Emerald Eyes

15 - Toby

During the next weeks, I received daily messages from Martijn with photos of him in all the places he visited. I loved seeing his smile so much. On the final day, before we were supposed to meet each other again, he send me a selfie in the afternoon saying "Hey there Emerald Eyes. I can't wait to see you again soon. Comin your way!" I showed it to Anna and she smiled: "Aww he's so cute. He really is a keeper, Line." My heart melted at the text and his cuteness. I couldn't wait to see him the next morning. For the evening, Anna and I had a girl's night out planned with two other girls from university, Emma and Mathilde. We had picked one of the night clubs close to campus and before that, we went to see a movie in the cinema. The movie was amazing, we really enjoyed ourselves. To finish up the night, we then went on to the club. It was a club that was famous for its' DJs from the local house scene, so close to Martijn's music. After we waited in line for quite a long time, we finally got into the club, dropped our jackets and started to dance the night away. The girls and I had an amazing time, dancing and jumping to the DJs beats. If only they all would know how close I was with one of the world's most famous producers of electronic music. When the DJ started to play a song by Martijn, I took out my phone to record it, intending to send it to Martijn when we got out of the club later that night, saying that I was thinking about him. But boy, had I only known what was still in store for me that night and that it would never get that far. The girls and I continued dancing for a while, until I decided to get myself another drink. The others stayed on the dancefloor, while I made my way to the bar. I ordered another bottle of berry cider and while I was waiting for my drink I scanned the faces of the crowd. So many happy people around me. I could really understand, why Martijn loved this whole scene so much. It was all about making people happy. Suddenly, someone ended my daydreams very quickly. It was that familiar voice that had caused me so much pain. "Yooo Line. Nice to see ya, babe.", he said. Toby. Could someone please save me? I tried to ignore him and grabbed my drink from the bar keeper. In hope to make a beeline towards the girls, I turned around and walked a few steps only to see Toby now standing right in front of me. "Not so fast babe.", he said with a dirty smirk. "What do you want, asshole?", I replied. He let out a strange laugh and grabbed me by the wrist. Obviously, he was drunk, no wonder. Drunk as always. I tried to loosen his grip, when he said: "Come with me, I only wanna talk. Nothing will happen." I was scanning the crowd, trying to find a way out of the situation without causing too much of a fuss. Not a chance. With a sigh, I agreed: "Okay. But make it quick. I won't let you ruin my night." He dragged me into a quieter corner of the club and said: "Long time no see babe. I've missed your pretty face." "Toby! What do you want?", I asked him annoyed. "Let's start over.", he said, just spitting out the words, "You're still mine, Line." "What the hell, Toby?! I'm not yours anymore. If you can't remember, I ended this, you and me, about two months ago. Because YOU cheated on me. What the fuck do you want to start over with? There's nothing left!", I grumbled. "Oh yes there is. Just come here.", he smirked and pushed me closer against the wall. I tried to fight my way out, but his grip was still so strong. "You're mine, babe, accept that.", he laughed. I felt all the pain rising up in me again, all the memories. How he had me shattered into million little pieces. I tried to fight back a tear, when he said: "Come on, admit it. You still think I'm hot. You need to be fucked. Say it." "Toby!", was the only word my mouth was able to speak. Why me? Where were the girls? How come they didn't miss me so far? This just couldn't be real, it all felt like a big nightmare from the past. I just couldn't get away by simply waking up this time. Suddenly there was this voice. "Stop it. NOW!" The voice that made my heart skip a beat. Martijn! I saw him standing there, his fists clenched. Closely behind him, there was Julian. "Line, what the fuck?", Martijn said accusingly. His stormy eyes looked at me with an expression of anger and disappointment. And then he stormed towards Toby: "And you motherfucker leave your fucking hands off my girlfriend, do you understand? Fuck off or I will not be able to contain myself!" I could see the pain in his eyes, when he ripped Toby off me and pushed him to the side. Toby muttered a few insults towards Martijn and then made a beeline towards the bar, probably to get another drink. And I was left with Martijn and Julian.