Kill or Keep

Chapter 17- Fixing Up The Broken Bully

Beatrice's POV:

I woke up to hear banging on my door. "Beatrice open up!" A voice said. I recognize that voice. It's Matt. I walked to the door and opened the door not to find just Matt. There was Matt, Jorel, and Danny at the door. I noticed that all three of them were beaten and had bruises and cuts all over their arms and faces. I let all three of them in my house. Danny almost fell down as he was walking in, but I caught him. "Thanks, Beatrice." Danny says as he's in pain. I put his arm over my shoulder and helped him walk to the living room. "No problem." I say as I helped him to the couch. I walked over to help Jorel with Matt. Once all three of them were sitting on the couch, I ran to the bathroom to go get the first aid kit.

I grabbed the first aid kit and went back to the three boys. Jorel told me that he'll fix his wounds and help Danny. I walked over to Matt and started stitching the cuts that were deep. Once the deep cuts were stitched, I decided to put ointment on his cuts that weren't deep. "This is going to sting but it will help." I told Matt. Matt just nodded as I placed the ointment on his cuts. Matt's body tenses up as he bites down on his tongue to keep himself from swearing. "Sorry." I say as I keep applying the ointment. Matt then grabs my wrist and I stop immediately. I look at him and say, "I know that this hurts but I need to put the ointment on the cuts before they get infected." Matt then sighs and lets go of my wrist. I continue to put ointment on the cuts and so he doesn't try to grab my wrist again, my other hand holds his hand to calm him down. I see Matt's face turn red and quickly look away.

As I finished helping Matt, I noticed that he won't stop staring at me. I look up to see him quickly looking down at the ground. I stop and put the first aid kit away. I see that Danny and Jorel are passed out on the couch so I went to my room to go get them blankets. I turn around to see Matt behind me. He's not moving or anything just staring at me with no emotion in his eyes. I look at him and he tilts his head. I quickly look away and walk past him, making my way to the living room. I walk up to the sleeping forms of Danny and Jorel and put both blankets on them. I walk back to my room to see that Matt is still in there except he's looking at the pictures that were on my desk. He must have noticed my presence because he turned around and saw me. Matt then said, "Thank you for helping us." I then replied by saying, "You're welcome. What happened?" Matt then said, "It's nothing. You know how L.A. can get." I knew he was lying but I didn't want to push him. I hear his phone go off and he answers his phone. I went downstairs to check on Danny and Jorel.

A couple of minutes later, Matt comes downstairs and says, "Johnny is on his way to come get us." I just nodded my head and was going to walk to the door to unlock it for Johnny, but a hand grabbed my arm and pulled me into a chest. I look up to see Matt looking at me. Matt then said, "I know you're not going to forgive me but it's worth a shot. Beatrice, I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything I've ever done to you. I'm sorry for all of the abuse I gave you over the years. I promise I'll stop and I want to be friends again." I noticed Matt started crying. "He's broken down. He really must be sorry." I hug Matt and it doesn't take long for him to hug me back. Matt buries his face in the crook of my neck and keeps saying, "I'm sorry." over and over. I whisper in his ear and say, "I forgive you." I can feel Matt smile but he continues to cry. I rub his back and sometimes run my fingers through his hair. Matt then calms down and stops crying but continues to hug me while his face is in the crook of my neck. Neither of us has let go of each other like we're both afraid to lose each other.

We continue to stay in this position until we hear Matt's phone go off. Matt looks at his phone and it shows that Johnny is here to get them. Johnny comes into the house and sees both Danny and Jorel asleep and Matt awake. Johnny then looks at me, emotionless. Johnny then walks towards Danny and picks him up, carrying him towards his truck. Matt and I carry a sleeping Jorel to Johnny's truck. Once the sleeping boys are in the back of Johnny's truck, Matt gives me a hug and says, "Thank you, Bea." He then kisses my nose and climbs in the passenger seat of the truck. I see Johnny walk towards me and says, "Thank you for helping them and I'm sorry that those three idiots gave you problems." I replied by saying, "No problem and they weren't a problem." Johnny then smiles and gets in his truck driving away. Once I couldn't see the truck, I went back into the house and pass out on the couch again, letting sleep consume my body.