Chapter 5: '03 Bonnie And Clyde

Maddy knew who she was from a very early age. For as long as Maddy could remember, everybody loved her. She never knew exactly what it was, she just knew that she had something special. Something intangible. Something immeasurable.

And it gave her confidence.

That's why she loved pageantry, because you didn't have to be the prettiest, or the tallest, or the blondest or the whitest. You just had to have fucking confidence. And she probably would have gone on to win Miss Universe. If it weren't for this guy.

Her dreams were dashed by some random 50 year old creep who didn't molest her, let alone ever meet her. She refused to eat for a week out of protest.

But then she realized how much she liked not doing anything. Maddy would never say it out loud, especially not today because everybody's so political, but she never really had any desire to have a career or job. She was just interested in doing what she did, just without school and the other bullshit.

Her mother was an esthetician, which is a fancy way of saying she gave pedicures to rich people. And her dad was a drunk who was always pretending to hold jobs longer than he did. She quickly realized that there are two kinds of people in the world. The people who sit in the chairs, with their feet in the foot bath. And the people who kneel in front of the foot bath.

She used to sit and study the women who came in. Along with her best friends, Cassie and Reese.

She'd pay attention to what they wore and what they'd talk about. And what she realized was that none of them actually did anything. I mean, they may have had children to raise or like, homes to decorate, but at the end of the day, they literally did nothing. They literally did nothing.

And strangely, none of them had confidence. Maddy never noticed Nate until he asked her out one time after her cheer practice. She accepted. But inside, she knew she had feelings for Reese.

At first he was a gentleman, like flowers everyday kind of gentleman. And he was smart. And supposedly Nate loved her. But she knew she never loved him. She only went out with Nate to try and get over Reese. But it never worked.

She was a really good girlfriend. Granted, she didn't always tell the truth. I don't know who she lost her virginity too but it was not Nate. Maddy had told some of us when she was 14 that she lost her virginity. And she didn't met Nate until she was 15.

Guys like Nate like the thought of virgins because they don't want a person. They want something they could own and possess.

Maddy also watched a lot of p*rn. Not because it turned her on or anything, it didn't. But if you analyzed it really closely, there were a ton of really good secrets.

It's not like she ever, cheated cheated. Every now and then she'd find herself in like a gray area. Except for that DJ who said he opened for Calvin Harris. And the hot dude who ran the roller rink. But those were all time when Nate and her were on a break.

Plus, Nate would a real asshole. And Maddy would always fantasized about punching Nate. Sometimes even killing him. But because of who he was, she was afraid he'd hit her back. Especially since he was coming to terms with his sexuality. She hated Nate's guts, and after he choked her, she knew she could never go back to him.
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Now, what had happened was that morning, Maddy went to school. With Reese along side her. Maddy had on a turtleneck, miniskirt and a black hoodie with black shades. Reese was out for blood, Nate's blood specifically.

Maddy's POV:

I decided to come to school today with Reese. She told me I should stay home from what happened on Friday but I wanted to come. I am currently in my first period class, Intro to calc. Reese had a different class so she walked me here just in case I saw Nate.

"Is the air conditioner like not working?" I asked my teacher as she gave us our work.

"It's broken. You could always take off your hoodie." She recommended and I sigh and throw my head back.

I woke up three hours early to put makeup on to hide my bruises. I don't think I did a good job so I'm afraid if I take off my hoodie, people will see it.

I feel so weird from the Molly I took. Like I didn't eat all fucking weekend. And to top it all off, I'm on my period. I feel myself start getting dizzy, like my head fucking hurts. I try to not let it get to me but before I know it, my head slumps over.

"Maddy, Maddy!!" I hear my teacher call out and that's the last thing I heard before everything goes black.
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Reese POV:

After I dropped Maddy off to class, I was on a mission to look for that bastard. I'm gonna kill him.

I spot Nate talking to his football friends in the halls so I walk up to him.

"Nate, can I talk to you?" I asked him as anger begins to fill my body. He looks at me along with his friends. He looks me up and down before chuckling.

"I'll catch you guys later." Nate tells his friends and he daps a few of them up and then they leave. Nate leans against the lockers.

"What the fuck do you want?" He asked me with annoyance in his voice and I growl before throwing a hard punch to his face.

This caught him by surprise so his head swings to the side.

I grab his hair and hit his head against the lockers.

"You fucking bastard!!" I shout out as I continue to hit his head on the lockers. I can hear people yelling "fight" and I feel lights on me, meaning people are recording with the flash on. But I don't care.

