Better Than I Know Myself

Chapter Sixteen

(Adrian's POV)

I sit in my car as I cry. I cry because I can't believe that Hector acted like that towards me. He had never once raised his voice towards me nor had he ever been that rough with me. I look down at my wrist, the red marks are starting to turn purple. I am going to have to wear long sleeves to hide them from Jesse and Jane. I look at my neck; a large purplish blue mark is there as well. There is no way I am going to be able to hide that. I start to cry again. I never thought we would ever have a fight like that. I don't know why he is getting all jealous about Jesse; I told him over and over Jesse is just a friend.

To top it off he keeps trying to call me. To apologize no doubt, but I don't want to hear it. Nothing he can say will fix what he did.

I hate sitting here alone, it only leads to me thinking and replaying what happened. The way Hector looked will forever haunt my mind. He could have done so much more if he hadn't seen me start to cry. I cry harder, I really do love him, but seeing him like that scared the crap out of me. What if that was just a glimpse of how he can really be? It hurt me to tell him we are done. He is my first love and he is turning into a monster all because he is jealous. He never had a reason to be jealous, but now that I started to hang out with Jesse he thinks there is more going on.

I love Hector, but at the same time I can't help, but have feelings for Jesse. I just can't help it, he makes me happy, and I do wish we can be more than friends. He doesn't care what anyone thinks of our friendship, he has even stood up for me. That is when I knew I am really head over heels in love with him. He is my knight in shining armour or more like my goofball in tin foil. I laugh at that because it is true; there is no denying I love him, and I need him in my life. Since that day my life has just been getting confusing every day: I love him and I love Hector, or at least I thought I did, after what he did to me today it changed that. I still love him, but I don't think I can still be with him. Next time, he snaps like that something worse can happen.

I pull out my phone and dial his number. I am hoping he is still at home. I need to talk to someone and he is the only one that I know will listen to me before jumping on my case about what Hector did.

"Hey Adrian, what's up?"

I smile and take a deep breath, just hearing his voice right now calms me down somewhat.

"Hey, Jesse are you still at home?"

"Yeah, we are just fixing to leave, why?"

"Can you stay? I could really use a friend right now." I say trying to keep calm.

"Of course. I'll wait here for you. Let me just tell my dad and aunt I won't be joining them." He says, I can hear muffled voices in the background. "They are okay with me staying, so I'll be here waiting for you."

"Okay, I'll see you soon."

I hang up my phone. I look at the marks Hector left on me; there is no point in hiding them. I am going to tell Jesse what happened. I just hope he doesn't freak out and wants to go after Hector. After all, Hector is bigger than him and I don't want him to get hurt because of me.

I pull up to Jesse aunt's house. I am glad his dad and aunt are gone. I don't want to have to explain to them what happened to me. I place my hood on as I walk up to the front door. I knock and wait for Jesse to answer the door.

The door opens and I am greeted with Jesse's smiling face. I just lose it; I start to cry as I crumble to the ground. Jesse kneels down by me as he lifts my face up,

"What's wrong?" He asks.

My hood falls off and he sees the very large hickey Hector left. I quickly grab the hood to place it back on until Jesse stops me. He holds my hand as he stares at the bruises on my wrist. I can see he is fighting back the anger that is building inside of him.