Chapter 24

Torn

No One's P.O.V.

Bex slammed the door as she stormed away, leaving the studio behind. She didn't want to go back in there. EVER! The last thing she wanted was to face anyone who had witnessed the fight between her and Marisol. It was a disaster of a fight, and she was left bloody and bruised.

The young girl wiped her eyes, pain emerging down her hand. She had really hurt her hand whilst clawing, scratching and punching Marisol's face. She may have even broken a few of her fingers.

Bex kept walking away from the studio, doing her best to ignore the pain-the physical and emotional; her whole body was suffering under. It hurt, but she kept walking down the narrow and dull hallway, until she got to the metal doors at the end. Bex pushed them open and light flooded down onto her face. The back wall was more like one giant window, and it felt good to have some sort of natural light in the place.

Courtney and Bridgette were huddled by the edge of the full-length Olympic sized swimming pool. The three young children were splashing about, staying afloat only by their floating toys. The caring mothers were smiling as they played with their children.

No one noticed Bex at first, but then the metal door slammed shut and all five turned to face her. Courtney gasped; the state Bex was in was horrific for any mother to look at.

Courtney got to her feet and ran all the way over to her daughter. She used her finely tanned hand to grab Bex's chin and inspect her face. It was in a terrible condition. Marisol really had given it all she could, but Bex had gotten the better hand at it. Marisol must have been in an even worse condition.

Bex's wrist was grabbed by Courtney and she was dragged off to the girls' locker room to clean her up. Bridgette stayed back, not wanting to get involved, watching the children who had returned to their games.

Bex's nose and lips were pouring out with blood. Her left eye was starting to bruise all over and her right was starting to bruise just under. Her arms had nail marks, some bleeding, others just stinging as Courtney tried to clean her daughter up with a piece of damp tissue.

"I can't fucking believe you Bex." Courtney muttered. Now Bex knew her mother was mad at her. She never swore in front of her unless she was pissed off beyond belief. Which, given the circumstances, it was fair to say she would be. "I leave you on your own for five fucking minutes and you go and start a fight."

"Why do always assume that I started it?" Bex asked, she jumped up to sit on the counter beside the sink. Her eyes were starting to cloud up, hot tears rolling down her face. It hurt. It hurt a lot because of the damage that had been caused. But she kept crying anyway. Crying was the only way she was ever going to get rid of the pain.

Courtney stopped swabbing at Bex's arms for a moment and dropped the tissue in the sink. She wrapped her arms protectively around Bex, trying to help her feel safe and cared for in a mother bear embrace. It didn't work a lot. Bex felt as alone as a tree growing in the desert. Nothing that anyone did or said was going to make her feel wanted anymore.

"Come on...Tell me what happened." Courtney whispered, letting go of Bex. She unrolled some more toilet paper from the roll and ran it under the tap for a few seconds as Bex dapped at her lips and nose with a dry piece.

"D-Darren...He's a jerk!" Bex cried, wiping her eyes from the new tears. "He-He kissed me and Mason saw...And then...Then Mason broke up with me." It was hard for Bex to recount on what had happened. The more she thought about it the more the emotional pain hurt. "And it was all Marisol's fault...I hate her!" Her heart was ripping in two.

Courtney started wiping away the dried blood from Bex's face. She was listening intensively to the story Bex was telling her. It was hard for her to just sit back and let Bex grow up and discover all of this on her own, but she had to. Bex had to grow up somehow, this was the somehow she needed.

"Bex..." Courtney looked directly into her daughters eyes. She could see all the hurt and pan, but no matter how many times she hugged her it was not going to go away right away. "You need to understand that not all guys are going to appreciate you for the amazing girl you are. Love hurts, there's no way around it."

Bex sniffled nodding her head. She understood. It didn't stop the pain, but she understood.

"You used to cry every night." She mumbled, and Courtney stopped dabbing away the blood again. She stared at her daughter, knowing exactly what she was talking. "It was because dad wasn't there and you were scared..." Bex continued to talk, letting her mother know that she understood. "Because you didn't know what you were doing and you still loved him. A lot. But you didn't know if he loved you back. You didn't try and talk to him, though. You were sure you knew what was best."

Courtney sighed, watching her daughter as she grew up before her. It was true. All of it. When Bex was just a small child Courtney would cry herself to sleep because she missed Duncan so. She didn't think her daughter would know about or even remember that, but she did. Bex remembered feeling hurt for her mother because she didn't have what she wanted. But when Duncan did come back into their lives, Bex could see just how happy she was. And all Bex ever wanted was for her mother to be happy.

"One day, you are going to stop feeling the way you do right now. You are going to find yourself the perfect man and you are going to raise yourself a perfect family." Bex nodded. These things took time to get over, Bex was just going to have to get used to it for a while. Soon enough she would meet another boy who loved her more than anyone else did, he was going to be the one to treat her the right way. But before she could get to him, there was going to be bumps in the road.

Mason's P.O.V.

What was I doing? I had no idea...My mind was dead set on leaving that set as soon as I could. The last thing I needed was further embarrassment. Yeah...Bex had severely embarrassed me in front of most of the cast and crew of the TV show. She had gone and kissed Darren and then tried to deny it! My heart was torn.

