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Chapter Two: Not That Girl
Shaking her head she pulled out her paints and got to work. It was amazing how much her art always seemed to help. Not that it ever made the problem go away but for just a small point in time she was able to escape everything. Something she was always thankful for.
It was late by the time she had finished. She took a step back to see her completed piece. On the left side of the canvas there were light happy colors thrown together. It almost looked like a field of different flowers all blowing lazily with the wind . On the right there were dark colors. Blacks and blues. Thrown together looking like a stormy night sky. Light and dark clashing in the middle where neither maked any sense.
"Maybe he was having a bad day." Bay said out loud to her self her voice braking the silence that surrounded her. So that was that. She would just let it go. Even she was moody. Sometimes she was moody all the time. Who was she to judge?
The next day Bay met Jason in front of the school and everything seemed to be back to normal. Neither of them mentioned the night before. It was as if it had never happened.
At lunch Daphne had waved Bay over. She was taking another cooking class. As if she needed it. She was a great cook. Not that Bay would say it out loud. "Hey what's up?"
"I saw my mom this morning." Daphne said. Bay was a bit shocked. Regina had started drinking again. She tries to stop and she does good for a while but when she falls off the wagon she stays gone until she can face everyone. Which usually means she has been sober for a few days. This time was the longest she's ever stayed away. It was a month yesterday.
"How did that go. Did she look okay?" Bay asked. Daphne didn't answer right away. She looked conflicted. Like she wasn't sure.
"She looked skinny. Sad. She tried to apologize." Now she looked guilty. "I told her if she was sorry she would just stop drinking. Then I left."
Bay didn't know what to say. She new both of them were always worried for Regina. She will never forget the night Angelo had carried a drunk sleeping Regina into the guest house. Daphne didn't talk to Regina for weeks.
Before she could answer Daphne, Jason walking in and motioned Bay over to him. "I gotta go." Bay said to Daphne standing up. Daphne looked over her shoulder to were Jason was standing. She shook her head. Bay shook hers. "What?" She asked. Daphne had never liked Jason. Daphne shook her head in answer.
"Hey." Bay said once she reached him. His kissed her making her melt like a Popsicle. She loved that feeling. She never thought she would find it again after Emmett.
"So I was thinking that we ditch the rest of the day. Go make out under a tree?" He said in a voice as sweet as honey.
Bay smiled. "So tempting. But really not a good idea." She said giving him one more kiss on the mouth.
"Hmm. I wasn't really asking." He replied more sternly. Bay looked at him. Was he serious?
"Jason I have two test today. And I'm grounded. My parents would kill me if they saw me." She said trying to keep humor in her voice.
"You have skipped before. Since when have you not broken the rules? Or is it cause your not with certain people?" He asked angry. His grip on he hand had tightened.
"Jason it has nothing to do with other people. I just don't want to do it." Bay said. She really did not like this side of him. It made her nervous. She watched as anger flickered across his face before he could hide it.
He loosened his grip on her hand only to catch her in a tight hug. "I would watch my tongue if I were you." He whispered in her ear. Bay watched him walk away wide eyed and a little shaken. What was his problem?
After school she went straight home. What the hell was his problem? She went to her room and laid on her bed with her headphones blearing. She thought about what he said over and over again. The more it ran threw her head the more pissed she got. Who the hell did he think he was.
She went down to her studio and stopped the moment she saw Emmett. He was looking at the painting she left on the canvas. The one she painted just yesterday. She watched him look at for a few minuets. Before she tapped him on the shoulder and make him aware of her presents he looked over to her.
Bay stood there for a few seconds before she walked up to him. "Hey. What are you doing in here?" she asked in a confused tone. He had not looked at her work Since she had been with Jason.
"This is interesting." He responded referring to her painting. "What's wrong." He asked watching as her face went soft then harden into a mask of irritation.
"Nothing it's just a painting." Bay said defensively. She hated that she seemed to be an open book when it came to Emmett. She started to put paints away so she didn't have to look at him. She knew her face would give her away.
Emmett gently grabbed her are. She felt as if electricity was building where his flesh touched hers. Being so close to him always confused her. "What?" She snapped facing him. The intensity of his brilliant blue were shocking.
"Are you okay? Are you in trouble?" He asked so sincerely Bay wanted to fall to her knees and tell him everything.
"Everything is fine. You don't have to worry about me. It's not you job anymore." Bay went to leave but Emmett went in front of her.
"I will always worry about you." He said angry with sadness in is eyes. "I will always care and I will never stop thinking about you." He shook his head all anger gone. "I will always love you." He sad slowly running his fingers down her arm causing her to get goose bumps.
He was so unfair. Why could he always make her so unsure of her choice to live without him every time he was near? And why did she always seem to wish he was near? "And I will never be able to fully trust you." Bay said angrily. She walked past him quickly. She new her words would hurt him and she didn't think she could bear to see it.
Back in her room she paced. She didn't want to brake up with Jason. She loved him and she found herself at peace when she was with him. Or at least she used to. Being with Jason was the only time when she thought she would on day be fully over Emmett. The only time she thought she could be happy without him.
However she was not going to let him walk all over her. She was not that girl. The one were she lets the man control her every move. What she was to wear and eat. To when she was allowed out and who she was allowed to hang out with. That was not her.
She put everything Jason had ever given her and put it into a box. She was sad with what she had to do. But she could never be that girl. Putting the box in the closet Bay looked at her Emmett Box. She sigh sadly...She could never be that girl again either.
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