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I jumped off the stool, in an attempt to prevent Rick from doing something incredibly stupid and extremely characteristic of me, I felt a hand on my shoulder, pulling me back. Frustrated, I turned to Tee, only to be met with a stern glare, which looked out of place on her face, "don't mess this up - he can handle it," I rolled my eyes, being angry with Tee Taylor was almost impossible, so I'd have to settle for irritated.
"It's my job to be irrational," Tee giggled a little, forcing a genuine smile onto my face, "but if he's gonna beat up Elektra, I wanna see," I locked into her gaze and grinned wildly, before jumping down and rushing along the corridor in search of Rick Barber.
We reached the end of the corridor, near the laundry room and were met with the sight of Rick pinning Elektra against the wall, pure anger flashing in his eyes with such a strong element of hate that I couldn't see Rick anymore, "what the fuck did you do that for?" he yelled, slamming his fist against the wall, only a few centimetres away from Elektra, I caught a glimpse of an emotion that I had never seen in her - fear.
As much as I loathed Elektra, I couldn't let Rick loose himself like this. Glancing across at Tee, I noticed that she had crept back a little, fear flowing her veins and I assumed this was something related to her past. I stormed forward and pulled Rick back from Elektra, causing him to glance back at me, at first showing frustration, but after a few seconds his sudden anger had passed and he gave me an apologetic glance.
I could take care of Elektra by myself, "I know you did it," I took a step closer to her, attempting to appear menacing, but still keep hold of myself, "you think it was funny?" she was still a little scarred from her encounter from Rick, so she didn't pounce on me immediately, however after a couple of seconds she came right back at me with an insult - nobody could change Elektra - I guess that's why she's still here.
"You get up to anything in there then?" she smirked at me, obviously oblivious to the events that had occurred in the cupboard, "anything Mike shouldn't know about?" then I lost it - despite my best efforts, I was still a victim to poison spiked words, I aimed a punch at the smirk plastered across her face - every cell in my body willing to destroy it, however she ducked just in time and wagged her finger in mock disapproval, "uh huh! So you stop him from beating me up, because you want to do it yourself?" I glanced back at Rick, guilt instantly filling my veins, "you are a selfish little bitch aren't you?"
Rage flooding my body, overthrowing every other emotion and thrashing into my arms, giving me the strength to push her back against the wall, causing a cracking sound to pierce the air as her head collided with the wall. I winced and stepped back into Rick's arms a final blow reaching my face, before my world was engulfed in a comfort blackness - a blackness that was safer than my life.
I fell back into my first visit to the cafe, when everything was okay - Liam was there, we were friends, soon to be something more. That was where I wanted to be - before that double date - before my life went wrong.
The salty taste of tears, pulled me back into the now - a place that I didn't want to be. I flashed my eyes open and scanned my surroundings - I was lying on the couch in the quiet room. I was alone. Unsure, of whether I longed for company or not, I sat up and swung my legs down, quickly getting to my feet and drifting towards the window, pushing it open and letting the evening air fill my senses.
Relaxing slightly, I pushed all my thoughts to the back of the darkest corners if mind. Leaning forward, my head hanging slightly out of the window and my eyes fixing on the football in the garden, a couple of stories below me. Even though every shred of rationality that remained in me forbade it, my eyes locked on to golden brown haired figure, who was in control of the ball, effortlessly scoring a goal - Liam O'Donovan.
My gaze was diverted, as my ears picked up a knock on the door, "come in," I sighed, not quite caring who it was - after all, it couldn't be Liam. I was shocked to see Elektra leaning against the door frame, I backed away a little - not in the mood for another fight, "what do you want?" I snapped, locking my gaze with Elektra's sending her daggers at every single opportunity.
"I'm sorry," she sighed and a look of confusion swept across my face - Elektra apologising? I was obviously still unconscious, "I didn't know," she closed the door behind her and took a seat on the couch, "Rick told me about," she gestured towards my stomach, "that you were... pregnant," she whispered the last word, as I'd she was almost frightened of it.
Wearily, I took a seat beside, "and know it hasn't got a father," I sighed, locking my eyes with Elektra's, only just managing to keep my tears at bay, "how am I meant to cope like this?" I grimaced, brushing my hair from my eyes with my left hand, "who does he think he is, leaving me like that?" she placed her arm around my shoulder in a way that extremely out of character for her.
"I know what's it's like," she glanced across at my confused expression, "I got pregnant at fourteen," she leaned forward, burying her head in her hands, shielding herself from her past, "he dumped me as soon as I told him. It was for the best anyway - he was a useless piece of shit," she forced back the tears, attempting to keep her cool - Elektra did not cry, "so I got an abortion," she glanced back at me and I gave her a reassuring nod, "I couldn't cope - I was too young and I was alone."