Sian hurried out of the toilets, instantly spotting her target and quickening her pace. The fact Sam, Katy and Kerry were all watching her knowingly didn't go unnoticed by the blonde but as she was too busy trying to catch up with someone, she didn't have time to stop and give them an explanation.
No one at the table required an explanation as they had watched the person enter the bathroom just moments ago, knowing only too well what was about to unfold but powerless to stop it. Instead, they merely watched in horror as the person entered and then in equal horror as they exited quickly followed by Sian.
"Will you wait up!" pleaded Sian, finally catching up as they approached the exit of the bar and gripping them by the wrist, "T just stop will you."
Tina spun around, a baffled and disgusted expression on her face, "Was that what I think it was in there?"
Looking down at the ground, Sian could feel three sets of eyes on her from the table and couldn't help but feel increasingly ill at the situation she'd found herself in. She didn't want to deny anything that was happening between her and Sophie. If she was honest with herself, it had been the best few weeks of her life and she wanted nothing more than to rewind time and stop things before Tina had walked in. She knew that no matter what she did under the circumstances, there was no good outcome. Either she lost everything she had worked so hard for and her friendship with Tina or she risked losing Sophie. If she denied it Sophie wouldn't leave her would she? Surely Sophie would understand.
"Depends what you think it was."
Tina switched her gaze from her friend to the bathroom door as she watched Sophie come out of it, giving both girls an unreadable expression as she walked closer.
"Are you fucking her?" asked Tina, folding her arms across her chest as she watched Sian carefully.
Pursing her lips, Sian considered her options before finally lifting her gaze to meet her friend's, "No."
Despite being a few feet away, Sophie heard Sian's response and she felt her heart drop, the situation instantly worsening ten fold. She couldn't even bring herself to look at the two girls and glanced briefly in the direction of her friends, seeing them switching their gaze between Tina and Sian then back to Sophie.
"So … what?" asked Tina disbelievingly, "Cause last I checked you don't wrap your legs around the college lesbian for no good reason."
Sian's eyes widened and she slapped Tina across the arm, "Will you keep your fucking voice down!"
"Well it's no wonder you're ashamed." shot Tina, giving Sophie a brief glare before looking back at the blonde, "So what's going on then?"
The buzz of chatter in the bar was still going on however most people were watching discreetly from their seats, not entirely sure what was occurring but wanting to know exactly what it was. Sophie remained glued to the spot, unsure what would be the best thing to do given the circumstances. She wanted to go over and interject, say something that would make things better but she knew Sian would hate her for it and in all honesty, she didn't see what she could do or say to improve the situation.
"Did she just throw herself at you?" asked Tina, giving Sophie another death glare.
Sian shook her head slowly, "It was just … yano … nothing."
Another pang of hurt hit Sophie hard and Katy rose to her feet, moving over to stand beside her friend and resting her hand on the brunette's shoulder.
"Soph you shouldn't listen to this." muttered Katy, not wanting Sophie to hear anything else that would hurt her.
Shaking her head, Sophie remained where she was, "I wanna hear her deny it."
"Nothing?" asked Tina, raising her eyebrows sceptically, "So there's nothing going on between you two?"
Deciding that someone needed to step in before someone got seriously hurt or things got out of hand, Kerry quickly got up from the table and joined her friends, resting her hand on Sian's arm supportively.
"Let's leave it yeah T?" started Kerry, giving the brunette a serious look, "This isn't the time or the place."
Tina stared at Kerry incredulously, "Leave it? Kerry you have no idea what I just walked in on! Her and Webster up against a s-"
"Stop it!" interrupted Sian, raising her voice more than she had intended causing the buzz of chatter in the bar to fade slightly. " I told you it was nothing … It was just messing about."
"That's funny Sian cause last time I was messing about I didn't get it on with Webster." stated Tina dryly.
Stepping closer to Tina, Kerry gave her friend a warning glare, "She asked you to drop it Tina so drop it."
