Disclaimer: I dont own the characters or the dialogue owned by one life to live.
warning: violence and slight swearing
-Chapter 2
Matthew turned to hear the auditorium doors slam open. In walked a very angry Cole.
"Son of a bitch! Murderer. You're a murderer!" Cole screamed at Todd. He looked at Destiny with a look of shock on his face.
"Cole what are you doing? (Starr grabbed his hand but Cole let go immediatly) What are you doing?" Starr asked her concern evident amoung her face.
"I was right Starr , he did it. He pushed my mom down the stairs and he killed her baby!" Cole retorted irrately while pulling off his jacket. Matthew unconciously grabbed onto Destiny's hand . He didnt have a good feeling about things.
"You piece of dirt!" Cole yelled.
Todd scoffed. "You dont want this here son. Come on Dani." Todd gently grabbed Dani while Cole pushed her away angrily.A look of fear appeared on Matthew's face.
"Hey where do you think you are going?" Cole said bitterly.
"Cole stop that! He came all the way here, and I made him promise to tell me the truth." Starr said trying to calm Cole down.
"Since when does he care about the truth, huh?" Cole asked.
"He swore to me,Cole! He swore to me that he didn't do it!" Starr said emotionally.
"And you believed him?" Cole asked increduously.
"Enough. Stop,Stop. Yes I believed him. Okay?" Starr firmly replied.
"Well I'm sorry, but you're going to be really disappointed because i have proof." Cole said.
"What are you talking about? What do you mean proof?" Starr asked surprised.
"Hannah saw him. That's right, Did you hear that? You're not going to get away this time cause I have a witness." Cole replied smugly.
"Oh my god." Dani cried, hurrying over to Starr and hugging her.
"You don't know what the hell you're talking about, so you better shut up before I kick your ass." Todd threatened.
"My friend was at the hospital, last night all right, So don't even try to deny it,okay? She saw the whole thing, she saw you - she saw you push my mom down the stairs." Cole spouted off.
"That friend of yours is a liar." Todd retorted. In walked Tea and Blair looking oddly chummy.
"You're the liar. That's all you know." Cole argued.
"I didn't do it, I didn't push Marty." At that precise moment completely snapped pushing Todd onto the ground (as everyone around him was screaming) and proceeded to punch him multiple times which prodded Markko to try and pull him off of Todd, but instead of getting him off Todd, he fell back into Matthew and Destiny's hands breaking the twoof them appart.
"No! Cole! Stop it! That's enough!" Starr screamed franticly causing Cole to pause a brief moment . Then he hit Todd again.
"What are you doing? Cut it out Cole!" Markko yelled, Cole ignored him and hit Todd yet again.
"Cole Stop it! Cole! Cole! Please stop! Please stop!" Starr yelled panicked. Cole looked at her yet again but refused to listen to her. Matthew pulled Destiny closer his arm wrapped around her waist.
"I'll kill you." Cole stated in an ice cold voice lifting Todd's upper half off the ground and punched him causing Todd to fall back on the ground.
"No! Cole! Stop it!" Starr screamed. Todd was punched once again.
"Cole what are you doing?" Markko exclaimed. Cole punched Todd yet again. Markko and Matthew shared a look of understanding and Matthew reluctantly let go of Destiny's waist. They made their way over to Cole and pulled him off Todd and onto the stage, stuggling to maintain control of him.
"Hold on, Cole! Stop now!" Markko said.
"Get off me!" Cole growled. They weren't able to hold him back much longer and he impaled on Todd once again.
"Cole! Stop it!" Langston yelled.
"Cole! Cole! For God sakes please stop! Please don't do this! Please! No! Stop it! Oh my God!" Starr cried. He was once again standing next to Destiny.
Almost everyone started shouting and it was hard to understand what they where saying.
"Cole!" Starr shouted.
"Cole!" Markko yelled.
"Stop! Starr! Stay away!" Blair exclaimed. Markko and Nate pulled Coke off Todd and they too were struggling for control of him which was hard since Cole was acting like some wild animal. Matthew looked over to see Tea and Blair trying to help Todd up.
"Come on, Get up." Blair encouraged.
"Get up Todd! (At that moment Cole was loose yet again) Stay away from, Stay away from him!" Tea yelled. Cole punched him yet again causing a scream to be let out, source unkown.
" Cole, Stop it!" Blair exclaimed and he once again ignored everyones pleas for him to stop and he picked up Todd and banged his head against a metal table. There was a lot of comotion as Todd once again hit the ground. Matthew and the rest of the guys took this as an opportunity to take him away from Todd and they all where holding onto him tightly on the bleachers.
"Oh my God!" Dani exclaimed. Tea grabbed hold of Dani. "Don't look! Don't look!
"Can you hear me Todd?" Blair asked a clearly unresponsive Todd.
"Did somebody call the cops?" Blair called out.
"I'm on it (Matthew's eyes trailed to her frame) . Yeah we need an ambulance at ... " Destiny said moving further away and he wasn't able to make out what she was saying. Darn.
"Cole hey man we want to let you go but you got to cool down,can we let you go?" Markko asked gently.
"No! Don't let him go!" Langston exclaimed. Seconds later they let him go outside the auditorium with Markko. Matthew made his way off the bleachers and off to find Destiny.
"Come on, I know you can hear me? Come on." Blair pleaded.
"Mom, is he even breathing?" Starr asked.
"Will some one dial 911? My dad needs help." Starr cried frantically.
"Listen to me I'm going to keep talking to you." Blair said.
"This is ridiculous! Where's the ambulance?" Starr yelled. Matthew went out of the auditorium where he spotted Destiny and she told him the status on the ambulance. They made there way into the auditorium once again, his hand on her back until they got inside.
