𝑆𝐿𝑈𝑇. - mattia polibio

twenty - nine .

i sat in that same black chair; it felt like i was drowning in my own thoughts. i was surprised, confused, worried, but the one thing i did know was that i wasn't in love with natalie.

"natalie," i say finally, "i think you have the wrong idea."

"don't tell me what to think," she scoffs, taken aback, "you're in love with me. i have our life planned out. you're going to tell mattia that you're running away with me and we're going to get out of here and have our own life in california. we'll go to college together, adopt 3 kids and live in a house near the city. it'll be like a fairytale. isn't it perfect?"

"i can't do that with you," i reply, "i don't know how many times i have to tell you this, but we're not meant for each other."

"yes we are!" natalie shouts, "you're being so ungrateful! i did all of this for us to be together, the last thing you should be doing is thanking me!"

"what aren't you understanding?" i yell back, beginning to get very angry, "i don't fucking love you! how could you ever think we should be more than friends? you need serious help!"

natalie's face scrunched up in disgust as she glanced back at kenzie, who looked just as scared as i was.

"y-you're lying," natalie begins, tears streaming down her face, "you have to be lying."
"i'm sorry," i answer boldly, "but i really am telling you the truth."

she stared at me with mascara running down her face, and then looked down at her shaking hands, putting her fingers into a fist.

"stupid, stupid, stupid," she whispers, hitting herself in the head over and over.

"natalie what are y- kenzie starts,

"shut the fuck up!" natalie screams, "why are you even here?!"

she pushed kenzie onto the cold, hard basement floor, and began pacing back and forth in the corner of the room. it was easy to see that something was seriously wrong.

"i thought you needed my help," kenzie says, crawling closer to me.

"don't fucking go near her!" natalie yells, "i never needed your help."

"but you asked-

"i said i never needed your help!" natalie lies, "you know what, this is all your fault. you made me do this. you made me think she loved me."

"how would i even do that?" kenzie says angrily, "stop taking all of this out on me, you're the bitch who ruined her life!"

natalie slowly turns her head around, her eyes dark, "i'm done with you."

she swiftly walks to the desk on the other side of the room, putting a code into a safe. she had something in her hands, but i couldn't yet tell what it was.

"im done with you," she repeats, revealing a gun in her hands, "this is your fault."

"whoa, whoa, what the fuck?!" i shout, shuffling in my seat, "put that down natalie!"

"you're making a huge mistake," kenzie commands, "put that down, right now. it's not this serious."

"don't tell me how to fucking feel!" natalie yells back, "my life is over because of you!"

i watched as kenzie attempted to get the weapon out of her hands, a fight quickly breaking out.

"stop! stop!!!" i scream at the top of my lungs. i felt completely helpless.

and with that, everything began moving in slow motion. a gunshot had gone off. the only thing i could hear was the blaring sound of my thumping heartbeat. my eyes moved slowly around the room, stopping at my once best friend's body lying motionless on the floor in a puddle of her own blood. i noticed my hands being untied as feet pounded up and down the steps; people were coming to help us, but it was too late.

i felt a warm embrace surround my body; someone was hugging me. the strong cologne scent was extremely familiar. i looked up to see mattia's tender, hazel eyes looking down at me worriedly.

i couldn't understand a word that came out of his mouth so i just held onto his arm as tightly as i could, leaning my head against his warm chest. with him there, everything was finally okay.

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a/n:

hi

THIS WAS SO DRAMATIC HADHBKD

if you didnt understand how this chapter ended, dw cause the final part will clear everything up✨

also sorry it was so short omg i just didnt want to drag it on for too long

k bye😹