Just Breathe

Chapter Five

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(a/n: if you listen to music while you read, Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad by Blessthefall. and My Fist Your Mouth Her Scars by Bullet For My Valentine was what I listened to writing this.. so yeah.)

"Iris, you don't know what you're saying." Jordan just kept shaking his head at me, with tears in his green eyes.

"I can't do this anymore, we're over. I'm so sorry." I started tearing up as well. We had been together for a little over 6 months, and the past few weeks I've just been losing all feelings for him; he's become a different person. My eyes traveled to the window, it was raining. My bedroom seemed cold, but it didn't bother me too much.

I felt awful, I really did, but i couldn't just lead him on, that's never a good thing. So, I had to break it off with him. He inhaled deeply, and his eyes widened a little.

"It's another guy isn't it?" He looked up with anger in his eyes.

"No! I just.." He cut me off, and moved closer to me. I felt tiny electric shocks running from my fingertips to the edge of my lips, I knew something was coming, I just couldn't figure out what.

"It's another guy! Tell me who, now!" he yelled. He got so close I could hear the uneven shaking of his breath. He tightened both his fists, oh no.

"It's not another guy, Jordan. I told you, I just don't love you that way anymore." Silent tears came down my face.

"Liar!" he threw his fist towards my face, and connected right on the side of my jaw. A metallic taste filled my mouth, and my head started spinning. I fell to the ground, and the laid there, with silent tears still running down my cheeks. I thought he walked away, but I then felt a sharp pain in my lungs, my breath was taken away; I heard footsteps then slowly travel away.

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Ben and I walked into the theater doors, hand in hand. My eyes scanned the room, a familiar pair of green eyes were locked in with mine, and my heart fell. My whole body started shaking, and all I could think about was the metallic taste in my mouth, and the trouble I had breathing. He grinned, as if this was some sort of joke. I turned away, and buried my face into Ben's neck. He noticed, and whispered softly in my ear,

"You okay?" I shook my head, and he put one arm around me. He bought the tickets, and rushed me to a corner where others wouldn't hear us conversing. My strawberry blonde hair fell over my right eye when I looked down.

"Iris, what's the matter?" He looked deeply concerned.

I sighed, and told him the story, never looking him in the eyes. When I was finished, I again sighed, and looked down. He moved closer to me, and wrapped his arms around my waist. After a couple minutes, he pulled away, and walked in the direction where Jordan was. My eyes widened, and I began to try and pull him back, but he pulled out of my reach.

He was fairly taller, and stronger for that matter, than Jordan. I heard Ben speak, and I was more frightened than ever as to what would happen.

"What makes you think you can abuse someone?" Ben pushed him back a little. Oh no..

"What the hell are you talking about?" Jordan scoffed and looked away. Then came the first punch.

In a matter of five minutes, a fair amount of damage was done. Ben punched Jordan a few times, and of course, Jordan didn't do anything back. He saw me, and knew exactly what he deserved. I just stood there, looking coldly into his eyes, never breaking eye contact.

"If you ever touch her again, I'll do so much worse." he walked back toward me, and laced his fingers with mine.

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hey guys, it's Kira. I just wanted to let you know that uh the first part, (with name changes of course) actually happened to me. so, this chapter was actually pretty hard and painful to write, but it's a big part of the story, so it's something I had to do.

Hope you enjoyed. c:

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