"They're on their way." Matthew said.
"Dad! Dad." Starr said.
"He's breathing?' Tea asked surprised.
"Oh my god. Look at him." Dani cried out. He did want to comfort her but decided now was a to leave her with Starr,Blair and her mom. So he , Destiny and Nate made their way towards the back on the auditorium and turned to face everyone else.
"Dani must be freaking. She was just telling me she was ready to give her dad a second chance." Nate commented.
"Yeah it sucks." Matthew replied solemnly.
"I'm going to check on her." Nate said taking a few steps forward. Matthew also took a few steps forward and stopped Nate.
"I'll check on her but thanks for your concern." Matthew replied firmly.
"Like that's where you concern really lies." Nate muttered.
"Excuse me?" Matthew said atonished.
"I saw your eyes always lingering on Destiny over there." Nate whispered so she wouldn't hear them.
"You better watch your mouth." Matthew whispered furiously.
"Or what? You going to tell your mistress all about it?" Nate asked quietly but cockily. Matthew's eyes darkened considerably and took a step closer to Nate.
"You better watch your mouth otherwise I will use my uncle's shotgun on and no one would be none the wiser. She's not my mistress as you put but your one to talk Nate since I know for a fact you want my girlfriend who I'm know going to check up on her." Matthew said icily leaving behind a speachless Nate as he made his way over to Dani.
"Hey." He greeted.
"Hey. You know I need to make a phone call, all right? I'll be back, okay?" Tea asked and Dani just nodded. Tea then walked away.
"I don't think you will have to talk to the cops. We all did. We all saw it." Matthew said.
"Yeah. Thanks." Dani replied.
"I wish I could just make it all just go away. I just keep thinking about the words, you know? " My sister's boyfriend (Dani takes a seat on the bleachers) just beat (he joined her) my father half to death because he thought that my father tried to kill his mother." What am i supposed to do with that?" Dani asked woefully. He felt like he should comfort her somehow but touching her wouldn't feel right with all his recent developments. Timing just sucks sometimes.
"Nothing I think you just let it be , you know? You can't try and make sense of it." He replied carefully.
"No, it makes perfect sense. (She turns to face him) It's just so insane. Now I don't make sense." Dani replied dejectedly.
"Yes you do. Come on I think you need to take a walk." He suggested lightly.
Destiny couldn't keep her eyes off of Matthew especially in light of recent events. Their kiss that they shared earlier was bringing up feelings she had thought were dormant. Also the fact that he caressed her waist,she had felt like she was going to die. Which is also how she felt when she noticed his uhm you know earlier. But there was no way he was going to leave Dani for her. No way.
"Life imitates art." Nate said shaking her out of her thoughts.
"Is that a headline?" She snapped. Gesh could this guy be a little more inconsiderate?
"Maybe. It's like instant karma or role reversal, only this time it's Cole beating up Todd. It's a great twist." Nate replied. Wow she couldn't believe the nerve of this guy. She shook her head.
"Maybe in a story but this is Dani's life." She retorted. He was getting on her nerves.
"I know." Nate replied smugly.
"Do you? Do you also know that Dani is Matthew's girlfriend?" Destiny asked. As much as she hated to admit that was true, at least for now.
"You sure about that?" Nate retorted taking a step closer to her.
Destiny faltered for a brief second befor composing herself. "Believe it Matthew may not say this, but I will. If you have eyes for Dani shut them now.'
Nate shook his head in disbelief. "And what about your eyes? Huh?"
Oh crap. "What do you mean my eyes?"
"You think I didn't see how your eyes were all over him today?" Nate asked smugly.
"You better shut up now Sallinger." She replied in a firm tone.
"Not to mention how you mouth was all over his." Nate replied smirking. What an ass.
"That was part of the script (dumbass she added silently) ." Destiny replied in an even tone.
"Oh so sticking your toungue down your boyfriends throat was part of the script?" Nate retorted cockily. Man she wanted to punch him in the face right now.
" 1. He's not my boyfriend. 2. It's called acting (idiot)." She replied angrily.
"It sure didnt look like that to me. You can't fake being turned on like you both clearly were." Nate responded.
"Are you sure about that? Cause you have got the nice guy act down pat. One more word out of your mouth and I will tell Dani about how much of an asshole you are, And how you want to get in her pants."
"You think a walk would help?" Dani asked.
"Sure wouldn't hurt. That'd be a nic change." Matthew replied softly.
"Yeah,right?" She agreed as they both got up off of the bleachers.
"Listen I can't reach anyone at the hospital. I've gotta get over there. I - I got to see how Todd's doing." Tea interrupted.
"I'm going with you." Dani replied and so she left with her mom. He decided to get the remaining things from his locker so he could just go home. He walked over to his locker with his bag slung over his shoulder. A minute later it was all completed when he heard familiar footsteps so he slammed his locker shut.
"Dani will be okay." Destiny said sympathetically. If only was the only thing he had on his mind. He also had to deal with his feelings about Destiny and their kiss being replayed over and over again in his head.
"I hope so." He replied simply.
"I can't believe just a second ago, I was worried about Langston kissing some guy other than Markko." She replied. He was trying hard not to notice the tension that hung between them.
"Now it seems like no big deal, right?" Matthew asked bitting his lip and shaking his head slightly.
"Well if Markko ever finds out she's cheating on him it won't be from me." Destiny replied.
a/n: sorry for the long wait between updates. the reason is a mixture of personal issues and lazieness but I'm hoping you will still enjoy my story. i promise the next chapter will be up much sooner than this one was. I hope you enjoyed this chapter despite there wasn't too much mestiny featured in it. also do you guys enjoy the destiny pov? just curious and i want to know if I should use pov in stories more other then just doing matthews :)