A Hot Rock Between Us BOYXBOY

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

The Darkness

I wake up. I look around and see the dried blood on the bed covers and my clothes. I look around the room. I look outside and see rain hitting the window, as well as dark gray skies in the wndow. I slowly get up and look at my phone. 17 messages from Ciara, 12 missed calls from Ciara, 4 messages from Gavin (that im gonna delete) and 1 missed call from Gavin. I go to the kitchen and wash my wrist.

"Your going to need to put some Aloe Vera on that two times a day and put a Band-Aid on it so it doesn't get infected." Says a voice from behind me. I turn around and see Ciara standing behind me. I look down and she walks over to me. 'Why? Why Ryder why?!" She says shaking my shoulders. I start to cry and so does she. She brings me in and we hug. I cry on her shoulder as she does the same to me. "Do you have any Aloe Vera for that?" She asks me when we're done crying. I shake my head. "Lets go out and buy some."

We get in her car and start driving to the store. I sit I the passenger seat and stare at the rain hitting the glass, then sliding down it.

"How did I not die?" I ask.

"The cut wasn't deep enough." She says. We pull into the drug store and get out. She gives me her jacket so I can cover my wound. We go in and grab the Aloe Vera and some Band-Aids. We wait in line for about 15 minutes. We finally get there and Ciara puts the items on the conveyer belt. The lady doesn't ring them up.

'You guys can have it for free." She says. Ciara and I exchange looks and thank her. We go back to the car and drive back to campus. We walk down the hallway to my room and I see the door is ajar. I slowly push it open and I see Daniel, Erik, Gavin, and Marcelo hanging from nooses in the living space. I drop my stuff and scream. I turn back to Ciara who isn't there anymore, my dad is and he's holding a un right at me. He pulls he trigger and I'm suddenly surrounded by a bright shimmery light. I feel light and airy, like I could do anything. I look down and see blackness. I'm literally standing on black matter. I feel the light calling me toward it. I start to walk when I feel a gust of wind pulling me back. It feels like a vortex sensation pulling me back. I'm suddenly falling, speed picking up, force gaining. I try to scream but I cant. I get to the point where the pressure is so intense I can hardly breathe. Then I'm not breathing at all. I feel my lungs exploding from inside, then everything goes numb. I somewhat open my eyes and hear muffled voices followed by cheers. I slowly open my eyes again to see im in an operation room. There are doctors standing all around me. I look down at my wrist and see it all stitched up. I also see the electric shock guns on a table next to my bed, as well as the goo on my chest.

"Son do you know where you are?" The doctor asks. I sake my head no. "Your alive! You died for a couple minutes, but we got you back! Your going to be fine!" They roll my bed into a vacant room and transfer me onto a regular hospital bed. I spend countless hours going in and out of being awake and asleep. Nurses come in frequently and do random tests. A couple hot doctors come in and check on me, but nothing serious happens (sad face). After a couple hours a nurse comes in, but she's not a regular nurse. She checks my life support then looks at me.

"You have a visitor." She says. I give her a puzzled look and she leaves the room. Marcelo enters the room. I try to get up and greet him but I'm still hazy from the anesthesia.

"Calm down its just me." He says with a chuckle. I try to say something but my voice is dry. "Have a nice night?" He says as he sits in the chair beside the bed. I look at him with an 'I can't talk' look. "Why Ryder? Why would you do that?!" I look down at my toes under the covers. I wiggle them a bit when Marcelo grabs my arm. "Please just try to respond!"

"I couldn't...deal with...life...any...anymore..." I try and say with a hoarse voice.

"Why?" Is his response.