You Got Me Now

Chapter 5 - Being Bad

After School

Shanice

Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/black_roses/set?id=53337927

I turned up the radio in my baby blue bug and started to sing my jam.

"And if I lose you I'm afraid I would lose who, who I gave my love too and that's..." 

When I looked up I saw Zion speed walking through the crowds with tears streaming down her face while holding her skirt up with her right hand trying not to trip over it. I honked twice and she looked my way.

"What the..." 

She ran to my car still crying. I told her to get in. When I turned to look at her, she wiped her tears away with the back of her hands.

"What's wrong?" I said calmly as I stared at her.

She started to sob and cover her face.

"Look at me!" I snapped.

She quickly turned my way and I saw a bruise on her right cheek. I gasped and covered my mouth.

"Did he hit you?"

She nodded and started crying even harder. I pulled her into a hug and I couldn't help but cry too. I can't believe he put his hands on my best friend!

"I swear the next time I see him I'm going to fucking kill him!"

My whole body started to tremble with rage. I rested my head against hers as she wrapped her arms around me, sobbing into my shoulder. She pulled her head up and looked at me with her eyes stained red from crying.

"Please! Shanice, I need you right now. I don't know what to fucking do anymore! I don't," She got choked up in between her sentence with all her crying. "Just please don't walk out on me again! I'll tell you everything! I'm sorry! I'll never lie to you again! Just please."

"I'm not gonna leave you again I promise." I pushed her head back into my shoulder and rubbed her back until her crying finally stopped. She pulled out of the hug and sat back into the seat and wiped her tears away.

"Do you just want to skip glee for today? I'll stay home with you. And we can talk."

She nodded her head. Probably because she would start crying if she spoke again. I started the car and drove to her house. Her mom was still at work so Zi had time to think about the explanation for the bruise on her face. I got an icepack out of the freezer, wrapped it in a towel, and put it on her cheek. She flinched from the coldness and put her hand under mine. I let go and scooted back on her bed and looked at her.

"Well... let's talk."

"Okay, but just promise you won't go off okay?" She looked at me with pleading eyes.

I rolled my eyes. "I'll try my best, Zi. But you've been holding a lot away from me lately."

"I know... I'm sorry." She looked down at her skirt.

"So when did all of this start?"

"A few months after we got together..."

"And why the hell didn't you tell me?"

"Shanice, you said you wouldn't go off!" She got up and sat at her desk. 

"Zion! I'm not going off! I'm just worried about you! You've been with him for two years and he's been abusing you?! This is not okay! Do you understand that?!"

"He didn't mean it..."

"What? He didn't mean it? Zi..."  Zion's phone ringing interrupted our conversation. I got to it faster than she could and looked at who the call was from.