Part II:
The Lovers
"Go wipe your face, whore, you're pathetic."
The words stung Mindy, enough that she went back to her original seat. The gorgeous blonde sat there, taking in nothing, yet still looking regal and torn just as before.
Bethany pushed back on the door, making sure it latched shut. She took in the drab décor of the motel room, questioning why she'd even come back to such a place, while at the same time she wondered why her emotions were in such a twist. Nothing made sense any more.
Bethany went and took a seat on the edge of the bed. The mattress felt like wood. They were two Queens, one about to lose her crown, and they were both reflecting on their past, their present, and especially on their future.
Mindy had just expressed herself in a way that Bethany had never seen before. She'd given up a secret that Bethany could easily plunge a dozen daggers into. Mindy had just shown her worst enemy exactly how she could be destroyed, and she'd done it willingly.
Bethany, finally, after so many months of adversity, dropped her guard. Here was her equal baring her all to her, so Bethany at least owed her that much. "I can't believe you whores fucked your own fathers like that, and in record time too. Whole lot of fucking going on."
Mindy laughed out, only to stifle her noise with her hand and start sobbing a moment later.
"Why are you still crying like that?"
Through a choked, cracked voice, Mindy said, "I never... I never understood that I did it all for you. Not until yesterday. Not until Shelly told me to take a good look at myself."
"Well, you're barking up the wrong tree." Bethany snapped, partially reverting back to her Alpha Female persona. "I've never wanted to bang a chick in my entire life, and I certainly wouldn't want to bang a whore like you."
"That's why this is so hard." Mindy half-whispered back. "I was saying the same thing up until yesterday. You and I know both know that my Heartbreakers destroyed your Fillies, and that I destroyed you. After today, there can be no more rivalry, because you'll never be able to counter what my girls did, never in a million years. It's all over, and the fact that it's over means that I'll never have you, because I reached a level that you're never going to match."
"Then why are you over there bawling your eyes out, while I'm over here not giving a shit about it?"
"Because when I destroyed you, I was so blind and stupid that I ended up destroying myself, too."
Bethany thought she should leave, but she'd tried that already, hadn't she? If she walked out that door again, she'd only walk a few yards away and then stop. Her inner turmoil would force her to reconsider and come back. She still didn't understand what was prompting her to stay.
Mindy knew exactly what her rival was thinking. "Pretend we don't go to the same high school. Pretend we're not in charge of the most popular clubs in school. Pretend that we go to a different school, in a different city, and that we bumped into each other under entirely different circumstances. Don't you see? If you take away what's all around us, we still have You and Me. We were meant for each other, and we're always going to be meant for each other. You said it yourself, you can't exist without me and I can't exist without you. By doing what I did with the Heartbreakers, I broke that connection. I ruined it! That means we've become separate now. We won't have another chance to be together until I don't know when, for good or for bad."
Bethany crossed her arms, only to notice how warm the room was. She stood up and unzipped her jacket, because she didn't think she'd be leaving that room for a while, even if it was an ugly, cheap room. Relenting, she removed her jacket and tossed it onto the second empty chair, before she sat back on the edge of the bed.
"I don't know why, but I understood everything you just said." Bethany admitted. "I've always known about that connection, between you and I. I believed you when you said you loved me. I just... don't understand what I'm supposed to do about it."
"You're supposed to walk away and be who you are. I'm supposed to move into the shadows and become a broken doll. The fulcrum should have gone in my favor, but it didn't. It's leaning towards you."
"Nobody outside this room knows that."
"Nobody outside this room matters."
"Are we supposed to sit here and see if we have a moment together? Is that what you're hoping for?"
"Up until yesterday, I hated you with every fiber of my being." Mindy admitted. "I mean, I wanted to see you dragged in the gutter and humiliated in front of the whole world. And that's what I did to you, and you and I both know it. Like I said, now that I realize why I felt that way, it's like a polar opposite. My brain and my body weren't ready for that kind of reversal. They still aren't ready. That's why this is tearing me apart."
"I feel nothing for you."
Mindy laughed again. "You don't understand how much of a reflection you are of me, up until yesterday. Just a few days ago, Shelly drove me into the school parking lot and we messed around. She was trying to find out if I was bisexual, I guess. I pulled up my shirt to show her my tits. I felt nothing for her, too. The whole time I was thinking about you, and about how I wanted to make you miserable."
Bethany had turned to look at a wall, as Mindy had done ever since she'd gotten to that motel room. This was because Bethany had an unexpected reaction to when Mindy mentioned revealing her tits. In her mind, the redhead imagined that it was her driving Mindy into the school parking lot, with the intention of messing around with her, instead of Shelly.
Disoriented, Bethany stood up, crossed her arms over her chest, and stepped as far away from Mindy as the small room allowed her to.
"Why haven't you gone yet?" Mindy asked.
"Because I'm trying to figure out a way to keep the Fillies going, now that you're telling me you're going to let your club fall apart." Bethany blurted out, much too fast. She tensed up for a moment, because after everything that Mindy had told her, her rival deserved to hear the truth. "No, that was a lie. I'm still here because you've confused me. Part of it has to do with our clubs, and part of it has to do with you and me. I'm having trouble separating the two things right now."
"Pretend the clubs don't exist." Mindy replied. "Pretend this is our whole universe, right here in this dingy little room."
"Okay, then what?"
"It becomes simple. Tell me you don't love me."
Bethany started laughing. "I don't love you. I don't even like you!"
"Say it to my face."
Bethany looked back at her nemesis. Mindy was standing now. The blonde with the tear-streaked eyes strode forward by a few feet and stopped.
"Come over here and say it to my face, bitch." Mindy dared.
