Bad vs Bad

Chapter 9

Valeska's p.o.v

I haven't gotten any sleep tonight, but I have made a decision. I have to leave Cayden. It's for the best.

I got up and called Martino.

"Hey, Martino" I sighed.

"Well, hello on you too" he said happy, he has probably been up all night working, as always.

"Sorry for yesterday"

"Hey, Vallie, you shouldn't say sorry, I am the one who should be sorry"he said and I could hear he was frustrated.

"I've gotta talk to you" I said shortly.

"Where do you want to meet up?"

"Pick me up at my school, Miami public high"

"Sure, see you then" he said and ended the call.

I got dressed and climbed out the window just as I did yesterday and drove to my school. As I drove Martino called me again.

"Hey, Vallie, I'm coming a little late because I have to finish some business, so I'm coming by at lunch" he said.

"Argh, if you have to" I said both joking and being serious.

I ended the call and pulled up to the school a little excited for seeing Cayden today, but then I remembered that I had to stay away from him, for his sake. I sighed at the thought of not being with Cayden. I've gotten too attached to him. It needs to stop. I walked over to my locker thinking what the hell I'm supposed to now. What did I do before I was with Cayden and his friends? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I closed my locker and sat down on one of the benches and began plying games on my phone.

"Hey, Valeska!" Hunter shouted.

Fuck. Ziko has friends everywhere and he surely has in this school also. If someone saw us together they would report that to Ziko and then all of them are dead. I quickly stood up and walked away from them.

"Valeska?" Cayden said and I heard a thread of hurt lingering in his voice.

Cayden's p.o.v

She whipped her head back and I saw the sadness in her eyes. Sadness and hurt. Her eyes were nearly shiny with tears. I took a step forward and she began running.

"Run after her, you idiot" Simon said and pushed me forward.

And I did as he said. I ran after her.

Valeska's p.o.v

I ran out and saw a ladder that leads up to the roof of the school and climbed it up. I got up and found a place to sit down with my feet dangling over the edge of the roof. I felt the wind tugging in my hair and I felt for just a second I felt so free as I closed my eyes.

My body was ripped from the edge by someone and has held close to the person's chest. Then I felt the familiar scent of Cayden.

"Cayden-" I said but was cut off.

"Valeska, please, just listen to me, I am sorry if I have done something wrong, I'm sorry if I have done something that you didn't want me to do. Please, just, just forgive me" he said taking my face in his hands.

I am so so sorry, Cayden. I don't want to do this but I have to, or else you'll die.
I took a deep breath and put on my stone-cold face.

"Let go of me" I said and stared him in his pretty eyes with no emotion.

"No, I won't. What has happened? You almost cried before" he said serious.

"That's none of your damn business, so let go of me"

"I don't care, I am not letting go of you, not physical or mentally, now tell me why the fuck happened to you and why you are pushing me away?"

"Nothing has fucking happened, everything is just as it always has been"

"No it isn't, if it was you wouldn't be pushing me away, you would tell me"

Then I said something I never thought I would say.

"Why would I tell you anything about me? I don't care about you and you mean nothing to me, absolutely nothing, I don't like you at all. Not even a little"

His expression was a little shocked, then sad. His hands slid down my arms and I left him on the roof. I quickly pulled out my phone and just as I was going to call Martino he called me.

"Where are you?" I said firmly.

"Outside your school, c'mon"

"Coming" I said and ended the call.

I saw his car, the exact same one he had 3 years ago just newer. I jumped into the car and closed the door.

"Drive" I said and he did as I said.

The stone-cold expression left my face as I began thinking about what I actually said. 'I don't like you at all' but I do like him, a lot, and now my chance is screwed just because of Ziko. The sadness in Cayden's eyes when I said that. I hate myself for saying that.

"Where do you wanna go?"

"The ring"

"Okay, now has something serious happened. I see it on you, the way you act and that you want to go to the ring"

I didn't say anything in an attempt to push away the tears that were threatening to fall.

I didn't realize that we had pulled up at a gym. Before I knew it I was pulled out of the car and dragged inside the gym. We went into the room with the fighting ring.

"What happened? Is it with this Cayden guy?"

He has always been like a brother to me and protected me when nobody else did. At first, he was Ziko's coach and really good friends with him before Martino knew what he did to me, then he kicked Ziko out of his team and took in me instead, training me and taught me how to stand up for myself.

I sighed and decided that he should know. I told him everything that has happened since I moved here (A/N: everything that I've written). When I was done I was sitting down leaning against the wall with my head in my hands.

"I really liked him and I could see that he liked me too, and now I have screwed this up, just as I do with everything else. I do everything WRONG, I can't stand it anymore, Martino" I said when I realized I was crying.

I never cry in front of people.

"It will be okay, Little one, I promise" Martino said and smiled at me and put a hand on my shoulder.

"I'll just have to make a call, then we can continue to talk, okay" he said and gave the top of my head a kiss.

Just like Cayden did...

I began crying even harder when I thought of him. How much I hurt him.

"Here" Martino said and gave me a bottle of water but I slapped it out of his hand causing it to roll over the floor.

"I-I don't n-need you" I said between my sobs and stood up.

"Sit down Valeska" he said firmly.

In lack of energy, I sunk down to the floor again and cried again.

The door was slammed wide open but I didn't even bother to look up, I just hugged my legs tighter.

Suddenly I was hugged by a familiar scent.

Cayden.

Hello all my little friendis!!