Chapter Nine - Heartbreak
Remember there is a time skip in this chapter, and that this going to be emotional as is the remainder of the story. You knew it was coming. 175 reviews and at least three death threats for an update.
guest - I'm sorry, but your ship is about have a nuclear bomb dropped on it. :,(
Warning: Very graphic language used.
Friday, March 1st 11:00 AM - Coach Garret's class
Kori's POV
Richard and I sit in Coach Garret's class, neither of us fully paying attention to anything he is saying. I'm pretty sure Richard's eyes are shut behind his sun glasses and I'm currently staring at him with googly eyes as Bee calls them. Me and him have been together for two and half months now and things are wonderful. Not much as changed really, the only difference being that I spend a lot more nights at his house now since we have became... active.
It's not like I moved in or anything, but his closet does have a decent amount of my clothing in it, and I have toothbrush in his bathroom, and a lot of my things are over at his house... Okay, so I haven't moved in officially. With my parents still in Tameran, I just find it's nice to have the option to stay the night at my boyfriend's house seven or so nights a week. I can't help wanting to be around him as much as I can. He really is amazing, the very definition of the perfect boyfriend.
Though things are going fantastic between us and we have no problem admitting to anyone that we love each other, are relationship isn't perfect. We argue just like every other couple, most of the time over Xavier or one of the many girls that flirt with him. I guess we're both somewhat of the jealous type, but I really think it has more to do with him knowing my past with Xavier and me knowing his past with girls. I would prefer that were both oblivious of each.
Me and Xavier almost never hang out outside of school anymore and when we do, I don't tell Richard about it. I know that sounds bad, but I see no reason to start a fight over something unnecessary. I love Richard and I would never cheat on him. I know Xavier has feelings for me, but he respects the fact that I'm taken even if he doesn't like it... and trust me, he has made it very clear that he doesn't, going so far as giving up selling drugs in the hope of swaying my decision to be with Richard. I am very happy that he's making a positive change in his, but I have led him on in no way. I have explained that nothing will change are relationship.
With spring practice coming up, Richard is going to be busy with football until around five everyday, so that will give me and Xavier the chance to hangout more often. I really do miss seeing him everyday, especially now that he is staying away from his past, but risking my relationship with Richard isn't worth it. I guess in a way I do understand his point. I wouldn't be a fan of Babs and Richard hanging out, not because I don't trust him, but because things just happen sometimes.
It truthfully is a complicated situation, but we have worked through any problem we can come to and he often says that love can overcome any obstacle, so I'm fairly confident that our relationship is going to survive as long as we remain faithful to each other, which I know will be no problem from my end and I'm sure his as well.
The bell rings bringing me out of my thoughts and I stand, but Richard stays seated. "Aren't you coming to lunch, baby?," I ask him, raising my eyebrow.
"Nope," I hear Coach Garret answer for him. "Me and Grayson are going to get started going over the play book," he exclaimed as he walks over and places a hand on Richard's shoulder.
Richard turns from him to me. "And I'm staying after school today. You think you can get Vic or Gar to take you home, and I'll pick you up at like seven?"
I nod. "Sure, no problem." I blow him a kiss, not wanting to actually kiss him in front of Coach Garret, before walking off, leaving them to talk. As I walk down the hallway I notice Xavier coming from the opposite way. We meet eyes, both smiling as we do.
"Hey, cutie," he greets me, as he leans up against the wall in front of me.
"Hey Xavier," I return his greeting. "What are you doing?"
"Headed to English," he groans with a roll of his eyes. "What about you? Your boyfriend not here today?"
"Yeah, Coach Garret just has him locked up in his room, getting him ready for football season and all. He has to go right back after school," I answer with a sigh.
"Oh, so you're free this afternoon?," he questions, sounding hopeful.
"Yeah, I actually need a ride home. We could hang out there if you want?," I suggest. I do feel a little guilty about this. Not because I think I'm wrong for inviting him over, but because I'm not telling Richard about it... Then again that's only because I don't want any drama in our relationship, so maybe I am justified.
"Yeah, you can ride with me. We'll watch a movie or something," he replies.
