forever?

Lover Boy

Vera

He punched him. Alex punched him? I pull Alex's arm.

"C'mon, let's go!" We run and slide over the hood of Hunters' car so we can leave.

We reach the sidewalk and I get off my skateboard to walk, making him do the same.

"What was that all about?" I stop walking.

"What are you talking about?" He turns around.

"Why did you hit Hunter?"

He let out a sigh, "He was getting on my nerves and he wouldn't let go of you, I had to do something."

I look at him confused, "I can handle stuff on my own, I don't need you."

Shit that came out wrong.

He looked from the ground to look at me. Oh no. I saw the hurt in his eyes.

"I didn't mean it-"

"No, it's fine." He began to walk in the other direction, towards the street.

"Wait, Alex-"

Boom.

It was Hunter. He hit Alex with his car.

I scream, "Alex!"

I start running toward him, "Hey it's gonna be okay, look at me please." I say now crying.

There's blood. Everywhere. He runs his hand across my cheek to wipe away my tears but more just keeps coming down. He smiles weakly and starts to close his eyes.

"No no no, Alex look at me, don't close your eyes," I pick up his head so he can open his eyes but his eyes stay shut, "Please."

The headlights of Hunter's car shine on me and Alex's body. Then I notice there are people all around us.

"Someone please call an ambulance!" I now sob with my hand on his heart. It's beating. Slowly.

It's been 5 minutes. I hear the sirens.

"Vera-" Hunter begins to get out of his car and say, but I can't hear him.

Everything around me goes silent. My ears start to ring. The ambulance gets here and takes his body from my arms. They pull me up from the ground and I get into the ambulance with him.

As we're driving away I see a police car pull up next to Hunters' car. He is arrested and put into the back of the cop car.

I put my head in my hands. I can't stop crying.

It's been 15 minutes and we come to a stop. The back doors of the ambulance open, they take Alex out and I follow them.

They ask me how old he is. His birthday. His full name. What happened. But all I knew is what happened. I don't even know his full name as he knows mine. I don't know exactly how old he is but he knows how old I am.

I don't know anything.

A wave of hurt comes over me. The stress. The crying. Hunter. It all becomes too much for me.

I begin to feel dizzy. I know where this is going.

I fall to the floor, hitting my head on the ground. The last thing I see is the doctor rolling Alex into the surgery room.

Alex

I walked away from her and was heading home.

How could she say that, after everything that has been happening between us? Maybe it was nothing.