Lost In Love

Chapter 22

~Austin's POV~

**After School

I got into my car and drove home, with a million thoughts running through my mind. I pulled into my driveway, and walked into my house. My mom wasn't home because she was at work. Sometimes she works night shifts. I walked into my room and dropped my backpack on the floor, jumping onto my bed face first.

I want to be with Monica. She is the one girl that I really love. There truly isn't a thing that I don't like about her. But why would she do that? She literally made my heart break. In a billion little pieces. I guess Jenna is right. I need to go talk to her.

I grabbed my car keys, and walked into my car. I drove to Monica's house in utter silence, trying to collect my thoughts, and figure out what to say. When I finally reached her driveway, I took a deep breath and opened the car door.I slowly made my way to her front door, and put my hand up to knock when I heard something.

"Mark. No. I don't want to. Now please just leave." Monica said.

"Monica, why can't you just have sex with me?" Said Mark.

"Because I don't love you! And we aren't even together!" She said with annoyance in her voice.

"What about the kiss this morning?" He said raising his voice.

"MARK!! YOU PULLED ME INTO YOU!!! THAT KISS MEANT NOTHING TO ME, AND BECAUSE OF YOU, I LOST THE ONE GUY THAT I LOVE!!!!!!!" She said much louder now.

The next thing I heard scared me. It sounded like something hitting the floor. I looked through the window, and saw Monica on the floor holding her cheek. Then I saw Mark bend down onto his knees, and say "I told you I'd get you back you stupid girl." He said with a grin on his face.

"Mark. Please. Stop." Monica said with tears in her eyes.

"We are going to do this my way." He said reaching for the bottom of her shirt.

"MARK! No!" She said trying to get away from his grasp.

He hit her once again, making her scream a little. He pulled her shirt off of her, and started to undo her jeans.

"Mark Please!" She cried. But it didn't matter. He pulled her jeans off of her, and that's when I had enough. I ran into the door and it opened.

"GET THE HELL OFF OF HER!" I screamed, running over to him, pulling him off of her. I threw a few punches at him, until I got up and threw him out of the house. I closed the door, but didn't dare to look at Monica.

"Aust-" She started to say before I stopped her.

"Don't. Monica just don't." I said, still not looking at her.

I started to open the door, until I was stopped by her.

"Austin. Please. I didn't want to kiss him. He came to my house and said that he changed. He wanted to be 'friends' with me again. I was stupid enough to believe him, so I let him in. He just said that he was sorry for everything that happened. I told him to just forget about it, and I started to come out to go to school with you. When I came outside, he grabbed my hand and pulled me into him. I told him to let me go, but he told me if I didn't do it, he would hurt you. So that's why I kissed him. I really really didn't want to, but I though he was going to hurt you Austin. I'm so sorry." She said, now tears streaming down her face. I walked past her, and grabbed the blanket that was on her couch. I handed it to her, and she wrapped it around herself. She looked up at me, so I pulled her into me, embracing her in a gentle hug.

"I'm sorry I didn't listen to you." I said kissing the top of her head.

"Its okay. I'm sorry I lied to you and kissed him." She said into my chest.

We stood like this for a couple minutes, until I pulled away.

"Why don't you go put some clothes on, and I'll make us some popcorn, and we can watch movies?" I said.

"Why don't we do something different? I'll go get changed, and you just wait here and then I'm taking you somewhere special." She said with a smile on her face.

"Okay. But hurry, I'll get impatient." I said winking at her.

She giggled and walked up the stairs, leaving me alone. I sat down on her couch, and got my phone out. I made a group chat with Alex and Jenna.

Me: Monica and I are back together! :)

Jenna: WOOHOO! What happened?

Alex: Nice bro.

Me: Mark was at her house trying to get her to have sex with him, so I barged in and beat his ass, and she told me that he forced her into kissing him this morning.

Alex: ARE YOU SERIOUS!??! I"M GOING TO BEAT HIS ASS!

Jenna: OH MY GOD IS SHE OKAY!?!

Me: Yea everything is fine. We are gonna go somewhere right now so I'll talk to you guys tomorrow or something. Bye!

With that, I turned my phone on silent, and waited patiently for Monica to get dressed. She was taking a while, so I walked up her stairs and knocked on her door.

"Monica? Are you okay?" I said while knocking.

She didn't respond, so I pushed the door open. I saw her sitting at the edge of her bed.

"Monica? Whats wrong?" I said slowly making my way to her side.

"I'm sorry Austin." She said in a hushed tone.

"Sorry? Sorry for what?" I said to her in confusion.

"For all of this. For my fucked up life, for dragging you into it. For making you promise to stay by my side through all of it. For just being a bad girlfriend. All of it." She said still not looking at me.

I placed my hand on her shoulder, but she still didn't look at me. I bent down on my knees facing her.

"Babe. I love you. You're just having a bad time right now. Don't think that that makes me love you any less, or not want to be with you. I love you." I said looking into her eyes.

She gave me a weak smile and wrapped her arms around my neck. I took her in my arms and lifted her off the bed spinning her around. She let a laugh escape her mouth, and it instantly made me smile. I set her down, and she finished getting dressed. She grabbed my wrist and made me follow her down the stairs. She looked back at me and had a giant smile on her face. She pulled me into her backyard, and I gave her a confused look.

"We can walk there babe. Don't worry." She said with a grin. I nodded and let her lead the way.