Burning Ruins

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Fifteen

Axel

I found him at the hideout, out of town, in my small cabin, already drunk enough for his truths to slip out.

I sat down on my couch and watched him drink himself away.

"You know if you get overly wasted you could kill yourself."

"That's the whole point." he slurred his words.

I looked at the time and shook my head.

It was only four in the afternoon, too early for drinking.

I grabbed the bottle from him and threw it in his fireplace watching it shatter.

Elias glared at me drunkenly but knowingly knew I could easily beat the shit out of him if he got out of hand so he sat there with eyes that screamed.

"What happened Elias? I come out of my room to find Veronica buried into ice cream that Delaney bought for me, and her eyes almost swollen shut from the tears she keeps shedding. When I asked her, she told me your smartass broke up with her. Now knowing you, your too fucking in love to do that shit, especially to her." I watched his very move.

"Nothing, I was just done with the bitch."

Playing tough guy now.

"Well that bitch could easily get laid if she wanted too. You know Elias, I always found Veronica very attractive. You know I got a thing for broken bitches. Veronica's torn to pieces, it's very easy to manipulate someone like-" Elias shoved me against the wall just like I wanted him too.

I got under his skin.

"Axel you fucking lay a finger on her I swear to god, I'll rip out your tongue and make every single fucking day a living hell." he was shaking with anger.

"She's not yours anymore is she?"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" his eyes glistened, the way Delaney's does when she's fighting tears.

"Then fucking tell me why you left!" I shoved him just to get him more pissed to the point where he'd break.

"No! It's none of your damn business!" he growled.

"Fine, I'll go see if she wants to move in too. Who knows maybe Veronica will want to forget a coward and come to a real man." I started to walk waiting for him to break himself apart.

"You fucker!" Elias was tearing himself apart. Raged, drunk, broken.

Elias never is really an emotion type of guy but with Veronica he becomes the softest person I know.

"Please don't." he fell down and ran his fingers through his hair.

I looked at him trying to figure out what to do and then it clicked.

"Listen, I don't give a fuck about hearing why you left but she deserves to know and not by me telling her. She needs to hear it from you, so get your ass up, get dressed, and drink water while I take you. I'll be in the car and then I'm leaving in ten, with or without you. But just know Veronica will come and when she does, she might not want anything to do with you." I looked at him watching him scramble to his feet.

"She deserves someone better than me. Someone who can make her happy." Elias waited for me to respond.

"Your fucking hopeless." I walked out and as I did Elias yelled at me.

"I'm not coming!"

"I'm leaving in ten minutes!" I yelled back.

I sat in my car and texted Delaney.