"No!" shouted Tina defiantly, pointing her finger at Sophie accusingly, "That fucking creep over there has been trying it on with Sian, messing with her head, obviously taking advantage of her when she's alone."
In a flash, Sam had also left the table and was about to head over to Tina but was stopped by Sophie who gripped her arm tightly.
"Don't Sam." warned Sophie, "Just leave it yeah?"
"Webster!" shouted Sam disbelievingly, "You can't just stand her and let her say that shit about you."
"Well it's true." cut in Tina, taking both girls by surprise, "She's wanted Sian from day one and she's finally making her move. It's fucking disgusting."
Sam turned to face the brunette, narrowing her eyes, "You have no idea what you're talking about so shut your mouth."
By now, the girls had gathered quite an audience and the teachers were watching with concern from the bar, knowing that things could quickly take a turn for the worse. Sam had taken a few steps closer to Sian and her friends, trying her best to stare Tina down as Sophie and Katy stood just behind the red head. Everyone was watching intently, the hatred between all girls infamous in their college and all students were eager to see how the argument would play out. Sian and Sophie's rivalry would go down in college history as one of the most intense of all time and everyone knew that the current situation could easily become quite a spectacle.
"Don't you think it's a bit funny?" asked Tina, an amused expression on her face as she realised she was going to get a rise out of Sam, "Sian can have any guy she wants, hates Webster's guts and then she no longer has a boyfriend, comes away on holiday where there's no lads to protect her and suddenly Webster's trying it on with her in the toilets?"
Sian pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes, desperately wishing the ground would just swallow her up or there was some way to get out of the situation she'd found herself in. Of course she knew she could just tell the truth, admit to Tina that Sophie was her girlfriend, that she'd never truly hated the brunette and that now she was with Sophie, she was happier than she'd ever been. But that would mean admitting to everyone that she, Sian Powers, had fallen for a girl. The popular, cool, straight, hot girl that everyone wanted to be was now sleeping with the girl that no one wanted to be. All those years of arguing, fighting, bullying had been in vain and they were now together. She couldn't do that. Could she? Sian glanced to the side, locking eyes with Sophie and she instantly felt a twinge of guilt in her stomach. The hurt in Sophie's eyes was undeniable and she was sure that denying what they had between them to Tina was going to absolutely crush her girlfriend. But as much as she wanted to just open her mouth and tell Tina to shut up and stop talking to the girl she cared so much about like that, she couldn't bring herself to do it. She wasn't able to form the right words and she knew she would never have the strength to do such a thing. She was weak and at that moment had never been more ashamed of herself.
Sian was snapped back to reality at the sound of Sam's voice, "You wanna watch your mouth McIntyre, you've got no right to speak to Sophie like that. You know nothing about her."
"Oh I know enough." stated Tina, "I know she's been lusting after Sian for years. Scored a lass on this holiday that Sian quickly managed to get rid of … So what was it Webster? Figured you'd get back at Sian for scaring your bird away by forcing yourself on her in the toilets?"
For the first time, Sophie actually spoke up, "Is that what it fucking looked like to you? Cause I didn't appear to be doing much forcing."
"Sophie stop it." ordered Sian, giving Sophie a pleading look, "Just shut up."
"You really are a fucking bitch you know that?" spat Sophie, giving Sian a look of disgust, "You can go to hell for all I care … I honestly can't believe you."
Tina laughed dryly, "Oh boo hoo Webster, she doesn't want you so she's a bitch? Not all of us are sick like you."
"What did you just say?" asked Sam, narrowing her eyes at Tina and taking another step towards her.
"You heard me. She's sick, trying it on with anyone she likes. She's a disgusting bi-"
Tina was cut off and everyone froze as a hand came flying towards her face, slapping her straight across the cheek at lightening speed. Clutching her hand to her face, Tina instantly felt the burning of her cheek and was sure there'd be the perfect outline of a hand print.
"You just fucking hit me!" shouted Tina, her eyes beginning to water as the pain radiated through her cheek bone.
