Break Me? No Thanks

Chapter VII

A Day I Wish To Forget (Flashback Unedited)

1 Year Earlier

I was walking home from High School, with my music playing in my ears. My eyes trailed on the cracked concrete sidewalk below me and the trees that lined it by the houses.

I could sense someone behind me but I just changed the song with my earbud controller and continued to walk.

I see a black SUV that was his coming up to the traffic light, but paid no attention to him and his friends.

But, all I felt next was a crunch of my body and nose especially hitting the concrete.

My earbuds fell out on my fall down, or my trip down rather. So now I can hear some people laughing.

I flip over into my back, clutching my face with my hand praying that my nose hadn't broken, to see the people who tripped me.

Of course it was Adam, Sky and Daniel.

"Awe, is the little girl hurt?" Adam cooed snakily.

I felt the hurtful throb of my nose and pulled my hand away to see my nose was bleeding... Definitely broken.

I struggled to stand up, my head pounding and vision tilting and blurry.

The guys continued to howl when they see my struggling, and push me back down.

"Is the little girl trying to get away?" Sky asked me.
"Are you ignoring us?" Daniel asked a few moments later when I didn't reply.

I stay silent, the blood now flowing through my fingers and onto the concrete.

"ANSWER ME!" Daniel screamed before kicking me on my side. I couldn't do anything.. I'm helpless in this state!

I try to scream, but Sky cuts me off by kicking my chest. "Shut it! DON'T YOU DARE SCREAM FOR HELP. You useless bitch!"

I start writhing under their punches and kicks, but I hear the sound of tires squealing under the pressure of a tight turn on the road.

I rotate my head slightly to see another SUV parking on the side of the road.

I squeeze my eyes shut as I hear a door being thrown open, slammed shut and a pair of feet running towards my attackers.

"Get the hell away from her, you assholes!" He screamed running towards up and stopping by my side.

I open my eyes to stare up at him, tears making my vision impossible, and I see him looking down at me, the sadness and anger evident in his pools of chocolate.

"Are you okay?" He crouched down, his face now close up to mine so I can feel his hot breath fan my face. 

I'm in too much shock to even speak so I stay silent and stare at him. My eyes most likely conveying my emotions even though they are swimming in and out of focus.  I can't see his features clearly.  

Only his brown eyes stand out..  There seem to be a hint of blue in them too.

His eyebrows furrow as he stands back up to his full height before stepping over me and swing his first knock-out punch into Adam's face.

He screams, I'm guessing in anger, and not in pain, but the sound gets drowned out by my ears starting to ring.

I'm guessing he is still beating them up since I see their blurry figures fall, one by one. Adam, Sky then Daniel.

I shut my eyes and whimper in pain. I try and curl into a fetus position, but I get lifted,carried bridal style by someone. I open my blurry eyes, releasing the tears that were built on my lash line.

I'm sat in the second SUV and the door is closed softly behind me. I see him getting in on the Driver's side and start the car.

"Stay awake for me Nicole." He leaned over and shook my shoulder softly, making my vision focus more on him.

"Don't you dare close your eyes. You hit your head and you broke your nose. I'm taking you to the hospital." His voice drown out from my ears ringing loudly again.

I whimper again in response and tried to cover my ears.

There is so much pain!

I could feel his eyes burning holes into my face as I feel my consciousness slowly slipping away.

I mumbled incoherent words, mostly because the pain my lungs were in since I couldn't take a deep enough breath.

"I guess they broke a rib or two, sweetheart.. and maybe your nose."  He laughed softly, no humor at all laced in his voice.

I opened my eyes again as I stared at him.  Brown eyes, the tinge of blue.   Cocky smile and the messy brown locks against his peachy colored skin.  His dimple was fuzzy but I could see it at the side of his lip. 

"Hey hey hey..."  He looked towards me, his eyes looking towards the road and back, "Don't give out on me now sweet pea."  

I kinda groaned at this, and in pain.  

We pulled up to the hospital 10 minutes later, and I was seated on an open bed as soon as the next one was available as I could unconsciously feel the blood flowing from my nose

Everything I could see, swam in a out of focus.  Everything seemed to stay just out of focus, even if I willed my eyes to try and focus just that little bit

I could feel my ribs somehow, and how my lungs pushed against the cracked ones.

The doctor came in and explained to the guy, how I am going for a urgent CT scan, and a X-ray for my nose.

I tried to stay awake through all of it, but at some point during my scans, I succumbed to the darkness.

I did wake up a few days later,  bruises covered almost every inch of my body and yet... I was never able to say thank you to the man who saved me, and I never saw him since that day.

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Angels <3