Stories of a Procrastinating Mind

Coward

"Be ready to die, bitch!" screamed the angry teenage boy as he pushed his way through the hallways to make it to his ex girlfriend.

Her curly locks were in his view as he yelled "What the fuck, Vi?"

The girl turned around as she stood up "What do you want?"

As he got into her face, she could smell is too overpowering axe body spray while he spit "Making fun of me in front of the entire school. Making me a joke. How fucking petty are you?"

The girl looked around as she noticed the school, including his new girlfriend, was beginning to surround the arguing duo. The new girlfriend wore a grin that could make the chesire cat blush, when Violet began to laugh maniacally "You're a punch line, so what? Are you going to hit me or something?"

"I'm going to kick your ass," the boy gritted through his teeth as he threw the first punch, which she caught in her ringed right first.

Staring deep into his brown eyes that were forced into a glare she whispered "You aren't going to do shit."

He seemed confused as he pulled back. She was as still as a statue while she spoke like water on silk "You can't do shit."

"Why not?" He laughed like it was funny while the audience seemed intrigued, waiting for her next move.

"Because you are terrified. You are scared of hurting someone, especially me. You fear the aftermath of it all," her voice sounded as if she had memorized a script, as she had imagined this scenario happening in her head a million times that weekend before.

He started laughing to the point he clenched his stomach as he gasped out in between breaths "You... think I.... 'm scared.... of you," while he and the entire school started laughing.

When the roaring died down, she smiled evilly as she spoke in a deeper, more demanding voice "Yes," as the crowd had gone completely silent while she gave her speech "You are terrified of hurting me. You never kissed me because you were convinced I was made of porcelain. One wrong move and I would shatter into a million pieces, and leaving you to clean it up all by yourself. I have my cracks but you never had the power to shatter me, but you still never got that through your skull. 

And for this exact reason, you would rather have cheated on me then try or asking me for anything. Do you understand how fucking ridiculous that is?" she looked at him, waiting for a real answer to escape his clenched mouth.

He just avoided eye contact with her as she began to sarcastically laugh "And now you can't even look at me? You, the one who fucked up, can't look at me and see the result you caused?" she waited for the response that never came as she whispered to herself "Pathetic.

You are truly pathetic. You can't face the own thing you caused and yet you are the one who wants to kick my ass for making you a punch line.... You are a punchline because you are a joke. Everything we had was a joke. You never cared for me, contrary to everything you told my friends! Everything you told me! But the biggest joke out all of this is her!" as she pointed at his new girlfriend.

He looked back at her as he raised his hand to Violet "Don't bring her into this."

"Why not?" she begged while she felt weak "She doesn't care for you. She has been telling everyone that she was thinking of breaking up with you due to the rumors and stories! The rumors and stories that are true, may I add! She isn't the loyal ass bitch you think she is.

The girl that was the most loyal to you was fucking me! I was always defending your name, no matter how many people would tell me you were the cheating, low-life asshole that I know you are now! You lost the only person who probably gives a shit about you, and you replaced it with the pocket pussy version of it!"

Violet was out of breath as he didn't know what to say next. He just stared at her as she looked like she was finally going to be the porcelain doll that was going to break. She got her hands off her knees as she put them on her hips while she continued to pant as she threw her hands up in frustration "Are you going to fucking say anything or did I just waste more of my time on you?"

He just stared blankly at her, as he didn't know whether to run away or run to her. She just closed her eyes as she whispered "I'm done. I'm so fucking done with you."

The boy's mouth spoke softly on instinct "Vi, I'm sor-" as she cut him short.

"Don't," as she stared at him for a second "You lost the right to call me that," as she started to quickly walk away.

She got to the edge of the crowd while she looked at him with a look of pity and disgust while her voice wavered in disappointment "You are a coward, and I'm the idiot for believing you could ever be more than that"

Before anyone could say anything else, she pushed her way through the crowd as the swarm, including his new girlfriend, dispersed to their separate classes. Every single person who had watched that argument carried on with their lives, except him. The people who he thought cared about him left him their. Left him with nothing but an empty feeling and an aching chest.