Tolerating The Player

“He’s waking up” I heard Devin’s voice as the bright lights blinded my eyes for some moment. I blinked my eyes open and wondered where I was. My eyesight was finally clear and I saw Devin staring at me with pity all over his face. Some people in white coats were also beside me. After checking around the room I realized I was in the hospital.

I tried to stand up but a sharp pain hit my head and I winced in agony before lying back on the bed.

“You made me so scared” Devin brushed his hands through his hair then I suddenly remembered what happened to me.

I remembered how I sharply swerved away from the truck that was about to hit me before I crashed into a tree and everything went blank after the call.

“What time is it?” I asked and Devin shot me a sharp glare.

“You’re fucking worried about the goddamn time while I’m worried about you dying?”

“Do you even realize you’ve been fucking here for two days and now you’re finally awake but what you care about is the goddamn time!” Devin yelled and I felt a sting of head ache.

“I’m sorry you have to keep your voice down in here, he’s just recovering” a nurse said.

“Is this down enough?” Devin yelled while bending down.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“I’ll have to send you out if you keep up with this!” The nurse warned and Devin quietly sat beside me on the bed. The nurse was about to complain about it but dropped it and walked out, I was sure Devin had given her a hard time already.

“Why did you do that?” He asked but this time rather than yelling there was concern in his tone.

“I don’t know, I was angry and sad” I replied even though it was a little bit hard for me to talk but I’d do anything as long as he doesn’t yell out his lungs in my ear.

“What made you sad?” He asked and I contained the pain in me as I managed to sit upright.

“She’s with someone else, I was too late and I know I have no right to be angry but I just couldn’t bear to see her with someone else” I sighed after talking.

“And you didn’t care about your life?” Devin asked and I looked at him but didn’t know what to say.

“I’m a broken freak and sometimes I act without reasons.” I forced a smile and he was about to hit me on the head before he probably remembered that I had bandages all over my head.

“Stop saying that about yourself, it’s okay to get angry but don’t you dare think of hurting yourself at least not with my car, I don’t care if it was your car” he pouted at the end.

“Asshole” I chuckled and he smacked my hand.

“The fuck!” I winced in pain and he raised his hands in defence.

“Isabella made you like this not me so don’t blame me for smacking you” he sarcastically said and we suddenly heard a loud thud outside the door and the door opened wide.

“Oh shit!” I slapped my forehead as Kiki fell into the room but stood up immediately and tried to act like nothing happened.

“The fuck are you here for?” I yelled but immediately flinched as my headache.

“As the school’s reporter I’m supposed to check up on you and know what caused it” she smiled broadly showing all her teeth and I just wished I could remove everything so she has no reason to smile anymore.

She left the room immediately and Devin stared at me with a confused face, he probably didn’t know what Kiki was capable of doing.

“She overheard us and now the whole school heard us” I pinched the bridge of my nose.

“Oh” he raised his brows but chuckled immediately.

“That’s your problem not mine” Devin said and started to eat the food that I was meant to eat while I stared at him in despair. How can I kill him in thousands of ways without him being dead?

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“You seem quite okay now, you might as well be discharged today” the doctor said as she flashed me a bright smile. It’s my third and last day in this hospital but I felt a little bit sad. Bella didn’t bother to know about where I was or how I was doing.

“I’ve settled the papers, let’s go douchebag” Devin said and lifted the bag containing my stuff in it.

“Oh right” I said and put on my boots. I was sick of being in the hospital anyway and I hated the way it smells. If someone was to tell me I would be in the hospital for 3days I would have beaten the person to pulp at the mention of a hospital and the memories of how it smelled.

We got into my car and it turns out Devin’s car had serious damages but he wouldn’t let me pay for it, he claimed it was a minor thing and he would handle it himself even though it costs thousands of dollars to repair. He was truly a brother to me even though we were cousins.

“Drive me to school” I said and Devin looked at me like I was out of my mind and had suddenly lost it.

“With those bandages on your head, arms and everywhere!” He scoffed and when he didn’t hear any word from me he knew I was serious about it and shook his head before driving me to school.

“Well, call me when school’s over, I have to visit the mechanic since you’re finally fine now” he said before he drove off. I knew I was damn late for school and it was even past lunch time but I just wanted to see Bella, it’s been three days already and I hoped she was doing okay. I silently prayed she hadn’t ended up with him yet.

I turned my back and met Kiki staring at me with enthusiasm in her face, I wondered what she could be up to.

“You’re finally here, I wanted people to believe me so I had to wait for you to arrive before publishing the news, she’s such a lucky girl” Kiki said and before I could stop her she pressed the “post” button and shared the information.

“You’re such a stupid pain in the ass Kiki” I spat.

“But why? I’m just doing my job” she shrugged and giggled. In no time the hall started to fill up with people on their phones, they had probably finished reading Kiki’s blog that fast and thought they should come see me. Of course.

“Is it true he got into an accident because of Isabella?” One of the students gossiped with another.

“She’s such a low class girl, I doubt it” the other replied. I was done with this scheme and since Bella wasn’t among them I decided to leave their midst and find Bella but Aurora suddenly appeared in front of me.

“So you truly like her, that’s why you’ve been behaving weird lately?” Aurora yelled with tears building up in her eyes.

“You left me because of her and even tried to harm yourself because of that thing” she spat, I was offended with the way she referred to Bella as a thing but I didn’t want to cause any more trouble.

“Answer me!” She cried as she held my arms tightly.

“Aurora” I growled but she yelled again.

“It hasn’t been easy for me too Zach, I’ve always loved you but she blinded you to see that. I’ve been so sad countless times and would hope that one day you would like me back. The moments we shared together might mean nothing to you but they meant a lot to me Zach!” She yelled.

I forced myself not to believe any word Aurora said, she has always been a slut and any day I wasn’t available she wouldn’t think twice before throwing herself at some random dudes.

“Aurora let go of my arms!” I warned but she didn’t listen, rather she continued to yank my arms.

“Aurora let go!” I yelled but this time removed my arms from her grip, it made her fall to the ground shedding fake tears. She claims she likes me but didn’t even show up for once in the hospital.

“You!” I heard her growl and turned to look at who she was referring to. It was Bella.

She had a confused look on her face that it was obvious she didn’t know what was going on.

“You little whore, daughter of a bitch. It was you all along who made Zach drift away from me”

“Not once, not twice, not three times have I watched him staring at you always but you’re just a whore. You have managed to bewitch Zach and make him like you but he’s just playing with you he doesn’t like you, he likes only me” Aurora spat nonsense.

“You think you became close to him after that game but it was just a fucking game, leave my Zach alone!” She yelled.

“Only an ill mannered whore like you would argue with you” Bella said and the whole crowd of students started to laugh. Aurora didn’t seem to be a fan of everything that was going on as she dragged Bella out and raised her hands to hit her.

I held Aurora’s hand back immediately and I wouldn’t want to do anything stupid to her so I sent her a warning glare. I could possibly lose it if Aurora lays her hands on Bella.

“You’re supporting her? Of course,” she cried.

“It’s not over yet!” She threatened as tears ran down her eyes, she wiped them off with her hands and ran away.

Bella was still in shock, she thought Aurora would have slapped her and she probably didn’t think I would save her.

“I’m sorry” I said while looking at the floor, for some reason I was scared to bring my face to hers.

“For everything” I added and looked at her face but she turned her back and left. It hurt again but this time it hurt more than it had been hurting.