undeniable feelings | a stephchelle story

Chapter 10 - payback

— STEPHANIES POV —

"Shall we go and have a little chat Stephanie?" He asks in a friendly yet sneaky manner. I shakily nod my head, regretfully letting go of Michelle and following Toby. I look back just before we turn a corner to see Toby's three older friends surrounding Michelle, but before I can do anything, they disappear from my eye sight.

Toby brings me outside and into an enclosed alley, the only place out of sight from anyone. He forcefully pulls away from my hand as it was still locked in with his, he mocking wipes his hands in disgust and snarls at me.
"Studying huh?" He aggressively waits for a response.
"Toby I'm sorry, I just feel bad for her because she has nobody and I want to be there for her, because, we've gotten really close and-" I stutter incredibly fast.
"AND NOTHING, YOU BELONG TO ME STEPHANIE AND I DONT WANT YOU SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME WITH SOMEONE AND EVENTUALLY TURN GAY AND FALL FOR HER, WHAT'LL THAT DO TO MY REPUTATION IN SCHOOL?" he screams right in my face.
"I don't care because I'm already gay." I blurt out, instantly gasping, realising what I've just done.

I look at Toby's shocked expression and it begins to grow more and more angry, his face is turning bright red and his breaths becoming more heavy by the second.
"what." He angrily projects, his fists clenched.
"I'm sorry, I know this is hard for you but I can't hide who I am anymore, I've felt this way for quite a while and I want you to accept that." I begin, wincing at his reaction, worried about what he might say or do.

"Stephanie, you're messed up, you can't just do this to someone, especially me, it's disgusting and you deserve to be punished."

I try to run but he grips onto my arm so tight that it turns purple, I can hardly feel my wrist. He lifts his foot to my back and forcefully kicks me to the ground, stamping all over my body. I can hardly believe it. I cover my face as well as I can but the pain is unbearable, my stomach begins to throb as he kicks it so many times. The person I once called my boyfriend is doing this to me. I cry out as loud as I can, in desperation the someone finds me.

Once he's done venting his anger on me, I notice tears trickling down my face. He leans close to me, squeezing my lips together, preventing me from speaking.
"No girlfriend of mine turns gay, now here's the deal, if you stay with me and we can forget this ever happened, or you can be all happy with Michelle and I'll tell your parents about you being gay, and you know what they did to your brother, don't you Stephanie." He aggressively smirks. "Go ahead, tell Michelle all about this, but if you dare break up with me, you'll have an even bigger price to pay."

He walks away, leaving me beaten on the ground, all alone.