[britt/matt] overstayed my welcome.

[JanaeClaire♥]

I ran. I ran, and ran, and ran. I tried not the cry, cause all the stupid tears and sobs were making it hard to keep my breath. It didn't seem like my body cared though. The sobs wouldn't stop, no matter how hard I forced my legs to move. My lungs were screaming at me to slow down, and my legs were numb by now, but i didn't care. It seemed that right about now, running was all I had left. Matt didn't want me. My parents didn't want me. My brothers didn't want me. No one wanted me. God, i couldn't believe Matt wouldn't have me.

At the thought of him, I ran even harder, pumping my legs far faster than they should go. I was pissed. Really, really pissed. After two years of being in love with him, he actually slept with me.. and he told me he loved me. Was that all a lie? Of course it was a lie! He left that night without a word. I'd gone to his house and all his stuff was gone. His parents said he had moved out. Been planning to for months. He'd never said a word to me. Thinking of that, I made myself move even faster. The crying had stopped by now, replaced by even breathing as I ran and ran and ran deeper into downtown Daeland. I was lost. I knew that much, but i didn't really care.

I kept running blindly until finally, I couldn't take it anymore. I slowed down as I came to a deserted area of downtown, soon coming a stop. I leaned over with my hands braced against my knees as I tried to catch my breath, my blonde hair falling around my face. What was I doing here? Why had i come after him? Clearly he didn't want me. Clearly I was just some big, huge mistake. All he wanted from me was sex. Well whatever. That was fine by me. I didn't need him.

"Hey there Kitten."

I snapped up and swung around to face the British voice, and the second I saw him, horror was etched across my face. Leo was standing there, glorious with his raven black hair and bright green eyes. A deadly and yet sexy smirk was on his face, and it was hard to remember why I hated him for a moment. I was having trouble breathing. All I could remember right then was why I had loved him once.

"I was wondering where you had gone." he purred dangerously. Then i remembered why I hated him so much as he took a step closer.

I cleared my throat and instinctively fished for my cell phone in my jeans pocket and took a step back. "What are you doing here?" I said in a harsh, cold voice. He only smiled. "I wanted to clear up something. 'Cause you know I heard what you did." he hissed. I gulped hard. He'd heard about me and Matt. How? I didn't even remember telling anyone. Wait. Had my brother told him? My breathing was coming faster, and i tried to force myself to stay calm.

"Come on Kitten. Come here." he said as he came right up to me. I felt frozen. Right away, I hit the speed dial on my phone for the only one I knew who could help me. Matt. I took a few steps back, but every step I took, he got closer. How did he even know I was here? Had he asked my family? How did he know I would be downtown? Was it just by chance? Why did he come all the way here just to ask if I had cheated on him? yeah, I had. So what. What was he going to do? Wait. Nevermind. I knew the answer to that, and it was scary. "Get away." I told him in a shakey voice.

He just grinned, and that grin bombarded me with so many memories I didn't want of the darkly handsome, and abusive ex boyfriend. "You really did something bad this time, baby." I suddenly felt a hard surface against my back, and realized he's backed me against a wall. Hearing Matt's voicemail pick up faintly at my side, I held it out so in case he got the message, he would hear the one talking to me. "No why did ya go and do that, hmm? What do even see in that guy?" He came right up to me, and I could smell the mint-and-pine aftershave he always wore. "You know, I don't take to kindly to cheaters." I shut my eyes when he hand stroked my face. I could almost feel the aggression crackling from his finger tips. I finally shut the phone and prepared for the only plan I had for escape. I could feel his hand tensing against my face, and I acted.

My hand darted out like a lightning bolt and grabbed a fistful of his hair. I didn't give him a chance to react as I slammed his head against the wall beside my head. He cried out and fell back, and i ran. My heart was pounding as I made as many turns as I could, to make sure Leo couldn't find me. I finally made one turn down a narrow ally way and braced myself against a wall, shutting my eyes. Now I just had to figure out how to get back to my hotel room. Then I would report him to the cops and--wait. No cops. He hadn't done anything to me. Yet. So there would be nothing to charge him for. Accept for maybe stalking.

