"I hate you!" screamed a very angry Michelle in a strained voice.
"How could you do this to me?" she continued before stopping to gulp down a much-needed breath of oxygen. She was raging, she didn't think she had ever been so angry before in her life. The disheartening thing was she thought that a second time round things would be different and it wasn't supposed to hurt as much but this pain was unbearable.
She felt sick, Steve's latest actions had just made a much bigger fool out of her. As if it wasn't bad enough she was already the talk of the street for a number of reasons. She found herself wanting to blurt out more hurtful things but was just about managing to contain her feelings.
Steve unfortunately didn't realise when he was onto a good thing and started trying to apologise. He felt terrible; as he had done the first time he and Michelle broke up and here he was again on the verge of another. He knew it was coming, she was just getting warmed up and he couldn't blame her, she had good reason. Why had he been so stupid?
"Michelle, come on I'm so sorry. She was a mistake" he offered carelessly.
Michelle's eyes looked as though they were going to burst from their sockets. How dare he say he was sorry and call it a mistake! What he had done was no mistake. She turned away from him, she couldn't look at him or she would cry, the man was just a complete idiot.
"It was a mistake 'Chelle" whinged Steve behind her.
Mistake how she hated that word. It instantly made her angry again and she felt herself getting worked up for a fight. It was overdue; Steve had definitely hurt her for the last time. Never again would she fall for his charms. Flying back round she held back her tears and stared with a cold hard expression at Steve. She could swear she saw him shrink down just a little as if she intimidated him and so she should. She could definitely take the moral high ground in this fight. She'd never done a thing to intentionally hurt Steve like he had her.
"Mistake?" she questioned carefully with gritted teeth. Steve nodded in response as he completely missed all the signs of one pissed off woman. Typical thought Michelle and then she decided to make the message a bit clearer. "Mistake?" she asked again in a raised tone of voice, whilst violently cocking her head to one side and strategically shoving her hands on her hips. Steve had enough knowledge of her moods by now to know he was in extremely deep, hot water surely? But no he continued to try and salvage something.
"Yeah a mistake Chelle" he stated with a smile, like he was proud of his acknowledgement.
The smile pushed her it was just one step too far. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed a glass Ryan had been drinking from with his dinner. Luckily it was still half full she thought. She had an idea, this time she'd make sure he knew the severity of his mistake and got the message loud and clear. Quickly grabbing the glass, she nearly spilt the contents and then she hurled it in Steve's direction as she shouted:
"I'll give you mistake!"
Her voice rang around the room as she relaxed and took in deep calming breaths. Steve had her so worked up she felt like she could kill someone, mainly him. Her chest was rising and falling rapidly as she inhaled and exhaled deeply through her nose. Her hands wanting to shake violently and just lash out and attack him.
"Whoa" Steve yelled realising what had just happened as the glass smashed against the wall. The broken pieces littering the floor just outside the bedroom doors in Michelle's flat. The glass' contents had darkened the pattern on her wallpaper where it had splashed and dripped down to the floor upon contact. It was a total mess.
Michelle was on the brink of breaking down altogether but she wouldn't let herself do it just yet. She wasn't finished with Steve. She wasn't going to let this go, she didn't want his apologies she just wanted to lash out and make sure it was at the guilty party and not someone innocent.
"Tracy was and is no mistake Steve!" she stated in a calmer tone, but was careful to keep her raised tone so he knew she meant business.
"She was, honestly Michelle I don't know what happened" he tried to explain with a shrug.
Michelle was in a very unforgiving mood and nothing he said this time was going to work. He'd definitely made a fool out of her for the last time. The whole 'Becky'thing had been embarrassing enough for her but Tracy again after everything was the last straw. Never again would she find herself in a relationship with Steve McDonald.
"Get Out Steve" warned Michelle. She saw no need for him to say, it was obvious they were finished.
"But.." began Steve only to find his words cut by Michelle's interjection.
"We're over Steve now get out!" she screamed.
He bowed his head and walked out the door. He would let her calm down and try again tomorrow, try and reconcile their relationship. Steve was determined not to lose Michelle for the third time.
Having shut the door on her lying, cheater of a boyfriend Michelle finally let the dam burst and out flooded a continuous stream of heavy tears. She was so upset but relieved that it was all over. How could Steve cheat on her with Tracy? Tracy? Thudding back against the door she let her emotions take complete control of her body and she slowly slid down to the floor as she sobbed into her hands.
