Ch. 10 – Stiches

-Clara-

After making love to John in the middle of the night I couldn't sleep, he was like dead weight beside me. I was staring at his sleeping form when he got a text, I felt that uncontrollable urge to go see who it was from. I knew I shouldn't, but I did it anyway. It was Danny's, how the hell did they have each other's number? It had a file attached to it, so I slowly grabbed it and opened it. It was pictures of me. Personal pictures of me. What the hell was going on? I opened up his e-mail and saw Danny's e-mail to him, it was a huge file of personal pictures of me and pictures of things that belonged to me. According to Danny he found that in Adrian's locker at school, and apparently John believed him. Couldn't he see that Danny was the one stalking me? I also saw interesting texts from someone called Missy, a doctor that worked with John and was obviously hitting on him. At that exact moment John woke up and caught me. I was so angry that I didn't think.

"What the fuck is this John? You and Danny conspiring against Adrian?" he looked worried, but his worried suddenly turned to rage.

"What the fuck are you doing going through my phone?" I rolled my eyes. No, he wouldn't intimidate me with his glare.

"Answer me John." I said serious and he chuckled.

"Didn't you see the pictures? Your little shy friend is a great stalker, and Danny, the one you hate, is just looking after you. You're just being a self-centered brat and can't see it." I felt the urge to hit him, hard, so I slapped him.

"Shut up." He held my wrist gently and sighed.

"Clara, I don't wanna fight, so please don't hit me again, alright?" I didn't even answer him, I just marched to the bathroom and slammed the door. I walked inside the cold water spray and started crying. I was being so stupid. I needed to calm down.

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When I got out of the bathroom John was in the kitchen making breakfast, I knew I should apologize but my ego wouldn't let me. He was silent and didn't acknowledge my presence, he kept up with what he was doing. I sat by the kitchen table and watched him, how could he believe Danny? I didn't want to fight but I couldn't keep my mouth shut.

"How could you believe Danny?" he looked at me but didn't say anything. I stood up and walked closer to him. "I'm talking to you." He nodded.

"How could you not believe me?" his voice cut through my heart, it sounded so sad.

"I know Danny, you don't." he took a deep breath and turned to me, looking straight into my eyes.

"You know me, don't you? Do you really think he would convince me so easily he was telling the truth? He had proof and your precious Adrian wasn't nice at all with me while you were away. Can't you believe me? If you don't I'll pack my bags and leave, but know that whether you like it or not I won't let Adrian or Danny or whoever hurt you. So?" My heart stopped when he mention he would leave, I couldn't stand that. I wouldn't stand living in a world where he wasn't mine.

"No, don't leave." I said desperate clinging to his arms. "I believe you're doing this in the best of your intentions, but…" He cut me off.

"You still don't believe me." He said dryly and pushed me away. "Breakfast is ready, you can eat while I pack my clothes." I felt tears coming to my eyes.

"NO!" I ordered and he chuckled sadly.

"You can't boss me around Clara, and I can't stay with a person that doesn't trust me. You know I have trust issues, so please, don't even argue. Just take care of yourself okay?"

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The moment John left I went mental and broke at least half of my dishes. How could I be so stupid? I cut my hand badly, I totally needed to go to a hospital for stiches but I didn't had the strength, so I called River.

-River-

I arrived at Clara's flat and saw her crying on the floor, what the hell happened there? Where was John? The moment she saw me she hugged me tight. I hugged her back and helped her to the couch.

"What happened dear?" she shook her head, she was sobbing so hard that she could barely speak.

"J-J-John, he l-l-left me-e-e." I widened my eyes, something bad must have happened for him to do something like that.

"Did he help you destroy your flat or was that all you?" I tried to joke to light up the mood. "Oh, your hand, let me see it." Ouch, that was a deep cut, she would need stiches. "Darling, we'll need to go to the hospital to stich that up, alright?" she nodded. I had never seen someone so apathetic in my life. My motherly instincts kicked in, I grabbed by the hand and guided her out of the flat.

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During the drive Clara told me what happened and I felt like smacking John's and Clara's head, how could both me so stupid? They loved each other! Plus, I'd really needed to talk to John about that stalker situation. I texted him letting him know Clara was in the hospital, and five minutes later he was in front of me.

"Where's she? What happened?" I smiled lightly.

"Calm down, she's on the ER getting some stiches on her hand, you should have seen her flat, it looked like a war place." His eyes widened. "No, it wasn't her stalker, it was herself." I smacked his head lightly.

"Ow!"

"How could you leave her alone when there's a stalker after her?"

"I was just outside her building."

"Crying?" he nodded shyly, I walked closer to him to comfort him but he backed away. My heart got tight, I knew it was my fault. Clara arrived at that moment and stared at John, I thought she would faint but in reality she ran to his arms and jumped on him, he had no reaction but to catch her.

To be continued.