Seduced by SoMo

Chapter 18: "Liar"

Josephs POV;

I watched as he stood up & pulled her off of the toilet seat. He wrapped his arms around her waist. He held her close. Too close for my liking. 

She pulled out of the 'hug' with an uncomfortable look on her face. I felt like rescuing her but I wanted to wait to see if she would bring it up later. I wondered if I could actually trust her.

I know Kyle. He's the whole reason Ali & I ended. He ruined our relationship.

She looked in the mirror & fixed herself up while Kyle climbed back out of the window. I quickly scurried back to the closet doing my best to keep quiet.

"Joseph..?" I heard her voice say

Shit. Shit shit shit.

"Uhh yeah?" I called back

She came around the corner of the bathroom area & stood there. Her hands hanging at her sides with her back slouched.

"What's wrong babe?" I asked walking over to her

"Nothing.." She said turning to look in the other direction

"Veronica..you can trust me. Just tell me please?" I pleaded

"It's just..why are you with me?" She asked wiping a tear away from her cheeks

"Because I love you"

I moved closer to her & reached for her hand but she just pulled away. She didn't want me to touch her. Its like she was scared of me. I bet Kyle told her all this crap about me & now she thinks I'm a terrible person. She probably hates me now.

"Veronica.."

"Joseph, I need to tell you something"

"Okay what is it?"

"Kyle..he umm, well he snuck in the bathroom & he told me some stuff" she said as her gaze remained pointed toward the ground

"Stuff like....what?"

"Stuff about how all you do now is get with girls to try & get revenge on Ali because that's what she did to you" she trailed off

"Do you really think I'd do that?" I said lifting up her chin so our eyes met

Our gaze was held for only a few seconds before she turned her head away again.

"I don't..I don't know. I don't want to, but something tells me its true.."

I could feel my fists clenching up. I tried to hold eye contact but she wouldn't even look at me. This is all Kyles fault. He can never let me be happy.

I grabbed Veronicas wrist & pulled her back into the bedroom. She resisted at first but soon gave in. I sat her down on the edge of the bed, while I got down on my knees & kneeled in front of her.

"Look at me" I said gently

She did so & I began to explain myself.

"Kyle is a liar. Don't trust him. I'm not only saying this because I don't want you to leave me, but because its true"

"What?" She asked with her nose scrunched up

"Back in grade school, Kyle & I used to be best friends. We were like brothers. But one day a new student came to the school. Her name was Ali. She had no one to talk to because she was new, so I decided I'd sit by her at lunch. Eventually we branched out a pretty strong friendship. We would hangout regularly. Kyle knew we were really good friends but he didn't know that I liked her. We remained good friends until one night when Ali stayed the night & things got pretty intense. That's when I knew I loved her. So I asked her to be my girlfriend & she agreed. Kyle was still my best friend at the time & because he was my bestfriend, we hung out a lot. So it was usually the three of us hanging out at each others place. I never told Kyle that Ali & I were dating though. Which was a bad move on my part because I guess Kyle had feelings for Ali as well. Soon enough Ali cheated on me with Kyle & he blamed me for it all saying it was my fault because I never told him we were dating. So that was the end of both my relationship wih Ali, as well as my friendship with Kyle. Ever since then he's tried to ruin every relationship I have"

"But he told me-"

"Yeah I know. But he's lying. I would never do anything to intentionally hurt you Veronica" I said grabbing her hands

"I'm so sorry" she said

I got up & laid with her on the bed. She rested her head in my chest while my arms enveloped her body closer to mine. I felt like we could never get close enough even if our bodies were touching completely.

"Shhh..babe its okay. Its not your fault. I'm just glad you didn't leave me" I whispered

"I love you" she sniffed

"I love you too" I said as I kissed her forehead

We stayed cuddled up until we felt our bodies become tired & restless. We let the feeling of complete numbness wash over us & we closed our eyes hoping to wake up in a better situation.

(A/n)

Ummhh..hi. Lol so I met Joseph again. I went to 2 shows & it was the best time of my life. Sorry if the writing is literally shit rn. I'm in the PCD (post concert depression) stage..hope you guys enjoy though!