I'm In Love With My Best Friend? (C.H)

Chapter Nine

Savannah's POV

I slowly "wake" up and rub my eyes. I hate taking these pain pills, they leave me feeling groggy. I carefully get out of bed, the pain in my ribs causing me to wince. It's been three weeks and nothing has healed that much.

The bruises have faded, but my arm and leg are still in a cast. The doctor said the broken bones were more severe than others, so they'll take a predicted ten weeks to heal, maybe more.

The torture of trying to be self-sufficient while also needing help at the same time is killing me. Calum has been staying with me every single night since the incident because he knows I need help. I love him to death, but I'm not useless.

I may feel that way, but I'm not. I really have no motivation to go to school today. Wait, no, that's a lie. I have no motivation to go to school any day.

Ever since the accident, I've had everyone staring and laughing at me. Stephanie and Allison are still up to their antics, and I just wish I could evaporate in the night air. Too bad I can't.

As I slowly get dressed, I catch a glimpse of myself in the floor-length mirror I have in my room. Wow, it's such a marvelous sight. Not. My hair is messy, my eyes are glassy, I have bags under them. I feel, and look, like I've been run over by a truck. The sad thing is, I would take that over Stephanie and Allison.

I shake myself from my thoughts and finish getting ready for school. Once I'm done, I head to Marissa's room. I've been a terrible sister to her since the accident. She's tried helping and talking to me, but I just shut her out.

If I'm being honest, I shut everyone out, even the guys. Calum checks on me every hour, and I get he's worried and concerned, but I do need my privacy and space. Michael comes by a few times to check in, and so do Ashton and Luke.

I walk into Marissa's room and see she's still asleep. I enter her room and carefully sit on her bed, shaking her gently. "Marissa, love, wake up." She stirs a little, but rolls over and continues sleeping.

"Marissa, come on. I know you don't want to get up, sissy didn't either." She slowly opens her eyes and looks at me, before getting up without saying a word. She's definitely mad at me. I don't blame her. I sigh and bite my lip, instantly filling with guilt.

"Marissa, are you going to talk to me?" I gently ask, biting my lip again. She stares at me blankly for a few seconds as her eyes fill with tears, then we hear the front door open.

"Savannah?" Calum. I look at Marissa again and she just shakes her head, before rushing downstairs as a tear falls.

"Calum," I hear her cry. That sound breaks my heart and I know it's because of me. I walk downstairs slowly and try to blink back the tears that are building up.

"Woah. What's wrong, bear?" He picks her up and rubs her back.

"I hate s-sissy, she's mean." She cries more. Ouch. That comment alone hurts worse than any of the ones I've gotten from Stephanie and Allison. I already regret not talking to her, but now I feel worse. Calum notices me and bites his lip, but I rush off outside to the porch before he has a chance to see me cry again. I didn't shut the door fully, so I can hear their conversation.

"Bear, hey, sissy isn't mean. She's going through a lot right now and she just needs some time, okay? She loves you more than anything in the whole world, believe me. She'll come around," he reassures her.

"O-okay," she mumbles.

"I'll make you some cereal really fast, okay?"

"Okay! Thank you, Calum." I hear their footsteps fade away and sigh, trying to blink back my tears. I bury my face in my hoodie as the tears start to fall and shake my head.