Shane runs over to me and pulls me to my feet. At this point I get a proper look at Lisa's face and instead of anger, I feel a bit sorry for her. Her eyes are red and puffed, her make up is running down her cheeks, her blond hair looks like a birds nest and she is shaking like she has just seen a ghost! I can feel Shane's arm move around my waist and tighten as we both stand there and look at Lisa.
"Lisa, WHAT THE F**K?" He says, as he does, he steps in front of me as if to shield me from what is about to happen next. Lisa's knees give way and she falls to the floor in tears but Shane still stands by me.
"I'm so sorry Shane, I never wanted this to happen. I just got so angry that this little bitch stole you from me!" Oh wait, I don't feel sorry for her I just hate her!
"Lisa, I'm sorry, nothing happened between us, not yet. I needed to know how Alice felt and then I was going to tell that I just don't have feelings for you anymore!" I can hear the sadness in his voice. I discreetly grab his hand and squeeze gently to let him know that I am here. I let go of his hand and walk over to where Lisa is sitting, crying on my floor. I glance back at Shane to see him with a worried look on his face. I turn back to face Lisa and crouch down to er level. All of my hate for her was overflowing but, for Shane's sake, I held it all back for this moment.
"Lisa, I'm sorry this has happened. I didn't mean to steal Shane away from you but you just have to accept that it is over." That sounded harsh but I didn't want to lie to her and tell her, oh yes this is all fine lets be friends! I see her eyes filling with tears, I lean in to give her a hug but she just pushes me back and stands up. Shane then helps me up once again and we stand in front of her hand in hand.
"Fine. I see how it is! Shane, you won't get me back. As soon as I walk out of this door, you would have lost me!" I can tell that Lisa is really trying to get Shane back but I am past the point of caring! There is silence in the small hallway for a few minutes and then Lisa turns to leave. Shane and I both sigh in relief but I think she has heard us as she turns around to face us once more.
"Oh and by the way Shane, don't come back to the house, ever! I will drop all of your stuff off later." She finally turns and slams the door behind her. I look at Shane and I feel a smile creep onto my face. I can feel him staring at me but I don't want to look round. Shane turns my chin so that I am facing him. He too is smiling.Our faces get closer so that our foreheads are touching. He leans forward and places a kiss on my lips. It only lasts a few seconds but it feels like hours. We pull away from the kiss and laugh about what just happened.
"Is it okay if I stay here?" Shane finally asks. I just nod, kiss his cheek and lead him back to the living room. All we have to do now is wait for Lisa's return to drop Shane's things off. We again sit in silence on the sofa wondering what to say to each other.
"Shane, are you okay with what's happened? I know you two were very close." I say to him, he is never this quiet.
"Yea, yea I'm fine. I have you now any way." I can't help but blush when he says that. I try to hide the fact that I am turning bright red but he notices.
"Don't try to hide it, it's cute!" This just makes me blush even more. We spend the rest of the afternoon talking about ourselves, getting to know each other. Learning about each others families, favourite colours, animals, movies, music and such. I could happily stay in this moment forever but then there is a knock at the door. Shane gets up to answer it this time. I agree that I don't want to be punched in the face again. But luckily it was the delivery guy as we had ordered pizza. I start to think about Lisa. Today must have been hard on her, I mean she went out with her boyfriend and lost him on the very same day. I can tell they were good friends. Shane walks back in the room with two large pizza boxes. We flick though the channels on the TV but there really isn't anything good on so we just leave it on the new. Pretty boring but there we go. We start to talk again about things that have happened over the past couple of day but we are interrupted by the new woman. "There is heavy traffic going eastbound due to a serious car accident involving a young woman in her 20s. She has now been taken to hospital with serious injuries." We both just sit there in silence, not eating, just staring. Coud it have been Lisa? I was starting to s=wonder why she was late with Shane's things. I turn my pale, shocked face to look at Shane who has the same expression.
"Shane? Do you think..." I start but before I could finish, his phone starts to ring. We both snap our heads to face the buzzing Iphone. The caller ID is an unknown number. I take Shane's hand and squease it softly to reasure him. "Answer it Shane." I finally say. I can take much more of the buzzing. He picks up the phone, swpies his finger accross the screen and answers the call.
"H...hello?" his voice is shakey. I once again squease his hand. "Yes I am Shane...well not any more but....yes, I do...are you sure?...okay, I will be there in a few, can I bring a friend?...Okay thank you very much." He ends the call and just looks at the black screen of his phone.
"Shane, what's wrong?" I start to worry more and more. I have never seen Shane this shaken up before. "Shane, is it Lisa?" My voice starts to shake now too, wondering what the answer to my question was going to be. He looks up into my eyes and nods. Tears start to fill my eyes and they overflow within a few seconds. Shane pulls me in for a hug. He hugs me so tightly that I feel safer than I have ever been before.
"What's wrong Alice. It's not like you made her crash. She was just being stupid that's all." He tries to reasure me but it isn't working. I do feel to blame for what happened to her.
"I drove her to do it though. I stole her boyfriend from her!" I manage to say through my tears. A small smile creeps on to his face. I have no idea why he is smiling, his ex girlfriend is in hospital and he only broke up with a few hours ago!
"Well, the truth is that when you saw us in starbucks, she was breaking up with me."
"But then why did she come over here and ounch me in the face?" this just didn't make nay sense.
"Because, she is jealous, that's why!" I can't help but let out a little laugh and within the space of 5 minute, we are both cracking up! "Right, well we should get going," Shane sayd as he wipes a tear from under his eye.
"Go where?" He never gave me he details of the phone call which I assume was the hospital but we could be going any where knowing shane!
"The hospital has asked me to come and visit Lisa for a bit as her family is out of town for a few days. Asked if I could bring you and they said yes."
"No, you asked if you could bring a friend!"
"well you are my friend. You are my girlfriend." Him calling me his girlfriend gives my little butterflies. He leans over and plants a little kiss on my cheek. He then gets up and gets his keys, I just follow. We get into his car and drive to the hospital.
Once we get there, we walk in to a very crowded waiting room and go over to the lady at the desk.
"Hello, we are here to visit Lisa Schwartz. She was in the car accident." I'm glad Shane has this under control. The nurse stands up and leads us to where Lisa is being treated. The nurse tells us that she is in pretty bad shape and that we need to be prepared as she isn't the same as we remember her. Shane and I both agree and follow the lady into Lisa's room. We both gasp at the sight of her poor mangled body lying on the hospital bed. She has bruises and scratches all over her face and arms. But as I scan her arms, I notice that she is chained to the bed with shiny, metal handcuffs.
"Excuse me," I call after the nurse. "What are they for?" I ask, pointing to the cuffs that are tight around Lisa's wrists.
"For security reasons honey. This is a dangerous one. Threw a metal chair at one of the doctors and she almost made the ambulance crash." Shane and I are once again in shock. I never thought Lisa is anything like that, thought she did punch me in the face. We get called outside as the doctor goes in to do routine checks. I look up at Shane who is surprisingly calm for what is happening. He looks down at me and gives me a reassuring smile. I smile back at him. All of a sudden, we hear a loud crash and a scream coming from Lisa's room. All of us, including other doctors and nurses run over to see what all of the fuss is about. As the nurse opens the doors, we see the doctor knocked out on the floor and Lisa is gone!
