Ava was a girl of many faces: pain, love, sorrow, fake smiles, and loneliness. Her past haunted her no matter the situations and no matter how hard she fought against them. On her darkest day came the brightest light, a doctor, whom grows to care fo...
It all happened so quickly, seeing James at the door, knowing the state I was in when I opened it made my heart drop.
Then the worst happened.
James tackled Toby to the ground, Toby didn't falter and rolled off from under James. They both shot up and Toby landed a clean punch to James' jaw. James was quick too and landed one on Toby's cheek. They both grew angry and began hitting each other over and over neither of them letting the other have the upper hand.
"STOP!" I yelled, neither of them stopping as they both continued, Toby kicking James' side with his knee, James landing a jab to Toby's ribs.
I felt my chest constrict, memories of the violence I suffered weeks ago came rushing back, memories of my father hitting my mom came rushing back,
"Did you sleep with her?!" James yelled.
"Why the FUCK do you care?!" Toby responded.
"She's hurting right now, she isn't some whore you can just take advantage of and sleep with!"
Toby lands a punch that sends James to the ground, "I fucking love her! You don't know shit!"
James gets up quickly and tackles Toby again, pins him under and lands punches.
My vision began to become blurry and I felt my legs give out, my chest is so tight I can't breath and start to cry as I struggle to breathe,
My heart was being torn by the two men I loved,
Every punch a reminder of those that landed on my mothers beautiful face,
Every kick a reminder of the ones that landed on me,
The sign of blood reminding me of what the sight of it meant on my skin,
I felt all those painful memories rush back and I couldn't breathe anymore I couldn't see anything passed it,
You're nothing but a parasite
You're a no good whore
You're the reason she died
I beg God to let me breathe, tears run down my cheeks as I struggle
Toby notices and knees James and immediately rushes towards me as I start falling down to my knees,
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"Breathe, Ava, breathe!, I got you. Breathe babe breathe!" he hugs me for dear life.
Toby:
I should've known better than to engage in fighting this piece of shit doctor, I knew about Ava's trauma. I knew what this could do to her. But seeing him and the jealousy clear in his eyes made me fucking pissed.
He barely knew her and he already felt entitled to have feelings for her.
She was shaking and she couldn't breathe, I didn't know what to do other than to hold her.
The prick had recovered from my last blow and he was rubbing her back as the bruises on his face became clear,
I looked at him for an answer since he was a doctor,
Ava wouldn't calm down she was shaking and she couldn't breathe properly, I didn't know what to do.
"Help her! You're the fucking doctor here!" I yell. He glares at me and then takes a deep breath,
"Go get her water, I can calm her down"
I internally roll my eyes but I do as he tells me. She's my priority here.
James:
She was still yelling in pain and when he let her go, it looked like a part of her was missing again and she was gasping to get air in her lungs,
"Help me! I can't take this, oh my God! It hurts, please!," she yells.
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I cup her cheeks and force her to look at me,
"Ava, breathe. You're going to get through this, I'm right here, angel"
She looks at me still sobbing, I start mimicking the patterns she needs in order to breathe and she follows me,
She starts calming down and soon has her head buried in my chest as she cries. I wrap my arms around her, all memories of my anger disappearing as I hold this pained beauty in my arms.
Her breathing soon calms as I stroke her beautiful hair and rock her as I lift her onto my lap,
I hear someone sniff and look up at Toby who is holding a cup of water, I take it and hold it to her lips.
"Drink it angel" I say as I put the cup next to her lips, she takes a sip then immediately closes her eyes as she snuggles closer to my chest,
I continue to rock her and she soon falls asleep.
Toby never leaving from standing behind me. I lift her up and set her gently on the small couch. Then look up at Toby's bruised face, not once does he show an ounce of intimidation on his face.
"We need to have a serious fucking talk," I say.
"About what?" he says with a serious expression.
"About you sleeping with the girl I'm falling for."
