Hold Me Tight (ManxMan)

Chapter Four

My eyes open and I blink, vision blurred. What the hell just happened? I look down at myself and see that there's blood staining my shirt. Fuck. My truck isn't very damaged and as I look round I see no car in sight. The road is completely deserted and I frown. Did I image that happening?

I close my eyes tight and try to remember what happened... Bright blinding lights, the screech of tires and cursing, lots of cursing. Ah, now I remember. I must have swerved out the way just before the car hit mine head on and instead, just scrapped the side.

Sighing in relief, I rest my head against the car seat, my side hurting like a bitch and I realise my window is smashed. Pulling up my top slightly, I wince as I see shards of glass sticking into my skin and the dark crimson substance oozing out of me. No wonder I feel lightheaded.

I glance down at my phone, the vibrating sound ringing in my ears and I pick it up gingerly and see I have ten missed calls. Five from Raven, four from Mel and one from Ella. My heart thumps painfully in my chest and I take a deep breath, trying to calm my scattered nerves.

I dial Mel and he picks up after the first ring.

"Drake! Where the hell are you? Do you know how worried I've been!" He yells, making me wince and my head throb.

A groan escapes my lips on its own accord. "Raven and I had a... fight."

"I know! He's been harassing me non-stop since 11pm, do you know what the time is right now? 3am. That's four hours Drake!"

"Mel... I was in a car accident, well sort of." I lean back and close my eyes.

"What do you mean sort of? Are you hurt? God, why didn't you tell me sooner!"

I chuckle, pain radiating through my side as I do so. "If the car hadn't of swerved, I would most likely be dead by now...luckily for me, it just scraped the side of my car and smashed my window."

Mel curses under his breath and there's a shuffle of feet before his voice is back on the phone. "I'll come pick you up, where are you?"

"No, no it's fine Mel. I'll come to you. I'm not far...Is there anyone with you?"

He pauses for a moment. "No, Raven was here earlier but he left about an hour ago. What's happened?"

I sigh loudly, starting up my engine and I rev the truck once more, filling the night with noise. "I'll tell you when I get there."

Hanging up, I drop the phone onto the seat beside me without messaging Raven back. I know it's childish and I know I should know better but right now, I'm still hurt and really fucking pissed at him for letting Callum touch him like that let alone telling him about my darkest secret.

How could he?

I grit my teeth to stop my tears from falling once again. Driving as steadily and as calmly as I can, I finally make it to Mel's, the porch light coming on as I walk up the steps and walk into his home without knocking.

"Waiting for someone?" I tease, smiling slightly as Mel turns round to give me a look.

Mel's eyes widen as he looks down at my t-shirt now stained with blood on one side and quickly rushes over. "Drake! You fucking idiot."

I roll my eyes, of course, swear at the injured person. Mel makes me sit down before tugging off my shirt and I stop myself from making silly comments, exhaustion starting to creep up on me as I yawn loudly.

He gets a bowl of warm water before picking out the shards of glass that seem to be wedged into my side, Mel then cleans up the wound, making me wince as he stitches up wound and puts a bandages round my middle.