BROKEN AND SCREWED(Broken_Part One)(32)

“Really?” She wiped a second tear again as her face lit up.
I nodded. I wasn’t going to hug her or anything, but I knew we’d be okay again.
“Oh, thank God,” she breathed out in relief. “I was so scared that you were going to do the distance thing to me. I’ve seen you do it and it scares the hell out of me.”
“Distance thing?”
She nodded and wiped a third tear that slipped down her cheek away. “Uh huh. You don’t ever get mad at people, but you freeze them out. Once you put up a wall to someone, you don’t take it down. I was so scared that you were going to do that to me.”
“That makes me sound horrible.”
“Oh, no, Alex. Please, no. I don’t want you to think that. It’s just you.” A sudden understanding came over her.
I backed away. I didn’t want her to understand me. I didn’t want anyone to understand me.
Her eyes widened, but then her arms dropped to her sides. And she forced a bright smile on. “Okay. So, are you going in there with me? I came over to make sure Cord was okay and chew him out for not calling me. I called Amanda Sherman. Her mom works at the station and she was there waiting for her to get off work last night. She said that she saw Jeremy and James Hazel get arrested, too.”
“Oh.”
“Wait, why are you here?” Her eyes narrowed. “You didn’t come to chew Cord out for me?”
I bit the inside of my lip. I could’ve taken that, but I knew she’d see him anyways. I shook my head. “No. I came because of—”
“Marissa?”
We whirled around. My heart was in my throat, but I relaxed. Cord was coming from around the house with his arm around a slim blonde. She wore skintight white jeans and a bright blue top that flowed over her breasts. They were clearly outlined underneath and it was obvious she wore no bra.
Marissa drew upright. A grim look came over and her eyes hardened. “Are you kidding me?”
“What?” He glanced at the girl who hung on him. “This is Ariella. Have you met her before?”
Marissa’s neck vein stood out. For a second, I waited for her to launch herself at him. She wouldn’t go after the girl, she’d go after him and I already knew I’d back her up. My arms fell down. My knees bent slightly and I loosened my muscles, ready for anything.
“Cord told me he was so nice to go to your little school dance with you. That’s so sweet of him.” The girl tipped her head back and flipped the platinum hair over her shoulder.
Marissa bared her teeth.
“I just gave him a reward for being so sweet to you.” Ariella laughed.
The sound traveled down my spine. It was sugary sweet and so fake I had a hard time holding back some laughter. The girl was a plastic bimbo. It was so clear that I wondered why Marissa hadn’t unleashed her claws and verbally stripped the girl down. She could do it. I had witnessed many times where I had been uncomfortable by how far she would take the verbal beating.
And then she drew back and turned away.
“What?” My mouth fell open as I watched her walk away. Her head was down and she hugged herself as she hurried to her car.
It wasn’t long before she drove away.
And then my claws came out. I turned around with heated eyes and glared at Cord. “Are you kidding me?!”
The bimbo giggled with delight, but Cord’s smirk dropped an inch. “What?” He glared back at me. “Your friend is hot. What do you expect from me? I wanted to bang her and I did. I never pretended otherwise with her. She knew exactly what I was about when I got a ride down here.”
“Why did you agree to go to the dance with her? If that’s what you were after, why play it up as some romantic gesture?”