148Time seemed to slow down, and everything seemed to blur around me. The sound of my phone ringing broke through, and my heart thumped wildly as I noticed the caller ID was Patch. I closed my eyes and hoped I was in some sort of twisted nightmare I would soon wake up from – but the ringing continued. Knowing Patch wouldn't stop calling me until I answered; I fumbled for my cell phone.
"Hey," my voice was barely above a whisper.
"What's wrong?" Patch immediately asked. For the first time since I'd been dating Patch, I wished he wasn't so attuned to me.
"Um, nothing. Vee's just pissed because I turned down her offer to go to lunch at Enzo's,"
"Liar."
"I'm fine. Really."
"Nora. I know something's wrong. What is it? You know you can tell me anything." He said gently.
I took a deep breath and made a decision. "Can I come over to your place? I need to talk to you."
"Sure. You want a ride?"
"That's okay. I'll be there in 15." I cut the call.
I threw on a hoodie and a pair of sneakers and began jogging to Delphic Park; I needed to do something physical before I'd explode.
I had barely got my key out before Patch had opened the door and casually leaned against the frame.
"You wanted to talk to me?"
Now that I was actually here I was unsure of what to say. I couldn't exactly say Hey Patch, sorry to bother you, but I think we should break up because some random person said so. Oh, and by the way, he said he might hurt you otherwise!
"Um, yeah," I realized he was waiting for me to say something. "So, have you taken care of your business?"
"Actually, I finished just before I called you."
"Oh." I bit my lip and started fiddling with my earring and a long, awkward silence stretched on in which neither of us said anything.
Patch POV
Something was definitely wrong Patch decided.
As he assessed her from head to toe, he could see she was nervous for some reason. She was shuffling from foot to foot and her head was down as she fiddled with her earring. He suddenly noticed she was still outside.
"You want to come in?"
She looked up as if she had just realized he was there. She nodded and stepped inside. She was silent for a long time before she said anything.
"I found a note on my dresser after I had a shower." She said, attempting to sound casual.
Patch instantly picked up that this was the reason for her distress.
He played along. "What did it say?"
She turned around to face him directly. Even in a moment like this, he couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was. "It said...it said to break up with you...otherwise you'd get hurt."
Nora POV
"You believed them?" He took a step forward to me and pulled me into his arms, chin resting on my head. "It's just an empty threat, Angel." He said soothingly, rubbing my back.
"But what if it's not?" I sobbed into his shirt. I hadn't even noticed I had started crying.
"Shhh." He murmured. "I can handle myself. You know that. Don't let them get the better of you, Nora. No one's going to hurt me. Or you." His arms tightened protectively against me.
I stepped back from his embrace. "Can you Patch? Really? What if it's not just an empty threat? What if they mean it? What if...what if they set, like a whole army of people against you to hurt you Patch? What are you going to do then?" I shouted.
"I'm going to be fine. I've been in worse situations before, and pulled through. Plus, I'm immortal, remember? Even if they do something, it's not going to be permanent." His voice was level, calm.
"You don't get it! This...this thing I've been pulled into, this choice I've been forced to make...it's putting everyone I love in danger! Vee...and my mom...Scott even! Especially you. I can't handle it anymore, trying to...to protect everyone. I just...I just..."
Patch pulled me into his arms again and hugged me tightly, and I let him hold me, tears falling freely into his t-shirt.
I let go and made my way to the door. I noticed it had started to rain heavily.
"Where are you going?" He shouted over the pounding rain.
I turned around and I could already feel the pain, like tidal waves, threatening to come over me for what I was about to tell him.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry Patch...I just can't...we're done."
I turned around to leave once more, when Patch grabbed my elbow.
"So this is how you want to end it? After all we've been through? You're just going to stop fighting?" He said in a low voice, eyes fierce. "Whatever happens, Nora, we can't be forced apart. But apparently, you've already given up on us."
He let go and shut the door. I noticed how soaked I was already and as I looked up at the sky, I felt like it was crying with me.
I got home, and without bothering to change out of my soaked clothes, went into bed and pulled the covers over me. I sobbed out my heart until the early hours of the morning, and eventually fell into an uneasy sleep filled with nightmares.
Sooo...what did you guys think? Don't hate me for breaking up Patch and Nora, but I felt it was neccesary for it to happen within the story. I hope I did Patch justice for telling part of it in his POV, it was pretty hard though, because he can be such a hard person to comprehend sometimes.
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Also, here's a clip from The Vampire Diaries, which is where I got the inspiration for this chapter from : /watch?v=DFPg9g9CCa4