《Breaking the Guardian's Curse 》Chapter Nine
Phoebe caught up to Gwen after running for minutes. She held her hand but Gwen jerked her hand away from her causing her to fall.
"Aah!" Phoebe grunted in pain. She looked at her arm and it had bruises. She managed to get up and tried to stop Gwen from moving but this time she ran in front of her and spread her arms. "Stop, Gwen... please." she pleaded. Gwen was already in tears and despite the fact she tried to hide it, she couldn't hide her red eyes. "Listen, I am sorry."
"I want to be left alone, Phoebe." Gwen tried to push her away but Phoebe stood her ground.
"I am not letting you step out of here without you hearing what I have to say."
"What more do you have to say, Phoebe?" Gwen asked. "Haven't you done enough damage already?"
"I didn't mean to."
"That's because you don't think before speaking. You don't care if your words hurt the other person or not. You say whatever damn thing you want and do you know what that has done?"
"I am sorry."
"Now, Claudia doesn't trust me. She thinks I am a bad influence on you and Chadd. My life was better without you in it."
"I am sorry, Gwen. I didn't mean for this to happen. I had no idea you had feelings for Chadd. I just..."
"You just what? Wanted to make fun of me?"
"Gwen!"
"Oh, shut up Phoebe."
Phoebe couldn't stop the tears that rolled down her cheeks. "I didn't mean to hurt you Gwen and I am sorry I did... Please find it in your heart to forgive me." she tried moving closer to Gwen but Gwen pushed her, making her fall to the ground.
This worsen the bruises she already had. She stood up and tried to meet Gwen again but Gwen turned and said, "Stay away from me, Phoebe."
Phoebe stood still and watched Gwen leave. She ignored the pain she was feeling in her arms and walked back to the house crying.
Chadd was waiting for her to hear the news that they had sorted out the issue but he was surprised when he saw her running and crying. As she was about to open the door to go in, he held onto her, trying to look at her face but Phoebe wouldn't let him see her. "Talk to me, Phoebe, what happened? Why are you crying?" Despite her attempt to break free, Chadd held onto her tighter and when a soft gasp escaped her lips, he looked at her arms and there were bruises. "Jesus Christ, Phoebe. What the hell happened?"
Finally, she looked up at him with those teary eyes and said, "She told me to stay away from her... I tried to apologize to her but she wouldn't let me..."
"Shh!" Chadd gestured to her to be quiet but Phoebe kept letting everything out.
"I didn't mean to hurt her feelings... I... I..."
"I know. I will talk to her, ok? But first, we need to clean these wounds or they might get affected. You won't want mom seeing you this way, would you?"
Phoebe shook her head and quickly wiped her tears. Chadd couldn't explain how seeing her cry broke her heart. He didn't understand if this was a feeling he was having because his sister is hurt or if there was more to it but all he knew was he was going to make amends. He knew Gwen had feelings for him but he didn't take it seriously, sooner or later he would have to tell her how he felt. He took a deep breath before taking her into the house.