Suddenly, I felt an exploding pain across my face, and I cried out. "You shouldn't have done that." I opened my blue eyes to meet the green ones of Leo. My eyes widened. How the hell did he find me?! I opened my mouth to reply when his hand struck my again, and then he grabbed my shoulders, throwing me to the ground. The breath was swept from my lungs when my back and head struck the ground. Black splotches blurred my vision as I struggle to catch my breath again. I didn't have time to as a black boot struck my ribs. I wheezed and rolled over, my eyes wide with the immense pain. I tried to grope at one of his boots, to make him fall... but his foot crushed my fingers instead. I cried out as tears sprung to my eyes and i cradled my hand to my chest.

I was barely paying attention as Leo crouched down next to me, his fingers taking my chin and making me look up at him. "You be careful, Kitten." He left. I squeezed my eyes shut and held my hand. Sprained? Broken? I didn't know. I barely had the breath to cry. So, i did the only thing I could think to do. I took note of the closed guitar shop across from the ally way, and I called Matt. I had never felt so grateful when he answered.

"Matt?" I whimpered in a broken voice. I shut my eyes. "I-I'm an ally. Across fr-from a guitar shop downtown."

I paused taking deep breaths so I would cry. I didn't care if Matt didn't love me, or if he had hurt me. I needed him. "Help me."

I hung up and went back to holding my throbbing hand, curled in a ball in the far corner of the ally.

[ sorry it's so looonngggg. Dx ]

[AngelMarie♥]

My saddness turned to alarm when I heard Katrina's voice. She was hurt, wasn't she? And it was all my fault. "I'll be right there." I said into the phone, then hung up. "Damnit!" I cried out as I ran around, not sure what to do at the moment. I stuffed my feet in my shoes, and ran out the front door as fast as I could, slamming the door behind me.

Her car was still in the driveway. She walked? I was confused for a moment, then fear struck me again. She Kat was out there in a freaking alley way, probably hurt. I put the car into gear, and sped out of the driveway, and down the road well over the speed limit.

Seeing the guitar store she was talking about approach, I pulled into a spot and looked around frantically in the alleyways nearby. My heart was pounding with fear and anger at whoever hurt her. "Kat!" I called out. "Kat, where are you?"

[JanaeClaire♥]

I laid in silence all but for my quiet crying. I was scared. Would Leo come back? Or even worse: would he hurt Matt? I shut my eyes, biting my lip for a second, but then stopped. My lips was bleeding. I tried to keep my breathing in check, but it remained shallow and fast. It hurt so bad to breath normally. broken ribs? That was definite. I wasn't sure about my hand though.

Then i heard him. I heard Matt's voice.

"Matt!" i called. At least I could still talk fine. "Down here!"

Hoping he heard me, i lay still, crumpled up in my little ball against the corner of the ally. Everything hurt, begging to be relieved of the pain. Right now, all I wanted was take some pain killers and sleep off this nightmare in Matt's arms. I knew that would never happen though. He didn't want me.

[AngelMarie♥]

A voice called from an alley. I turned and ran. There she was, curled in a small ball in the alley. Oh, God. This is all my fault. I crouched down beside Katrina. "Oh, no, no, no. This is all my fault." I whispered. Then louder, "What happened?"
I touched Kat's face. Her beautiful face, now streaked with tears. How could I let this happen to her? How could I let her get hurt, walk away from me like that? I examined her head; it looked like it was bleeding.

"I'm so sorry," I told her. More sorry than she would ever know. Sorry for not telling her I love her.

[JanaeClaire♥]

I had to say, the most beautiful sight right then was Matt rushing to my side to help me. I let my eyes fall shut when he touched my face, trying to calm the tears. "It's not your fault..." I whispered. I was still having trouble breathing without it hurting, but I tried to breath evenly anyways. I opened my eyes to look up at him, giving him a grim smile. "You're not the one who cheated on their boyfriend with their best friend."

