The Suicide Pact

Part 20: (Emily's POV)

"Because I love you."

Despite the words that just came out of my mouth, I was in pain. I had just won victory over Jackson in a fight. I may have won, but he still packed a punch. 

 "I love you too." Carter said, interrupting my thoughts. Carter looked as if he was going to cry. "I can't thank you enough for that... you have made so many years of pain just disappear." Carter wiped his eyes and embraced me tighter than he ever had before. 

 "Hey you guys coming?" I turned my head to see Mark and the others halfway down the hall, looking at us expectantly. Neither I or Carter said anything as we walked down the hallway towards them. Class was going to start in 10 minutes, so we dropped each other off at our classes and said our goodbyes. For first hour, I had science, as well as Charlotte. When I walked into the room, all eyes were on me. I tried my best to ignore them as I sat down at my desk. Our teacher, Mrs. Wilson strolled in with her normal enthusiasm. As she was taking attendance, her eyes stopped right on me. Her eyes looked worried. 

"Do you need to go to the nurse dear?" That's when I remembered that I probably looked terrible from the fight. 

"Oh..uh yes." I stammered. She wrote me up a hall pass and sent me on my way. I definitely couldn't tell the nurse that I had gotten into a physical fight.

When I got to the nurse's office, there was only one other person there. The nurse took one look at me, and her face went pale. 

"Oh lord..what happened to you?" Was I really that bad? As far as I knew, I only had a bloody nose. The nurse handed me a mirror and I took a good look at myself. My nose was still bleeding and my left eye was swollen. I guess in the heat of the fight I didn't even notice it. The nurse gave me an ice pack for my eye and a tissue for my nose. She asked me if I wanted to go home and get some rest, so I took up the offer. She gave my mom a call to let her know, but I told the nurse that I wanted to walk. She sent me off, and I went back to class to gather my things. As I was talking to the teacher, I gazed around the room and noticed that they were doing a partner lab. The only one without a partner was Charlotte. She looked really sad, so I asked the teacher if I could just stay for the lab and partner with Charlotte.

When I approached her, she immediately lit up. We were looking at microscope slides of Hyline Cartilage. It was actually pretty cool, and Charlotte seemed a lot happier now that she had a partner. Once the lab was finished, I gathered my things and started the walk home. There was a lot of mud from the aftermath of the rain. Once I got home, I decided to take a quick shower. I watched the blood from my face wash down the drain, and it made me feel sick. Once I was out of the shower, I put on some shorts and a Crown The Empire shirt and I settled in for some much needed rest......