Fallin' For You (R5 Fan-fiction)

Chapter 11

Rocky's P.O.V.

Rydel was groaning in pain as Mom out ice on her wrist. How was our tour going to continue? I was unsure. I looked around.

"Guys... Where's Rachel?"

We looked out of the window to see Rachel getting kicked repeatedly by some blonde girl. Isn't she that girl who Ross dedicated a song to during our tour? Stella right?

"Why isn't she fighting back? She's going to get herself killed!" Ryland shouted as he got off the bus with Ross behind him.

Ross went to pick Rachel off the ground and Ryland actually pushed the girl away gently. She still fell to the ground anyway.

Why didn't Rachel fight back? We saw her beat up a guy twice her size and she can't fight against Stella? I look back just now when Rachel and Stella started fighting. Stella was throwing her hands randomly but Rachel only had her hands swatting them away. Rachel didn't even initiate any attack...

They got back up the bus with Rachel having a look of guilt on her eyes. Ross took out her headphones and her phone and played a random song, placing the headphones on her ears. I couldn't see how Rachel responded, but I know she was feeling down. Dad started driving the bus to the hospital.

Soon the bus arrives at the hospital and we all get down. Rydel is sent into the Emergency room and we all wait outside the Doctor's office for news.

Rachel had removed her headphones and kept in her bag. She was pacing around really quickly and she kept scratching the same place.

I stepped in front of her and held her shoulders.

"No one is blaming you so stop feeling guilty!" I said, a little harsher than I intended.

"I can't. The guilt. It itches through my veins."

"No one blames you, Rachel. Relax... You did nothing wrong!" I said.

After a moment of silence, she continues to pace around faster and scratches more violently till she bled.

"I can't stay here. I don't want to cause anymore trouble." She said grabbing her bag and running off.

"Rachel!" Ross shouted and ran after her.

"That's strange..." I said, "That's not like her..."

"She can fight Dennis but not hit Stella?" Riker asked.

The girl's didn't harbour the same expression of confusion. Instead, the had an expression of guilt, pain and sadness.

"Rachel beats herself up to get rid of pain or guilt..." Haley said with a look of pain.

"She injures herself... and make it seem like an accident." Raven said after her.

"She doesn't look like the type to cry over spilled milk..." Ratliff said.

"That's what you think. You've never seen her cry. For all my 10 years that I know her, I've never seen her cry. She never cries in front of anyone. She puts that strong demeanor for us but I sometimes see her with red puffy eyes." Amethyst said really quick.

"She takes everything to heart. It eats her up inside. She used Stella to beat herself up. She scratched herself because she was angry. She's angry with herself. She's worried about Rydel like the rest of us. But she is putting the blame in herself." Raven said.

Rachel's P.O.V

I couldn't take it. The guilt was eating me up alive. I paced around so fast and subconsciously, I started scratching myself like old times. I couldn't stay. I needed to leave. I was about to have a panic attack if I didn't leave. I needed to go to my sanctuary - the cemetery.

I quickly ran away back home. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me and ran into my house. I took my wallet and my keys. I opened the door and was about to go to the garage but I saw Ross panting, outside the house.

Ross P.O.V

I saw Rachel's eyes widen when she saw me. Hey eyes were really glassy I thought she was going to cry. The strong girl I once knew looked so fragile, as though she was going to break anytime soon.

"You followed me? Why? To jeer?"

"Is that... what you... think of me? Rachel... I'm worried about... what you might do! I followed you from the hospital..." I said as I gripped her really hard and hugged her.

"I want to go to my sanctuary... Will you follow me there?" She said with uncertainty.

"I will follow you if it means I get to protect you." I said, looking into her brown eyes.

"We have to get some stuff first. You might get a little bored there, better bring something there to entertain yourself."

I entered the house to grab my guitar, did a quick change of clothes and went down again, seeing Rachel in Raven's car. I locked the door, walked over, placed my guitar in the booth and entered the car, seating beside her in the front seat.

"We have to get some stuff first."

"Sure."

She drove us to the mall and first went to the super market. She got some cups and a bottle of ice lemon tea. Rachel told me to find a packet of snacks or something and I came back holding a packet of Oreo. After we paid, she went to the jewelry shop.

The lady gave her a box which she placed in her bag and then she left for the florist. She bought a huge amount of white roses which I offered to pay for. It was quite cheap, considering thirty bucks for fifty stalks of roses.

We then made our way to the car and placed everything in the booth. Even though I didn't open my mouth, I was really confused. She bought lemon tea, my favorite cookies, 50 stalks of roses, and jewelry. I feel like I should be worried...

"You don't have to be worried. I'm not gonna propose to you or something. I wasn't lying when I said I'm going to my sanctuary."

"Did I say that out loud?"

"Nope. I can tell by your face."

Soon, the trees disappeared and Rachel sped up. There were large patches of endless fields. Soon, we arrived at a black painted gate...

To Be Continued.