I let my aching head fall back against the ground, and shut my eyes again. Everything would be okay now that Matt is there. "Leo found me." I finally said after a moment of silence. He would be pissed. Really, really pissed. Matt had hated Leo enough already, but now?

[AngelMarie♥]

I got as close as I could to Katrina without hurting her. I sighed. She was right. She had cheated. With me. Leo didn't deserve her anyway. She was way better than him. And he hurt her. I swore right then, if it was the last thing I'd do, I'd get him for this. Oh, I'd make him wish he'd never been born.

I wasn't going to worry about that yet. I had to make sure Kat was okay. "You need to see a doctor, or something. Get checked out." I said softly. I put my forehead to hers and caressed her cheek again. "Let's go, Kat." I pulled back to prepare myself to carry Katrina to the car.

[JanaeClaire♥]

I gulped and shook my head in protest. "Please. no doctors. I already know what's wrong. I don't want to explain to anyone what happened." I said quickly. I braced myself as Matt picked me up. I gasped as pain radiated from my side, and I squeezed my eyes shut. "I'm okay." I hissed through clenched teeth. "I'm fine." I waited a moment, taking deep breathes to subdue the pain. It was a bit before I could speak again, my bright blue eyes meeting Matt's. I smiled faintly, remembering how people used to make jokes about how our children would be cursed with blue eyes, no matter what. I let myself try to get comfortable in Matt's arms despite the now dull pain.

"Can you take me back to my hotel room?" I asked quietly. I held my hand gently to my chest, knowing the hotel had first aid kits under every sink. "There's stuff there."

[AngelMarie♥]

I held Katrina against me as carefully as I could, but holding her up as best I could with some strength. "I can't let you just go without being checked on." I was genuinely concerned. But I knew as soon as she was well, she'd kick my ass for not listening to her. "We don't even have to tell them the truth." I took a deep breath. "But if that's the way you want it, you're gonna compromise, and do it my way."

I helped her hobble to the car and carefully set her in the backseat. I jumped in the front seat and drove to the hotel, being careful over the bumps and to not drive too fast. "Give me your room key." I commanded as I parked. "I'll get your stuff and check you out, you're coming back to my house."

[JanaeClaire♥]

My brow furrowed and I shook my head. No way no how would he make me go to the hospital. I hated it at any hospital. Loathed it even. As he continued though, i found myself loosening up a bit. Kay. No hospital. I let Matt gently place me in the car and I settled myself silently. The entire ride to the hotel was silent as I kept myself curled in a loose ball. It wasn't very long until we finally reached the Sunrise Hotel.

I was about to reach into my pocket for my room key, then paused. "No." I said quietly at first, and then repeated myself more firmly. "I'm not gonna stay at your place while there's a girl that hates me there." Before he could protest, i spoke again. "She does hate me, Matt. It's as plain as day." I shook my head. But took out the key anyways. "Take me somewhere else. Or take me back later when she won't be there. i don't want to 'cause any trouble."

[AngelMarie♥]

I looked at Katrina. I couldn't just leave her here. People would freak out if they saw her walking in there looking like she did. "I don't care if she hates you. She won't be gone till probably ever. Her and Jace are as close as you can get two people." I purposely avoided saying Kay's name out loud, proof she had existed to me in that way. I shook my head. I couldn't think about her right now.

I leaned back to take the key from her. If she gave me the key, that is. "You can't go in there looking like that." I told her. "Jace'll understand. He's..." I smiled on the inside at what I was about to admit. "He's a good guy. And besides, me and Kay aren't even a couple anymore." If you could have called us that in the first place.

I mentally begged Katrina to let me take her back to my house. She's be safer there, her car was there, and who knows, maybe Kay can forgive her. I almost doubted it. Either way, whether she liked it or not, I was doing this my way. Katrina would get over it, and maybe even thank me later.

