Betrayed By Everyone, Loved By Four
Betrayed By Everyone Loved by Four Chapter 39

Milinda landed blow after blow to my stomach and ribs. I'm not even sure how many times she hit me. I looked past her at my best friend. Lila has the upper hand on both of them and I wondered how that was possible. Still, I was thankful. I watched as Lila got to her feet and the other two girls stayed down. They didn't look too hurt but they do look scared. I breathed out a sigh of relief, that was short lived as I was punched in the gut again.

"You stupid whore!" Milinda shouted at me. "I hate you! You are nothing but scum! Worse than that! I wish you would just kill yourself already Millie Holmebrooke!"

Just when Milinda was about to land another blow she stopped. Lila held a pocket knife to her throat and my eyes went wide. Did she have that this whole time?

"I suggest you let Millie go." Lila said breathlessly.

Milinda scoffed. "Or what? You're going to slit my throat?" Milinda asked with a laugh.

"No." Lila said and then grabbed Milinda's long blonde ponytail. "But I'll chop all of your hair off." She said and Milinda's eyes went wide.

After a moment I was let go. I fell to the ground and rolled onto my back. Vanessa gave me one last kick to my side before they all scurried off. I stared up at the sky and tried to take in what just happened.

The cheerleaders had beat me up several times. They bullied me. Teased me. Anything they could to put me down. But I'd never gotten beaten up like that. Milinda had only landed a few punches but I can feel a pain in my ribs, a bruise forming on my left cheek, and I can taste blood letting me know my lip is bleeding.

I looked up at Lila as she watched the cheerleaders leave.

"Are you okay?" I asked her.

Lila fell to her knees beside me. "Me? Are you okay?" She asked incredulously.

I nodded. "I think so. It hurts but I don't think they broke anything." I told her.

"We should get you to a hospital." Lila said.

I sat up in a rush. "No!" I shouted as I grabbed her hand. "Please, it's not that bad Lila." I said.

Lila sighed. "I know that you don't want your parents to know Mil, but you need to be checked out." She said trying to convince me.

"Please." I begged. "If I feel any pain over the next few days I'll go." I told her.

She sighed again. "The only way I am going to agree to this is if you let me call the guys." She said.

I frowned. "Why would you call them?" I asked.

"Milo's mom is a doctor. He might not want to be in that family buisness, but he does know a few things. He can wrap you up at the very least." She told me.

"Okay." I mumbled defeatedly.

Lila had walked away to call whoever it was she called. When she came back to me she had to help me to my feet. Lila slung my arm around her shoulders and helped me walk the trail. Oh, how I am wishing that we didn't walk this far now. Lila and I were getting closer to the exit when we starting hearing shouting.

"Millie!"

"Lila!"

That is Atlas and Milo.

"We're right here!" Lila called back.

I looked up from my feet in time to see Atlas and Milo find us. Both of their eyes scanned over my body. I smiled at them but they didn't return it. Damn, do I look that bad?

"Holy shit. What the fuck happened?" Milo asked.

I looked at Lila. "You didn't tell them?" I asked her.

Atlas grabbed my hands pulling me into him and I winced.

"We ran into the cheerleaders. They started it. There was five against the two of us. Two held Millie down while Milinda beat her up." Lila told them. "She refuses to go to the hospital." She told Milo.

Atlas unwrapped my arm from around Lila and held onto me, gently this time. Milo lifted up my shirt gently to inspect me. I rested my head on Atlas's chest. Always so warm and cuddly.

I felt hands on my face and my eyes popped open to see Milo's concerned ones. I smiled to him but he didn't return it. Instead he brushed my stray hairs from my face.

"It doesn't look like anything is broken. Just a lot of bruising that I can see of, but we should get you out of here to rest." He said.

"I don't want to go home." I said.

Milo nodded. "We can go back to my house. Dad isn't picking Mom up for another hour or so and then they are going to tie up a few things at the firm. They'll be gone for a while." He told me. "Okay." I said.

Atlas wrapped an arm around my back and the other under my legs before scopping me up. I tucked my head into the crook of his neck instead of complaining. My body hurts so bad that I don't mind being carried.

We rushed until I was being shifted around to lay in the back seat of a car. This is Milo's car. Milo got in the driver seat and Lila got in the passenger. I tried to sit up but hissed at the pain. Atlas slid into the car and put my head on his lap. "Don't move babygirl, just rest." He told me.

I groaned and crawled all the way in his lap. Atlas wrapped his arms around me and I tucked my face in the crook of his neck. Sighing I placed a small kiss to his neck and he began running his hands up and down my back and leg. "You smell so good." I whispered in his ear.

Atlas chuckled and it rumbled his whole body. "Thanks babygirl." He said and then his hands came up to the tied string around my back. "Did you have to wear something so sexy today?" He groaned quietly.

