Lost & Found

Chapter 12

Jacey's POV:
We continue throughout the school day and I meet up with Sammy so we could hang out again. We decide to go to the ice cream parlor again and order the same thing. We find out that we don't have much in common. It's just a great experience to get to know somebody. Sammy starts to lean in as I do so as well. We inch closer and closer together as our lips finally meet. It was just so... unappealing. I felt absolutely nothing. I imagine it as a feeling like kissing your own brother. It was nothing compared to my first kiss. It felt nothing like my kiss with Matt.

We had been thirteen years old. It was a hot day so we went out to get slurpies and hang out under an oak tree in the park. That was a really awesome day. He leaned in then I did too. Our lips touched and it felt like the fourth of July. I felt something then and I was going to tell him the next day but I found out he had already been asked out by Cindy Lorraine.

I was devastated. I hadn't realised it until now. I am in love with my best friend. The one who had saved me from my worst fears. The one who had saved me from my own death. I am scared to die. I am scared to not be able to see the light. I am scared to leave my home. I am scared to leave Matthew Lee Espinosa. My Soul Mate.

I tell Sammy that I have to go and rush to get home. I start running and running. I turn every curb and corner just to get home. I have to tell him. I have to tell him how I feel. I can't be truly without him anymore. It has been him all along. I pushed the feelings aside so I wouldn't feel the pain.

The pain that was once jealousy has now turned into determination. I want him to be mine. I want him to hold me. I need him to hold me. I rush into my room to get my journal for my songs. I get my guitar and rush back out the door to head over to his house. I run block after block after block.

I am almost there. I can see the driveway. My smile almost immediately leaves my face as I look to my left though. You should listen to your parents when they say you should look both ways before you cross the street. Cause as I turn back to see Matt on his porch, everything goes black.

Matt's POV:
I walk out of my house to get some fresh air. I look at my phone and see no texts from Jacey. I always wonder why I am so protective of her. I know why but it feels as if it is something more. Like I am protective for another reason.

As I look at my phone, I notice a text from Cindy Lorraine. She has been texting me nonstop asking me if I want to get back together with her. We have dated before a couple of times but I always ended up leaving her.

I hear a thump come from in front of me and I look up. I see a girl on the ground and immediately rush over. I notice she looks very familiar. As I get a closer look, I drop to my knees next to her. I grab my phone and dial nine-one-one. I tell them the address as I hold My Jacey in my arms. I hold the girl that I fell in love with since we were thirteen years old.

We get into the ambulance as it arrives and rush to the hospital with her life on the line once again.