[JanaeClaire♥]

Not.. a couple? Out of everything he had said, that was the only thing I really got. Is that bad? Uhg. Probably. But whatever. Matt and Kay weren't together anymore! I felt my heart race at the thought, but then forced any hope away. Matt didn't love me. He did leave me, after all. He had only said that in the heat of the moment. I know he had. So why had I come? Somehow, I felt like I knew it all along. That it had just been for show. This realization was like a million bricks running into at the speed of a jet plane.

But I didn't let that shine through. No fucking way. I hated emotion in the first place anyways. I mean, all the mushy crap? It just made you weak and got you into trouble. Like this. I stared at Matt for a moment longer, my eyes and face blank. I cheated on my ex-boyfriend and had sex with Matt. Matt left that night after saying he loved me. I broke up with Leo and went after him. I found him and realized that he really didn't love me. Then Leo found me and beat me up. And then I broke up Matt and his new girlfriend. Well shit. I was on a roll.

I finally let him have the key. "As long as I don't have to talk to anyone but you." I said firmly.

[AngelMarie♥]

I took the key from her and got out of the car, mumbling, "You won't." as I went. I made a quick trip in, glancing at the room key as I walked into the building. I went up to Kat's room. Why had she come after me? Why, after...I had left her with a lie, hadn't I? I told her I loved her when I didn't even know if it was true. But I knew it now. Didn't I? I loved Kat...right?

I leaned my head back in the elevator as it rose to the eighth floor. The sinking feeling came when it stopped - kind of how my brain was feeling right then. I stepped out and quickly found Kat's room. I went in, packed her things quickly, and repeated the process, but going down the elevator instead of up. After she was all checked out, I brought her suitcase to the car.

Smiling weakly, I opened the trunk and put the case in. I resumed my place in the front seat and didn't say a word. I didn't know what to say at the moment. All I could do was drive. So I drove back to my new house. Wayland manor. Jace would deal and get over the fact that Kat was there. And as for Kay...well she could go to Hell for all I cared. No one deserved to be treated the way Kay treated Kat when she saw her. And I guess that meant that I had to start treating Kat the way I want to - with love.

ooc// bad post. and he sounds like a jerk at the end. :/

[JanaeClaire♥]

I watched silently as he left, feeling a deep aching in my chest. I looked away from his back as he disappeared and and took an inventory of my wounds. I already knew my hand was either sprained, broken, or all my fingers were out of place. I took a deep breath and winced with a gasp. At least two or three ribs were broken on my left side. I licked my lips and noticed the split in the soft skin on my mouth. A given. And from the the throbbing on my face? Probably a big, ugly bruise. I sighed, feeling the back of my head with my good hand a felt sick when i felt the blood there. I grimaced, remembering when my head cracked against the ground. I shook away the memory and forced myself to continue with my search as I felt the side of my face where I had been hit and took a sharp breath at the stinging feeling. He must have been wearing rings or something, because there were tough and wet gouges in my cheek where I'd been hit. That asshole. It was going to scar.

I gulped and stopped, knowing there was nothing left to check. I wished there was though, because it left me to much time to think. I closed my eyes and tried to think of anything but Leo and Matt. But it was impossible to stop my mind from staying to thoughts of Matt's beautiful eyes and smiling face and powerful muscles... I shut my eyes, about to let myself be succumbed to the wonderful and painful thoughts of him when the car door reopened. My eyes snapped open when he got in the car without a word. I suddenly felt very nervous.

Was he angry with me? Had I done something? Wait. Of course I did. I showed up and got beaten up and broke him and his girlfriend up. What more could I do to make his life worse? I curled up tighter and hugged my knees with one arm despite the pain in my ribs. I felt safer when i folded in on myself.

It wasn't long before we reached Matt's new house. Not giving him time to come and help me. I forced myself up with a half-stifled grunt and got myself out of the car. I gasped at the spinning in my head but refused any help from Matt. I could take care of myself just fine. It was humiliating enough that he had to come save me, so I wasn't gonna be any more humiliated. Giving a side-glance to Matt, I felt my face burn and I quickly looked away from the man I loved and made my way up to the house, waiting for him to open up the door. I didn't feel as if I should be allowed to open the door.

I didn't feel as if I belonged.