Painting Our Destiny [COMPLETE]

Hell On Heels

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Chapter 47:

"What are you doing here?" Corey asked, confusion etched into his voice. I stared at the blonde haired, soft almost gooey eyed person in front of me. She was gorgeous but all admiration for her was swept away as she stepped towards Corey, her eyes wide with longing.

"I came to surprise you for your birthday," she said sweetly. Corey's dark eyes flashed with fear. I frowned, confused by this whole situation.

"Who is she?" I asked Corey but for some reason Christie replied.

I felt claws tighten around my heart, gradually piercing through the surface, ready to tear it open into a thousand tiny shreds of flesh to be discarded onto the ground like scraps left for stray dogs...

"I'm Corey's girlfriend."

And they did.

"What?!"

The whole world shook, not literally but by the way my heart was pounding made it feel so. I wouldn't let it show but I could feel my eyes start to gloss over. My hands clenched by my sides as I snapped my head towards Corey. He looked completely and utterly confused but eventually some realisation slipped into his features.

"I'm Corey's girlfriend," I stated. By now Corey had two girls glaring in anger at him.

This can't be another one of Callan's tricks. He wouldn't have. He said he would leave us alone. He couldn't have found someone Corey knew anyway.

"Care to explain Corey?" Christie asked sweetly but menacingly.

"I broke up with you before I left," Corey said frantically to Christie before turning to me, his eyes wide and pleading. I watched as his golden flecks turn into harsh cracks in his dark eyes, clearly breaking along with his heart. I wanted to believe him but this girl, who looked like she was close to crying, made me believe this was true. She looked so in love with Corey and to have visited him especially and find out he has a girlfriend must be killing her, probably more than it's killing me.

"Ash please! I didn't know she thought we were still together!" He pleaded. It's only then that I realised this must be the first girlfriend. The one who did all those things with him, took almost all his firsts.

"Then why is she here saying you never broke up with her?" I was fuming but I could feel my throat closing up. The pain in my chest transforming into a ball of rage. How do you break up with someone but not?

"So you've been dating this girl this whole time?" Christie asked in disbelief, her voice cracking.

"Yes," Corey seemed to lose hope, his head lowered in shame.

"We're over Corey!" Christie burst. I still couldn't believe it. He had another girlfriend this whole time!

"So are we."

Corey head snapped up towards me, his face broken and soul crushed. I almost went back on what I had just said just by the heart ranching feeling he was causing.

"Ash! No, please! Don't do this!" His voice was so thick with emotion, his heart clearly breaking. I didn't want to be cruel and heartless but I'm not the one who has another girlfriend. I loved him so much but now I'm just questioning everything he's ever said to me.

"Ash, I love you!"

Christie scoffed," that's what you said to me before you left and cheated on me!"

"How am I supposed to believe you Corey?" I sighed, shaking my head. My eyes stung from the tears that threatened to appear.

"Im going," Christie said walking away. I looked back at Corey, letting my mask fall to show him all the pain I was feeling.

"Ash..."

Instead of replying I turned and walked away, my heart crumbling in my chest.

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I started walking home, after a short time of battling with my mind I called the girls, afterwards turning off my phone so I didn't have to see the endless notifications from Corey that had already accumulated. Hattie soon picked me up and drove me home. The whole time I was thinking of Corey, feeling numb and broken. I still couldn't believe this happened, after everything. He said he didn't have any exs to worry about either!

A sudden feeling came over me which made me want to have some stereotypical post breakup transformation with dark smokey black make-up and died black hair.

Don't forget the black heart where you don't let anyone in, my annoying conscience joked.

"What happened?" Katie asked, concern filling her eyes like a mother's would when she saw me. I dropped my bags on the floor, kicking my shoes off into the corner.

"He...he has another girlfriend," I looked up through burning eyes to see all their faces morf in surprise.

"No!" Casey gasped. "That bastard! Ima rip his balls of the next time I see him and make him eat them!"

I smiled weakly at her enthusiasm but, even though he lied to me, I wouldn't want to see him hurt.

Dammit, why can't I just hate him like a normal person?

"Come on," Hattie wrapped her arm around my shoulders and lead me upstairs to my bedroom. When we entered we all sat on my bed.

"So, how exactly did you find out?" Ariana asked, breaking the silence.

Just thinking about it made my head hurt and stomach clench. Tears started to sting in the back of my eyes. I closed them and cleared my throat before explaining.

"We were in town and she showed up to surprise him for his birthday, not knowing he was dating me. It kinda blew up from there," I looked down at my lap, hopefully hiding the tears that spilled onto my cheeks.

"Awe, honey," Katie coed as she pulled me into a hug. Just that made me break further.

It's all my fault! How could I let this happen to me again? Why am I always falling in love with people who hurt me? I can't believe I was so blind, so stupid! How did I not see it coming? I should have known this would happen. Ugh! I'm the one to blame here, I was so naïve to even think someone could actually care for me without there being some sort of devastating secret.

"Why can't I just find someone who won't hurt me for once? I'm just fed up of waiting and getting hurt." I wiped my eyes with my sleeves.

"Ash, honey, you're still young you have lots of time to find the right guy who will truly love you and treat you right. Your a great person with an awesome personality! Don't rush it, we don't want you getting hurt because of some guy who didn't know what he had when he had it," Ariana explained as she held my hand with wide eyes. I smiled gratefully, a hollow feel still present inside my chest.

If I thought those couple of days before were some of the worst days of my life then what is to come will be one hell of a torturous rollercoaster.