"Here I am, all beat up, and you're telling me I'm sexy." I said with a laugh.

"You are always sexy to me." He said honestly and then kissed the side of my head. "Rest now. If you fall asleep I'll take care of you don't worry." He told me.

I nodded and relaxed against him. My body feels exhuasted. I'm not sure how Atlas knew I was so tired, but I am. I let out a small yawn making Atlas chuckle. Then I drifted off to sleep.

"What the f**k do you mean she was beat up?"

Is that Leo?

"Shhh, you're going to wake her up." Milo told him.

My eyelids fluttered open but I groaned at the light. I rolled over and tucked my face into the pillow next to me. My body feels like I was hit by a damn truck. Milinda got me good this time. "What the fuck happened?" Leo's voice floated to my ears. He's quieter but still sounds super pissed.

"We were just going for a walk and five cheerleaders stopped us. I kind of started it." Lila said.

I scoffed quietly. She did not start it. They could have left us alone and they didn't. They also didn't have to all gang up on us either. "You started it?" I heard Caleb ask.

"Well, kind of. I mean, if I would have kept my mouth shut then maybe they would have left us alone or let us walk off." Lila said.

No they wouldn't of. Lila has to know that. Milinda and Vanessa have it out for me. No way they would have let us just walk away. "Was Milinda and Vanessa there?" Leo asked.

"Yeah, Milinda was the one that landed all the blows. Vanessa kicked her before they walked off though." Lila said.

"They wouldn't have let you guys leave. This wasn't your fault Li." Oliver told her.

"Who else was there?" Caleb asked.

"That one crazy chick you told me about. I don't know her name or the other two girls." Lila said.

The room went quiet for a moment. I tried to peek my eyes open again, but the light hurt too much. Screw this, I'm going back to sleep.

"How is she?" Leo asked.

"She has a lot of bruising." Milo said. "I'm not a doctor, but I don't think anything is broken. She's probably going to be in a lot of pain for a few days though. Her ribs are all bruised up." He said. "What should we do? She doesn't want us to tell her parents." Oliver asked.

"How would your parents react Caleb?" Leo asked him.

Caleb sighed. "They have no idea what Millie has been going through. My mom knows that Millie and Vanessa aren't friends anymore but she doesn't understand why. Millie never wanted them to know because she didn't want to cause more trouble or make them worry." He said. "If they find out that Millie got beat up... Especially now that their fancy lawyer friends are in town... They would definitely take action." He concluded.

"Millie doesn't want that." Atlas added.

He was right. I didn't want that. It would only cause more drama and more problems. I'm dealing with teenagers and no lawyer was going to stop them. Well, at least not Milinda, that I was sure of.

"Milo, are your parents coming home tonight?" Leo asked.

"Mom called a little bit ago and said that they are getting a hotel for the night. Something about meeting a client tonight for a late dinner and Dad having to get to the office early in the morning." He replied.

"Caleb, do you think that your parents would let Millie stay with Lila tonight?" Leo asked.

"Probably." He said.

"And what are we supposed to tell our parents?" Lila asked.

"Let me handle it." Leo practically growled out at her.

It was quiet for a moment before I heard some shuffling.

"You're leaving?" Oliver asked.

"I'll be back." Leo replied.

He's leaving? Now? He doesn't even know I woke up yet.

"I think we should all stay together right now." Oliver said. There was something off about the way that he said that.

"I won't be long." Leo said.

Someone scoffed. "Let him go." Milo said. "We can handle our girl without him."

What was that about? Milo sounds mad, or maybe annoyed. And I was surprised that Leo didn't say anything back.

"Well, I'm going to call my parents for Millie. Maybe I can get them to let me stay too." Caleb said.

It went pretty quiet after that. I rolled onto my back and tried to open my eyes again. This time the light didn't hurt as bad. My head is throbbing, but at least I can see now.

I'm in a bedroom. The bed I'm on is large and super comfortable. It's deep red comforter is fluffy, and I'm happy to be under it. Looking around I could see a desk in the corner of the large room. A large flat screen TV is mounted in th corner of th room across from the bed. There is a bedside table next to the bed where my phone lays next to a picture. My eyes went wide as I took in the picture. It's one of the five of us. Milo is holding the camera up. I'm sandwhiched between Oliver and Atlas, with Leo on the end next to Atlas. I smiled at it. Milo printed off that picture of us?

"What are we going to do about him?" I heard Oliver ask.

"I say let him dig his own hole." Milo replied.

"You guys can't be mad at him forever." Oliver said.

"Watch me." Milo replied.

Someone sighed. I looked around and didn't see them. They must be in the hallway. I was debating on going out there or staying where I am. This bed is super comfortable, but then the door opened.

Milo walked in and our eyes connected. He blessed me with that dazzeling smile and shut the door behind him. Then, he walked over to me and sat on the edge of his bed.

"How are you feeling cupcake?"