I smile up at him and nod. "Sounds good."
He hugs me and kisses my cheek as he always does. "See you in a bit," he says before walking off. With my plans set for this afternoon, I head off to lunch. I'm not going to tell any of my friends about my plans to hangout with Xavier, one because they don't like him, and two, it has less of a chance of getting back to Richard if I don't. If Richard found out about this, I would really have a problem on my hands, but I can't just ignore my friend because Richard doesn't like him. It would be different if Xavier were trying to break us up or coming on to me, but he doesn't. When me and Xavier hangout, we do just that. Hangout, period.
He knows how I feel about Richard and knows that if we broke up, a wreck wouldn't even come close to describing me. Truthfully if a time comes when Richard and I do break up I hope it's because he does something really stupid and even then I would be emotionally devastated. I love Richard. I really do, and honestly I think we have a real future together. Maybe that's just what I want, but I can see it... I just hope my wants become reality.
Friday, March 1st 3:00 PM - parking lot
Kori's POV
After the eight period bell rings I make my way out to the parking lot, finding Xavier already waiting for me beside his red Mustang. "Hey cutie," he greets me as always. "Ready to go?"
I smile and nod at him. "Yep." We both get in his car, him opening my door for me just like Richard does. They really do have more common than they realize, and I think, if they made an effort, they could really be friends or at least comfortable around each other. We make our way to my house, listening to music and talking the entire drive. We pull up to my house, finding that my sister is gone as usual.
I'm really not at my house often anymore, but every time I am she is always gone, not that I mind. I really don't care to see her any more than I have to. She has already tried to start problems with me and Richard multiple times, Xavier being her main weapon. We get out of the car and head inside, and after grabbing some drinks from the fridge, go straight upstairs and into my room. "What movie do you want to watch?," I ask as I make my way over to my DVD/blue-ray case, while he takes a seat on my bed.
He just shrugs indifferently. "Don't care, just want to spend some time with you."
I smile at him and turn back to the movies. "Alright, prepare for a chick-flick."
He chuckles. "I'm up for whatever you are, cutie." He's saying that now, but when I force him to watch The Notebook, I'm sure he'll be singing a different tune. I put in the movie and settle myself on the bed beside him. As the movie starts he ends up leaning back on the bed and not long after I join him.
I feel my phone buzz and look at it to see a text from Richard. [Hey Baby, might be a little longer than expected. Coach has me running drills. Just wanted to check on you.]
I quickly text him back, trying to come up with a lie for what I am doing. I know I shouldn't be lying to him, but I just think it's for the best. [It's fine and I'm just cleaning up my room a little. I'll see you in a bit. Love you.]
He doesn't text me back so I assume he is busy, and refocus on the movie. Around halfway through I hear Xavier yawn, most likely becoming bored with my choice, but in all fairness I did ask him which one he wanted to watch. He yawns once more a moment later, and as they say, it's contagious. I begin to yawn myself, my eyelids suddenly becoming heavy. Not long after I fall victim to the darkness of the room and my tired state, falling asleep and rolling over onto an already sleeping Xavier, resting my head on his chest and throwing my leg over him... Not a good position to be in to say the least.
Friday, March 1st 6:00 - Anders' house
3rd Person POV
Komi pulled her car into the drive-way, instantly noticing the red Mustang out front beside Kori's SUV. She recognized the vehicle, having seen it a few times before. It was Xavier Redd's. What was he doing here? As far as she knew, he and Kori didn't hang out since Kori began dating Dick. She exited her car and hurriedly made her way into the house, searching for her sister.
Finding the first floor was empty she headed upstairs and slowly opened the door to her sister's room, and what she found caused her jaw to drop. There Kori was, laying on top of Xavier in a pretty provocative position. They appeared to be asleep, so she slowly made her way into the room to examine them more closely. She couldn't believe it. Her sister had actually slipped up and was cheating on Dick. "Oh, this is just to perfect," she said aloud to herself, a smirk across her face.
Reaching down she carefully grabbed Kori's phone from off the bed and got Dick's number out before putting it in her own phone. She then raised her phone, focusing it on the two sleeping teens and took a picture before sending it to Dick, along with a text.