I may have been unsure of my feelings for Bex before, but now I knew how I felt about her. I never wanted to see her again. As far as I cared she should have just dropped out of school and gone back to acting full time.

I fell to the floor by the field. It was right outside the studio, a massive oak tree surrounded by a few acres of grassy land. It was the perfect spot to just sit and think. And that was what I needed. I needed to sit and think about my life and what I was doing.

I know my mom didn't want me to pursue a life of fame. I didn't particularly want to become a famous actor myself, but it was worth a shot at it, right? I liked acting. I always had a secret passion for it, so why not do something I enjoyed. I had given up my old life, playing for the school football team, to stay on this show. I had to drop football to be able to fit in all the filming that went on. I now regretted it.

"Hey..."

"Hey..." I replied, not bothering to even turn and face Katlyn. The two of us had grown quite close over the past few days and weeks of filming. I wasn't even sure how long we'd been doing it for anymore, it was all just one big blur of pain now.

"Come on, Mase..." Katlyn sat down beside me on the floor by the tree. "You can't just give up on this too...I don't want you to." Katlyn had the most convincing voice ever, but it just wasn't enough. I know she didn't want me to leave the show, but I had to. I had to get as far away from Bex as I could. It was likely that she was going to drop out of High school, but if she didn't I could have always asked to have been moved to another tutor group and other classes.

I didn't turn to look, but I could tell by Katlyn's face that Bex had just left the studio. And the fact that no one could slam a door just like she could. I was going to miss that...NO, MASON, NO YOU AREN'T!

I just had to keep telling myself that Bex was no longer part of my life. She had been before, but now she wasn't. She was over and done with, time to move on once again.

"Mason..." Katlyn whispered my name. It sent shivers down my spine, but I still refused to look at her. I knew that Katlyn was right. She was right about everything. I was not about to prove that she was right to her though. I just was not going to do it.

The two of us waited in silence until the sound of the moving car was miles away.

"Come back inside, Mason..." I kept silent. I didn't want to go back inside. I wanted to go home. "I know it hurts now, but you'll be fine...Trust me. You will be okay in the end..."

Bex's P.O.V.

"I never want to act again!" I cried.

Mom came over and sat beside me on the side of the swimming pool. I had my feet dangling in the water, letting in run between my toes as I slowly swished my feet around in circles. Mom did the same.

"You shouldn't say that." She told me. I rolled my eyes. Of course she would say that. Mom always told me not to give up. "You shouldn't just give up." See?

I sighed. She was right. I shouldn't give up. But I wanted to. I never wanted to act again. Too much had gone wrong because I was an actress. My whole life was wrong because I was famous. I hated it.

"You know...me and daddy want another baby, right?" I nodded my head, wondering why she was referring to him as 'daddy'. But, of course I knew they wanted another baby, that was pretty obvious. "And just because we haven't had a lot of luck yet, it doesn't mean we're going to give up." I sighed.

The last thing I wanted to do right then was face everyone again, but I had to. It was the only way I was going to escape everything. I was going to drop out of the show and then drop out of High school. I would either transfer or go back to home schooling again. Either way, I was never going to see Mason or Darren or Marisol EVER again. And I could live perfectly with that.

However, I had to walk straight back into the studio and through all the sets so I could leave through the main entrance door and let mom drive me home. That was all I wanted to do. I wanted to go home.

"Come on." Mom slid me her sunglasses and I popped them on over my battered and bruised eyes. It stung a little, but it was worth it. The last thing I needed was paparazzi rumors leaking to the media about me again. It had been bad enough last time.

Walking back through the studio and sets was the hardest thing I had ever had to do. Everyone stared at me, but I kept walking confidently through.

DJ's office door was shut; the windows had the blinds drawn so I couldn't see in from the corner of my eyes. However, I did see Marisol sitting outside. She was on a plastic chair; her legs folded Indian style so that most of the passing guys could see straight up her skirt. The slut.

I tried to ignore it, trying to keep walking. It was hard, but I did it. Of course, I then had to see Mason and Katlyn sat outside, close to the oak tree. I could trust Katlyn, I knew I could. She wouldn't make a move on Mason right after we'd broken up; she was probably trying to comfort him. But it wasn't like I cared anymore, anyway. I was done with boys, too.

I pulled the car door open and slammed it behind me as I climbed into the front passenger seat. I didn't turn to see if the two were now looking at me, I just let mom get into the driver's seat and drive me off home.

A/N: :(

Such a sad end to this story...

NO! Not the last chapter yet.
3 more chapters and an epilogue to go!

So, I disappeared for a few days there again, didn't I?

Yup...Wanna know why?

FIFTY SHADES! Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed. All read in less than 3 days XD hahaha!
They are really amazing books! I mean it! I suggest reading them if you don't mind a little sex...Okay, a lotta sex...And 'Kinky fuckery' ;)

But, it does have a good plot to it! And, yes, I have fallen in love with Christian Grey...Yet another fictional character to add to the list of guys I'll never get.

Alright, enough about that! Most of ya'll are a little young anyway...

Another excuse of mine is that I was sick yesterday, still not too good today...But I did wanna do some writing because my goal is to finish this story by the end of July!

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