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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 8, 2015 23:50:00 GMT
Preston shook his head. "Not really. One girl, but it wouldn't work," he said. "I'm just trying to focus on Hope and school right now. After that, who knows." Preston pursed his lips, his eyes begging for her to tell him what was really going on. --- Ronan got to the cafe, and that's when he saw Ari with some guy he'd never met. "Who's this guy?" Ronan said, making his way over to them. --- Preston jumped a little when he heard someone yelling. "I'm Preston. I'm guessing you're Ronan? It's nice to meet you." Preston was attempting to be kind to him, but it wasn't going to last very long. --- Ronan rolled his eyes. "So it this what you've been doing when you're not with me?" he asked Ari. "Hooking up with some preppy rich prick?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2015 23:55:58 GMT
Ari felt her heart beat faster as she saw Ronan come in. She pursed her lips and braced her self for Ronan yelling. "I just haven't seen him for a month it was a one time thing." Ari said. She was scared that Ronan would hit her she didn't know why she was scared it had happened once.
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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 9, 2015 0:09:52 GMT
Preston stood up quickly. "Hey man, calm down," he said to Ronan. It was becoming quite clear why Ari didn't want to talk about Ronan. He was abusive. He may not have abused Ari yet, but Preston knew the signs of domestic violence, and Ronan was showing every one of them. --- Ronan stepped towards Preston. "Why don't you just stay away from my girlfriend, okay?" he said. At this point they were basically making a scene, but Ronan didn't care. --- Preston put his hands up in the hair. "Hey, we're just friends, alright?" he said. "Now let's calm down and take this outside, alright?" Preston didn't want Ari to lose her job over this, and he definitely didn't want her to be around Ronan by herself. --- Ronan just rolled his eyes. "Whatever," he spat. "If this kind of guy is what you want, then you can have it. I'm done with you, bitch." Then he stormed out of the cafe. --- Preston watched Ronan leave, then turned back to Ari. "Everything seems so fine," he said sarcastically before realizing that it was the worst thing that he could have said in that situation. He had let his anger get the better of him. "I'm sorry, that was out of line...Just--I care about you, okay? And I want to see you happy. He obviously isn't doing that."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 0:26:04 GMT
Ari tried to butt into the argument but that wasn't going so well. She looked around and saw everyone staring at her. That as including tyler. She looked at Preston. "I need to go," Ari said. She grabbed her bag and caught up with Ronan. "Hey I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry. Please don't be mad," Ari said tears streaming down her face.
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Out of Town
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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 9, 2015 1:24:36 GMT
Preston wanted to follow Ari, but he decided that was a bad idea. So he just slumped back down in his chair and tried to ignore the looks people were giving him. --- Ronan just kept walking, but he had to admit that he was glad when Ari came after him. "You're sorry?" he said. "Really? Why do you keep doing this to me?" Ronan was pissed off just like he had been when he hit her. But he wasn't thinking about that now. If he was, he probably wouldn't be as angry.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 1:32:34 GMT
"Doing what?" Ari yelled. She didn't get why Ronan was freaking out. She hugged herself and looked at Ronan.
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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 9, 2015 1:42:14 GMT
Ronan was almost crying at this point, he was so angry. "You keep ditching me to hang out with other people. With other guys," he said sounding heartbroken. "Do you not love me anymore?" Ronan didn't understand why Ari felt like it was okay to act the way she was. --- After a minute or two or trying to ignore the stares and whispers, Preston just got up. He decided to just go get Hope and study at home. He didn't realize that he was walking the same direction as Ari and Ronan.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 1:50:41 GMT
Ari wiped her eyes. "One of this guy's is gay and the other guy is dating that guy then the other guy just lost his girlfriend," Ari said she began to get frustrated. She didn't see the bug deal. All she wanted was Ronan. She didn't get why Ronan couldn't see that.
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Out of Town
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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 9, 2015 2:07:29 GMT
"That doesn't matter!" he yelled, and with the last word he raised his arm and punched Ari hard enough that her nose was bleeding. But this time he didn't even regret it. It wasn't his fault, right? If she was a better girlfriend, he wouldn't have gotten so angry. But he wasn't just going to stand there, so he looked around to make sure no one had seen him, and then he just kept walking.
But someone had seen him. Preston hadn't actually seen Ronan hit Ari, but he saw him walking away, and he was the blood running down Ari's face, and it didn't take long to put two and two together. "Ari, oh my god," he said as he ran over to her. "He did this, didn't he? I'm going to kill him. I swear to God, I'll kill him." Preston would have run after Ronan, but he wasn't going to leave Ari there by herself.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 2:11:53 GMT
Ari put her hand up to her nose and just felt herself crying. It wasn't really the pain anymore it was the fact that Ronan hit her and the blood was gone quickly. She just didn't know what to say. Yet she was more worried about how she upset Ronan. "I'm fine, I get why he did it I'm fine," Ari said quietly. She didn't want to look Preston in the eyes.
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Out of Town
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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 9, 2015 2:16:54 GMT
Preston looked at Ari like she was crazy. "It doesn't matter why he did it. He should never hit you. Ever." Preston didn't have a whole lot of experience when it came to domestic violence, but he did remember that many victims don't believe that the abuse is wrong. Their abuser makes them feel like it's their fault, and they somehow justify it. "I know you probably don't believe me, but you need to get some help with this. What he's doing to you isn't okay." Preston hoped that she would listen to him.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 15:59:14 GMT
"It's fine it won't happen again," Ari said quietly. She stood up and was tempted to go after Ronan. She wanted to go after Ronan but she didn't know what he would do. She also didn't know where he went. She stood up. "Where did Ronan go?" Ari asked still concerned that Ronan was upset.
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Out of Town
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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 9, 2015 16:04:37 GMT
Preston shook his head. "Ari, listen to me," he said, trying his hardest to stay calm. "Let's go get you cleaned up, okay? We can talk about this later." Preston wasn't planning on leaving her alone for a little while. If nothing, he'd take her home and call her brother to come take care of her or something. Getting either of her brothers seemed like a bad idea though. He didn't want to break Ari's trust. But he didn't want her to continue to put herself in an unsafe relationship.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 16:49:36 GMT
"I'm fine!" Ari insisted. She stood up and looked at Preston. "I'm sorry I'm just fine," Ari said putting on a smile. She wiped her hand on her jeans instead. She just wanted to go find Ronan.
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Out of Town
Written by Lyssa.
357 posts.
21 years old.
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I am Male.
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Post by Preston Miller on Mar 9, 2015 17:04:10 GMT
Preston sighed, taking Ari's hand. "You're lying, and you know it," he said, but not in an angry tone. He just wished Ari would stop denying that what Ronan had done was wrong. Preston wasn't sure if he'd done it before, but he didn't doubt that it would happen again if she didn't do something to take care of it. "Can I at least walk you home?" he asked, practically begging her at this point.
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