Chapter 28 Revenge is Bitter, Not Sweet.
Brittany's POV
My hand immediately reached over, grabbing Pauwel's arm, squeezing it as I saw everyone enter the hospital. Pauwel shifts in his seat, looking back at me from the sudden touch. He stares at me for a moment, then follows my sights to where everyone else.
"His family?" he asked, looking back at me.
"And mine" I whispered, my voice filled with fear.
What was I going to say to them? How was I going to tell them everything that happened? Even just thinking about what happened in the last few hours made me shutter and break down.
I could see everyone glancing around the hospital like mad, looking for either me, or a nurse. Within two seconds, everyone's eyes found me, making my whole body tense up, my muscles become rock hard, and blood going from boiling to freezing cold. They all immediately went running towards me, their faces filled with fear, obviously scared for Alvin.
I closed my eyes, and lowered my head, hoping that it would make everything easier. But the pain in my chest only increased, as I heard Dave speak out. "Brittany, how is Alvin?"
I bit my lip, unable to find the words to tell him, because I didn't have the words to tell him. "I don't know" I said, my breathing becoming unsteady. "They didn't tell me anything."
There was nothing but silence. I was unable to find the strength to raise my head, and look them all in the eye.
"What happened Brittany?" Miss Miller said, her voice trying to remain calm and rational.
I couldn't say it. I couldn't say what I saw. It would be like reliving it all over again. Seeing Alvin suddenly getting stabbed, all the blood, the look in his eyes as he looked back at me, like he was saying goodbye.
The seconds passed by, soon turning into a whole minute of nothing but silence.
"Brittany, what happened?" Dave asked, his voice filled with fear and anger, not knowing what was going on with his son.
"Take it easy on her" Pauwel said, standing up out of his chair. "She has been through quite a traumatic experience." "And who are you?" Dave asked, sounding a little annoyed. "I am Constable Pauwel" he said, shaking Dave's hand. "I was one of the first at the scene. I saw what happened. That is why I am asking that you take it easy on her. She just saw someone she loves get seriously hurt."
"Love?" Dave replied.
I slowly raise my head, seeing him looking down at me with shock. "Alvin never told you?" I whispered, tears starting to soak my face. Dave just slowly shook his head, remaining quiet as he looked down to the floor. "He did, but I thought he was joking. I thought it was just one of his stupid jokes again"
Silence once again filled the room. I shifted in my seat, taking a deep breath as I tried to calm my nerves.
"How long have you two been together? He never really told me" Dave asked, his voice small and quiet. "Since May" I replied.
"But they broke up in at the end of May" Jeanette added.
I could once again feel the cold blood in my body starting to boil. Knowing very well that we didn't break up, we were forced apart.
"But he and I got back together last night" I said, making sure that my sisters heard what I said. I could see their heads instantly shoot up, looking at me with open jaws. "You broke two broke up" Simon exclaimed, his eyes bulging wide.
It seemed like what I thought was right. Alvin didn't tell anyone about what happened between us. He kept it quiet, like he does everything else. I then felt that everyone should know about me and Alvin. It was time everyone knew exactly what was going on between us.
"We didn't break up, we were forced apart" I said, all the sorrow that filled my body, now replaced by anger and rage.
"What do you mean forced apart?" Miss Miller asked, a confused look covering her face. "Jeanette and Eleanor" I hissed, looking right at my sisters, seeing their faces turn bright red. "They forced me to break up with Alvin. They forced me to end it with him, because they felt I was making a mistake."
All eyes turned to my sisters, everyone looking like they couldn't believe what they were hearing. "You forced Brittany to break up with Alvin" Theodore said, looking right at Eleanor.
"You don't understand" said Jeanette, almost looking like she was about to panic. "She almost did make a mistake. One that would have ruined her life."
I had enough. I wasn't going to stay in the dark any longer. I wasn't going to let them use my secret anymore.
"Because I thought I was pregnant, doesn't mean you have the right to tell me how to live my life."
At that second, everyone in the room turned white, their eyes, then slowly their faces turning towards me. I wanted to curl into a little ball, and hide. But I stood tall, holding everything back, as I watched all their faces.
"Pregnant?" Dave mumbled, almost like he was trying to be sure he heard what everyone else heard.
"Yes, I had sex with Alvin the night of the prom, and the next morning, I thought I might be pregnant. But the test came up negative."
"You and Alvin" Simon gasped, everyone's jaw wide open.
"Yes, me and Alvin" I replied. "I felt that we shoud continue our replationship on a deeper level, so we stayed in a hotel room that night. Later on, Jeanette and Eleanor used the test to make me break up with Alvin."
All eyes then slowly turned back to my sisters, both of them bright red, panic hiding just below their skin.
Simon then walked up to Jeanette, looking into her eyes with shock and horror. "Jeanette, please tell me this isn't true" he said, his hand gently resting on her shoulders. "We were doing it to protect her" Jeanette cried, both her and Eleanor breaking down right there. "We thought that it was a huge mistake she was making. We were only trying to protect her. We only did it because we love her, and want the best for her."
"If I may intervene."
I look back, and could see that Pauwel had retreated into the far corner of the room, leaning against the wall, looking at Jeanette and Eleanor.
"Your sister is a grown woman. She is at that age where she can make choices herself. And if mistakes are made, then they will be her mistakes, not yours. Sometimes what seems like the biggest mistake, is often the most right."
"And how would you know?" Eleanor fired weakly, loud sobs escaping her mouth.
