Chapter Four

Just to warn you all ahead, I did quite a lot of switching (POV'S) in this episode. It's all for a better understanding, so I hope you can cope. 

OLIVER.

I stand in the darkness, my eyes moving across the room before settling on a certain alluring shadow that's quite visible even through the darkness. 

With little deliberation, I know exactly who he is and I know what he has come here for. 

"Do you think you could pull that stunt on me and get away with it?"

His voice echoes through the darkness, and I let out a chuckle, shaking my head. 

"I knew you were going to come for me. I know you and I didn't expect less from you. "

I shrug, crossing my arms against my chest, and the darkness falls into silence, which makes it quite terrifying with the fact that the bastard isn't making as much as any sound. 

"Why did you do it?"

He's getting closer to me. 

I move back a little, getting closer to the switch before turning my body in the voice's direction. He's going to attack, he's going to catch me when I least expect. Unguarded. 

"Is that really what you came here for? Why I did it? You know, "

I draw before setting my finger on the switch, feeling his breathing closer and closer. 

"People always seem to forget the devil they are once they have a taste of happiness. People like you, Ryder. "

I turn the switch on and the room falls into silence once again, light settling upon the room and taking over the darkness that was there seconds ago before lighting on the man who has his jaw clenched and his fists balled. 

I'm ready for you. I always am. 

"Ryder, "

I give him a tight smile, just to taunt him and judging by the way he sets his expression into a deep scowl, his eyes darkening like he's ready to jump on me any second from now; I know it worked. 

"How did you love my little surprise?"

I step closer to him, but he remains unfazed, not breaking eye contact. 

"Did you really thought I was going to allow you to live a perfectly happy life when you destroyed everyone else's?"

I raise my brows before ticking my tongue over and over once again, crossing my arms against my chest.

"You thought wrong. You don't deserve Dawn. You don't deserve anyone. You don't deserve happiness. You don't even DESERVE TO HAVE A TASTE OF IT! YOU'RE A FUCKING DEVIL! A MOTHER FUCKING KILLER AND THE ONLY THING DESERVE IS TO ROT IN HELL FOR ETERNITY!"

He says nothing and to my surprise; he enrolls his fists, giving me a tight smirk before tilting his head in the ring's direction. 

"How about you take me there?"

His voice remains calm, and for some damn reason, that makes me a little scared. Where the fuck is this man driving at? I expected him to be lunging at me by now, but he's asking for a fight?

Settling my lips into a scowl, I nod at him. 

"I plan to, Smith. "

DAWN. 

"She shouldn't have called you here, "

Kira scowls at me, giving me a glare before moving to sit beside me. 

"Of course she should! You disappeared for the entire day, only to come back acting like a bitch. Of course she would be worried and I'm glad that she called me here first. What the hell happened Dawn?"

When I raise my head to stare into those eyes, the emotions in them look so familiar, and it makes me so angry. 

"Nothing happened, I told aunt already. I just, "

"Don't give me that bullshit, Dawn. I really mean it now. I know something happened and for you to act like this, I know it's about Ryder, so start spilling. "

And at the sound of his name alone, my heart aches. It ached badly, and it hurts so much. I want to plunge at my heart and pull it the fuck off if it means it'll stop hurting. 

"It hurts, Kira. So much. "

RYDER. 

"Motherfucker!"

I spit before throwing a punch at him, which meets straight to his jaw, catching him unguarded, and he stumbles backwards, giving me time to get on my feet again. 

He chuckles, wiping off the blood that trails down his jaw before raising his gaze back to me, that mocking smirk that I plan on erasing till he can't pull it up anymore, appearing. 

"What has gotten into you, Ryder?"

He raises his brows, his tone mocking, and I know I won't like the shit that's going to come out of him next. 

"Seems like you've gotten quite weak. "

This bastard-

"You just got a hit on me. Was her pussy so tight that you forgot how to throw a few punches here and there?"

He continues to taunt me, his smirk never leaving his face, and I never wanted to kill someone so badly until now even though I know he's right. I have a few bruises, an eye which I'm sure must be purple by now and busted lips. Yet, the only hit I could get on him is one. 

Why? Because she keeps appearing. I keep seeing her everywhere. She won't fucking leave me the hell alone even after she left me physically! She's all over my head, taking over my senses, and I'm allowing her to. I'm weak for her, I still am, but will I continue to be and not kill the bastard that drove her away?

"You know I drove her home because she was just so pitiful. The poor girl standing in the heavy rain all by herself and looking like she has no life in her already. You broke her, Ryder. Just like. You. Always. Do. "

My answer? No, I won't continue to be this weak, and I'll be damned if I don't drag this man through hell and forth. 

DAWN. 

"He what?!"

She shouts, raising from the bed faster than possible with her face set into a scowl. All I can do is nod, letting her know the words I muttered are true. Even though I wish they aren't, even though I wish it didn't have to be this way, it is and nothing can change that. 

"Oh my God, Dawn. I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry, you didn't deserve this. You don't deserve this, you deserve to be happy, you don't deserve to go through this all over again. I'm so sorry, Dawn. "

She kneels by my side, pulling me into her arms, and I bury my head in her chest, sobbing pathetically like I've been doing all night. 

"How could he do something like this? How could he?!"

"He said, "

Hiccup. 

"He said he didn't want to lose me. "

An ugly laugh. 

"He said.. that bastard dared to tell me he loves me. You know, I've always wanted to hear those words from him, I waited so much to hear them but when.. he.. he finally did, it.. it hurts. So much. "

"I understand, baby. I understand and I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry, Dawn, "

"I can't continue like this, Kira. I just, I just can't. I have.. I have to, "

She moves back, grabbing my face in her hands and raising a questioning brow at me with eyes full of concern. 

"What the fuck are you trying to say, Dawn?"

Wiping the tears that rolled down my cheeks, I shift back to move away from her touch. 

"I can't stay here anymore. I just can't, this city. I can't, it holds so much pain in it. My pains, and I won't be able to move on knowing he's here and one day, we'll come across each other no matter how much I avoid it. I have to leave, Kira. "