I punch him on the face and he finally falls to the floor.

"How dare you touch her?!! How fucking dare you!!" I yell at him as all I see is red and rage. This bastard has hurt her for the last time. I am done with him.

"Beat his ass Reese!! Yeah!!" I hear BB yell out and I just know she is recording this.

"Please... stop." Nate coughed out as his face was fully bloody and horrifying.

"I should fucking murder you!!" I scream and I hit him in the face again and again.

"What the fuck is going on here?!" I hear the principal yell out but I don't care. I fucking hate Nate's guts.

"Ms. Howard!!" He shouted in shock and shit I am shocked too. I can't believe I'm actually beating up Nate. This is the first fight I've been in. Would you even count this as a fight though? Nate hasn't touched me once.

The principal pulls me off of Nate and I start kicking and trying to get back to Nate.

"Let me go! I'm gonna kill him!!" I shout as tears pour down my face and Nate is just groaning in pain.

"Calm down! Let's go talk about this!" The principal said as he drags me again from Nate. The principal is pretty well built so its obvious how he was able to restrain me.

He drags me away from the scenery as I am still trying to beat this bitch up.
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"Ms. Howard, you are one of the calmest students in this school. You get A's and B's. Your smart. Why would you do this?" Mr. Coleman, the principal asked me in a shocked voice and I sigh.

"Nate is fucking crazy. He hurt Maddy." I state as I ball my fist up and shrug my shoulders.

"What do you mean he hurt Maddy?" The principal asked worriedly while looking at me.

I sigh before responding. Maddy please don't be mad at me. "You remember the carnival on Friday?" I asked him and he nods for me to continue. "Maddy told me that Nate took her into an alleyway and choked her. He fucking choked her." I state as I feel myself getting angry again.

"Are you serious?" He asked me and I give him a "what the fuck" look.

"Yes I am serious." I say obviously and I place my head in my hands.

"Ms. Howard, Ms. Perez was rushed to the ER this morning because she passed out in class." Mr. Coleman tells me and my eyes go wide. She's in the hospital? I gotta leave now. I need to make sure she's okay.

"I need to go Mr. Coleman. That's alright?" I tell him and ask him as I stand up. My leg was shaking frantically.

"Sure. But your suspended for two days Ms. Howard. I'm sorry but we have a zero violence policy on school grounds. Also I need you here with your mom next week." He informs me and I sigh and nod my head. I don't really care that I am suspended. I rush out of the office and rush out of the school.
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I just got to the hospital and I was walking to room 118.

(See what I did there😂)

That's the room Maddy is in.

"116, 117, 118." I say as I count the rooms to myself and I take a deep breath in before opening the room door.

"Maddy?" I say as I push the door open and she looks up at me. She was just using her phone.

"Reese!!" She squeals and I smile and rush over to her. I give her a big hug and laugh as she hugs me back tightly.

"I was worried for you. Are you okay?" I asked her as I pull away from the hug and look her face over.

"Yeah I'm fine. I just passed out before it was so fucking hot in that room." She tells me with a chuckle and I look at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Maddy?" I asked her while giving her a stern look, knowing that's not why she passed out.

"Fine. The doctors told me that I passed out because I wasn't eating nor drinking. And I wasn't eating or drinking because i felt too weird from the molly. I didn't have an appetite. And then when they were looking me over, they found the bruises on my neck. They looked into it and they know it's from choking." She tells me while looking into my eyes and my eyes go wide.

"I was with you the whole weekend. I made sure you were eating." I say confused as to how they say she wasn't eating.

"I would spit the food out when you weren't looking. I'm sorry baby." Maddy says as she begins to slightly cry and I shake my head and hug her.

"It's okay love. It's okay. It's not your fault. Did you eat something after you passed out?" I comforted her and asked her worriedly.

"Yeah I ate something the doctors gave me a ham sandwich, water and some crackers." Maddy said with a soft smile and she shows me her plate that's finished.

"Okay good. That's good." I say with a smile and I kiss her cheek, making her blush.

"Reese, I think we should really talk about our kiss." Maddy said with a nervous look on her face.

"Yeah, I agree." I tell her as I rub the back of my neck. "I'll start." I tell her and she nods her head as I take in a deep breath. "Okay, Maddy, I really liked the kiss. It was special, amazing, magical and I just really enjoyed it. I've been wanting to kiss you for years now. And I am hoping you enjoyed it too." I say as I look at her with hopefulness in my eyes.

"I didn't enjoy it." She says with a blank look on her face and I feel tears well up in my eyes. Wow, that fucking hurts.