[Guess your little girlfriend doesn't love you as much as she says she does. You should have listened to me when I told you her and Xavier had something going on.]
She waited a moment, no reply coming, but she was confident that Dick would be crashing the party very shortly.
Friday, March 1st 6:00 PM - Jump Academy football stadium
3rd person POV
Dick dropped back throwing the football seventy yards down field the instant his back foot planted. Coach Garret watched the ball dart through the air with great velocity. In all his years coaching, he had never seen a kid with that kind of an arm. He could probably rival and NFL quaterback's arm strength. "Grayson, you get this playbook down and you keep throwing like that and we'll win the state championship for sure."
Dick smirked and was about to reply when his phone buzzed in the pocket of his gym shorts. He figured it was a text from Kori, so he reached in and pulled it out, clicking on the one unread message he had. What he found broke him completely, and at the same time sent rage coursing through him like never before. Right there in front of his eyes was a picture of his girlfriend, the girl he loved with every fiber of his being, laying on top of Xavier, and the text under the picture only increased his anger.
He closed his eyes, clenching his free hand shut. Komi had been right. Kori had been cheating on him this entire time. He didn't want to believe it, but the proof was right there in front of him. He should have knew it, should have seen it sooner. Their hugs in the hallway, him kissing her on the cheek. He would even go so far as to bet that they had been sleeping together behind his back. This is what she had been doing when she wasn't with him, huh? Going behind his back and fucking Xavier? Well, no more. He wouldn't take being played like this.
Enraged he began to storm toward the gates. Coach Garret saw he was leaving and became confused, they were no where near done. "Grayson, where are you going?"
He didn't have the composure you to lie. To call him pissed would be the biggest understatement of all time "I'm going to kick Xavier Redd's ass, and dump my whore of a girlfriend."
A responsable adult would have stopped him right there. Coach Garret was by no means a responsable adult. He lived and breathed a sport that condoned violence after all. "Alright, if you need someone to get you out of jail you have my number." ...Not responsable at all.
Dick, not responding, hastefully walked out to his car, ignoring the gathering tears in his eyes. Why was he crying? He would like to think it was from anger, but he knew he was heartbroken and his whole world had just came crashing down on him in a matter of seconds.
As he got in his car and quickly took off, his mind raced. How could she have done this to him? He honestly thought she loved him, but he was wrong. She was just like all the other girls. It had always been Xavier, he was the one she really wanted to be with and he was to blind to see it. He ate up her lies about how they were just friends, how there was nothing more to him, how he was the one she loved, and it was all complete bull shit the entire time.
As he neared her house all the sadness in him turned to rage, reason no longer existing in his mind. He was a bull seeing red and he was about to charge. Pulling up in her driveway, he quickly got out of the car, slamming the door behind him. He wanted them to know he was coming, to know what was about to happen. Without so much as knocking, he walked into the house finding a very satisfied looking Komi on the couch.
He paused only long enough to glance at her and ask, "they still up there?"
"Waiting for you right now," she replied, ready to watch the fireworks go off. She was amazed that her sister would actually cheat on this man with Xavier. Not only because Dick was absolutely the most gorgeous guy on the planet, but because this was Kori we were talking about. She had always been the sweet and innocent one, never getting into any trouble or doing anything wrong, but now Komi saw that she was right all along, and it was all just an act that their parents and the rest of the world couldn't see.
Dick ran up the stairs, Komi walking calmly behind him. He burst into the room like a tiger being let of it's cage, finding his soon to be ex-girlfriend laying on top of that prick, Xavier. His eyes began to blaze at the sight. He had seen it on the picture, but in person it only increased his anger dramatically.
"Get the fuck up!," he roared and Kori almost instantly shot up, Xavier blinking his eyes open under her.
It took Kori's brain a second to rationalize what was going on. Komi was leaning on the door frame, a smirk on her face, Richard was standing in the middle of the room, his fist balled, muscles exploding from his skin, and looking pissed, and... she was in the bed with Xavier. "Oh, no," she breathed.
"Care to explain how being in the bed with Xavier has anything to do with cleaning your room?," he asked, his voice becoming hard and icy, causing Kori to flinch as panic began to rush through her.
