The past will haunt you

Bang, bang. A loud knock on the door wakes both myself and Emily. Emily opened her eyes but closed them again when I stood up and shout.

“Fuck, I’m coming.” I opened the door, and a feisty Vicky pushed past me to the kitchen.

“How nice of you to open your door and invite me in! Where were you last night? Everyone was waiting for you. You have a match in less than a month. I hope you trained.” she opened my freezer door and took out the milk when Emily walked into the kitchen with her eyes wide.

I can see Vicky will not let this go or make it any easy on her.

“Really, Blake?” Vicky rioted and turned her face and folds her arms.

“You’re supposed to fucking train, and what now you're playing house with a nurse, who only knows medicine.” She waves her hands in the air and gave Em a venom look. I can feel my heart sinking and my temperature rising.

“I’m giving you half an hour, then you should be at the gym.” she looks over to Emily.

“And you alone.” she placed the milk on the counter and gave Emily an evil look before she left.

“What was that about?” Emily asked curiously.

“Nothing.” I don’t want to tell her why I’m tied to Vicky and there is no escape from her family.

“Blake?” Em, lower her voice.

“I have a match coming up and I haven’t been focused. She’s just a long-time friend who’s looking out for me.” I lied. She’s no fucking friend of mine, neither is her father, but he kept me out of jail and the only reason I’m still enduring her is that her father is manipulating me into fighting for him to make more money.

“Ok let me get ready, I will go with you to the gym.”

“No, you stay here. I won’t belong. Order some takeout and watch Netflix.” I kissed her on the forehead, as she looks confused.

The last thing I need is for her to be around Vicky.

I think the main reason I fell for her was because of her innocence, and the fact that she’s so pure. All the people I ever had in my life only cared for fame or blackmailed me, or feared me, but not Emily, she knows nothing really of my past when I left my family home and ended up on the wrong side of the tracks, all she knows is about my childhood and that’s all she would never know.

“Okay!” she kind of said in a suspicious voice.

I jumped in the shower and dressed in plain gym clothes. I need this training to go as fast as it can and get the fuck out of the gym before Vicky can have time to corner me.

I kissed Em and went to the gym. The drive feels extra long today, maybe because for the first time, I’m actually thinking about someone else other than myself. I pulled into the parking lot and, to my surprise, Vicky was waiting outside the gym for me.

I sigh before I slide out of the seat and grab my bag.

“Really, Blake?” she started yelling when I walked closer. I don’t respond to her outburst and she grabs my arm. Obviously, I would react to it and push her against the wall.

“You’re playing a dangerous game with this girl.” she let out soft, my face almost touching hers and my veins boiling.

“I can take care of myself.”

“Like you took care of yourself 4years ago?” I glared at her and the memories of that night came like a speeding car and knock the life out of me once again.

I don’t respond to her fucking question. Instead, I turned around and walked into the gym and heard her screaming, “don’t forget who saved you that night!”

The gym suddenly feels too small for my anger and emotions. Em can never find out about that night, and knowing Vicky, she would drive Emily away from me. She will never tell her the truth, but she would manipulate her and blackmail me to play along.

I started training and with every move I made more anger grow inside me, the anger I was trying to hide and bury for the last 4years, 4years I never switch on any emotion to feel, 4 years I hide myself from the truth and the world, and with one touch of Emily I started feeling again, one kiss and the world became so much lighter, but the truth still remains a dark cloud over my head, and it doesn’t matter how much I try to forget that night, Emily’s love and presence reminds me why I’ve been trying to forget it. It hurts and Vicky will do whatever she can to remind me of that pain, just so that I would never move on with someone else.

“You know the punch bag can’t hit you back?” She says from a distance. I used my wrapped palm to wipe the sweat off my forehead and smirked while looking at her.

“So you can come and stand here?” I flared back.

“Yeah, you would love to hit me in the face, won’t you?” She folds her arms, walking closer.

“What bullshit is this, Vicky? Are you jealous? Or just yourself?” she started laughing an evil fucking laugh.

“Please, I do not need to feel jealous of a nurse. Look at me? I’m all you can get baby” she replies and winks before she leaves the club, and left me questioning her integrity.

I fell down on the mat and just stared at the ceiling above me and fucking wished for it to fall down on me this instant. All of my problems and pain would be gone then, but a beautiful face appeared in front of me, with the most adorable smile.

“What are you doing?” Emily asks, glancing at me.

“Resting,” I replied shortly.

“I can see that, but you should’ve been home an hour ago.”

“I know. This fight is huge, and I got carried away,” I replied, pulling myself up. Emily frowned at me. Clearly, my face gave away what was really bothering me.

“Are you sure that’s all? I saw how Vicky left the club and with a smirk on her face.”

“Did he approach you? I mean, did she say anything to you?” I asked, not sure if I want to know the answer to that.

“No, she smiled with a smirk and got into a massive SUV and drove off.”

“Oh,” I replied, removing the gloves from my hands.

“Was she supposed to tell me anything?” Em asked, concerned while scanning my face.

“No, let’s go have some breakfast.” I changed the subject, hoping she would drop the 10 million fucking questions.