SLOWLY FALLING FOR YOU (α∂яιєηєттє)

Chap. 30

Lila's P. O. V.

Present-

Just having all eyes on me got me to shake with this sudden fear I never thought I would have. They all stood silently, waiting for me to speak, but I just couldn't find my voice. I stood there, staring at the ground, my heart beating faster and my mind constantly saying, "she knows now. She knows now. Marinette knows now." I just couldn't believe it. I had feared Marinette would find out soon, and I had wanted to stop. I wanted to wait another week or so before I told everyone that 'my father had stopped abusing me', so then that way they'd never get suspicious and I wouldn't have to continue pretending to have wounds and scars each day. It was easy for me to fake a wound for about three days, but having to redo it after taking a shower for the fourth time got harder. I had to make the wound look a bit the same, but at the same time, not too alike. I never thought Marinette would find out before I even got a chance to stop.

I knew about Alya telling Marinette about it, and in order to me to act innocent, I had to lie to Marinette and tell her Alya had made fun of my wound, so that way it'd look as if Alya was a bully. Although it had worked, I could tell Marinette was still a bit suspicious of me. I took in a sharp breath, trying to force myself not to cry: they would probably think my tears were fake once I did so. I took a step back from Marinette, and when I looked up at her, I could just make out the hurt look on her face.

"I can't believe you would do something as hurtful as that." She looked like she was on the verge of tears, and it got my heart to clench just at the sight of her face. She let out a small, fake, bitter laugh, looking even more hurtful than I had expected. "You were probably laughing behind my back too, right? Whenever you got home, you would probably go to your room, laugh your head off and insult me, shouting out about how much of a fool I was to believe you. I seriously can't believe this!" She rushed past me before anyone else could see her tears. The others called her back, but she didn't listen. Instead she continued to run, not watching where she was going.

"MARINETTE, WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING!!" Nino shouted so loud that I was able to hear the terror in his voice. I heard the huge brake of a car, getting my heart to race, and it got me to instantly whirl around. On the road, a car had just managed to brake with Marinette right in front of it. Marinette wasn't moving, but she had such a look of shock, it was as if she had been stunned. The others rushed over to Marinette, dragging her out of the road as the driver shouted angrily about how Marinette was such an irresponsible person for not looking out first before crossing the road. He drove his car off angrily while the others didn't pay any attention to him. Alya was crying, hugging Marinette and all, both Nino and Adrien looked extremely worried while Nathaniel looked angry. I could tell he was angry at me.

The red-head had immediately turned over to me, yelling about how everything had been my fault. I didn't say anything, after all, I completely agreed with everything he said. Everything had been my fault, and now because of me, Marinette almost got ran over by a car. I couldn't take it anymore; the huge pain in my heart knowing that I'd lost that very most important thing that I'd been trying to keep. Keeping my head low, I started rushing away from them, not even caring about how much of a selfish coward I looked to them. I ran all the way back home, not stopping at all to take a breath.

I swung the door opened and walked inside, closing the door behind me. I heard silence, giving me the knowledge that Father wasn't home yet. I looked over at the time on the microwave. 9:54 A.M. Letting out a small groan, I started walking slowly over to my room, but hearing the door suddenly bang open made me freeze for a second, before I whirled around, face-to-face with my own father. "Can't you come in more quietly?!" I blurted out before I could stop my words. The situation that happened in the park just had me frustrated. Looking at this man reminded me all over again as to why I even did it in the first place.