AN: Here's chapter 14! I hope you enjoy it, it's a bit on the short side but I think that that'll be alright for now. I might fill it in a bit more once the story is finished but for now it's okay. Special shout out to my reviewers and everyone who has alerted/faved this story! You're all FABULOUS! I also apologize for any spelling errors.
Chapter Fourteen: Everything's Gonna Be Alright
"Scared ya didn't I?" Mercedes giggled. Mike groaned wincing from the brief flash of pain pinging at the center of his back.
He stared up at Mercedes who was breathing down on him, smiling a sinister smile. Her eyes were alight with victory as she stared down at him.
"I never knew you had it in you" he remarked dryly. Mercedes had him pinned underneath her, tiny chocolate colored hands holding his wrists above his head.
Mike looked her at her and swallowed as she leaned forward and cocked her head to the side. "This is what you get for scaring little innocent people" Mercedes smirked and began to roll off of him but he grabbed at her waist and kept her in place.
"That was an accident" Mike referred back to the dress rehearsal. Mercedes rolled her eyes and moved his hands up so that they rested on her shoulders. She stared down at Mike, his black hair was splayed over the tan carpet and he stared at her teasingly. "If it was an accident then why didn't you apologize?" Mercedes leaned down and breathed in his ear making him shudder.
Mike had to swallow before answering, "Because at the time it was incredibly funny"
"But its not so funny now is it?" she poked his rib and he chuckled. Mercedes smiled, he's always been ticklish. She continued to poke him and he yelped trying to suppress his laughter even as it bubbled to the surface.
"Okay! Okay!" Mike gasped and Mercedes smirked rolling off of him and onto her knees. "I'll never scare you again" he clutched his side, long black jets of his hair falling over his face. Mercedes gathered up her things and hitched her book bag onto her back. "Where are you going?" Mikes soft voice called after her as she walked down the darkened hallway. Mercedes stared straight ahead, rolls of water still rolling off her back from the shower that she took. She wiped them away and glanced over her shoulder to find Mike struggling to his feet.
"I gotta get to class" she responded continuing up the steps and around the second floor towards her first class of the day. The air around her smelled familiar. The citrus smell seemed to mold in the corners of the hall, sticking to every surface and rising to brush against her nose.
Flashes of memories flickered before Mercedes eyes and a pain clutched her chest. Mercedes stopped moving, halfway down the hall. She collapsed to the ground, the contents of her book bag rolling along the floor and settling beside her crumpled knees.
The memories that were creeping at the back of her head, shot forward and Mercedes had to close her eyes to try and remove them. They'd been buried in the back of her mind for so long. Why were they coming back now?
Tears racked Mercedes body. Images of her father ran wildly in her brain. Pictures of him before and after her mother's death made her heart race. Mercedes could almost recall every time that her father hit, kicked, punched, and spit on her. All the pain hadn't yet gone away. It was still there and as raw as ever.
She could recall every single time he called her cruel names and deprived her of food. She could remember the times that he'd just simply ignore her, as if she wasn't important enough to receive his attention. Everything in her mind was consuming her, emotionally and physically.
No matter what she did, she'd never be able to escape her past.
"Mercedes?" Mike came through the hall to find her crumpled on the ground. "Mercedes!" Mike joined her and wrapped a protective arm around her trembling body.
"It's alright Mercedes, its gonna be alright" Mike rocked her back and fourth, thankful that there wasn't anyone else in the hall. He knew that she didn't want to be seen like this.
"Its over" Mercedes whispered to herself. "Yes" Mike agreed, kissing away the tears that were tumbling across her face, "Its all over and everything is going to be alright"
Mercedes turned in Mikes' arms and smiled up at him. "I'm so glad that I've got you" she kissed him and he leaned forward to return the kiss. "I'm the lucky one" he smiled ruffling her hair.
Sunlight began to pour through the hallway windows, reflecting off of the bright red doors of the lockers mounted all around them. Mike sighed and gathered up Mercedes things into her book bag.
"Lets get you to class" Mike helped her up and Mercedes clutched his arm, resting her head on his shoulder. Mike still enjoyed the way her body seemed to mold against his. He smiled to himself, bringing and arm around Mercedes waist and hitching her book bag onto his opposite shoulder.
"Everything is gonna be alright" Mike assured Mercedes and she twined her hands into his.
"I know" she brushed away the last of her tears. She was finally ready to start over.
AN: The end of this chapter!
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