Barbara Dunkelman x reader Reboot

Part 9

-Your Pov-

You sighed as you stood in front of the bathroom mirror, and then you sighed again when blood started to trickle from both your nose and your lip. Licking up the blood, you slumped in defeat when you saw more drops of blood starting to flow. Reaching, you began to try and dry up the blood with the tissues in the bathroom. Eventually, it started to stop. Going into your bag, you then found band-aids to put on your injuries. Taking some time to walk around the bathroom, you kept walking until you managed to walk straight. A few more moments passed, and then you walked out of the bathroom.

Saying hello to some of the people you worked with, you slowly but surely managed to make your way down to your office. Once you had sat down in your chair, your strength left your body, and you probably couldn't stand up again, even if you had wanted to. Doing your best to ignore the pain in your arms, you reached and then grabbed your laptop. Opening it up, you stared to work, and then you sighed with relief when the pain eventually went away and you managed to make it work as you finished the project you had been assigned.

More blood dripped from you, and then you wiped it away. Continuing to work, you sighed with relief when you had finished your work. Setting your laptop down, you took deep breaths, and then braced yourself. Once you had prepped yourself to do it, you stood up quickly, almost as if you had ripped off a band-aid. Taking a few moments to stabilize, you walked down the hall, a smile on your face to show the members of Roosterteeth that you were fine. Every so often when you were out of sight, you took a break to sit down and let weight off your legs.

You were on your way to break up with Margaret, and you were a little scared for it. When the abuse had first started, you had made every excuse for her in the book you knew how to make, that it had been a mistake, or she had been having a bad day, but you had finally had enough. She had pushed you down the stairs today, and you had finally had enough of it. Despite you knowing it was the right thing to do, you were still scared of what she would do because of it.

As you walked down to your car, you saw Barbara. She smiled at you, and then walked over. " What the hell happened to you," she asked, pointing at the band-aids you had, as well as your various bruises. You stand in silence for a few moments as you try to think of an answer to that, trying to think of the excuses you had and hadn't used yet. She looks at you in concern, and anticipating what your answer is going to be. You started to rub the back of your head nervously.

" Bar fight," you managed eventually. She looks at you with a raised eyebrow. " Yeah, Margaret goes to this one place, but thinks kinda tend to get out of control. She and I had been trying to leave the bar, and then she and I had gotten caught up in it. I did the best I could to make sure she didn't get hurt." She nods her head, though the look in her eye makes it seem like she doesn't believe a single thing you said. " You should see the other guys," you managed to say eventually.

She doesn't say anything, rather she just stands in the way of your car. Sighing, you take out the keys. " Barb, please get out of the way," you asked. " I need to go. It's my lunch break, and I am starving, and I also need to have a really important talk with Margaret." She looked like she wanted to say something, but you cut her off. " I'm going to break up with her, and I need to do this now, so please get out of the way." She nodded, and then stepped out of the way.

" Let me come with you," she offered in a soft voice. " You seem worried about something, and I don't want anything to happen to you. And, I'm starving to. Why don't you go down and then break up with her, and then you and I will go to the hospital to make sure those wounds aren't worse than they look. Then we can go and grab something to eat." You smiled at her offer, and then drove down with her. Once the car was in the parking lot, you nervously got out and then started to walk down to the door.

A few moments, you then look over to see Barbara standing a respectful distance away from the two of you. Knocking on the door, you waited for a few moments. The door then opened, and then there was Margaret, a small smile on her face. " Hey. Can we talk about something," you asked. She nodded with a sickeningly sweet look on her face. " I want to break up with you," you told her. The sweet smile left, and then a glare replaced itself on her face. Out of habit, you took a step away from her.

She began to yell at you for a few moments, getting angrier and angrier. She kept yelling, and walking towards you. Slowly, you backed away and then cursed out of fear when you bumped into the wall. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw Barbara walking over to the two of you, and then you let out a small sigh of relief, but you're still scared out of your mind. Before you can say anything, Margaret punches you again, and then you drop thanks to the force of her punch and the injuries from earlier.

Margaret goes to throw another punch. Before it even hit you, you looked up and then saw Barbara had caught the punch. Margaret throws another punch at Barbara, and then she stepped away from it. " You know. I have been looking for an excuse to beat the shit out of you ever since we met," admits Barbara. " And here we have it." Winding up, she then punched Margaret in the face.

Before you even had time to process what was happening, you sat up, and watched the catfight.

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