Chapter Six: Mistakes
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Mariah walked down the hall, unaware of the world around her. She had too much on her mind. She could not believe what had just happened. She pushed the door open and walked outside. It was freezing, but she didn't care. She walked to the park, nearby the hotel. She had been having such a great day, and of course, Lee had to go and ruin it...
Flashback"Mariah. Come into my room. I want to talk to you." Lee said plainly as the team walked into the hotel.
"Um. Ok." Mariah walked down the hall, two doors past her room, and walked into Lee's room. She sat down on the chair closest to the door and waited for Lee to talk. Mariah was surprised by the tone Lee started talking to her in. It was calm, but seemed to be concealing something. Was it anger? Hurt? Jealousy? All three? That Mariah didn't know.
"Mariah, what is going on between you and Rei?" She couldn't believe what Lee had just asked her.
"Well...we're going out..." She said quietly. Lee wished she had not looked up at Lee's face then. He looked hurt and somewhat jealous. But anger is what it came out as.
"Your...WHAT?!!!" he said, voice rising.
"I think I should leave now..."Mariah said very quietly, just loud enough for Lee to hear her.
"NO! Stay right where you are!" He shouted.
"No, I really think I should leave..."She replied, barely audible. She stood up and looked at Lee, glaring. He walked closer to her, until he was no more than five inches from her face. He began talking in calm, soft voice.
"Sit down, now."
"No"
"I SAID SIT DOWN!" She continued to glare at him, coldly, as if she had not heard him. He couldn't take it anymore. As she turned to leave the room, His hand swung out of nowhere and struck her hard across the face. She stood frozen in shock. She could feel tears beginning to form...
End of Flashback...She shook the memory out of her head. She sat there, her mind blank. She began to walk back to the hotel, shivering slightly. She could feel the tears coming again but she did not let them, until she had went into her room and locked the door. She slipped into pajamas and climbed into bed. And then, for the second time in four days, cried herself to sleep...
Rei woke up the next day, thinking about Mariah. She, however, woke up thinking about Lee. She hadn't slept very well, tossing and turning all night. She got up, out of bed and went into the washroom. She looked at herself in the mirror, unable to believe how bad she looked. She had dark circles under her eyes, her hair hung limp in the ponytail she had pulled it into the day before and she had a small bruise on the right side of her face, where Lee has hit her. She pressed on it gingerly. It didn't hurt, well at least not as much as the pain that Lee had hit her because she liked Rei more than she liked him. She was still confused. She needed someone to talk to, the only question was, who could she talk to? She refused to talk to Lee at all and it was kind of to talk to Rei about their relationship and Lee.
Still thinking, she showered, got dressed, did her hair and left her room into the quickly warming morning. It was misty and damp. She walked up the road to the river. She stood on the bridge, damp with mist, looked out at the calm water. She heard a sudden noise and turned around quickly to see who was there. It was Kai.
"Kai! Way to give me a heart attack! What are you doing here anyways?"
"None of your business. What happened to you...where'd you get that bruise?" He said, looking closely at her face. She was surprised to hear him. So concerned about her well-being.
"Oh," She touched her bruise softly, "That...I walked into the door...He he Silly Me..." She said, not able to bring herself to tell Kai, or anyone, the truth...
"I'm not Tyson. I can tell your lying. I'm not that gullible or stupid...it looks like someone hit you..."Mariah began to cry, she couldn't hold it in any longer.
"You were right. It was Lee. Lee, he hit me. I...I don't know what happened...it just did happened...I don't know...I'm so confused.."
"Lee hit you!? As in 'Rei's a traitor, I should have got Driger Lee?" Mariah nodded slowly, "Why? Oh wait never mind, there is no reason for anyone to hit a girl."
"Well...you see," Mariah told what happened, starting from when Rei had told Kevin they were going out. He listened patiently as she told her story an when she was finished he began to talk.
"I'm completely disgusted. I never thought Lee could have such feelings of hate...jealousy yes. Hate, no. I mean, he talks about people being loyal and respectful. He wonders why Kevin acts like he does..." And with that Kai disappeared into the gloom. Mariah stood there, not believing that Kai, Kai of all people, had just been standing there, sounding almost concerned about her well-being. She walked back to the hotel to find Kevin rushing to meet her.
"Mariah! Mariah!" He said, completely out of breath. "We've been looking everywhere for you..."
"why?"
"Because Rei might have to get another surgery today."
"WHAT! Why??"
"The doctors just noticed, but his wrist didn't set properly. So they'll have to break again then reset it. And they think that it would be best if they put in the bolts and stuff because of the way it was it was broken. They said they should have done that in the first place..." Mariah almost sighed in relief. She had had millions of scenarios as to why Rei needed to get surgery. As always, she was overreacting.
"Hey.." Kevin said, noticing the bruise on Mariah's face, "Where did that come from?"
"What? Oh...that..."She stammered, "That is proof of how clumsy I am..."
"You're lying. I know what happened. Lee told me. He came to my room last night looking for you. He looked kind of upset so I asked him what was wrong. He told me everything. I just wanted to see if you would tell me the truth...But obviously you don't trust me enough...but you know what. I don't care anymore. I'm sick and tired of people not trusting me..." Before Mariah could say anything else Kevin walked away.
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