The Dangers of Romance (girlxgirl)

Chapter 17

Arabella's POV:

I drive home as fast as I can, so desperately wishing to die. Ty would tell Mike, and Mike would call the police. Elise can't get arrested! She didn't do anything wrong, it's my fault.

Oh god, what do I do, what do I do? I don't need to be rescued from Elise. I don't need to be rescued from anything! I don't need anyone's help.

Or at least that's what I tell myself.

When I get home, Elise is there waiting for me on the front porch. "How did it go?" She immediately asks me. I shrug. "Fine." Yeah, fine. Except for the part where Ty found out everything because I was an idiot and started crying. Oh, and the part where he's going to tell Mike, and Mike might call the cops on you.

"Baby, your makeup." Oh god, I forgot about that. "I took it off on the way here. It felt weird." I shrug again to minimize the seriousness of the situation. Maybe if I pretend that everything went okay, she'll believe me. "Okay." She shrugs, too, and turns around and leads me into the house. The knot in my stomach unravels and I sigh. She believed me.

"What did they say?" She asks after she shuts the door. I shrug again. I need to stop doing that. "They missed me. That's all, really." I sit down on the couch, and she sits next to me. "Okay."

Is that really all it takes? Usually she questions almost everything I say, but today she believes it. Today is the first time I've lied to her.

Should I feel bad? I know she's done a lot of wrong to me, but lying feels wrong.

"Arabella?" I look up and realize she was saying something. "What?" Now I've made her mad. "I'm sorry." She whispers. Next, she gets up and leaves. She stomps upstairs, and I can hear her sobbing. What? What's going on? I head towards the stairs, then stop.

Maybe I'll leave her alone for a second. If I go up there, I'm not sure what she'll do to me. She's obviously not in the best state right now, and I'm scared for what that'll mean for me if I go up there.