CHAPTER 2 - HEARTBROKEN
The full moon was out and it was 11.30pm. Today is the 1st of December soon to be the 2nd. As the moon shone on the lake it reflected the two cat-like figures stood beside it.
Mariah's POV:
'I can't belive Ray would do that to me.. We've been friends for such a long time, childhood friends even.. I've always loved him. He's always been the one that's been there when I needed him the most.. Until recently.. Now he just always lets me down.. That's why he made me that promise tonight, that this would be OUR night, OUR SPECIAL NIGHT.. Yet he's already off kissing some other girl.. I just wish that was me.. Why can't he see that all I want is him?'
Ray's POV:
'It was just a bit of fun why can't she see that? I don't understand why she gets all mad when she knows I care for her more than anyone else. I've always looked out for her and been there for her. I know I promised this was our night but I just got carried away with all the other bladers.. Then I saw that pretty hot girl, who made me laugh - I haven't laughed in ages.. What was her name? Oh that's it, Salima.'
NORMAL POV:
Mariah couldn't control her tears, they kept streaming down her face. Ray pulled Mariah close to his body in a tight embrace.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING! GET OFF ME RAY!" she screamed as she pushed him away.
"Mariah, I'm sorry you had to see that.. I really like you and I was being stupid.."
"You're always with another girl Ray, you don't care about me, you just use me when there's no one better around. Am I really that worthless to you? Will I ever be good enough?" cried Mariah, breaking down into more tears.
"I love you Mariah, and only you. I'll never do that again, I promise"
Ray reached out to pull Mariah close again, she was too busy in a daze to realise what was going on.
MARIAH'S POV:
'He really looks sorry this time..'
~~~~~FLASHBACK~~~~~~
"Excuse me miss, but there's other people waiting for a table, you've been here for 3 hours not ordering anything. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave" whispered the waiter gently in her ears as he could see she was clearly upset.
"It's fine, I'll go.." she smiled as best as she could to the waiter and walked out the restaurant with tears in her eyes.
'I can't believe I waited in that restaurant only to look like a fool. He stood me up. But why? He said he'd be here, that he had something important to tell me!' She continued to walk down the road to her house when she froze, she couldn't move, it was as if someone had just poured 100 buckets of ice on her. Every muscle in her body tensed up, she felt the floor being ripped apart underneath her and fell crashing down. She saw him.. But with another girl, walking arm in arm then he kissed the girl on the cheek.
She couldn't bring herself to move, it was as if she had turned into a statue. Her world just turned upside down. She couldn't breathe.
All of a sudden Ray turned around to see what people were making a fuss about. Mariah saw Ray look at her, he raised his eyebrows as he identified the pink haired beauty, he laughed and carried on walking with his girl.
Mariah felt like she was being stabbed in the heart, infact, like it was being ripped to peices by viscious lions. Then a mysterious figure came out of no where and pulled her from the crowd and took her to sit by the river.
End of flashback~~~~~~
She started to feel that pain all over again and crashed to her knees. All of a sudden another flashback took over.
~~~~Flash back~~~~
"Hey guys I've found a hot date for the school dance" Mariah heard Ray say as she was getting changed into her dress for the dance. 'Hehe he's talking about me'
"Oh yeah, who?" she heard Tyson question Ray and giggled to herself again, but before Ray could answer Mariah came rushing out to see him all ready to go.
"HEY RAY!" she said beaming, "I'm ready" she felt so excited.
She just saw him staring at her, "what's wrong Ray?" she asked worriedly.
"Errr.. Mariah.. I'm sorry, I asked someone else... I forgot I had asked you... Besides you're not even dressed to go yet"
Then she felt her legs give way. 'Did he really just say that?' she wanted to run but she couldn't.. She couldn't move. Someone came and helped her up and sat her down beside Tyson's pond then took a seat themself.
~~~~End Of Flashback~~~~~
"STOP! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" screamed Mariah covering her ears.
"Mariah calm down" Ray calmly said while wiping her tears away.
She smacked his hand down shouting "THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU WILL EVER HURT ME!"
'How dare he? What did I ever do to him apart from love him? Is that a crime? Am I to be punished for falling in love with my best friend? He had always been there for me, I don't understand why he would suddenly change.'
"Fine, you want me to say how I feel? Well this is how I feel. You're a desperate little girl with nothing good to offer. You practically throw yourself at me, I don't want you Mariah, I never have! Who would love you? You're worthless and nothing to me at all! No one would ever want a girl like you. You should be ashamed of yourself!" he glared at her with hate in his eyes.
'He's right... I'm nothing..' she thought to herself as she turned around and ran into the night.
"DON'T COME RUNNING BACK TO ME WHEN YOU REALISE ALL WHAT I SAID WAS TRUE!" she heard Ray shouting behind her.
NORMAL POV:
Mariah arrived at the other side of the lake that was covered by trees so no one could see her but she could see Ray just walking away with a smile on his face. She felt a stab of pain.
"I'm just not good enough, I have nothing to live for now, I'm heartbroken.. Ray is my life and if he doesn't want me.. Well then.." Mariah whispered walking into the lake.
