Chapter 3 SURPRISED II

Lena's Pov

I snapped my head in the direction of where the voice came from. I widened my eyes in surprise as I saw no other person than my best friend Jane on the staircase, wearing one of Gideon's shirts.

“Jane, what are you doing here?” I asked, wondering if my sight wasn't playing a trick on me.

“I should be asking you that,” she replied, raising her eyebrow.

“What do you mean by that? Isn't it obvious that this is my boyfriend's house?” I shot back, confused by her reaction.

“Oh, I am sorry but this happens to be mine too” she said walking up to Gideon who stood there, unfazed.

“What did you just say Jane?” I asked her, quickly approaching her to confirm what I heard.

“You heard .....”

I couldn't bear to hear the remaining gibberish she had left in her mouth as I slapped her hard across her face with the back of my palm, sending her straight to the ground. She got up almost instantly, ready to retaliate but I gave her another sounding slap that I believe would deaf a person for more than two minutes.

Gideon intervened immediately, pushing me away from her and helping her up. I felt a strange satisfaction the moment I saw her bleeding from her mouth.

“What the hell is wrong with you, Lena?” Gideon yelled at me.

“Gideon, when did you start sleeping with my best friend?” I asked him, ignoring his question.

“And is that supposed to be your business?” Jane asked from behind Gideon.

“Oh you've still got guts in you right?” I asked bending down quickly to pick up my slippers and threw it at her.

It hit her squarely on the head because she didn’t dodge in time, and she screamed in pain. I waited for Gideon to turn to tend to her, and when he did, I seized the chance to attack her again, shoving Gideon aside.

I lunged at her, hitting her hard across the face, fueled by my anger.

She attempted to fight back, which only got me more pissed. I delivered a heavy slap to her mouth, causing her to bleed profusely as few of her teeth came flying all around the place before Gideon managed to pull me away.

He quickly lifted her as she sobbed in his arms, and I stood by, watching painfully thinking of what I can do to get Gideon's attention.

Then, I headed straight to the kitchen, filled a bowl with water, and drenched them with it. They were caught off guard since Gideon was too preoccupied with comforting her and she was busy enjoying the moment, so my timing felt unexpectedly perfect.

The swiftness of my actions is something to reflect on; it’s astonishing what anger can actually drive a person to do.

“Oh my God, Lena!” Gideon yelled, getting to his feet.

He turned his attention to me, ignoring Jane on the floor which made me happy cause that's what I wanted.

He stood there, breathing heavily, glaring at me, then at his wet clothes, then at me again and after sometime he finally spoke.

“Lena, please leave my house. I don't want to hurt you because you're a female. I don't hit females,” he said angrily but in a controlled tone, likely shocked by my sudden rage.

“Gideon you still don't get it do you?” I asked.

“Don't I need to be explained to? Why the hell have you been sleeping with my best friend behind me?!” I shouted .

“I never did that behind you, I did it right in front of you but you were too oblivious to notice” he yelled back.

“I never loved you Lena; it has always been Jane!” He added.

“Then why did you come to me? Why?!” I asked, hot tears streaming down my face despite my efforts to hold them back.

“Because I pitied you. You were so pathetic”. He replied coldly.

“You pitied me and took my virginity as well?!” I asked, trembling with rage and hurt at the moment.

“You pitied me and made love to me? Gideon, answer me!”

“Lena, just look around you—no one loves and wants you and that includes me as well. They all hate you because of the negativity you radiate every now and then,” he said, ignoring my question.

“I never begged you to love me. I’ve always been happy, even without your love nor anybody's. You simply came into my life and made everything worse, and I’m not thankful nor grateful for that!” I said, knowing deep down that it was all a lie.

Gideon came into my life and made me smile again which no one has made me do ever since my mother passed. He had been the reason I was able to cope with the daily mistreatment from my stepmother and often my father.

“We both know that is a lie. I never made it worse. You've never begged me to love you but your heart did, it longed for it and I faked it all just like it wanted!” he shouted back.

This was the highest of it all. I couldn't take it anymore as I slapped him hard and spat on his face. He paused for a while before cleaning off my saliva with the hem of his clothes.

I stood there, trembling in rage and pain. His words had shattered me completely. He was right; nobody loved me and the ones I thought did were only faking it and today's events have proven that.

“You'll regret this,” I said, staring directly into his eyes.

“No, I won't. You will.” he shot back immediately.

I simply ignored him and went to pick my bag. With tears streaming down my face, I stormed out into the dark rainy quiet street, not minding the potential danger. I walked in the empty street all alone heading to where I don't know. I wished my mother was never late. I wish she could feel the betrayal and loneliness I feel right now.

My phone rang suddenly, making me almost jump out of my skin in fear.

“Lena, where the hell are you?” The unfamiliar voice asked as soon as I answered.