Hello all! Welcome back to another chapter in A Heart of Gold! I hope everyone is enjoying themselves during the panic going on in the world right now! Anyway, on to the story and I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter Twelve: Paris Returns
Luka leans back in her chair at her desk. She watches the teacher, trying to absorb the information she was saying, yet she wasn't really focused on the class. Ever since that horrifying day three months ago, Luka hadn't been able to focus much on anything other than Miku. Granted, the tealette was doing much better, but the fear of what could happen at any given moment was weighing heavily on her mind. In fact, it made her classes way harder to be in when she couldn't be around Miku or with her. Perhaps she was becoming a controlling or clingy girlfriend, but until Paris got back, she was the only one watching out for Miku. And with Lily taking over and becoming the "whole school bully", it was making her job a lot harder. The bell rings, signifying the end of the period. She heads out of the class to find Miku in the halls. Luka's heart drops at the sight.
Lily is pinning Miku to the lockers, smirking at the little tealette. Miku shakes beneath her and looks everywhere, trying to find an out or an escape. Unfortunately, she was completely trapped beneath the blonde with no where else to go. Miku whimpers and looks at the blonde's steel blue eyes. They were icy and cold, and made her shrink back against the locker.
"How's Twintails today?" Lily purrs sadistically. She presses closer to her, intimidating Miku. Miku wanted to cry, to scream, but she knew that would only egg the blonde on.
"I-I'm fine…" Miku squeaks out and Lily grins. She moves to go closer but Luka's voice stops her momentarily, but she could hear that the pinkette was a ways off. Lily opens her mouth to speak, to intimidate the tealette even more, when something strange happened.
"Get your hands off of her, Lily," comes a sharp voice from the side and Lily's arm is grabbed. Lily wheels around to put this intruder in their place, but stops dead in her tracks. The halls were silent, stunned into disbelief. Before Lily stood a beautiful girl with hair as white as fresh fallen snow. A girl with one golden eye, and one crystalline blue eye. Before Lily, grasping the blonde's arm in a death grip, stood none other than Paris.
Miku is the first to overcome her shock and she practically leaps into Paris' arms. Paris hugs her with one arm, keeping her hold and her gaze on Lily.
"What the hell were you thinking, Lily?" Paris asks in a harsh tone. Lily was frozen in time, shaking a bit in fear. It had been a long time since someone had challenged her, and it happened to be the girl she had fallen in love with nonetheless. However, something was very different. Paris seemed colder, and dangerous. She had an air around her that made Lily fearful, yet made her want to take her to her room.
"Paris, I-," Lily starts, but she is cut off.
"No excuses Lily," Paris cuts in sharply, "I trusted you to take care of her. And you took my trust and spit on it. You spit on it and threw it to the ground." Paris was angrier than hell, but she was keeping her cool for Miku's sake. With that, she lets Lily go and takes Miku out of the school. Luka follows them, unsure what to say after everything that just happened. They left the school after that, Paris needing to cool off more than anything. She felt hurt. She felt betrayed. And with hurt and betrayal, came anger when it came to Paris.
"Did you two drive to school today?" Paris asks as they head out of the building. Miku shakes her head, not sure if speaking was a good idea right now. She had never seen Paris so angry before in her life.
"Good. I'll drive us somewhere then," Paris says as the head over to Paris' favorite pickup, Lucy. She opens the passenger door for the two girls to get in. Miku crawls into the middle seat, while Luka sits in the passenger seat. Paris shuts the door for them and she gets in the driver's seat. She turns the pickup on, which it roars to life. She then speeds out of the parking lot and drives off. The girls swallow and keep quiet for a while, not wanting to be yelled at by a very angry Paris. Yet, after a while, the silence starts to become unbearable to those in the vehicle.
"Thank you for the help, Paris. Lily wouldn't have stopped if I had tried to get in between them…" Luka speaks to break the god awful silence between them in Paris' pickup. Paris grips her steering wheel tighter and doesn't speak. Miku shakes her head and stops Luka before she can continue.
"Let's not continue this conversation anymore. She isn't happy with it," Miku warns and she looks towards Paris. The French maiden was doing everything in her power not to get royally pissed. Pissed enough to charge back into that school and beat the shit out of Lily. But God, she wanted to so bad. She'd give that no good blonde bombshell a piece of her mind when she went back to her place to get her things. There was no way in hell she was still living with her after this stunt.
"Miku," Paris finally speaks, "Where are we going?" Miku flinches at how strained the sound is. How hard Paris is trying to keep her voice under a manageable limit.
"Umm, Luka's house if you don't mind," Miku speaks softly, not wanting to flip a switch and make Paris yell at her. Paris nods and soon enough, they were at Luka's place. Paris parks Lucy and cuts the engine, then she gets out and helps the other two out. They head inside and Paris looks around.
"Nice place," Paris comments, trying to be friendly, and using it as a distraction from the source of her anger. Luka smiles warmly.
"Thank you, my mom works hard to decorate it when she gets home from her travelling job," Luka explains as she makes tea for all of them.
For several hours, the three play catch up, and learn about Paris' adventures in France with her mother. Then Miku remembers something that Lily had told her about Paris. Now was her chance to find out how true the blonde had been. She looks at Paris' arms and notices some scarring on them, but nothing really stood out to her.
"Paris?" Miku asks, her voice growing small as she realized what she was about to as her best friend, "Is it true?" Paris blinks and looks up at her.
"Is what true?" Paris asks curiously. What was Miku talking about? For some reason, the way Miku had asked her the question led Paris to believe that she wasn't going to enjoy answering this one.
"Is your father abusing you?" MIku asks in a very small voice, but she couldn't break eye contact with Paris. However, she begins to wish that she had by the pain that flashes in her best friend's eyes.
"Who told you?" Paris asks, though she already knew the answer to that question.
"Lily," Miku responds. Paris stands abruptly and grabs her jacket.
"Yes it's true. But I am fine. So don't say a single thing Miku. To anyone. You'll make it ten times worse," Paris says and she heads out of Luka's house and drives away. She had a certain blonde that she was going to knock some sense into while she was still angry enough to do so.
Annnnddd another chapter done. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I'm sorry for the long times in between chapters, but I am trying to update faster. Writer's block really sucks. Anyways, rate and review and as always, have a wonderful day!
