𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 // 𝕁𝕁 𝕄𝕒𝕪𝕓𝕒𝕟𝕜

Chapter Eight // Consequences

8. Consequences

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"Are you deranged like me?
Are you strange like me?
Lighting matches just to swallow up the flame like me?
Do you call yourself a fucking hurricane like me?
Pointing fingers 'cause you'll never take the blame like me?"

~ Gasoline by Halsey

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Trigger Warnings: Violence, Physical Abuse

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The ride back to Barry's was short in reality, but the dead silence made it feel like a million years to Valerie.

She cast a subtle glance at the drug dealer as he guided the car down the back roads. Valerie couldn't help but think that a stranger might see him as incredibly calm, but she knew better.

She could see the way he ran his tongue over his teeth every now and again. The clench of his jaw.

Barry was pissed and she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in her current state.

When the car passed the turn for Barry's house, Val frowned.

"Where are we going, B?" She asked quietly, using the little pet name she reserved strictly for situations such as this one.

He didn't even acknowledge that he heard her and Val couldn't help the way her skin prickled up the back of her neck

Nothing good would come of this night.

Finally, Barry turned the car down a narrow dirt road that led to an empty clearing in the woods before putting it in park. A dilapidated shed sat off to the left. She knew this place and it only put her further on edge.

Valerie could feel her heart rate intensify as she glanced around "What are we doing-?"

Pain exploded through her as Barry's fist shot out and connected with her mouth.

Once.

Twice.

He twisted his hand into her hair and hauled her halfway out of the seat to bring her face just inches from his own.

"What do you think you're doin'? Huh?!" He asked through clenched teeth. When she didn't answer he shook her roughly by her hair. "HUH?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Valerie cried out in pain and a small amount of fear. "I didn't do anything!"

"What, you think I'm stupid?!" He snapped, his dark eyes boring into her own. "We saw you two down on the dock!"

"You were spying on me?!" She was outraged but quickly shut her mouth when Barry shook her again.

"Oh yeah, you remember now don't you?! You think this is a game or somethin'? You think I asked you to keep an eye on him so you two could just party and fuck each other whenever you wanted?"

"That's not what hap-"

"Bitch! I didn't ask you to talk!" Hand still wound into her hair, Barry used the leverage to slam her head into the dash before twisting her neck back to look up at him.