CHAPTER 35 – TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE


She darted down the hallway, and into the room where she’d put most of her belongings, she picked up only a small suitcase and her handbag and ran from the room.

“Arora, please don’t go” Brian said softly as he stood poised meters behind her in the long hallway
“I have to Brian, look what I’ve done to you” she cried as his tears trails glistened in the light above him
“No, you cant leave me” he pleaded walking up to her “Please Arora, don’t go. I’d be lost without you” he added softly as he now stood directly in front of her
“Brian, look at us, look what we’ve become. We cant look each other In the eyes anymore, you don’t trust me, I don’t know how to get back that trust” she sighed softly “It’s hopeless Brian, I’ll only hurt you if I stay”
She was right in many ways, he couldn’t look her in the eyes, his heart was in pain, it did seem like they had nothing left. But one thing, despite it all still remained – he loved her.
“Arora, I know all that. I feel all that, but can you look at me and tell me you don’t love me? Because I cant look at you and tell you that. I love you Arora, god, I love you so much, and I don’t think anything is ever going to change that. I want to try and get back what we lost, just tell me you do to” Brian pleading getting down on his knees in front of her, his arms wrapped around her waist
She knelt down next to him, for the first time in a long time making eye contact with him.

“I want to make things right Brian” she whispered
He brushed her hair back softly as he cupped her head with his hands.
“We’ll work through this” he whispered as he leaned in and softly kissed her lips.

~ AT THE SAME TIME ~

Nick paced around the doorstep of the beachfront house. He hadn’t knocked yet, he didn’t know if he had it in him. She’d probably slam the door in his face, or curse him off, whatever she did, he would probably deserve it. He sucked in his breath and knocked hastily on the door. The house itself was fairly quite, so he even doubted she was there.

As he was about to turn and run, the door opened. Bianca stood opposite him, a cigarette poised in her fingers.
“What do you want?” she sighed agitatedly
“I wanted to see how you were” Nick replied feeling the ice in her stare
“Really? How thoughtful” she muttered before closing the door.
Nick stuck his foot into the door, stopping her from closing it fully.
“God, what the hell are you doing?” she hissed pushing harder against the door.
“Please Bianca, I need to talk to you” Nick pleaded as he tried to counteract her pushing
“Fine. What?” she announced flinging the door back open
“Can I come in?”
“No. You have 5 minutes before I call the police” she smiled as she picked the cordless phone into her hand and placed the cigarette in the astray on the table beside the door.
“I'm sorry for hurting you the way I did Bianca, I don’t have an excuse and I don’t have a reason” Nick began
“What’s the point of this Nick? Pissed cause Arora doesn’t want to fuck you anymore?” Bianca snarled sarcastically “Or maybe you want one of those three way things, well you can forget it” she announced, trying to close the door again
“Despite what you think Bianca, that’s NOT why I'm here” Nick huffed pushing the door back open
“Then why are you here Nick?” Bianca questioned, folding her arms around her body
“I'm here because I still care about you, and its for that reason I told you the truth then and I'm going to tell you the truth now. I don’t know if its actually possible to fall out of love Bianca, but I think maybe that’s what happened. I don’t feel the same way as I do, and I know that’s what you deserve, someone to love you completely and fully, and I hurt you, and I don’t expect you to just forgive me and welcome me back with open arms, I know that wont happen. But I still care about you Bianca, I always will, I hope you can understand that”
“So this is one of those, I just want to be friends talks?” Bianca scoffed
Nick nodded slowly. He did still have romantic feelings for her, but right now he didn’t want a relationship, not till he was sure he could give her his all.
“Kiss my ass Nick, that’s what I think of being your friend” Bianca snapped, successfully slamming the door on him this time.

~ THE NEXT DAY ~

Arora used her key to open the door of the beach house. She assumed Bianca wouldn’t be there, given the early hour of the morning, she was usually on a run along the beach.
“Hey girl” Arora smiled as Delilah came running from around the back to meet her “sorry about leaving ya sweetheart” she added rubbing her head.
Brian wasn’t too thrilled with having a dog of Delilah’s size in the house, so Arora would take her around to the animal hotel down in Orlando, where she was usually put when they went away on holiday. She would stay there a few weeks until Arora found a new house.

Delilah followed Arora into the quite house. Bianca wasn’t home. She made her way to the old room, she’d left a few bits and pieces there, which she didn’t exactly need, but was getting anyway.