"Oh, okay." I say as I turn away and as I go to leave, I feel her grab my hand and spin me around.

"I'm just kidding silly. Of course I enjoyed it. Why would I kiss you if I didn't want to?" She tells me while pulling me down and kissing my cheek and laughing and she asked me with a raised eyebrow.

"Don't joke like that. My heart almost broke in two." I say while holding my hand over my chest and she lets out a laugh.

"Aww, you must really like me." She said with a smirk and my eyes go wide.

"Who told you I had a crush on you??" I asked in a yell and Maddy's eyes go wide with a small laugh.

"Well, you just did. I was just teasing you Reese. But I guess the teasing isn't for nothing." She said in a sensual tone and I should kill myself for basically just ratting out my feelings for Maddy to her.

"Maddy, look, I don't want you to be weirded out or anything, but yes I do like you. And now isn't when I wanted to tell you. Actually, I don't even know if I wanted to tell you at all. But I really have a huge crush on you." I take a deep breath in and place my hand over my heart before I continue.

"Your nice to me, your loyal, your smart, beautiful. Your always making me laugh, feel good about myself. I just like being around you. Your so genuine and such an amazing person. What's not to like about you?" I finally admit my feelings for Maddy and wow, it feels good to let that out.

"Woooo! Feels like to let that out!" I say as I throw my arms up and do a few stretches, making Maddy chuckle.

"Reese, I have a crush on you too. I love you so much. Your literally the light of my life. Your the best damn thing in my life. Your so beautiful and god I just love you so much." Maddy tells and my eyes go wide in shock.

"Really? You do?" I asked in total shock and confusion. This is like a fucking dream come true. First my crush kisses me then she tells me she has a crush on me too. And she called me beautiful!! Oh shit this is my main character moment!

"Yes, I thought I made it clear on the ride." Maddy tells me with confusion in her voice and I scratch my head.

"You see, I was thinking that on the ride but I didn't know if you were or not because you didn't tell me straight up. I'm sorry for not realizing but I need confirmation. And now that I got it, I'm so happy!!" I squeal out in excitement and I jump up and down.

"Your so cute. Now come here." Maddy said while using her pointer finger to tell me to come here.

I come over to her and as I get up to her, she grabs the back of my head and brings me down into a kiss. She softly kisses me and I smile and kiss back. She places her hands on my back and brings my body closer to her. I lean on the bed and gently stroke her cheek with a smile.

"That was amazing." I say as I sort pull away from the kiss and Maddy smiles.

"Yeah it was." She says while biting her lips and I chuckle. I let out a sigh as I have to tell her what happened earlier.

Now I have two things to tell you, and your not gonna like them." I tell her with a nervous look and she looks at me with a raised eyebrow.

"What is it?" She asked while tilting her head to the side and I sigh.

"I don't know how to say this. But... I beat up Nate!" I shout out and I curse myself for how loud I was. "I beat him up. I think he's in the hospital. But hopefully not this one." I state while biting my lip and looking at Maddy for her reaction. She didn't seem phased.

"That's it?" She asked me with a raised eyebrow and I look at her in confusion.

"Your not mad?" I asked in total shock.

"No, I'm more shocked as to how he didn't lay a single hit on you. He's like 5 inches taller than you. But I always knew you could fight." Maddy said with a smirk on her face and I blush.

"But I have one more thing to tell you." I state while looking at her with a scared and nervous look. She gestures for me to continue. "I told the principal that Nate choked you." I state while closing my eyes, not wanting to see her reaction.

"You what?" She asked and her voice sounded annoyed. I opened my eyes and saw that Maddy looked disappointed and kinda irritated.

"I had too. The principal asked me why I beat up Nate. And I couldn't just say for the fun of it because then I probably would've gotten in more trouble. I'm suspended for two days." I explained to her and Maddy lets out a sigh.

"I don't want Nate coming after me thinking I told. I can't deal with him anymore." Maddy sighed out and I cup her cheek.

"Look, I'm sorry. I just wanted to help. I don't want him to get away with this shit." I tell her as I put my head down. I don't regret telling them I just regret not asking Maddy if I could tell them.

"It's okay, you just wanted to help." Maddy said with a sigh and she lifts my head up.

"I just know they are gonna question me once I go back to school. Im scared like I can't do this." Maddy said as tears fill her eyes and she shakes her head.

"Hey, you got this. Your so strong." I tell her as I comfort her and brush some hair behind her ear and Maddy gives me a sad smile.

