An Epic of Time Wasted

~~~ Bella's pov ~~~

I raced into the bathroom, slamming the door a tad more harshly behind me than I meant to. I smacked my hand quickly over my mouth as I stumbled over to the toilet, dropping to my knees and spewing all the liquor from my stomach.

" gross...... I'm never drinking again.." I whined to myself as I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand. I flushed the toilet and sat with my back against the sink, fighting my hardest to stop the room from spinning before me. In my moment of sickness, I hadn't noticed the eery calm in the rest of the house. I wasn't too far from the scene I just left and the house was silent. No screaming, not even a faint hint of a conversation. I honestly didn't know wether to be relieved or put off that my confession went unnoticed. I swung my arm up onto the sink in an attempt to pull my woozy body from the ground. Just then my progress went down the drain as a knock at the door sent me back onto my ass. I stayed silent, why, I wasn't sure. It just felt like the right thing to do at the time. I wasn't ready to face any if them.

~~~ Val's pov~~~

my mouth sprung open in horror as Bella displayed the lip rings before us. I honestly never doubted her accusations before, but I had no idea Brian had slept with her and that she had Brian red handed. I looked over to Michelle, my heart broke for her as I saw her face drop and her eyes begin to water. I've been in many tough situations before, but never anything like this. I had two sisters that I loved dearly both hurting and I felt like I would be betraying one if I comforted the other. I wanted to grab Michelle and hug her, yet at the same time I wanted to run to check on Bella, I didn't know what to do. I was torn. But one thing I did know for sure was that I wanted to strangle Brian. I gazed over at Brian, shooting daggers through him with my eyes. Despite the fact that he had just been busted, he stood there smug as ever, not a care in the world after all the turmoil he just caused in my family. I walked over to Michelle and pulled her into my arms. I could feel her body tremble as she broke down as I hugged her. Without a word I walked her upstairs and Into my bedroom, I just prayed that someone would deal with Brian.

~~~ Brian's pov ~~~

As much as I wanted to go beat down the bathroom door and scream at Bella for ratting me out, I had to play it cool. Ya sure she told everyone what happened and had the lip rings but if I was smart I could still play all of this Into my favor, I just needed time to think. Which wasn't hard to get, being that the whole room fell silent as everyone mulled the fresh details around in their minds. I knew that everyone in fact liked Bella and wanted to believe her. But at the same time they didn't know what to believe. True she is Val and Michelle's sister but they've only known her a short time and they've known me for years and deep down didn't want to believe the evil deeds she had cast upon me. I wasn't one to give up easily and little did Bella know I love the chase, and she was giving me exactly the fight I wanted. I felt a twinge of shame as I reached out to Michelle and she flinched at my touch, causing me to pull away. Despite what anyone thinks, I do love Michelle very much. Though these past couple years we have been on extremely rocky terms. But as soon as I set eyes on Bella, something in me just snapped. Something about her made me act like a crazy person and I didn't even understand myself. Granted she is a very beautiful girl but its usually not my style to want to cause a rift in my personal life and that's exactly what was happening. And even with that fact, I didn't want to stop. I was broken from my thoughts as I saw Val take Michelle up the stairs and Matt gesture for the rest if us to follow him out front.

" Jesus Brian! Have you lost your fucking mind!!" Matt roared as soon as Johnny shut the front door. My eyes widened as I saw him staring over at me like I had just sprouted a third eye. Johnny shyly took a long sip from his beer as his eyes jumped back and forth between me and Matt.

" Dude! Seriously?! I thought you were my brother?! Your just going to go along with what Bella says! No questions asked?!" I spit back. I knew I was guilty as all hell and that Bella had told everyone the truth. But a part of me was still hurt that Matt just flat out took her side and didn't even try to get my side at all before he jumped down my throat. With that we both locked eyes and didn't say a word. Not even two seconds later I could see headlights coming up the driveway towards us as well as Johnny's demeanor relax at the arrival of our guest.

" Since when do you guys ever hang out on the front porch?" I heard zacky say as he shut his car door. He made his way up to us, still awaiting some sort of answer.

" Zack, where were you the night Bella stayed at your house?" Matt asked him calmly, so calm it was almost creepy. He peeled his eyes from mine to look over to zacky who now joined us on the porch. He wrinkled his brow in confusion at Matt's question, rubbing his neck like he felt uncomfortable.

" Well when she went to bed I was down stairs watching some TV and then well uh..... Roxanne called, you know Roxanne" he winked, making a gesture with his hand insinuating Roxanne's voluptuous breast size. Earning a quick high five from Johnny.

" So you left" Matt stated blandly, unamused at zackys antics. Zacky shook his head letting Matt know he was right.

" So you weren't there the whole night? At all?" Matt asked him, elongating his words to give zacky the sense of importance.

" No dude, she called and I left. I stayed at her place and didn't get home till about noon the next day" he said, shrugging his shoulders. Matt turned back to me, like he was waiting for me to say something, but I had nothing to say.

" What does it matter anyways?" Zacky asked, letting this whole odd atmosphere get to him.

" Cause Brian fucked Bella and Bella thought it was you but then she found out it was Brian" Johnny blurted out in his drunken state. Once again we all went silent and stared at Johnny in disbelief. He just simply shrugged his shoulders and chugged down the rest of his beer.

" Johnny you fuck tard!" Matt yelled at him.

" Woah! What?!" Zacky yelped out as he was finally able to peice together Johnny's drunken statement.

" Brian you...." Zacky began as his face stayed scrunched in confusion.

" No I didn't! The chick is fucking loopy!" I snapped at everyone.

" watch it Brian! " Matt spit, pushing his hand Into my chest.

~~~ Bella's pov ~~~

i must have passed out on the bathroom floor. I fought to open my eyes as someone carried me up the stairs and then layed me on a bed. But due to all the alcohol I had consumed, my eyelids felt as if they weighed two tons each. So I just went with the flow and left my body limp. Shit by this point Ive already been through it all and right now I didn't have any fight left in me. I jumped slightly as I felt someone's body press up against the back of mine. I squeezed my eyes tightly shut just awaiting whatever was coming, but I was surprised when all they did was gently pull me into their arms and kiss me softly on my cheek.

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