Love you 'Til Death?

Chapter 25

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So this is how it goes?

Well I,

I would have never known.

And if it ends today,

Well, I'll still say,

That you shine brighter then anyone.

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Chapter 25

And here I lay here on the floor.

I couldn’t feel anything by the way, I was glad for that.

I was happy that I was numb.

In this moment I didn’t have to be anything, not the abandoned daughter, the sucky best friend, the abused girlfriend.

 I didn’t have to be anything and I was happy.

This was the step.

I was leaving Cole, even if it killed me.

Matt’s P.O.V.

I woke up to screaming and thought my parents had gotten into a fight. But that wasn’t possible, they never fought. They sat down and talked about their problems in a civilised manner.

Then I heard a car door shut and somebody taking off aggressively, I rushed to my window just in time to see Cole’s car speeding down the road.

I quickly put on track pants and a white t-shirt and ran downstairs, out the door and I started running over to Scars place.

The door was left unlocked and slightly ajar.

I walked in without knocking.

“Scarlett?” I called.

No response. I checked around downstairs, going from the kitchen to the lounge and there was no sign of her down here. Why hadn’t she answered to my call?

“Scarlett?” I called again.

No answer.

Maybe she’s in the shower or something, I thought, walking up the stairs, taking two at a time, when I reached the bathroom I didn’t hear any water running.

Her door was left open and when I stepped through the threshold I got the shock of my life.

Scarlett was on the floor unconscious.

How did all of this happen?

I ran to her side, kneeling down beside her and lifting up her head in my hands, and placing it on my knees.

“Scarlett.” I whispered, stroking her hair out of her face.

“I don’t know what I would do if I lose you.”I whispered my voice raspy. I was panicking.

How could this have been going on with me being completely oblivious to it?

Now that I'm seeing it first had, I remember, the time we spent at the beach, when she came to school on Monday with a red cheek and she had said she got hit with the door or something I believed her, because she was naturally clumsy. Every time she came up with some lame excuses to why she had blue marks, or she winced in pain at one touch, I believed her. I had drifted from her, it was my fault. I could have stopped this if only she had told me.

I won’t jump to any conclusions right now, I thought as I stared down at Scar, running my thumb on her check.

 Willing her to wake up.

I looked down and noticed her baggy t-shirt she wore to sleep in was riding up her stomach. And there it was marks, some old and some knew. Blueish purplish, redish, I was horrified.

I'm not sure if I should be calling the hospital, or the cops. But what could they do. I wanted to catch Cole and beat the shit out of him, first.

I looked down at Scars face again, not sure what to do.

Should I leave her here and go after Cole, or wait until she wakes up?

And as I was deciding I felt her stir in my arms.

Well, I guess I'm going to stay.

For now.

I looked down at Scar as she opened her eyes, taking in her surroundings, as if this was a natural thing.

Her face went confused, and then a frown appeared. She must have noticed that she was in somebody’s arms.

She struggled to get free, but then she screeched out in pain.

“Shh Scar it’s me Matt, I'm here for you.” I whispered, trying to get her to calm down.

She relaxed and then our eyes met. I could see the pain in them. And I wanted to do everything I could to take it all away. We just sat there, staring in each other’s eyes

“Look, I'm going to put you on your bed and then get you some pain killers.” I finally said.

She nodded.

I removed my hands from her head and laid it down gently before laying it down and the floor and moved quickly to lift her up, the best way I could without hurting her.

Once she was on the bed, I ran to the bathroom and got her painkillers really quickly, with a glass of water.

She took the pain killers and drank the water, falling back on her pillow.

“Matt..” she began, but I cut her off.

“Look just rest awhile okay and then we will talk later.” I said dismissively.

She nodded and sunk into her pillow,

I got up to leave.

“Matt please stays with me.” she said softly.

I reluctantly turned and made my way back to her bed, where she scooted over for me. I wanted to go over to Cole’s house and rip his head off.  But that would have to wait.

Scarlett needed me right now.

I got in the bed and wrapped my arms around her protectively. She snuggled into my chest and within a couple of minutes she fell asleep with a content sigh.

I snorted, inside I was boiling. Every time I closed my eyes I thought of that bastard hitting Scar. How long had it been going on? And most importantly, why didn’t she tell me? What was wrong with me? Why hadn’t I noticed? All of this seemed like my fault. I got Cole and Scar together as a distraction for me. I decided to have a go with Lily because I wanted another distraction. And that helped so much that it blinded me from reality, from what was really going on. When Scarlett wakes up we’re definitely going have a long talk, and then I am going to kill Cole.

Literally.

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