God I feel so bad for her. I wanna take her pain away.
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3 days later:

"Ms. Howard, your daughter was involved in a violent incident that occurred 3 days ago." Mr. Colemans assistant, Mr. Allen, says as my mom, him and I sit in his office.

I told my mom she needed to come down to the school since the principal needed to talk to her. But the principal is talking to Maddy so the assistant principal is talking to my mom.

She asked for what and I told her that he wanted to tell her himself so she had to wait to find out.

"She has no scratches on her face." My mom said while grabbing my cheeks and looking over my face. "Her face looks bald, no ache, no scratches." She said as she nodded and let go off my cheeks. I hold them because her grip was so tight.

"Reese was the one beating up the other student. It wasn't even a real fight. She just beat the other student up." Mr. Allen said and my moms eyes go wide in shock.

"Reese? As in my daughter Reese? You sure you don't mean Cassie? I mean when Cassie attacks she starts scratching. Reese fights like a duck." My mom said while looking at me in shock and I sigh shake my head.

"Wow mom, I know how to fight. No faith in me." I said while shaking my head and my mom cackles.

"Eh I'm just messing with you. Wait not really." She shrugged her shoulders and I sigh.

"Yes, and your daughter beat up Nate Jacobs." Mr. Allen adds on and my mom gasps.

"Nate Jacobs? Maddy's boyfriend. The gigantic psychotic one. Now I really don't believe this." She said with a laugh and I shake my head and scoff.

"It's true Ms. Howard. Mr. Jacobs is coming down today from the hospital to do some questioning. He apparently choked Ms. Perez. We are also bringing in some students who were around or nearby when the incident occurred." Mr. Allen tells her while linking his hands together.

"He didn't apparently choke her, he did choke her." I clarified to him and he nods his head and clears his throat.

"That kid always seemed off to me. He can go fuck himself. I hope he's suffering on that hospital bed. How dare he hurt my daughters girlfriend?" My mom said and my eyes go wide at the last sentence.

"Mom, Maddy isn't my girlfriend." I tell her as I begin to get nervous. Well, at least not yet.

"Yeah right, I've seen the sexual tension for years." My mom waves me off and I bite my nails out of nervousness.

"But Reese, you really beat up a guy who is 6 inches taller than you?" My my mom asked while turning to me and I nod.

"Yeah." I say with a shrug and she cackles.

"Im so proud of you!" She said while giving me a hug and I didn't expect that but it's better than her being mad.

It seems like the assistant principal didn't even care that she wasn't mad. Even he knows how fucked up Nate is.

Maddy's POV:

"Im fine. Why is everyone, like, so dramatic?" I asked the principal as I sat in his office. It was 3 days after I went to the hospital and I left the hospital two days ago. I had on the same black hoodie but with a different turtleneck and a different miniskirt.

"Obviously, you've been through a lot this past weekend." He said as I sip on the orange Gatorade he gave to me. "But my real concern, is the bruising on your neck." He said and I look up at him.

"There is no bruising on my neck." I say as I adjust my turtleneck a little.

"The paramedics saw it." He tells me and I look down and groan because I know they saw it. "Madeleine, look,... I understand you may be afraid to talk about how you got hurt. But I want you to know that it's not your fault." He tells me and I shake my head and hold my tears back.

"I'm trying to find a really respectful way to say this, but, this doesn't concern you." I say as respectful as I can and I continue to shake my head. I'm not trying to protect Nate. I'm trying to protect myself. Because I have no idea what he would try to do to me.

"It does concern me, Madeleine. You're 17 years old. If I suspected that you are being abused, I am mandated by law to report it." He tells me and I mutter out a fuck. "Is it someone you know?" He asked while searching into my eyes for any answers. "Was it Nate Jacobs?" He asked me and I put my head down and try not to cry.

"I'm guessing it was." He stated softly and I snap my head up at him.

"It wasn't. Can you stop questioning me?" I say as my head feels like it's about to explode.

"We already have police talking to Nate in another room. His parents also are down here." Mr. Coleman tells me and my eyes go wide.

"I'm so fucked." I say under my breath as I place my hands on my head.

45 minutes later:

"Fucking pigs! Fuck you!" I shouted as I threw one of the detectives coffees at the window in the interrogation room, making it splatter all over the window. They took my sweater off when I got over to the police station.

They took both me and Nate down here for questioning, in separate cars obviously. I saw him as we exited the school and he looked horrible. He had a huge bandage on his forehead. There was bruises all over his face and a few on his arms. His lip was busted and his nose was broken. He was almost unrecognizable.

I am so scared in this interrogation room right now. I texted Reese and told her I'm at the police station because that's where they took me.

