How To Save A Life

Chapter 14

Sean did take care of Scott for Mavis. After I returned to the living room and told Sean what happened, he stormed out of the house without saying much besides a few profanities. I didn't hear from him until one the next morning.
I woke up to annoying vibrations coming through my pillow. I fished my phone out from under my pillow and checked the caller ID. It was Sean, but in my tired state I couldn't comprehend why he was calling this late, or early, in the day. Regardless, I answered the phone.

"Hello? You know it's past one right? I was asleep." I answer, slightly disgruntled.

"I just wanted to tell you I talked to Scott." He replied, as if that was supposed to mean something to me.

"Okay? About what?"

"The situation with Mavis. I told him it was a terrible thing to do and that if he ever does something like that I will get his parents involved. I can't believe I was friends with that guy."

"Get his parents involved? What are they gonna do? And what do you mean was friends?"

"You've never met his parents, but their scary. Both lawyers and both ruthless. If they talk to him about it, you can be sure it won't happen again."

"Well that's nice. But you still didn't answer my question about the 'was' friends. What does that mean?" I ask again, hoping he'll answer this time.

"It means I'm not friends with him anymore." He replies hesitantly.

"What? You can't give up your only friend for me. Even if he is a jerk."

"I don't want to be friends with a jerk. Plus, I have other friends."

"Well then why haven't I heard of them?"

"Because I haven't talked to them recently. I'll talk to them again when my parents finally let me go back to school." He says exasperatedly.

"I thought you liked not going to school? If you go to school you don't get to spend all day with me anymore." I say, slightly hurt by his need to get away from me.

"It's not that I don't want to see you, but I want to get back to learning. I need to graduate and go to college."

"You could always homeschool with me. You sit through all my lessons when you come over anyway."

"That's all stuff I learned last year. Look, I really don't think it's that big of a deal if I go back to school. We'll stay friends and you can focus more on Mavis. She really needs you right now. I'll still visit you everyday, just not all day." His spiel brought me to the realization that I was being kind of ridiculous.

"Oh my gosh. I'm being so needy aren't I. I'm sorry. It's late and it's been a long day. I'm not that clingy I swear." I apologize profusely.

"Oh no it's fine. Don't worry about it, I just don't want you to be upset. But you're right about it being late, we should probably go to bed now."

"Yeah we probably should, goodnight."

"Goodnight. I'll see you tomorrow." He says, then hangs up.

It was already two by the time we got off the phone, but I'd been fully woken up and I wasn't going to fall back to sleep. I figured I should check on Mavis.

I walk to her room and open the door to peek inside. She's asleep on her bed with a book open on chest; she must have fell asleep reading. I pick up the book to check the cover. Nicholas Sparks; she was always a hopeless romantic. I take the book with me, she doesn't need to be reading this after the terrible date she just went on, and hide it in my room.

I lay back down in bed, but my mind is still active. Why would Sean give up his only friend for me? I know he likes me, but I didn't realize he liked me that much. I'm not even his girlfriend, although it certainly seemed like it with how clingy I was earlier. Maybe he's trying to prove himself to me. Well he doesn't have to, he's already better than any guy I've ever befriended. Maybe he doesn't understand that the problem isn't him, it's Mavis.

Not that Mavis is a problem, but having to have an eye on her all the time is. If only my parents weren't so incompetent, then I could have a normal relationship with my sister and with a guy.

Mavis did want to be alone tonight though, she took care of herself, so maybe she doesn't need me anymore. Maybe she's starting to take of herself and I can have a normal relationship with a guy. I'll never know if I don't try, so maybe I'll tell Sean that I'll be his girlfriend. No, I'll definitely tell Sean that I'll be his girlfriend, as long as he's still interested.
Coming to this conclusion seemed to be just what I needed to fall asleep. The last thing I think before falling into comatose is that Sean would be a good boyfriend.