Siena's 3rd chapter

Chapter 3c
“Siena. We need to talk. NOW.” Belle was yelling at me. No duh she was pissed since I had benefited from her stupid tantrum.
“What do you want?” My voice was just dripping with a steel edge, giving off an I-don’t-give-a-shit feeling to her.
Belle’s had an extremely angry look on her face. “Did you…steal Lex from me?”
“He wasn’t yours to begin with.” Belle thinks that everyone belongs to her if she likes them. To her, we’re all just possessions, things, easily replaceable things.
“You know he was mine! Just admit it! I bet you don’t even like him!” Belle began to do her weird angry pout. Did she forget she was the one who posted all over everything that I liked him?
“I do like him, you were just so concerned about yourself you never even bothered to notice! Do you even realize that there are other people around you?! That OTHER people have feelings?! Its not all about you all the time, and maybe, just maybe, if you actually really cared about me and were a real friend, you may have realized that I do like him!”
There was silence.
Slap! Belle slapped me.
The pain tingled on my cheek, I was so shocked that I was just wide eyed. I turned to look at her, a twinge of betrayal crawling into my heart. A tear started shedding, and it wasn’t Belle’s.
“Y-you…you slapped me…”
“You deserved it—” Belle turned to look at my face, and saw a reflection of the shock of betrayal. “Don’t look at me like that! After all the things you said, don’t look at me like I’m… like I’m at fault!” Belle started stuttering, realizing how much one action was hurting me.
Belle turned and ran away, not knowing how to deal with the situation. That is just like her, to run away and give up on things that she doesn’t know what to do with. I was still standing there, stiff like a board, my cheek a little red from the area the Belle slapped me with.
I dropped to my knees. I knew we would be fighting, but like this? If we’re going to be fighting with violence, I’d rather not fight at all. I only meant for us to hurt each other emotionally, and maybe, just maybe I could change Belle, make her realize the world around her. But physically? I don’t want to fight like this. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be.
This was when the tears started falling. Rolling down my cheeks, one coming right after another. They wouldn’t stop. I huddled into a ball and just cried to myself. My day was just spiraling down the gutter. I haven’t cried like this…ever since that incident. I promised myself I wouldn’t cry again, and look at me now. Minutes went by, and tears slowed down, but they were still there. I kept reliving that moment, the moment where Belle slapped me. The impact of her hand on my face stung, emotionally and physically. I just could not believe that Belle had actually slapped me.
“…Siena? Are you okay?” A guy’s voice was directed toward me, there was a hint of worry in his voice.
I didn’t want to look up, but I did anyway. Slowly I stood up and raised my head, opened my eyes, and saw Lex, of all people, standing above me. Once I saw his face, I realized how terrible I must’ve looked and quickly turned my face to the side. I did not want him to see my crying face.
“Siena, are you okay?” He said this a second time, gently touching my shoulder with his hand.
My voice cracked since I had cried so much, I didn’t actually think anyone heard me. “I-I’m okay…I think.”
“You sure? Did something happen? Did someone hurt you or something?” Lex was really worried, I felt so humiliated to have the guy I like see this weak, pathetic side of me.
I raised my head slightly and he saw the red mark on my right cheek. His eyes widened just a bit, he didn’t want me to see how shocked he was, the worst possibilities of what happened running though his head.
“I…I was just having an…a-argument with a f-friend…” The event ran through my head again, and my eyes began to water. I still could not accept the fact that Belle had actually slapped me. The words were beginning to get harder to push out of my mouth.
Lex was silent. Then, his arms raised slowly and wrapped around me, his warmth seeping into my cold skin. I didn’t realize how cold I was, sitting in a corner with only a sleeveless shirt and jeans, until Lex hugged me. As I realized what was going on, I saw how strong his arms were as they held me, and then the tears just began to fall.
“Its okay.” Lex said to me very gently, his words whispering into my ear.
My fists were clenched, hard, but I released them as he said these words and wrapped my arms around him. We were standing there, hugging each other, Lex stroking my head. It felt so nice, being able to confide into someone, even if it was a hug. It may have been just a hug at that time, but to me, it was everything. Lex’s hug was just like a ray of light, shining down on me, taking me out of my misery. I felt so safe, so content in his arms that all my feelings were just released all over again. Had he not come, I would’ve been sitting there all day.
Minutes went by and Lex still held me and I still cried. I was pretty embarrassed but I was so glad he hadn’t left me. When the tears began to go down, I still wanted to stay in his arms, and yet, I just wanted to leave. The memory of Belle slapping me was still fresh in my mind, and I just had to get out of here. I needed to leave so I wouldn’t break down again, I could do that later at home.
I slowly let my arms go, letting them slowly fall down to my side. Lex did the same as well. “Ah…sorry about that.” I pushed out a smile for him. “I’m okay now, I’ll give you a call later. Hopefully I’ll see you tomorrow…maybe.” I just wanted to leave so bad, I was itching with anticipation to just forget about the incident with Belle and look back on our hug.
I began to walk away, but something grabbed my hand.
Lex grasped my hand and looked me in the eyes, he still had a look of concern on his face. “Let me at least walk you home, please.” I could tell Lex wanted to know what happened, but he knew that now wasn’t the right time.
I nodded slowly and we walked side by side in the direction of my house. We walked in silence. I didn’t really want to say anything and Lex actually had no clue what to say, but it was nice how he didn’t say anything. No prodding or questioning of what happened. Had he asked me about what happened, I would’ve just began sobbing all over again. We were just silent during the whole walk home.
As we began to approach my house, we began to slow down.
“If you need anything or need someone to talk to, just call me, promise me that okay?” Even after the 20 minute walk, Lex was still concerned. I had expected him to be a little angry for me not saying anything.
“I will, I promise. I’ll call you later, I just… need some time.” As much as I love being near Lex, I needed some space, some alone time.
“Okay, remember to call if you need anything…” Lex began to turn away reluctantly.
I stood there for a moment, and then started running.
I wrapped my arms around him from the back one more time.
“Thanks, for everything.” My voice was a whisper, but I’m sure he heard, because he began to turn around.
But before he could fully turn around, I let go and ran back home. I fumbled for the keys in my bag, ran in, and then closed the door. I leaned on the door and slid down. The tears were streaming again. I remembered that my parents weren’t going to be home until 11:00 as I slowly brought myself up to my room while still crying. I collapsed on my bed and cried myself to sleep. I’ve never felt so exposed and helpless before, my emotions just pouring out of me in streams. All I could do was cry.