She told me about 20 minutes ago that she was just now leaving the school to come because the assistant principal was still talking to her.

My whole face was sweaty. I was so tired. My hair was sticking to my face. I know there was bags under my eyes and I know there was a dark shade under my eyes. That's what happens when I don't get enough sleep. And I didn't get enough sleep these past few days.

Some detective lady enters the room and I glare at her.

"Hi Maddy, I'm detective Riley. I understand this is traumatic, but you're going to have to cooperate." She tells me as she starts walking towards me.

"If you literally step any closer, I will fight you." I shouted at her and my voice sounded like I was growling towards the end. She stopped in her tracks. I was so scared. I didn't want anyone but Reese near me right now.

"Miss, this is procedure. I need you to remove your sweater now. And if you don't, we will remove it for you." The lady tells me and I shake my head.

"Really bitch? How?" I asked and I probably shouldn't have said that because then two guys come over to me and guide me to a chair.

"Get off of me!!" I yelled in fear as I try to run away but they have a good grip on me. I usually don't have anxiety but I feel like I have it now.

"Ma'am, work with us. Please sit down." One guy tells me as they guide me over to the chairs but I continue to try to run. They get me over to the chair and I continue to resist.

"Calm down." Another guy said as they sit me on the chair and as I try to stand me up, the lady holds me down.

"Take a deep breath, take a deep breath. Look we don't wanna hurt you. We wanna help you." She tells me as they try to fucking handcuff me to the table. What the hell am I, an animal?

Just then I hear the door burst open and I turn around and see Reese.

"Reese!" I yell out in relief and more tears fall down my face.

"What the hell are you fucking doing to her?" She screamed out as she rushes over to us and tries to get them off of me.

"Ma'am we are helping her. You need to leave." The detective says and a few men come in and try to take Reese out but she pushes them off of her.

"You guys are just making her scared and not helping! Let me talk to her. I can help calm her down." Reese said as the guards grabbed her arms.

"Fine, you have two minutes then we are coming back in here." Detective Riley said as she leaves and her men let go of me and leave.

"I'm so sorry love." Reese apologizes as she and I run over to each other. We hug each other tightly and I begin to sob into her chest.

"I'm so scared!" I cried out as I grip on her shirt and she places one hand around my back and the other around my neck.

"Shhh, it's okay. I promise I will be by your side through everything. I'll always be here." Reese tells me as she kisses my head and I sniffle as more tears come out.

We continue to stand in the room and hug until the detective and her men come back in.

"You have to leave now." The detective tells Reese and she slightly nods.

"I'm coming back in here soon okay." She tells me and I shake my head.

"I don't want you to leave." I whimper as I grip her shirt tighter, feeling safe with only her.

"I'll be right outside the door watching you from the window. My eyes won't leave you for a second." She reassured me and I nod my head as I pull away from the hug. Reese kissed my head once more and I sniffle as she turns around and walks out the room. I look to the clean window and see Reese go to it and turn to face me. They grab me again and guide me back to the chair.

"Please relax." A guy tells me and I try to get out of the handcuffs and not to my surprise I can't. I decide to stop forcing it and just sit still. They open a safety box and take out a pair of scissors. The lady begins to cut the back of my turtleneck. The lady moves my hair out of the way and continues to my turtleneck. Tears leave my eyes and my bottom lip quivers.

She then moves my hair out the way again so she can see the bruise. She puts some healing cream on my bruise and I sniffle as I silently cry. I see her pick up a camera and see a flash go off, meaning she took a picture.

"I know you're really upset right now, and you don't want to hear this. But trust me when I tell you that the person that did this... doesn't love you." She stated the fucking obviously to me and it's not her fault because I didn't realize that till now.

I always thought he will change and I can't believe it took him choking me for me to realize that Nate Jacobs will always be a psychotic, abusive piece of shit. I know he doesn't love me and I don't fucking love him.

The detective and her men leave after taking a few more pictures. I turn around and see Reese coming back inside the room.

She rushes over to the chair next to me and sits down in it. I quickly straddle her lap and hug her tightly.

She wraps her arms around me and hugs me back just as tightly. She doesn't say anything and just rubs my back soothingly. She knows me well enough to know that I don't like talking when I'm sad, I lay my head on her shoulder and I cry hard into her neck.
















This was a sad chapter for them. I feel so bad for Maddy. But on the bright side, they confessed their feelings for each other! Well Maddy already did at the carnival but she did it again. And Reese did! Tell me what y'all think of this chapter.❤️

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