chapter eighteen: the waiting game

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I had run out of tears, honestly. Couldn't seem to cry anymore, but the pain was still heartbreaking. After a day of watching horror movies and getting (reasonably) drunk, I was back to having energy.

Tom, well he appeared like nothing had even happened. He seemed happy, and better without me. Maybe I was just holding him down, a nuisance instead of gift.

He didn't talk to me much, if at all. We only talked a lot when we were filming, which is where I got to act like his girlfriend. It felt amazing, even if it was just acting.

"So, Today we're filming the fake death scene for Mikey. Bella, you ready to act like you're getting crushed by a giant Iron Man statue that I make?" Jake teased and hooked his arm around my shoulders.

"You know it!" I faked a smile.

I got into my costume, and got into position. Tom already had his costume for that particular scene on, which was his Homecoming suit.

"Alright, in 3...2...1...action!" Watts exclaimed.

(a/n made up scene time!!)

"I know you, Peter. Better than you know yourself. Like how you feel Tony's death wouldn't of even happened if you had just been there for him, becuse he was always there for you?!" Mysterio yelled.

"Stop! Please!" Peter screamed into emptiness.

"And don't think I don't know about your precious lover girl," Mysterio's voice said viciously.

Mikey appeared in front of Peter, so close he could reach out to her.

"Mikey!" Peter said desperately, his voice cracking. Peter got closer to her as she kept getting farther by backing up.

"I love you, Peter. Why are you hurting me if I love you?!" She screamed. "Why would you hurt someone you love?! Please, make it stop!"

She was pulled at her hair anxiously as a giant Iron Man statue appeared behind her, the mask gone and replaced by Tony's skeleton.

"Peter..Peter.." She called out to him.

"No! Mikey! Stop hiding, Beck!" Peter screamed forcefully. He clawed his mask off through the illusions and tears could be seen in his eyes.

"Stop, stop, stop, stop," He repeated, crying.

"Peter it hurts so bad, everything hurts!" Mikey screamed and fell to the ground. The statue behind her rumbled and Peter looked at it with great fear in his chocolate irises.

"STOP!" He snapped with a shattered voice. The statue fell to the ground, tumbling right onto Mikey, only her right arm able to be seen.

Peter knew it was fake, but God, did it look real.

"MIKEY!" He screamed with all the soul in him. Just as he ran over to her, the illusions all changed.

The cameras turned off and Bella forced the foam CGI blocks off of her.

"Talk about acting!" Watts congratulated us both and high-fived me.

I laughed and thanked him while wiping away the fake tears I forced myself to cry.

"That was amazing!" Jacob screamed and came over to hug us.

"Thanks bestie!" I said with a big fake smile. That scene really hurt, seeing Tom emotional like that.

He went off to talk to Tom and I sped walked to my trailer, my heart hurting more with each step.

Once I got to my trailer I slammed and locked the door, diving onto my couch that was very comfortable.

I let the tears I didn't think I had in me flow onto my pillow. At first the crying was silent but after five minutes I had sobs that weren't too loud but still echoed in my quiet trailer.

I cried for another ten minutes before a knock was on my door.

Please don't be Tom, please don't be Tom.

I opened it after wiping my eyes.

It was Tom.

"Hey," I said quietly. As if the mascara running down my face didn't make it obvious enough I just cried like a baby for fifteen minutes, my voice cracked mid sentence.

"I wanted to tell you that you did well in that scene," He said awkwardly with a small smile.

Don't do that to my heart, please. 

"Thanks, you did well too, but you're always good," I said with a small laugh and a sniffle.

"Are you...ok?" He referred to my current state.

If you consider crying over you for the 3,000th time because of a rumor that caused you to break up with me and shatter my heart into pieces ok, then yes. I'm very ok.

"Yeah, I'm fine, just miss home is all," I said with a fake smile. He knew me too well and I know he knew I was lying.

"Cool. See ya," He sounded unconcerned as he turned and walked off.

I shut my door to a crack and watched him walk away, but I saw he turned back and stopped.

He looked at my trailer for a second with sad eyes and began walking towards it again, giving my heart hope. Then he stopped, shook his head, and walked off.

short chapter but i want y'all to know Tom is really broken by this, and although he wants nothing more than to go back to Bella, he can't bring himself to believe her

love ya beautiful people

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