Take a hint

It All Fell Down

"Jade, calm down it's not what you-

She stops when she sees Jacob behind me

"WHAT? IT'S NOT WHAT? ARE YOU SERIOUSLY GOING TO PRETEND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN AVOIDING ME ALL DAY? THAT YOU LEFT SCHOOL EARLY WITHOUT EVEN TELLING ANYONE? ARE YOU GOING TO TELL ME CAMILA WASN'T JUST HERE?"

"Jade please..." her voice is lower than usual and she sounds almost... scared. But I can't hear anything right now...

"DON'T 'JADE' ME! YOU SAID YOU WERE DONE WITH HER! I THOUGHT I COULD TRUST YOU!-

"WELL, YOU CAN'T" she yells and for the first time, I'm shocked "YOU WANT TO HEAR ME SAY IT? FINE! I. LIED." she has tears forming on her eyes

"Tori, I-" this time I'm the only who sounds scared. Scared that my words were too harsh and that I might have just ruined the best thing that's happened to me in years

"NO!" she closes her eyes to try and stop the tears "It's....over..." she says slams the door on our faces

*Tori's POV*

I close the door and lean my back to it, slowly sliding down, finally sitting on the floor. I put my head between my knees and start to cry, heavily and almost uncontrollably.

My broken ribs hurting like I'm being stabbed repeatedly every time I breathe, my tears falling down and soaking my shirt and traveling down all the way to the bandage that covers the cut on my chest, burning it like acid, but the worse part is Jade's voice on the other side of the door.

It's like I can hear the pain she's feeling, and knowing I'm the one responsible for it is killing me...

After a while I can hear that disgusting son of a bitch taking her away, offering her a ride home, and I can feel my heart going with her. Emptiness and pain fill my body, and I get up and head to my bedroom.

*the next morning*

Camila's car is parked outside my house and I head out without even saying goodbye to Trina or my parents. I honestly don't care about anything right now..

"Hey" she says a little careful, but doesn't continue when she sees my face

The drive was silent at first, but I decide to break the silence

"Did you get it?" I ask, still staring out the window

"Your email? Yeah" she answers, paying attention to the road "But Tor are you sure this plan is going to work? It feels too risky and-

"I'm not sure about anything Camz" I say "But this is the only way she can be safe"

"But what about your safety?" she looks at me concerned but quickly returns her attention to the road

"It doesn't matter..." I say, emotionless "It's all my fault anyway"

Camila doesn't say anything, but I can tell she still has something to say.

"Look, Camz" I say as we park in the school's parking lot "I don't want to argue, you're literally all I have in this situation and I really need you to agree with me on this, cuz I can't do this on my own" I say as I look straight into her eyes, pleading for her to agree with me

She sighs and nods so I hug her before we get out, and just as we are entering the school I can see from a distance Jade stepping out of Jake's car and being hugged by our friends, who greet me with judgmental angry stares.

I fight back the tears and the will to just run towards her and tell them everything, and enter the school with Camila.

"I'll see you later" I tell her just as an idea strikes me