Chester approached Trixie with nothing but rage in his eyes. Trixie knew he had no intention of talking, but she didn't have time to fight with him. She had to find Timmantha before it was too late.

"Why are you so mad over Timmantha? Who is she to you?" She started.

"She's someone I want to protect. She's someone who deserves better than me, but even though she knew that she still wanted to be with me. Sometimes I wonder why she chose me over so many others, but that doesn't matter because I made her a promise that I would always be there for her as long as I could. As long as she smiles then that's all I'll ever need.

"Well if you ask for my opinion…she could have done a lot better." Trixie said walking to him.

"What does that supposed to mean?" He asked grabbing her.

"Look…we both know Timmantha is…special, and we both want to do everything we can to protect her! But fighting won't do anything but hurt her more. So I want o settle this without violence if possible." She said.

Just as Trixie was finally getting through to Chester, Veronica showed up. She saw Chester's fist balled up, and Trixie on the floor. "What are you doing to Trixie you trash?" She yelled as she tackled Chester. Veronica was on top of him holding him down, hoping Trixie would take this time to run away.

"Veronica what are you doing?"

"I came to save you! Did he hurt you? If he did I'll do the same thing to him just like I did to the Timmantha girl!" She yelled. Trixie was shocked at what she just heard, but then she recalled what happened that night Timmantha left her house.

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Shortly after Timmantha left Trixie's she laid in her bed crying uncontrollably. "Why couldn't I say stop? WHY!?" She thought as she rolled over on her bed trying to get some sleep in the hopes of forgetting what just happened between her and Timmantha. She was close to falling in a deep slumber when the doorbell rung.

She quickly ran downstairs hoping Timmantha came back. Instead she found someone else in her place. Standing in the doorway was Trixie's friend, Veronica.

"Trixie…who was that girl that just left? Do you know her? Is she important to you?

"What's with all the questions? I thought you came to see me, not question me like a police." Trixie said trying to change the subject, but had no luck. "I did come to see you at first but now I want to know who she was." Trixie knew when Veronica had something on her mind; she wasn't going to let it go.

"Well for starters, she is important to me…well she was. Now I'm not sure if she still is." Veronica could do nothing but look silently at her friend's facial expression.

"Is she more important to you than me?"

"Veronica….don't do this." Trixie said looking at her in complete shock.

"Tell me if she is or not. I won't drop it unless you tell me. Veronica was now forcing Trixie to make a very tough decision. "Veronica please don't make me do this."

"Why? Why are you so afraid to pick? Is it because you don't want to hurt me or is it because you just don't care for me anymore?"

Trixie looked at her with tears swelling up again. "How could you say that when you're standing here asking me which one of you is important?"

Veronica said nothing, and then replied, "I can say it because I want to! Now TELL ME!" She said as she punched Trixie's front door. Trixie she was frightened at the way Veronica was acting. She could do nothing but try to bag away slowly but she was stopped by Veronica's voice. "You can't leave until you choose. Better yet, you can leave. I already know who you chose."

Veronica turned around to leave the mansion when Trixie grabbed her hand. "Let me GO!" Veronica yelled as she yanked her hand from Trixie's. "Do not EVER speak to me again, because if you do…I can promise you that being popular will be the least of your worries." She said as she slammed the door in her face.

Trixie just lowered her head and fell up against the wall. "Veronica didn't even give me a chance to answer. I was going to tell her I couldn't possibly choose between the both of them because they both are important to me, but I guess it's too late." She thought to herself. Trixie didn't know what to do. All she knew was that she just lost 2 of them most precious people she ever knew, maybe for good.

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Trixie was still speechless at what she recalled and what was now happening in front of her. Then she recalled what Timmantha said while she was staring into Trixie's eyes. *Pl…please s…stop! Please leave me alone. I …didn't mean to…* Trixie was still trying to put the pieces together when the last thing Timmantha said hit her. *Pl…please I'm sorry… I won't ever go near Trixie again, so please stop hitting me Veronica!* Trixie finally understood why Timmantha looked so afraid when she looked Trixie in the eyes.

"You're the reason why!" She yelled as she pushed Veronica off of Chester. "You're the reason why she had that look in her eyes. She was shaking with fear!" She screamed at Veronica as tears began to fall from her eyes.

"W…what are you talking about?" Veronica asked picking herself up."

"Don't play stupid with me! It all makes sense now. Why she called me a monster. When she looked in my eyes, she didn't see me…she saw you constantly abusing her!" She yelled as she ran up and grabbed Veronica by her shirt. "Why would you do something so unforgivable? She didn't do anything to you! She didn't do anything to deserve that! SO TELL ME WHY!" She said throwing Veronica into the lockers.

Chester was frozen in place at what he was now witnessing. He thought Trixie was out to hurt Timmantha like all the other rich and popular kids. So why was she yelling at Veronica? And more importantly…why was she crying? As Trixie was about to smack Veronica, Chester ran to grab her hand.

"STOP! This isn't going to help." He said.

"I know, but It's my fault that all of this happened." She replied as she dropped to her knees.

Chester was struck with grief, because he was going to pummel Trixie into next week for making his girl cry, but know as he looked at her weep, he couldn't bring himself to hurt someone who would go so far for Timmantha's sake.

"Heh…you want to know why I abused that little brat." Veronica started. "It's because she was getting too close to you!"

"What's wrong with that? If I want someone to get close to me than that's my choice, not yours." Trixie responded.

"Trixie…I've known you since we were little kids. You were the girl I wanted to be for so long, but when I knew I could never be you, I thought I would protect you instead."

"So you abused someone I care for, and call that protecting me?" Trixie yelled sounding furious.

Veronica couldn't say anything back. She didn't understand why this was happening. All she did was punish someone who was getting too close to the girl she deeply cared for.

"So you really did choose her over me huh?" Veronica said getting up. She slowly bagged away with tears slowing swelling in her eyes.

"Yeah…I'll always choose Timmantha over you! Not because of what she is, but because what she has."

"And what does she have that I don't!" Veronica yelled.

"I don't know. All I do know is that she has a wonderful personality. She makes you want to protect her because of how fragile she is, but even though she can be dense sometimes…she'll do whatever she can to help someone out even if she has to take whatever punishment follows. That's just the kind of girl she is! I'm the one who pushed her away when she wanted to help me and I'm the one who hurt her the most. I know I don't deserve her, but I want to do whatever I can to make things right!"

With those last words, Veronica ran off crying. Trixie was now crying herself. She couldn't stop the tears from flowing even if she wanted to. "What am I going to do? I…I don't know what I'm supposed to do!" She cried out.

"You can start by talking with Timmantha!" Chester said picking Trixie up off the floor.

"Why are you helping me? I mean after everything I did to you and your friends!"

"Don't get the wrong idea…but I saw you cry while you where throwing Veronica around and I wondered…why would someone like you show that kind of face? If you would go that far for Timmantha, then maybe I could trust you, even if it's just a little. He said as they both walked outside the school.

"Where are you taking me?" Trixie asked.

"We're going to see my girlfriend." Chester replied with a smile.

Looks like things are getting interesting XD

On a more serious note:

(How is Trixie going to fix the bond between her and Timmantha?)

(Will Chester's trust in Trixie last or fade away just as fast?)

(Will this be the last we see of Veronica?)

Find out in the next exciting chapter of:

*Swirling Emotions* Chapter 8: The Naked Truth! & Covered Lies!