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Chapter 17

So, I have decided to change things up a little bit and make this chapter in Will's point of view.

  Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think.

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  It's bothering me right now and it hasn't stopped since I got out of her car. Actually, this feeling I've had hasn't gone away since she has started going out with Ethan. I was angry when Alice agreed to go out with him. Can't she see that it bothers me?

  You may be thinking that it's not up to me, but I have feelings for Alice. I have since we were little. I left when I found her kissing this one dude. It still makes me a little angry. I know it hurt her too when I left. Some of my friends told me she wasn't the same Alice. I feel guilt, sadness, and regret. I shouldn't have left. She didn't even want to kiss the dude I found out when I got back. I felt like an idiot.

  We started hanging out again and the more we did hang out, the more my feelings grew even more. Alice is so beautiful. The most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life. She gets this little dimple on her cheeks when she smiles and her eyes light up like the stars in the sky. Alice makes me want to be a better person and I want to show her the world.

I always find myself just looking at her and she doesn't notice. She is so beautiful, and not just because her looks. But, she's mad at me. I can tell. I've been avoiding her because her and Ethan are going out. I don't want to say something that could hurt her feelings, so I'm just choosing to stay away right now. I could try to move on, but I can't.

  Realizing that avoiding her is wrong took me a little bit to figure out. It's been weeks and she probably won't forgive me, but I have to try and I have to tell her that I'm sorry.

Hopping up from the couch, I grabbed my jacket and walked out the front door to head to Alice's house. She doesn't live too far and I could be there just before the storm. The rocks and dirt crunch under my feet as I walk. The thunder rumbles in the sky and the wind blows all over and scatters all the dead leaves on the ground.

  It took about fifteen minutes for me to get to her house. The rain began to pour from the sky and I had just made it in time before I get too wet. I walked up the front porch steps and knocked on the door. I know she is home because her car is in the driveway and she would never leave the house in a storm like this and when all of the horses are in the stable alone.

  I waited a couple minutes and knocked again. Alice didn't answer, so I turned the knob and sure enough, it's unlocked. I stepped in and called out for Alice. Walking throughout the house, she didn't respond and I couldn't find her anywhere. She might be in the stables. I opened the front door again and stepped out. It's raining harder now and I can barely see anything from it. I put my hood up on my head and ran to the direction of the stables.

  Stumbling, tripping, and trying my best to see, I finally see the stables. I run as fast as I can when I see a drenched and unconscious Alice on the ground. She's got blood trailing down her head. I pick her up and make my way back to the house.

  Alice still has not stirred or woken up by time I set her on the living room couch. I grab a rag and wipe the blood from her head. I try nudging and talking to Alice to wake her up, but she doesn't. She begins trembling, probably from being cold. Her wet clothes cling to her body. Her wet hair clings to her face too.

She needs to get out of these clothes or she's going to get really sick. I really have no other option but to change her into different clothes. No one would be able to be here for a couple hours. I just won't look. I ran up to Alice's room and grabbed a t-shirt, and a pair of sweat pants. I also grabbed a blanket to put on her.