Lost But Not Forgotten (NaNoWriMo 2013)

5.

I woke up bright and early the next morning, determined to see Cameron again. I head into Bethany's room and arouse her from her sleep.

"Beth... Beth... Wakey Wakey..." I carefully shake her and she opens her eyes one by one, groaning, she gives me a peck on the forehead and smiles. I say goodbye and leave her. Next I head into Jesse's room, like Bethany, he isn't much of a morning person and could sleep all day if he was allowed.

"Come on Idiot, wake up!" I punch his face with a pillow and giggle. I'm very rough with Jesse, he is 21 after all and my older brother.

"Okay squirt!" He groans and slowly sits up, taking the pillow from under him and smacking it straight on my face. I giggle madly until my stomach hurts and I have to force him to stop.

He face suddenly turns serious. "I need to talk to you April... About-"

"Cameron right?" I knew the moment we could be alone he would tell me to stay away from him. "Jesse, just stop. Stop being overprotective, Cameron's a nice guy who would never hurt me and..."

"And what?"

"And... I think I love him"

Jesse's face explodes with rage turning him into a ripe tomato "What the?! You only just met April, how can you be so stupid!" He raises his hand while I close my eyes, bracing for impact but nothing comes.

I open my eyes and come face to face with Cameron, Jesse knocked out behind him, a large bruise forming on his forehead. Ouch. Thank god Cameron was here or I'd probably be the one passed out. I can't believe Jesse would try to hurt me, my own brother... I look away and several tears drop silently from my eyes and down my face. My brother, he tried to punch me.

"He went way too far" Cameron takes my hand and strokes it "Are you okay?".

"Yeah" I assure him but he knows I'm not okay, I decide to shakes this whole situation off "But how did you knock him out like that, with just one punch... Is he going to be okay?"

Again, Cameron's eyes dart to and fro, searching for a quick answer. What was wrong with this guy?

"My dad was a boxer, he taught me a few tricks and your brother is going to be fine, he'll wake up in about half an hour. Luckily, I came to check on you and heard this douche yelling so loud, people a mile away could probably hear"

"Good thanks..."

I was relieved, I didn't want Jesse to be seriously hurt. I smile at Cameron and he does the same back, he cheers me up so easily, I feel so safe and warm with him but I still get butterflies in my stomach whenever I stare into those blue beauties. This is definitely love.

I get off the bed and stand up taking Cameron with me. We head out the door with jugs to fill with water as he is doing this job too. I am actually excited that I have a partner to help me even though I really enjoy the silence of nature around me when I walk alone, I like change. Well, sometimes...

I hear Cameron mutter quietly under his breath "Serves the guy right for trying to hurt this pretty woman...". Oh my gosh! He called me pretty! April! Get a hold of yourself! You are so not fan girling over this guy! You are so much more mature than that!

Cameron turns to me "I warn you, it's pretty cold out there and the wind is as strong as hell, I think a snow storms coming".

As the door opens, an icy wind blasts me to the ground, I guess Cameron was right, why do I have to be this stupid?

I drop everything and my head smacks hard onto the concrete floor, it all happens in an instant but it feels like slow motion to me. My vision blurs, I hear Cameron frantically shouting at me but I cannot answer, everything is numb, I can't move anything.

I am shocked when I see a growing pool of red liquid beside me, I try to scream but my mouth won't open and the words won't come out. What is happening? Why am I bleeding? All these questions hurt my head and my vision continues to blur until everything around me is just a big blob of colour.

I can barely see but I can tell Cameron is kneeling next to me, holding my hand for dear life. He speaks to me in a slurry voice "Don't worry April, medical people are coming with the stretcher, you'll be just fine, just hang on".

The last thing I see is Cameron's worried face before everything just fades into black.

Why do I always get hurt when he's around? Is he like a bad luck charm or something?