“What no, honey I'm home?” Bianca smirked as she ran in through the ranch slider door. She was wearing a tank top and a pair of black shorts, her hair pulled back tightly in a high ponytail, she’d obviously been out for a run.
“I just came to pick up a few things” Arora responded walking into her room

Bianca ran around to the kitchen and filled a glass with cold water from the fridge.
“Why don’t you stay and chat?” Bianca spat stupidly. Sometimes she didn’t know why she had this incline to make things worse. Sometimes she just let words fly from her mouth without even thinking.
“I doubt you want to chat” Arora responded as she walked out of the room, a box in her hands
“So living with Brian?” Bianca asked
“For a while, until I find my own place” Arora replied grabbing Delilah’s chain from behind the door
“Pretty forgiving guy, that or stupid” Bianca muttered
“God Bianca, if you’re going to be angry, be angry with me, not Brian he has nothing to do with this” Arora spat, annoyed
“Fine, I’ll get angry at you. You never did tell me who was the better of the two, Nick or Brian?”
“You’re sick” Arora breathed
“I'm sick? You the serial Backstreet boy fucker. So is AJ you’re next target?” Bianca sneered as she threw her face close into Arora
Without thinking Arora hand came crashing down against Bianca cheek jolting her head backwards. The two, once friends, looked at ach other in shock.

“Holy shit, what the fuck was that about?” Chastity inquired running through the door. She’d pretty much heard and seen everything from the front step.
“Why don’t you ask her? It’s her fault” Bianca snapped, pointing at Arora
Chastity turned to Arora.
“What is going on? Something is wrong with the world when you two a fighting” Chastity said, her hands poised on her hips.

“It’s nothing” Arora sighed, as she flicked the chain onto Delilah’s collar
“Hold up. First you two casually forget to show up at the rehearsal yesterday and now you’re at each others throats, that’s not nothing” Chastity remarked closing the door behind her
“I really should go” Arora replied trying to get past Chastity
“Sit your bony ass down, no one is going anywhere until I know what the fuck is going on” Chastity announced blocking the door

“Fine you wanna know?” Bianca snapped venomously
“Yeah, I do” Chastity responded
“Bianca, don’t, don’t get her involved” Arora pleaded.
“But she wants to know Arora, we should tell her” Bianca smirked as she turned to Chastity
“Little princess Arora here stole my boyfriend” she gnarled
Arora sighed agitatedly, sometimes Bianca could be such a bitch.
“What? Nick?” Chastity laughed
“I'm serious, the stupid slut wasn’t happy with what she had, she wanted to sample the other goods” Bianca spat eying Arora down
“You can be such a bitch, you know that wasn’t what it was like” Arora snapped
“I'm a bitch, but you’re a slut” Bianca responded leaning in
“Hold up, hold up!” Chastity declared putting herself between the two
“Bianca’s telling the truth?” Chastity questioned looking over at Arora
“It’s what she wants to believe” Arora replied
“It’s the fucking truth Arora!” Bianca hissed
“Back off physco” Chastity said gently pushing Bianca back, she turned again to Arora “is it the truth? You and Nick?”
Arora swallowed hard.
“Its not as clear cut as that” Arora whispered “How many times do I have to say I'm sorry Bianca, I made a mistake, I made a god damn fucking mistake and you aren’t going to ever let me forget that are you?”
“Well lemme see, you did after all sleep with my boyfriend”
Chastity tried to calm them, but the yelling was going above her.
“And I suppose you know what the feels like” Arora hissed
“What the fuck is that supposed to mean?”
“take a stab in the dark, or how about another one in my back. Don’t you dare fucking act like you have never done something wrong before Bianca, I'm not as stupid as you think I am” Arora screamed
“Fuck you Arora, you slept with my boyfriend”
“Like you did to me Bianca!” Arora spat. Her face dropped as the words came from her mouth
Bianca stopped dead.
“What the fuck is that meant to mean?” she cursed
“You weren’t drunk, and I wasn’t stupid Bianca, that’s what it means. The night Kale died, at the party, you fucked him, or at least gave him a blow job, I'm not sure if you count them as the same thing?”
“No, you’re wrong” Bianca stuttered. She remembered very little about that night, she’d been drunk pretty much from the beginning.
“I'm not wrong Bianca, I saw you. I saw the whole damn thing, then I left, Kale followed me, we got into an argument, and then we crashed. I lied about it all to cover for you, so much for that” Arora cried as she pushed past Chastity and bolted out of the door.




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