I Love You, Kevin Hends

Chapter Sixteen

The police arrive at the office about ten minutes after May hangs up.
It was a grueling hour of talking to the police while they talked to Addison and to us, separately of course.  It took another ten minutes after that before the police did something. They did something that Addison never saw coming. And it brought joy to the face of Kevin, Anthony, myself, and of course May, who Addison had almost stabbed.

"I swear it wasn't me!" Addison screams as they handcuff her and lead her out of the building. "I am innocent!" She continues to protest.

"Are you ok?" I ask May after Addison and the police are gone. "Been better." May replies. I notice something on her arm. "May, what is that?" I say with great concern. Kevin and Anthony look as well. May holds up her arm. There is a cut that looks pretty nasty. "May you should get that looked at. You might need stitches." Kevin says. "I probably should." May replies. "Let's go. I'll drive you to the emergency room." Kevin says.

We rode to school in Kevin's car today so it only made sense that we drove to the emergency room in it.

It took twenty minutes to get signed in at the emergency room and another fifty to get in to get May's arm examined. Kevin was right. May did need stitches.

May's hospital bill was through the roof. All four of us had to put in for the bill. It was more than I make at the library in a year.  So unfortunately I spent almost all of it here. 

"Thanks guys." May says as we get in the car. "I know this was probably the last thing you wanted to do today." She adds. It was the last thing, but we don't tell her that. We drop May off at her house. Then Anthony. Finally we get to my house and Kevin drops me off. "Bye." He says to me as he drives away. "Bye." I say before he is gone.

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Kevin and I have been dating for over a month now. It has been the first relationship I have had that has lasted this long. It is nearing the end of December.

It is the morning of the first day of the last week of school before holiday break. I don't get why they changed it from Christmas break to holiday break I mean come on. It is the same fucking thing. Almost. I mean yeah it is a little different but it really is for Christmas time. On a different note, it is my eighteenth birthday. I don't tell anyone. I don't know if anyone knows.

Kevin picks us up in his car before school. May and Anthony go into the school. Kevin stops me before I get to the front doors. "Babe." He says. I stop. "I wanted to says something." He goes on. I speak. "What is it?" I ask. "Is something wrong?" He chuckles. "Actually everything is great." He says. He reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a small box. A jewelry box. Does this mean what I think it means?