BETH:
I thought I was going to start the day completely normal. But tell me why I woke up to workers moving in furniture to the building across from mine?
"What in the world is going on?" I grumbled as I forced myself out of the bed which I found difficult to sleep on the night before. Apt, I even slept alone without Troy beside me.
I stepped out of the apartment to take a look at the activities going on outside only to see that there was a moving company doing their job to the apartment across mine that had been vacant for some time after the last couple moved out.
I was going to step back inside and act like it didn't mean a thing until I saw Troy standing there. And to my surprise, he was there with Ariana, his arm over her shoulder as they both stood there inspecting what the workers were doing.
Comprehending the situation didn't seem too difficult because I saw Troy directing the workers on what to do. That was one area he liked to focus his strength on as he always stated that everything needed to be just right.
I wanted to head back inside and pretend like none of that was happening but it was too late because Ariana caught sight of me. She suddenly waved to me and it made Troy look up. He sure didn't look any pleased to see me.
"Hi, Beth," Ariana said after she crossed the road to come see me.
"Uhm, hi," I managed to say in return. It was really forced because I was in no mood to actually have a conversation with her if that was what she wanted.
"We are going to be neighbors now. Isn't that great?" She declared out of excitement but it didn't do anything to make me okay to see her. And to know that she was this close was going to be even a bigger problem for me.
"That's nice," I said.
"Troy is such a nice guy. He bought this place for me when I kept complaining about nightmares. Now that I'm closer to you guys, it's going to feel safer for me."
The more she spoke, the more the thought of ripping her head out of her body invaded my mind. I was finding it hard to gauge the level of dislike I had for her at this point and I only wished she would leave my front.
I nodded as if I understood her and then turned around to leave. The instant I did that, I heard a loud thud that actually forced me to look back at Ariana only to see that she was sitting on the ground like she had a fall.
I noticed the twist in her face that suggested she actually fell but how come? How did that happen?
Troy was suddenly running toward us looking all furious. He wasn't actually running as if he wanted to come to see me. He was running down because of Ariana.
"What did you do to her?" Troy barked at me firstly as he bent to help Ariana up from the ground.
I was confused. Did he just ask me what I did to her? Like he was really insinuating that I was the one who caused her fall?
I found myself completely speechless as I stood there transfixed on the spot. Nothing was making sense at the moment to me and I could not even bring myself to understand it.
"Don't blame her, Troy. It's all my fault," Ariana said to him after but it only increased my confusion further.
"Apologize to her this instant!" Troy told me, pointing a finger at me.
"For what?" I had to ask.
"Stop being so petty, Beth. Apologize for what you did."
It was there that I got a hang of the situation and even myself.
"Why the hell would I apologize for something I didn't do?" I asked, my anger laced with a bit of anger.
"Please, don't fight her because of me. I wasn't standing properly," Ariana used her oh-so-sweet voice to try to calm him down and it was actually making me mad because it was more like she was attempting to manipulate the whole situation.
"I never knew you were like this," Troy started to say, his eyes boring into me. "You are a vicious human being. You know what Ariana is going through yet you always find a way to make her feel like she is less important. You need to fix up."
Those words actually hurt me even though I acted like I cared less about what he was saying. Why would Troy say such a thing to me? I was supposed to be his girlfriend yet he was talking to me like I worth nothing in his eyes.
"Let's get you to a hospital," Troy said to Ariana and then carried her on his back.
I watched as he took her to the car we both owned and then drove off. It wasn't a good way to start the day.
