A New Truth

There, in the midst of my friends standing there, shocked. Dorcas standing stunned at Christopher's protection of me. Bryce and Christopher shoving each other. Everyone stops what they're doing to see my big brothers yelling at me.

"L….Liam…..L..ucas…..what are you guys doing here?" I say nervously

"We tracked your location, baby sister. And what do we find? You. Here. Instead of FUCKING explaining to us, Mom and Dad, where the hell you've been. You thought you were sneaky going back out this morning, but you're not". Liam counters.

So let me explain. Liam is the more aggressive brother. Lucas is aggressive, too, though. Now, they both low-key have anger issues and are incredibly overprotective. I understand that they only want what's best for me, but they act like I'm a baby! They're ONLY ONE YEAR older than me. There should be no reason they feel like they should dictate my life.

Everyone was watching us, so naturally, I felt like I had to speak up!

"Oh, MY GOD! You guys tracked me? That is SUCH an invasion of privacy!" I yell

"Well, we wouldn't have to track you if you were where you were supposed to be. Now where the fuck was you last night?" Lucas asks

"I was at the beach," I say faintly

"All fucking night? I think the fuck not!" Liam says

My face flushes as Christopher steps forward to speak.

"Actually. She was uhm... Was kinda there all night." Christopher says nervously

At this point, Liam and Lucas are giving Christopher the death glare. It's about to go down!

"Were you out with my baby sister all damn night?!" Lucas says as he stares Christopher in his eyes

"Look no dude, I only know because that's where I found her sleeping this morning," Christopher says as he puts both arms in the air defensively

"Well, why the hell were you on the beach all night" Liam says sternly with a raised voice.

At this point, the girls were more distant from me, the twins, Christopher, Dorcas, and Bryce. But what Bryce did next was even more shocking. He went to go stand on either side of the twins, then repeated the question.

"Yeah, Allison. Why the fuck were you at the beach all night?" Bryce snarls

My stomach feels sick. He knows what he did, and I know what I saw. The fact that he has the audacity to question the reasons behind my whereabouts was extremely disrespectful.

Dorcas steps up to him, and it's apparent that he's about to release all his anger on Bryce. For the sake of Dorcas, I go to hold him back from hitting Bryce.

"He's not worth your time, Dorc. Please stop." I plead

"You know what he fucking did Allison, he needs to be taught a lesson!" Dorc yells

"For what it's worth, I second that brother" Christopher adds.

"What the fuck are ya'll rambling about? I didn't do shit to her bro" Bryce concludes.

The twins are standing there with questioning faces trying to understand the extent of the situation. I guess Christopher had enough of the bullshit because he steps forward and pushes the shit out of Bryce.

"You know what the fuck you did to her. Don't act dumb, bitch!" Christopher growls

"Get your fucking friend Allison. He doesn't know who he's messing with." Bryce shoots in my direction

"I'm not gonna do anything, Bryce. I don't give a crap what happens to you" I

retort

I am literally on the verge of freaking out on everyone. One little misstep, and I'm going to explode with rage.

"Allison, what is this all about? Why are you acting like this towards Bryce he didn't even do anything!" Lucas says dryly

That's it.

"Didn't do anything? DIDN'T DO ANYTHING?! I saw him CHEAT on me with my own eyes last night. He didn't even know I was at the party, but he took it as an excuse to sneak behind my back and do that. He told that bitch he loved her and she said it back. I wasted a year of my life with his bitch ass. SO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYONE SAY HE DIDN" T FUCKING DO ANYTHING!" I finish breathlessly

Everyone stands shocked because they've never heard me curse before. My face is burning hot with rage, and I am a bundle of sadness and anger. But what Bryce does next truly shocked me.

Bryce glides over to me and slaps me across the face. Hard. I feel his hand imprint on my skin, and I am terrified. Before I can even register the situation, Bryce has his hands wrapped around my neck. All I can see is his pale face and a look of anger. I can't breathe. He's gagging me. Choking the life out of me.

What I see next through tears and blurry vision is Christopher pulling Bryce off of me and throwing several punches at him. I fall to the ground, and Dorcas rushes to catch me. Shortly after, the twins rush to my side while Christopher is still beating the hell out of Bryce. I see blood oozing from his nose and forehead. Then Christopher gets up and rushes next to me. Then darkness.