just can’t believe you moved on so fast… and with a girl.” His voice sounded full of disgust now.

Alex looked over to me. I could tell she was trying to apologize with her eyes. I knew it wasn’t her fault and I felt bad for her and she didn’t have to apologize because at that moment I felt that there was nothing wrong with the fact that a woman could date another woman.

I wished I had the strength to take on Derrick. I wanted to run him out of that grocery store and make him never come back. His stare was still held on her, like I never even existed in his little world. I could tell she wanted to fold under his pressure but she pretended to be strong, the fear still evident in her eyes.

My expression was deep in thought. I was thinking of a way to get us both out of this situation unharmed. Derrick had been calm for now but I knew his patience was running out. He wanted answers and Alex was being vague.

“What does she have that I don’t have?” he finally asked after several moment of silence.

I would have laughed out loud at that question if we weren’t in his current situation.

“It’s not about what she has or doesn’t have, it’s about how I feel when I’m around her, and how I feel when I touch her.” Alex was now crying. The tears just flowing like a waterfall off of her cheek. I wanted to run over to her and throw my arms around her. I wanted to wipe the tears off her cheek and promise her that everything would be fine, but I wasn’t sure if that was a promise I could keep.

“Don’t cry!” Derrick commanded snapping me out of my train of thought.

“I hate it when you cry!”

In the blink of an eye he clenched his fist and swung it to Alex’s face. She hit the ground and didn’t move.

Red covered my features as I went berserk with anger. I jumped on his back, holding my arms around his neck. He was left gasping for air only for a moment or two. He reached his arm over his shoulder and grabbed my shirt. In one swift motion he pulled me over his head and slammed my body into the floor. I felt a bang against my head. It was throbbing so bad making it hard to concentrate. Through blurry vision I saw him go after Alex again. I reached out my foot and he tripped over it and landed next to me. He was up very quickly and had diverted his anger to me now. Somewhere deep inside I was pleased by the idea because I knew it meant that Alex was out of harm’s way, even if it was just for now. Derrick had picked me up off of the floor. He kept me upright by holding on to my t-shirt. He lifted up his arm and held it back; the he brought it forward and slammed into my face at full force. My legs gave in, but Derrick still had me by the shirt. I felt another shot bust open my lip and I hit the floor. I couple of kicks from Derrick into me ribs was causing me to slip in and out of consciousness. I suddenly felt something heavy on my body. In between lingering blinks I saw that Derrick was on top of me.

Left, right, left, right, left, right, I felt the punches land on my face. My eyes became too heavy and I blacked out. For what felt like hours I had finally managed to open my eyes once more. There were two men busy pulling Derrick off of me. He still got in one kick, to my gut, while they were pulling him away. I focused my eyes on Alex. I could tell by the rise and the fall of her chest that she was still alive. My guess was that his first punch towards her had knocked her out cold. I was happy that he only hit her once. I don’t know what I would have done if he had hit her continuously like he had me. The two guys were talking jibberish, to me, but my guess was that they were trying to calm Derrick down. My ribs were throbbing worse than my head. I reached out my hand and took a hold of Alex’s. I let out a small groan because of all the pain I was in. This caused Derrick to turn his head to me. When he saw that my hand was entwined with Alex’s he completely lost it. He pushed passed the two guys and launched himself at me. I felt one more sting of what I thought felt like metal before everything before me turned black and stayed that way.

Every now and then I would hear whispering, but I could never make out what was being said. Images of Alex falling to the ground replayed in my head. I saw two bright blue eyes turn to flames. I was laying next to Alex on the cold floor now. Everything else around us was pitch black. I took her hand in mine and the wonderful spark ran through my body and it didn’t stop. Alex turned her head towards me. Her beautiful green eyes starting to tear up.

“I’m so sorry.” She says. The fire in my hand disappeared as she let go of my hand. She’s falling now, into the darkness that surrounded us. I wanted to catch her but my arms seemed too short, even though I knew she was within reaching distance. I tried to move towards her but every inch of my body was numbed by the pain. I felt a sudden jolt of electricity shoot from my shoulders through to the rest of my body. I couldn’t see Alex anymore, but I could feel her; on my shoulders. My whole body relaxed somehow. The continuous fire disappeared from my shoulders and moved quickly to my hand. I don’t know how but it felt like she was still with me somehow. I heard the whispering again. I looked around. There was no one in the distance, just the blackness. I struggled to understand where the voices were coming from. The tingling in my hand made me not want to care about that.

“Alex!” I called out and she reappeared in front of me again. My eyes followed her arm down to her hand. It was in mine like it had never left before. I looked into her eyes, feeling like the most loved person in the world.

“Please don’t leave me again.” I begged, recalling how she slipped away into the darkness just a while ago.

“I’m not going anywhere.” She smiled at me and I felt almost complete inside.

The darkness around me started to disappear, slowly.

I slowly opened my eyes.