I'm Your Cure (SMHG SEQUEL)

Chapter 23

Calum's POV
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"Where am I meeting this guy?" I asked Brittany as we walked down the hospital hallway.

"Across town in the parking lot by the airport." She said.

"Why there?"I asked.

"I told him I'd pick him up from his friends house there, maybe I should go with you." She said as I stopped and turned to her and put my hands of each side of her waist, "I can't let you get hurt."

"I won't come in I'll wait in the car." She reasoned.

I sighed in defeat, "Fine. But you need to stay in the car."

She nodded as we walked out and went to her car.

My mind was being a doubting Thomas and racing through everything that could go wrong or that this could be a set up or that I could end up getting us both hurt.

But, my heart was burning with passion telling me to do it.

And as I was always told, I'm going to listen to my heart.

Even if my mind was trying to take over.

This was for her.

She was worth it.

And maybe, I'd get a shot.

But even if I didn't I'd still be doing a noble thing for a beautiful girl and saving her from this guy.

We drove in silence as she fidgeted with her hands and tapped her foot in an anxious manner.

I knew she was nervous.

Hell, even I was nervous.

But it took a good twenty minutes to get across town anyway, so I had time to think.

I racked up my thoughts and decided this was hopefully going to pay off in either satisfaction of saving her or the happiness of maybe a new relationship.

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We drove in nervous silence until we finally reached our destination.

And now...we were here.

I pulled into the empty parking lot with unease immediately filling me to the brim.

I looked around as Brittany looked to the building behind us and saw this Xander character leaning against it as she looked back to me.

"So, this parking lot is straight out of a horror movie..." I said my throat feeling tight at the thought.

"I know, I'm sorry. His friends live in some very sketchy areas." She apologized in the passenger seat.

I took a deep breath and unlocked my door, "Stay in the car. No matter what. Stay here."

She nodded as I got out and shut the door.

I nervously approached the building Xander was leaning on and when I was far away enough from the car I called his name, "Excuse me? Xander?"

"Who the fuck are you?" He mumbled clearly drunk.

"My name's Calum. I have to talk with you." I said trying to stay calm as I got closer.

He walked over to me and was taller than me by a few inches.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"For Brittany" I thought to myself before calmly speaking.

"I'm here to tell you that you no longer have a girlfriend and you need to stay away from her."

He laughed, "You're funny, you know you'd make a great comedian."

My God this guy was hammered.

"I'm not kidding."  I said as his amusement turned immediately to anger.

His eyes seemed to burn with hatred and his hands turned into fists.

I was fucked.

"Where the hell is that little slut?!" He screamed at me and pushed me.

I came back, "Don't get violent with me. I'm just here to tell you."

He shoved me again, "What are you going to do about it?"

I came back calmly once again getting irritated as he kept shoving me.

That's it.

I lost it.

I came at him and punched him and he shoved me harder going to knock me down and stepped hard on my ankle as I heard a snap.

"Fuck!" I yelled as pain shot through like hellfire in my leg.

He picked up an empty glass bottle that he had laying next to him and chucked it at my head as I laid on the ground in pain.

The glass shattered and cut my face in a few spots but didn't meet the pain amounts that was going through my leg.

"Xander don't touch him!" I heard Brittany yell as both Xander and my own eyes darted directly to her.

"Ah, there she is...guess you'll get a live show." He smirked at me.

"Don't you dare touch her!" I yelled as he walked toward her and she backed away.

"Brittany run!" I yelled as I tried to get to my feet.

She started to run but Xander's strides were bigger than hers and he immediately caught up to her.

He grabbed her by her hair and slammed her to the ground as he kicked her.

I didn't even remember getting up but I did and I had a shard of glass in my hand.

I grabbed Xander's shoulder and pulled him away from her but he immediately punched me and got me down to the ground once again.

I was in so much pain it was unreal.

But surprisingly this is what I wanted.

I wanted him to get me down to the ground so I could execute my next plan.

I took the shard to glass and stabbed it directly through his sneaker and foot.

"Fuck!! Fucking asshole!!" He yelled in sheer pain as I picked myself up with every ounce of capability I had and limped horrible as I shoved Xander down.

He bashed his head on the concrete and passed out.

Drunk and now unconscious with a bloody foot.

I was breathing super hard and black started to creep into my vision.

No.

I couldn't let this take over.

I limped to Brittany who was pulling herself up carefully holding her side.

"We need to get back to the hospital." She said gritting her teeth.

"Go get in the car. Call 911 and tell them you saw a man in this parking lot passed out and give them the address so they'll come get him." I directed painfully as she nodded and got to the drivers side knowing I wasn't going to be able to drive.

I heard her talking to the operator and give them the address as I limped to the passenger side and we immediately sped off.

I can't believe I stabbed a guy...let alone in the foot.

It was silent as we drove to the ER because after what just happened.

It was too painful to say anything anyway.

She parked the car and helped each other in and then we're parted separate ways as they took me in a wheel chair down one hall and her in a wheel chair the other way.