Loved By the Bullies - Dolan Twins Fanfiction

My Saving Grace

***Becca's POV*** (Back to at school/the whole Ethan thing (Idk what else to call it))

After Ethan, Grayson, Aubrey, and Eden left, I couldn't hold it in any longer. I slid down the locker bank and curled in a ball and just let it all out. Everything that I've been holding in. I cried and cried and cried until I couldn't feel anything but pain for everything that's happened. 

I heard footsteps coming towards me and I thought it was Jake so I didn't bother to clear up the mess of tears that I made on my face as I looked up. But when I looked up, it wasn't Jake. It was the one and only Ethan Dolan. I could tell he knew I was deeply hurt and I saw some hurt in his eyes as he softly said my name and for a second, just for a second, I thought I had him back. But it was gone just as quickly as it came as he said the same words that Aubrey told me just 2 minutes ago. I have to be honest, even after all the shit he pulled and me telling myself I didn't care what he thought, it still hurt to hear him say that, a lot. 

Then he started kicking me and punching me and he had a very angry look in his eyes and I couldn't tell if it was towards me or something else, but what I did know was that I wanted this to stop. I can already tell how the rest of this year, and possibly all of high school, is going to go. 

After a couple of minutes, he finally stopped and walked away. He didn't even look back. I curled into a ball and cried even more.

As I sat there crying, even without looking up, I felt a presence beside me and flinched, thinking the worst of who it could be or what could happen. I felt a hand touch my shoulder, which made me flinch even more. I look up to see Jake with a little bit of hurt in his eyes. 

"Jesus, Becca. What happened?" Jake asked.

"Is my face bruising already?" I asked through my tears. 

"What the hell happened?"

"Ethan. They all left, but he came back and started beating me up. I don't know why. He just had the most angry look in his eyes, but I couldn't tell if it was directed at me or if I was just an outlet to his anger. I swear, Jake, I saw the hurt behind the anger when he looked me in the eyes. Something is going on and I need to figure out what it is. He hasn't looked that angry since...." I trail off, beginning to tear up again. 

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to, but we need to get you to a nurse. It doesn't look so good right now. Was it just your face that he hit?" 

"No, it was my stomach and back, too." 

"Jesus, Becs. We need to talk to someone before this gets even worse."

"NO! Jake, you can't. We can just go to the nurse and no one can know. It'll only make things worse and then I can't get the information that I need." 

"Why are you so hooked on the fact that Ethan was so angry? He beat the shit out of you, Becs. You should see your face. Why are you so worried about him?" I started to get a little bit annoyed, even though I know I shouldn't. I didn't tell him the whole story. We were really, really close. I can't let that go. 

"Jake, you don't understand. We were really, really close. I told him everything and he always protected me while Grayson just stood off to the side. God, Grayson and his mood swings. One minute he would be happy and talking to me, the next second it'd be gone and he's angry. I don't know at what or who, but I need to find out why Grayson was so angry, and why Ethan IS so angry. Jake, I need to find out why they just abandoned me. The Ethan and Grayson I knew would never do that. NEVER."

"Becs. I know I don't understand and I don't know you or the twins that well, but maybe they changed. Everyone can. You said they started to change when they started hanging out with Aubrey and Eden. Maybe they are the ones that are behind it all. Maybe Ethan and Grayson changed for them. You never know Becs."

"They promised me they wouldn't let Aubrey and Eden change them. They PROMISED, Jake. They never, EVER broke their promises." 

"Well, it looks like they broke this one. I'm sorry, Becca, I really am. But I can't let you do this. I can't let you go in deeper than you already are. You haven't even done anything and look what Ethan did to you." 

"Can we just go to the nurse?" 

"Fine." Wow. We've only known each other for not even a day and we just had a big fight. 

The walk to the nurse's office is silent. Not the comfortable silence. It's the silence that no one knows how to break and it's really awkward. Once we reach the office, I knock on the door and Jake finally speaks up.

"Do you want me to wait out here or...."

"You can come in. You're my best friend now."

"Okay." And with that, we both step into the office. She closes the door and turns around. I can tell by the look on her face when she sees mine that it isn't good. 

"Have a seat, please. I'm going to check you out. If you don't mind me asking, how did this happen?" It was silent for a minute. Jake not knowing if he should tell or not, waited for me to reply.

"Just an argument that got out of hand." Is all I say. I can't let anyone know. No one. 

"Are you sure? This looks like it escalated pretty quickly. It doesn't look like something an argument would cause. It looks more than that. Someone had to have been really angry." 

I sigh, knowing I'm going to give in at some point. She is a nurse after all. She'll know I'm lying by ruling out every possibility I give her. "I don't know. One minute I was alone waiting for Jake to come back and the next an old friend of mine came over and started kicking and punching me. He looked really angry, but I don't think he was mad at me. He looked into my eyes once and he hesitated to look away and there was a split second of hurt in his eyes before he looked away and he was angry again."

"What was this kid's name?" 

"I.... I can't tell you. We were friends a long time ago. I don't really remember now." 

"Okay. Your face is all patched up, you just need some ice and it should take two to three days for the swelling to go down and another two for the bruises to heal. Is there any other part of your body that hurts?" 

"Yeah. My stomach and back have been killing me. I almost blacked out from the pain, so I don't really remember exactly where he struck me."

"Okay, I'm going to have you lie down for me so I can check out your stomach." I do as told and lift up my shirt a little bit to give her access to see my stomach. 

"I really suggest you should go to the hospital to get this checked out. It's pretty bad.".....

A/n: Sorry to leave it on this sort of cliff hanger. There's a lot to this part that I decided to split up into two chapters, maybe three. But I hope you like this chapter. I have some really good ideas for these next chapters, but let me know if there's something you guys would like to happen and I'll try to fit it in here somehow. I hope you have a great morning, day, afternoon, evening, night, whenever you happen to be reading this. Love you all and PEACE ✌-K