"Because I have been through the same thing, but for a different reason. My parents didn't believe I could become a cop. They ridiculed every choice, sabotaged every attempt I would make to becoming one. They said it would be the biggest mistake of my life if I went through with it. Then they dumped the ultimate choice on me. Either become a cop, or never see them again. But I chose what felt the most right, I continued on to become a cop. They didn't speak to me in over a year. Now, my relationship with them isn't the same, and it never will be."
"This is completely different" Jeanette sobbed.
"Is it?" Pauwel said. "You have two people, who love the other dearly. When that person goes and does something that the others don't approve of, they will go to great lengths to try and act in that person's best interest, even though they technically don't have a right."
Jeanette and Eleanor fell silent. The only sounds coming from them were their sobbing. There was nothing but silence between us all. I looked towards Dave and Miss Miller, ssing them looking down at the floor, looking like they were having a hard time with what they heard.
"Who did I fall in love with?" I look up, and could see Simon backing away from Jeanette very slowly, with Theodore taking his side. "This doesn't sound like the Eleanor I know" Theodore added, looking at my sisters, with horror and rage filling their faces.
My sisters' faces turned completely white, their jaws slightly dropping. "That's why Alvin seemed so distant this month" Simon said, "I sometimes heard him crying at night. It was because of you two, because of you" his voice starting to fill with anger.
"Simon" Jeanette whimpered, "we were just trying to protect our sister. I am sure you and Theodore would have done the same thing with Alvin."
Simon then held up his hand, cutting her off. "Just stop with the excuses. I don't know who you anymore. You aren't the girl I fell in love with."
"You aren't that sweet caring girl that I knew my whole life" Theodore added, shaking his head slowly.
"What are you saying?" Jeanette asked, her voice filled with panic and fear.
"I am saying that we are through" Simon said coldly. "I don't want to be in a relationship with someone I love, when they are completely somebody else that is willing to do something so cold and deceitful."
Both Jeanette completely froze, while Eleanor looked to Theodore, only to see him slowly shaking his head. Then without a word, Simon and Theodore walked out of the room, towards the exit door, leaving Jeanette and Eleanor standing where they were, completely still. Their faces a pale white, their eyes starting to turn red and puffy.
It was finally happening, they were feeling the exact same pain I had felt, but yet, I felt nothing. I didn't feel any joy, pleasure, nothing. Instead, I felt only guilt, pain, sorrow, and empathy for my sisters, because I know what they were feeling.
Everyone in the room remained still, an awkward silence filling the room as Jeanette and Eleanor moved over to the chairs and collapsed. They almost looked like they were comatose. No emotion showed in their eyes, their face's stiff and still.
I gave a silent sigh, and looked towards them, taking a deep breath, almost unable to believe what I was about to do. "Remember what I am about to do" I said, quickly running out of the waiting room, and out the exit doors.
I ran all the way to the side walk, looking frantically for Simon and Theodore, and quickly spotted them just down the street. I immediately started running, a new found strength within me pushing me towards them. "Simon, Theodore, wait!" I yelled out, the gap between us quickly closing.
They stopped in their tracks, looking back towards me, their faces filled with pain and anguish. After a few seconds, I was in front of them, my breathing heavy, and my legs feeling weaker then ever before.
"You can't leave them" I panted, quickly pulling out all the strands of hair out of my face. "You love them, and they love you with every bit of their soul."
"But those weren't the girls we fell in love with" Simon stated. "The Jeanette I know would never do something like that."
"I know you are mad at them. I am to for what they did. But trust me, you don't want to live through the pain, knowing you lost the most important thing that ever existed to you. Every day, you feel like you made the biggest mistake in the world, and it tears your heart out. Every night, you can't help but think of them, then you feel the lump in your throat, and you can't help but cry. And you cry all the time. The simplest of things like a sight or smell that reminds you of them, makes you break down every time."
Simon and Theodore remained silent, both of them looking down at the ground, hands tucked in their pockets. I felt like I was reliving the past month again, of not having Alvin with me. My bottom lip started to quiver, and the tears started to build up again.
"Trust me, don't end it because of one stupid decision. I regretted every day, of actually letting them force me to break up with Alvin. It makes it hard in the long run, because you just sometimes wish they are there with you, in your arms, giving you the support you need. Just give them another chance. Don't let the best thing that ever happened to you, slip away."
There was then, nothing but silence between us. I waited for them to say, or do something. Simon raised his head, looking Theodore in the eye, then slowly looked into mine. "Lets go back inside" he said quietly. I gave a simple nod. Not knowing if he was going back just because of Alvin, or if they were actually going back for my sisters.
They quickly walked past me, as I followed behind. Everything on the inside of my body felt like it was twisting and contorting. The doors slide open, as we walked back inside, seeing everyone sitting down in the chairs, with Jeanette and Eleanor looking down at the floor, crying.
The whole room went still, as Simon and Theodore walked in, and then moved across the room, and kneeled down in front of my sisters. Slowly, they raised their heads, as I see them lock eyes with the boys they loved.
Nothing happened for at least a minute. There was no sound, no movement. Then Simon and Theodore pulled Jeanette and Eleanor onto a hug, the two of them unleashing a mountain of tears and sobs, as they hugged the boys back.
Tears once again fell down my face, as my thoughts turned to Alvin. Is he okay? Or is he dead? My heart pounded and skin went clammy, just thinking of it.
"Dave."
All head in the room instantly shot towards the door, as we saw Dr. Williams standing there. Alvin's doctor since he was a kid. "How is he Hank?" Dave asked, standing up out of his seat.
The doctor's eyes quickly scanned the room, looking at us all, before he looked back at Dave. The next words he said, made me freeze up in fear.
"We need to talk alone."
