Fighter

Chapter 24

You'll figure out who this is in this chapter--->
Today's the day where I finally beat the crap out of 'Killers' ass. Darron doesn't know I'm going, no one does really. I told them I'm not going. Mom woke up late last night, the doctors say she's lucky.

She would have died had it not been for me finding her. I will make the bastards pay for what they did to her. I know I'm ready even if Darron doesn't think so. I'm ready and I'm not backing down. No matter what.

I look down at my phone, I keep reading the text message from Clarkson that I received this morning.

Be here by 6 tonight.
From: Clarkson

Mom's expecting me at 4 today. I'm gonna swing by there it might be the last time I see her. If I loose they probably wouldn't let me come home. I don't know what would happen if I lost? I take a deep breath in and out. I look at the time and see it's 15:45 might as well be early.

I get into my newly fixed car and drive to the hospital with 5 minutes to spare. I greet the receptionist and walk to my mom's room. I walk in and see her already in tears.

I rush over to her and climb into the bed. I pull her into my embrace. "It's okay mom he's in a better place now. Sshh it's okay." I whisper in her ear while petting her hair.

"He was so young! Why, why did he have to be taken away from us! He was such a good kid, I just don't get why he had to leave?" It broke my heart to see her like this. Him and her had such a special bond. Only one that they could form. I know it would never be possible for me to fill up that missing part of her heart but I try and I know she's thankful for it.

"I don't know mom why, but if I could I would swap places with him. He would be alive and I would be gone. You'd have him-" I'm cut off by a slap over the head.

"Don't you ever say that! I would be exactly the same if it were the other way around. I am sorry for what I said the other day, letting you think that I wish it was you and not him. I didn't mean it sweety. I am so sorry." She cries and attacks me with a bone crushing hug.
"Thank you mom, but I forgave you the minute you said it." I return the hug and we just cry into each others shoulders. My phone suddenly begins to ring. I pull it out and see its Dalton's number.

"Hey Dalton. You guys almost here?"

"Sorry Tori but we can't make it at all tonight. I know we promised to be there but we just can't make it. Sorry" He then hangs up.

I move the phone away from my ear and just stare at it. They're not coming? Why? They said they would, they promised they would. They know how I feel about promises.

I dial the next person I'm expecting to be here.

"Hey Jen where are you?"

"Oh I'm about 40 minutes away. I see you then?"

"Yeah see you then." I hang up and sigh. I know I won't be here when she arrives. "Everything okay sweety?" Mom asks and looks up at me. I silently nod and we leave it at that.

We spend the rest of the time remaining eating ice cream that I brought and watching movies while crying. I eventually got her to sleep and I slipped out of the room quietly. I'm just about to make it out of the hospital when I hear a familiar voice.

"Where you going Tori?" Jen asks. I look at her but don't answer. "You're going to that fight aren't you?" She sighs and pinches the bridge if her nose. "Okay fine go Tori. I'll watch over your mom but promise me you'll make them pay for hurting her. And I won't tell anyone else where you are, but the guys are gonna see you."

My heads snaps towards her. "The guys? What do you mean?" She gives me a confused look but then it seems like something clicks in her head. "They didn't tell you." She says and shakes her head in disappointment.