Barbie Transformation

To Get away from Hunter

Please excuse the mistakes, it isn't edited. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Editing tomorrow morning.

"Well his name's..." Sapphire begins and then stops, smirking, "You should know already, Emmerson. I'll give you a few hints..." She mischievously grins as I nervously fiddle with my fingers.
"He's gay." She exclaims simply.
"He's attractive."
"He's amazing at ballet." She chuckles and I wince at the fact.
"He's two years older than you."
I squeeze my eyes shut, somehow knowing exactly who the person is.
"His name begins with Brody," Sapphire laughs at her own playful 'joke'.

She exclaimed that so nonchalantly like he means nothing at all. All of the air in my body leaves through my lungs and I helplessly struggle to take another breath. Thea and I share a shocked expression, "What?" I whisper in distraught.

Sapphire smirks, "I see you're familiar with the name, right?" She questions both of us.

I gulp and Thea nods, "Y-Yeah, he and I went to school together. I remember Kaysil and Felix bullying him about his gender preference and I remember him dropping out. I didn't see him for a year. But... Brody? He couldn't have. He wouldn't have...stalked...Emmerson?" She stutters in confusion, looking at me for confirmation.

"No. Brody wouldn't do that to me. He's my friend." I exclaim, hopeful for her to burst out laughing, telling me that she was just joking, anything would be better than the truth right now.
Sapphire grins at me, "But Emmerson... That's exactly what I paid him to be."
Suddenly I feel like throwing up. "No, no, no, no" I shake my head repetitively whilst tears begin to collect up in my eyes and my throat clogs up. "I don't believe you." I reply, my voice cracking, showing how vulnerable I am.
Brody did ballet with me, he was the one who encouraged me to take the ballet scholarship to... To...

To get away from Hunter.

Sapphire must have told him to try to get me to accept the scholarship so I would move cities away from Hunter. It makes sense now. Sapphire probably even paid my ballet teacher to give me a scholarship or something. No other college would accept a hardly-experienced seventeen year old to compete in national competitions and to be a scholar in a professional ballet convention. Sapphire made that happen.

But Brody's my friend.

But he was paid to be.

But he trusted me and told me about his past.

But he was told to get close to you.

But he was so nice to me.

Only so he could earn some cash.

Oh my god.
Suddenly, everything fits into place. There's the jigsaw puzzle. And now I understand.
"You did all of this for power? To be better than Emmerson?" Thea questions in horror.
Sapphire shrugs, "I did it for Hunter. So we could be together." She smiles, like remembering a pleasant memory.
"You really are petty. Look at her and tell me that you doesn't feel even a little guilty?" Beaula commands, pointing to my wet cheeks. I embarrassedly look away and quickly slap the water away from my cheeks, occasionally sniffing and hiccuping.

Brody was my friend. He was always there for me... I thought I could rely on him?
It seems as if every person I rely on somehow disappoints me majorly.
Jasper and the 'half brother' scenario. Hunter and his massive outburst at the warehouse. Felix and his attempt to rape me. My mother and her failure to love me. James Moon who gave up on me before I could have a chance of a pleasant childhood. Zara and her fake friendship with me. Brody and his lies.
Fucking Hell.
And that's exactly where I am; Fucking Hell.
I don't think there's ever going to be a place I can call Home. And if there's one person I can only rely on, it would have to be Marie, Grandma's housekeeper. She's as good as a mother I'll ever be getting.
Oh, and Zero. He hasn't done anything wrong; yet.