"Connor?" Kyle murmured, "CONNOR?!"
Kyle ran over to Connor and slid down to the ground. He was whispering something under his breath that I couldn't hear.
"Oh god, oh god ..." He held up one of Conner's limp arms out of shock and disbelief, "No, no, no, no, no. NO!"
What was Kyle freaking out about? I thought they hated each other. All of the sudden, I remembered the huge gash in my arm. Blood was dripping everywhere.
"Oh my lord-" I said to myself, looking down at the mess I had made.
Zane ran over to me and grabbed my arm, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," I dragged him with me to the small bathroom that was in the corner of the hospital room, "These cuts aren't though."
Zane shut the door behind us and locked it. I crouched down and started ravaging through the little storage space beneath the sink.
"Hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen ..." I muttered to myself as I savaged through the drawer.
Hydrogen peroxide and bandages. I kept my eyes peeled for either of those.
"That was impressive," Zane stated, gazing at me, "How did you manage to pull that one off?"
I chuckled, "I don't even know."
Finally, I found hydrogen peroxide and bandages.
I held them up in front of Zane, and his eyes widened.
"Should I go first?" I asked him.
"No," He insisted, "I'll do it."
"Alright," I said.
I handed Zane a small towel to squeeze to deal with the pain and positioned myself to try my best to clean the wound.
"You ready?" I wondered.
"Go for it." He told me, gripping the towel.
I took the washcloth soaked in hydrogen peroxide and dabbed his cut with it. I watched as he winced a few times, but he was fine. I wiped all of the dried blood off of his arm, and wrapped his wound with a few bandages. I told him he was done.
"Thank you." He smiled at me, "Does it hurt?"
"Does what hurt?" I asked.
"Your cheek." He slightly lifted my chin.
"Oh yeah-" I had completely forgotten about that.
Maybe it was his eyes that had distracted me from it. Any level of pain could be taken away with just a small glance from Zane Lennons.
"Its not as bad as it looks," I responded, staring at myself in the mirror, "I promise."
"You're not fooling anyone, Rae." He chuckled, picking up the bottle of hydrogen peroxide.
He dabbed a new washcloth with the liquid, and told me to prepare myself.
"I'm sorry if I somehow mess this up." He told me.
"I'm not worried at all." I gave him a smile.
_______________________________
"He's gonna be so mad." Kyle told us, slightly kicking Connor's limp leg.
"So what?" Zane mocked, "Since when do we care?"
"Well you should. I mean, what if he finds you guys again ... or something worse ..." Kyle trailed off.
YOU ARE READING
Perfect Places
RomanceIt's the summer before Senior year of high school for Rae and Zane. Things are different now, after what happened during their Junior year. They both know that things will never be the same, and are trying to make things just a little better. But, w...