"Richard..." she stood from the bed and tried to reach out to him but he pushed her hands away, so she rambled into the best explanation she could at the moment. "This isn't what it looks like, I swear to you." He had to believe her. He just had to! She knew she messed up, but now her only focus was saving her relationship before it was ripped apart by the hurricane that was his anger.
"Really because what it looks like is you have been cheating on me. Besides that you said you were cleaning your room. You want to give me your bull shit explanation for why you lied to me?" She had lied. She'd lied before, but she had never cheated on him, but how could she make him see that? There was no way he was going to believe anything she said now. Oh, this was so bad.
Tears feeling her eyes, she glanced back and forth between Richard and Komi, her eyes eventually settling on her sister. "You did this. This is all because of you!," Kori screamed at her.
"Don't blame her!," Richard yelled. "You're the one who has be running around behind my back, lying to me and fucking Xavier." A hate filled chuckle escaped him. "I can't believe I ever trusted you. I can't fucking believe I gave my heart to you, and this is what you do! your just like ever other girl out there."
"Richard no...," she pleaded no breaking down fully. "Me and Xavier didn't... baby please don't... just understand that I didn't..."
"Save it. I'm not going to listen to your bull shit anymore. Your nothing but a fucking whore and I fell for the act you put on, but I won't make that mistake twice," he interjected, his voice was again becoming cold. Did he really think that? She knew this didn't look good, but did he really despise her that much?
Xavier now aware of what was going on stood from the bed, refusing to listen to him talk to her that way. "Shut fuck up, you don't know shit!"
Wrong thing to say. He should have just stayed quite. In one swift, almost invisible motion, Dick swung his hammer of a fist connecting straight into Xavier's jaw, instantly knocking him out and sending him falling to the ground.
Normally Kori would have been at his side trying to help him up, but there was just to much going through her mind at the moment. She was actually convulsing from a mixture of a panic attack and how hard she was crying. She looked into Richard's narrowed eyes that displayed undying rage, and yet a cold calmness. Only one word could describe the way he was looking at her. Hate. He hated her and it was tearing her apart, but she couldn't turn away. She knew it was over, she knew what was about to happen.
Kori was just mumbling breathless pleads by the time he finished the job, completely ripping her heart from her chest and crushing it in his hand just like she had already crushed his. In a forceful motion, he ripped the locket she had given him for Christmas off his neck and tossed it down to her feet, not wanting anything to do with her so called love anymore. It was all fake. Every moment, everyone memory, every word, all nothing but lies that he fell for.
"We're done. I don't want anything to do with you. Don't call me, don't talk to me, and if you can manage it, I would prefer you not breathe the same air as me." Those were his final words before turning and walking past Komi, out of the room and out of Kori's life. She dropped to her knees crying her heart out. "No. No. No. No. No. No," she repeated to herself over and over again.
This was all her fault. She shouldn't have lied to him. She shouldn't have brought Xavier into her room. She shouldn't have laid down beside him. So many regrets, but there was nothing she could do now. Richard, the man she loved more than words could ever hope to describe was gone, and he hated her with every piece of his soul. Her life was as good as over. Just this morning, when she saw Richard, she saw a life together, marriage, kids, a nice house. She saw forever, but now all she saw was emptiness, depression and emotional agony in the place of where so much love had once been.
She couldn't blame anyone, but herself. This was all on her, and she was okay with that. She wanted to feel the pain because she deserved it in her mind. All the blame was hers, and she could understand why Richard hated her guts at the moment. She hated herself. If only she had handled the situation differently none of this would have happened, but she didn't. She made a mistake and because she had lost the one thing that she couldn't imagine living without.
She was broken... They both were.
Who's right in this situation? No one, and that's going to make things very complicated, especially for Kori, who I feel very bad for at the moment. It can only get better from here, right? Wrong. Next chapter. The fallout. How everyone handles the situation. We all cope with pain differently. 175 reviews for an update. I expect death threats in the review. Was going to put in a pretty fuuny scene from Breaking Point at the bottom, but this just isn't the chapter for it.
