Chapter twenty three

Slowly...ending...

       I was running. I had left Sophie laying there, and was running out of the alley, looking for help. I ran to the convienience store across the street from my apartment,and opened the front door. I emediatly saw the clirk, who was standing behind his counter, ringing someone up. "Sir!" I yelled, "sir, please help me! There's a girl out there in the alley, and she's injured! Please sir, call 911!". I was still crying by then, and I was making quite a seen. Still, the clirk made no attempt to even reach for the phone. "What're you just standing around for? She needs help sir! You have to call an ambulance, now! She's unconcous!" I screamed. He just stood there.

"Why should I help you? Your the girl  who always comes in here, shoplifts, then runs away like a coward. So why should I help you?" he said. I suddenly remembered that I used to come into that store all the time and steal stuff, and I'd always get away with it. "Please, sir! I'm not asking you, I'm begging! Please! Help her! Don't do it for me. Do it for the injured girl out there, who needs your help! Please sir!" I said.

Finally, the clirk sighed, and reached for the cordless phone hanging on the store wall. He called 911, reported the accident, hung up, and turned to me. "

" How old is the girl out there?"

"She's 14 years old, sir"

"What happend to her?"

"She got beaten up by a gang, sir"

"I reckon you got beat too?"

"Yes, I did sir. but I'm fine. Just a little shaken up, thats all"

"Good thing."

"I'm sorry I shoplifted here, sir. Really, I am"

"It's ok. All in the past"

"Thankyou, sir. I have to go now"

"Alright. Bye"

"Bye".

I ran out the door, right to the alley. I saw Sophie, still laying there, bleading from her nose. I knelt down, and asked her if she was awake yet. I got no reply, so that was an obvious answer. A few minutes later, the ambulance showed up, followed by a police car, and a fire truck. They put Sophie in a streacher, and I was questioned by a police officer, as to what had happend to her. I told him about the gang, and how they had beaten both of us up. He asked me if I was ok, and then he told me that I was alloud to ride in the ambulance with Sophie if I wanted to. So I did. 

 

      A few hours later, I was sitting in a waiting room of the hospital, waiting to see Sophie. Her parents were there too, along with Blake. I had told them the whole story, and her mother had started crying. I wanted to see Sophie so bad, but her parents were supposed to go before me, since they were her parents. We waited there, in awkword silence, until a nurse came out and told her parents that they could go in, leaving me and Blake alone. Then, it was just us. We sat there in silence, until blake finally said something. 

"Were you scared?"

"Yeah, I guess"

"Oh. So, why did they beat you up?"

"It was my fault. I'm the reason she's in here"

"Really? But you did'nt do anything"

"Yes, I did. They were mad at me, because I was skipping out on all the gang meetings, and I was gonna leave the gang. So they beat me"

"That's stupid. They should have just minded they're own buisiness, and left you alone"

"Yeah, but it's not all they're fault. It was partially mine, because I did'nt heed they're warnings. I selfishly put Sophie in danger".

There was a pause. then he finally said, "She does'nt blame you, y'know. Sophie, I mean. she would never blame you for this". He turned to me, and looked me in the eyes. "She loves you, Alex. She does'nt see it as your fault, I know she would'nt. She talks about you all the time. during dinner, when she gets home from school, all the time! So she would never blame you for this. Your like the big sister she never had!". 

He sat there, and stared at me with his beautiful blue eyes, just like his sister's. 

"Think about it, Alex. She loves you. Your her best friend. Before she met you, she never really had any friends. So don't blame yourself for this. Just don't", he said. 

I wanted to reach out to him, to touch him, to tell him how I felt. But I just could'nt find the right words. Then, out of the blue, he leaned towards me, and lightly kissed me on the lips! Then, he smiled at me, and sat back in his chair. 

I was in shock. Had he just done, what I thought he did? Had he really just kissed me? Me? The girl who was feared by her classmates, ostricised by her teachers, and ignored by her mother? Me? I could'nt believe what just happend. I was pleasently shocked, and surprised. I had gotten my first kiss on such a mournfull day. But atleast I knew that he had feelings for me too. Atleast my first love, was'nt one-sided.   

 

Author's Note

Almost done with this book!

Reviews

[Daydreamer54]

i thought this was really cute! And btw, you ended the scene at the store in a strange way. They should have at least brought the girl in or did something to help.