"You're pathetic if you think love is all that's worth living for"
She turned around in shock and fell down in the river getting her clothes soaking wet.
"K-Kai?" Mariah looked shocked. He was the last person she expected to see.
"That's my name, I'm surprised you even knew it being so caught up in Ray all the time" he started mocking her; "Ray this, Ray that! Who cares? I think people have heard enough of you rambling on about him all the time" Kai said bluntly.
"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU! YOU have never experienced a second of love in your life and who would love you anyway? You're coldhearted and you don't care about anyone but yourself!" she felt a bit harsh saying this, she didn't know him, who was she to judge? But he was being a complete asshole to her. "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" she stared at him and sensed a bit of hurt in his eyes which soon turned back to normal, emotionless eyes - she suddenly felt really guilty.
"You're right, but I don't believe in love anyway, putting someone above yourself? I don't think so. I can only trust myself because I know I'll never let myself down, that's how all people should think" Kai said proudly. But she was right, no one COULD ever love him, and it made him sad. It's not like he wanted to be loved.. But something about Mariah was innocent, she was a ball bursting with love herself. He suddenly realised that she must be freezing.
"Look just come out the water, I'll listen to what happened if you want to tell me.." Kai glared at her across the water, the moon shone directly on her.
KAI'S POV:
'She looks absolutely amazing, I never realised how good she looked before.' Why can't I help but care about her? I feel like I need to protect her and be there for her but why? What is this feeling? I've never experienced it before and I don't like it! He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, he was getting angry. 'I AM KAI, I know everything! Why do I not know this!' he shook off the anger. 'This isn't like Mariah, she's normally fiesty and the only one that would ever have the guts to stand up to me. Something big must of happened' he sighed.
NORMAL POV:
"I'm not coming out the water, I need to do this, I can't live my life like this anymore" all of a sudden she started walking further and further into the lake.
"Goddammit!" whispered Kai in a rage cause he knew he'd have to go in after her, and he did, he grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her out the water.
"JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? GET OFF ME!" she yelled at Kai, punching his chest at the same time to let her go, then all of a sudden she burst out crying.
'Females and their mood swings...' thought Kai and he sighed, grabbed hold of her wrists so she couldn't punch him anymore and pulled her in a tight embrace looking down into her golden eyes. 'My god they are beautiful' he smiled and started wiping the tears away from her face.
She was surprised but the warmth of Kai felt nice, the kindness from him was unusual, she looked up at his amethyst eyes and saw him staring back into hers, she blushed a little and so did he.
KAI'S POV:
'Why can't I move? What's wrong with me?' he tried everything in his power to break this stare but he couldn't. He felt lost in her eyes. Before he knew what he was saying the words came out;
"I think you should get out of those wet clothes, maybe you should go home" Kai said with a hint of concern in his voice, he thought she would catch a cold sooner or later.
"I can't go home like this.. My parents would go mad!" she started to cry again.
'Oh no' he thought 'I've upset her again dammit!' and he let go of her, she took a step back.
"That's okay you can stay at mine tonight" he held out his hand for Mariah to take.
"Are you sure Kai? I-I don't want to burden you..." Mariah looked at the ground.
He lifted her chin up with his fingers, "hey it's okay, it's only one night right?"
She smiled and took his hand, they started walking to Kai's place in silence.
'I feel.. Strange.. Why did I offer my own place for her to stay? I don't care about her! What's wrong with me!'
NORMAL POV:
-Back to the Beyblade Annual Dance where everyone else was-
"I wonder what happened with Ray and Mariah? Ray seems to be fine over there with Salima" pointed Hilary talking to a drunk Tyson.
"M-maybay he stole her drrrrrrinkzz" managing to squeeze the words out inbetween hiccuping and drinking more.
Hilary looked at Tyson, 'wow he really is drunk'
"TYSON! Time for you to go home!" yelled Hilary and grabbed him by the ear dragging him out the dancehall towards his house whilst he was mumbling how he wanted 6 cheeseburgers and 2 large fries.
Max, Kenny, Ray and Salima were following them laughing. When all of a sudden they saw Kai in the distance walking into his mansion.
"HEY LOOK IT'S KAI! KAI! KAI!" Tyson shouted at the top of his lungs.
Everyone looked over and saw Kai giving Tyson a look that could kill but before Tyson could see it, he'd passed out on Hilary's shoulder so they all decided to carry him into his dojo, leaving Kai to it - no one realised he had Mariah next to him and that they were holding hands.
-Back to Kai & Mariah-
They were just walking up to Kai's mansion and Mariah stopped, her mouth dropped open.
"K-K-KAI?! THIS is where you live?!" she pointed at the mansion and fainted, it was too much for her to take in in one night..
Sighing he lifted Mariah up and carried her up 2 flights of stairs and placed her on his bed, tucked her in and whispered goodnight as he moved her hair out of her face. He turned around and left her to rest leaving her in his room. He went downstairs to watch some TV but tonight even got the best of him, he fell into a deep sleep.