"Archie, I really think we should talk," I say crossing my arms over my chest, as I examine Archie, as he plays a video game. He ignores me staring at the television. I sigh flicking off the tv, trying to hide my annoyance.
"Why the hell did you do that?" He asks angrily, taking a sip of beer, rising from his chair. "I'm worried about you Archie," I say searching his brown eyes for any signs of my boyfriend. I saw none, he wasn't there.
"You shouldn't worry," he says duly. "How am I not going to worry about you when you've been drinking and getting high day after day, Archie." I begin. "And know I find out you have a gun." I hiss.
He takes another sip of beer, In a wave of anger I try to snatch the bottle from his hand, but he is far stronger than me. He punches me. I gasp grabbing my cheek. Archie looks at me with hate in his eyes, he then then throws the bottle at the wall behind me, golden brown liquid drips down the wall, I'm trying hard not to shake from fear.
"Leave, now." Archie says through gritted teeth. "Archie please...y-you shouldn't be alone right now," I stutter as I try to wipe the blood trickling from my nose.
"Go." He says angrily, shoving me so hard that I lose my balance, I fall to the floor with a crunch and a loud thud.
I let out a scream, as I feel a piece of the bottle push down into the palm of my hand, there is blood everywhere. I try to look up at Archie but my unruly dark curls are cascading in my vision. I don't see him storm out the room, but I can hear stomping down the stairs and the door slam.
I still don't dare move, I lay there in a pile of beer and glass, I feel broken. Sorta like the bottle I lay on. *** Somehow I manage to get to my car and drive to my best friend, Veronica's house. I didn't know why I was going there really, I couldn't think straight, I was still shaken up a bit. And plus I couldn't go home, not like this.
I park the car in front of her condo duplex and get out the car, hiding my bleeding hand. The door man gave me a puzzled but concerned look. "Can I help you?" He asks studying me. He looks down at the ground where I was dripping blood on the pristine clean floor from my hand.
"I need to see Veronica Lodge please," I say trying to make my voice sound strong and confident, it fails tremendously. My voice sounds horse and weak. The doorman stares at me for seconds longer then finally walks away to ring for Veronica.
"She'll be down in a minute," he tells me after he hangs up the phone. "are...you okay miss...do I need to call the authorities?"
I stare down at my feet. I didn't exactly know the answer to that question, I didn't need to call the police because I wasn't in danger, what Archie did...was an accident, it was- "what the hell happened to you, Dencye?" Veronica shrieks knocking me out of my thoughts.
Veronica walks up to me, clutching her black silk robe closer to her, she lifts up my hand examining it. "We're going to the hospital right now and you're gonna tell me what the fresh hell happened to you." Veronica says aggressively as she takes the keys from my hand and leads me to the door. "We're you punched Dencye?" Veronica says when we finally make it to my car.
"It was Archie," i finally choke out. It feels as if I haven't spoken in ages. Veronica begins to drive swiftly through the night, I see her shift in her seat as she grips the steering wheel. "He put his hands on you?" She asks astonished.
"He had been drinking and...we started arguing and he...he was so mad and..." I trail off as I begin to sob, which made my head and face ache in pain. A cruel reminder of what happened earlier that evening.
"I'm going to kill him," Veronica growls. "And I don't mean like, oh I'm only saying that to be a good friend, like I'm actually going to kill him." She says. "Veronica don't worry about it, it's nothing." I say wiping my tears.
"How can you say it's nothing when you're bloodied and bruised and crying." Veronica begins. "I don't care what you said to him he had no right, he's a disgusting pig and I'm going to kill him,"
I say nothing, there is nothing really to say. Veronica finds a parking spot in the emergency room parking. We sit in the car in silence for long minutes that feels like days, years. "Well," Veronica says turning to me. "Well let's go," I say opening the car door heading towards the emergency room.
A/N So this will be a part 1 and part 2 because I'm genuinely too lazy to do like one big chapter so I'm doing it in two parts (something I do normally do)