"Yeah well you deserved it!" shot back Katy, gripping her hand and rubbing her palm as she felt it starting to tingle.
Everyone else stood back in shock, eyes wide as they registered what had just happened. Katy was far from the violent type and both the speed and power of which the slap was delivered had to have been enough for Tina to see into next week. Mr Maddison had stood up from his seat to intervene but was quickly pushed back into it by Miss King. She knew that the girls would eventually sort it out between themselves and she also knew about Sophie and Sian's relationship, so believed it was best to leave them all to it.
"Jesus Katy, nice shot." congratulated Sam, resting a hand on Katy's shoulder and smirking at Tina, "Now if you'd shut your mouth like I told you then that wouldn't have happened."
Letting out a sigh, Sian turned to face Sophie, "Will you three just … leave us to it … this is just making it worse."
"What so you can talk about me behind my back and tell them about how I trapped you in there against your will and forced myself on you? Is that what you wanna do?" asked Sophie.
Sinking her teeth into her bottom lip, Sian tried to think of the right thing to say. Something that wouldn't mean having to tell Tina the truth but also something that would let Sophie know she was sorry and that she just wasn't ready yet.
"Look we just … we had a lot to drink an-"
Sian was cut off as Sophie snorted out a laugh, giving the blonde a disgusted look as she shook her head. Sian instantly knew she'd said the wrong thing, leaving Sophie under no illusions that her supposed girlfriend was about to make her look like an absolute fool and had no intention of sticking up for their relationship.
"You know what?" started Sophie, pointing her finger at Sian and narrowing her eyes, "You can honestly go fuck yourself. You haven't changed one bit since I met you. You're still an arrogant, selfish, cruel bitch who cares about no one but themselves. I can't fucking wait until this plane arrives so I can get back to Manchester and away from you. I want nothing more to do with you and I wish I'd never come on this bloody trip. I regret everything about coming here and more than anything I regret coming anywhere near you."
Sian swallowed down the lump in her throat, feeling herself beginning to get upset as Sophie's words cut her like a knife. The brunette spoke coldly, each word delivered as harsh and ruthless as possible as if they were in a bid to make Sian feel as hurt as she could. In all honesty, that was exactly what Sophie wanted to do. The fact Sian had stood and denied everything they had in a bid to look good in front of someone as horrible as Tina was the last straw. She could handle the fact Sian wasn't ready for everyone to know, she could even handle Sian wanting to keep everything a complete secret but she wasn't going to stand there and let the blonde flat out lie. She wasn't willing to let Sian brush off their relationship as 'messing around' or something induced by alcohol. She'd truly believed what they had was special and worth sneaking around for but the fact Sian felt her friendship with someone as spiteful and downright horrible as Tina was more important than Sophie, was too much. It was hurting more than she ever thought possible to stand by and let Sian lie to everyone about their relationship and it hurt even more that whilst Tina was calling Sophie every name under the sun, the blonde had just stood by and let it happen.
"I hope you're very fucking happy with your friends here and I really hope you enjoy having a good old laugh at my expense." continued Sophie, obviously not finished with her rant at Sian, "Like the good old days eh? A nice end to the trip this, making fun of Sophie Webster as always. You're as bad as each other you two."
"Sophie don't. Please."
Sophie ignored Sian's pleas and merely stared at the blonde, giving her a serious look as she shook her head in disgust before opening her mouth to speak, "I hate you."
Widening her eyes, Sian felt the first tears start to form, silently begging them not to fall as Sophie's words hit her. Even weeks ago Sophie had told her that she didn't hate her, that she couldn't hate her. Now after everything they'd worked on together, everything they'd managed to overcome and they were finally happy together, Sian couldn't believe what she'd just heard. It hurt more than she'd ever imagined and she couldn't believe she'd elicited such a response from Sophie just by not admitting they were together.
Sophie didn't wait for a response, giving both Sian and Tina a final glare before gesturing to her friends and walking away, unable to stand in front of the girl who in a matter of weeks had managed to hurt her more than she had in all the years at school.
