Poison
68. Poison
🤍🖤🤍 Natalie 🤍🖤🤍
I gotta pick a bone with West.
That Jerk!
As I am raging through the school corridor to find him, my head is throwing me warnings. It’s probably not a good idea. But I won’t be that weak spooked Natalie he met last Friday. This Friday he gotta see the fierce me.
It’s probably none of my business. But I cannot stand this. I cannot ignore it this time. After looking for him in Library and counselor waiting room, Boy’s locker room is my next guess. It’s an odd time for him to be there, but I gotta see him now. So I go in there.
Probably there will be others to see the drama unfold, but I don’t care about anything right now. When I reach there, to my luck, only two other players are there.
And yes, West is there too.
“West!”
He turns and is clearly surprised to see me.
“Can I have a word with you?”
He smirks and shakes his head. “What if I say no?”
Fuck, wrong question.
I cross my arms to show defiance and keep my voice steady. “You were dying to talk to me a week ago!”
He scoffs and then orders, ”EVERYONE OUT!!”
Pretentious asshole.
We could have gone out to talk, but he had to ask others to leave. He always behaves as if others are beneath him.
or probably he wants to isolate me.
I push that thought away. I cannot show weakness when confronting him. One of the players blows a low whistle while going out and my stomach lurches. I take a breath to keep my nerves calm. But West notices I am unhinged. He takes off his T-shirt to take me off guard even more.
This time I don’t twitch a muscle and take a good look at his body, then ask, “How are you doing?”
He chuckles. “Is this why you are here?”
“No... But as you are showing off and I couldn’t help but notice your battered torso. So I have to ask.. How are you doing exactly?”
He shrugs and walks towards his locker. “As you can see. I got into a few fights. It makes me feel alive, Nat. Life has never been better.”
“Is this why you pushed Riley today? Because It makes you feel fucking alive?”
This gets his attention. He turns towards me and says in a low voice, “What happens between me and Riley is none of your business, Natalie.”
It indeed is none of my business. But after treating me like shit, I always thought he will treat her better. Riley met me barely ten minutes ago, in the girls’ washroom. She was crying her eyes out. I had noticed she was quite stressed last week, too. I thought maybe she was going through her usual relationship problems. But never expected what she told me.
“God, Nat… I miss you so much. You always took a stand in front of him. I simply don’t know how to deal with him these days,” she admitted, crying. I was astonished to hear she is afraid of West nowadays. “He has been acting odd and aggressive lately. It scares me.”
She told me he didn’t push her on purpose, but she did get hurt. He didn’t even ask her if she was alright and left the room, leaving her behind. This was enough to get me agitated.
“Even if you manhandle her?”
I know I am pushing him. But he wouldn’t listen to me otherwise. There is a reason he called me a bitch last year. I can be a bitch if necessary.
Next, he says something I never expected. West I knew, even the asshole West who dumped me like a thrash, never would have said this. “She is my girlfriend. It’s up to me what I do to her.”
I am too stunned to answer him. Is he saying to get me off guard or has he really changed the way Riley said?
He was a cheater. But I never expected him to turn into an abuser. I am angry at myself right now and I genuinely feel responsible for not saving Riley from this mess.
“I wish I had told Riley the truth… She never would have stuck in this relationship with you in the first place.” I say in disgust when I finally find my voice.
He stalks closer to me and says, “One word out of your mouth about what happened between us, and I will ruin your relationship with Jacob... Although... It’s quite cheap of you to sleep with my friend to get back at me…”
I am startled to hear this and shock shows on my face. We are not in a relationship yet.
How does he know?
He reads my expression and answers in a low and dangerous voice, “Oh, I know… the way you two look at each other… It’s obvious Natalie Relish… I don’t buy that family friend bullshit.” He takes one more step closer.
“I know every mole and curve of your body. I remember you like the back of my hand. I know how you think, and I know when you lie. I see through your facade, Natalie... I know you guys are fucking each other and you are in deep with him.” He closes the remaining distance between us. I cannot help but step back. “If you try to poison my relationship with Riley, I will make sure yours face the same fate… If things go south between me and Riley, I will make sure things fuck up between you and Jacob too. Mind your own business and I will mind mine.”
I am repulsed by this version of West. Was this the same person trying to get in touch with me a week ago?
I did get a glimpse of this side of West once in a while when we were together. But It’s loud now. Way more than I ever saw in him.
“You are changing West. I hope you can feel it. You are changing for the worse… Talk to someone,” I somehow choke words out of my mouth and rush out of the locker room before he can block me from going out.
To be honest, I am afraid of what he can say or do next.
