Fireflies

Chapter Three

“Did you really bring me all the way to New York to end things with me?”I couldn’t even believe how I wasn’t crying at this point

“Did 3 years really mean nothing to you Marcus?”I was asking this questions in the calmest tone,it made me wonder if I was okay

“Pen,look…”he tried to speak but I only heard myself cutting him midway into whatever he was going to say

“The absent mindedness,the rule about staying over at your place,the stiffness and cold attitude,you ended it all this while in your heart before letting me know about it?”I cut him

“You didn’t have to bring me to this very city Marcus,you didn’t have to”.I tried to make everything make sense in my head,I even made an excuse for him immediately-maybe I was just too much…”it was bound to happen right”

He stared at me in silence and I couldn't help but cry.

“Why Marcus, why aren't you saying anything, why did you bring me here, why?” I finally raised my voice with tears in my eyes.

“To get you to understand that you must make peace with your past for the sake of your future,you were either having nightmares or you were breaking down over the death of your father,Pen it’s been four whole years!or you were grieving over the disappearance of your mother from your life,with you there was barely ever good news or something to celebrate,it was always bad news or something to cry about!I can’t stand it anymore Penelope,I have to be with someone who matches my positivity,someone with the ability to keep me happy”he spat with a coldness I had never imagined to see

I stared at him again but this time in shock,all this time I thought of him as my helpline and I was really just a burden

“ Marcus, just give me a valid reason, tell me the truth, are you being blacked mailed I promise I would wait for you or is something bad happening and you need to keep me out of the loop for my own safety I promise you I would wait for you till it's safe” As stupid and as needy as I sounded those were the only words that I could think of that could make up for his action

“Now this is your problem,you are always in your head!I found love already,I hope you do too”He said it casually like he had been waiting to do this all his life

I was stuck in reality and I couldn't escape. At this point I started to cry again.

“Why did it have to be here Marcus?why New York?This city took mom from me, it took dad away from me and now it's taking you ”.

“It’s not taking me,I’ve been gone for a really long time now…look Penelope, you have too much on your plate, too much and I can't handle it anymore okay…I’m too young to be involved… f**k!”Marcus yelled revealing a side of him I never thought existed

I felt dumb and it made me so angry with that I stood up and slapped him across the face

“That’s for my time”I said wiping the tears off my face as I made my way out of the garden

Next thing I knew I was face to face with so many bottles of vodka drunk as hell

I couldn’t recognize this Pen who had just walked up to a total stranger and made out with him before everywhere went black

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I woke up with a bad head ache,I couldn’t really remember the events of last night except the fact that I had been exclusively dumped.

“Marcus!do you dump a person and kidnap them afterwards”I said sitting up from the unfamiliar bed and trying to study the environment

“Oh hey there sleeping beauty” A tall figure walked into the room making me jerk.

“Who are you?” I yelled as he came over and put his hand over my mouth and said “why don’t we save your voice and energy for later”he winked

“Who the hell are you and where am i”I bite his hands to get them away from my mouth,it was hard to not believe that those who killed my father had finally come for me

He jerked removing his hand from my mouth“Damn baby,is this the thank you I get”

“who are you? what am I doing here?what happened last night and how did I get here,what did you do to me?.

“So much for not gagging you”he said rolling his eyes

“Well,I am Luca and you miss came over to kiss me and said we were going to have a one night stand together, by the way nothing happened just incase you are wondering, you passed out and I brought you here”He said rolling his hands on a vase

For a moment I zoned out i kept thinking about how Marcus really didn't love me, how could he let a random stranger take me, what if he had hurt me or killed me, I looked up and studied his face from the distance he sat, he had really dark eyes to match his dark hair that he had in a pony

But there was something dark about this man’s demeanor that made me so uncomfortable and at once I wanted to go home

“Thank you so much for everything Luca,I would have gotten into trouble”I gave him a tight smile and he only replied with a stiff smile,nodding his head rhythmically,I was so uncomfortable with how he looked at me and I immediately turned for the door

“Oh not so fast baby”I screamed in fear as I felt large arms grabbing me from behind