As Jacob and I finished most of our night at the diner, Jacob started to walk me home. We were half way when I got a buzz from my purse. It was an unknown text message. I clicked into it and it says it was from the hospital, it said that someone I know was in the hospital with broken bones, and it was Eli. I know I hate his guts but all I could think then was how hurt he may be. I kissed Jacob and ran towards the hospital I knew it would take a couple of minutes because we were nearby the main hospital. I ran to the front counter of new arrivals and I asked where Eli would be. He was in room 308, I ran into his room and all I saw was Eli with a cast on his right foot, a sling for his left arm and cuts and bruises all over his body. He looked at me and smiled to me but I stared back at him with tears in my eyes and a worried expression.
I went up to him and yelled “What happened to you!”
His reply was “I crashed my car.”
I looked down in shame thinking of why would he put his life at risk and then he smiled and said “At least you came…”
I then realised what he meant “So you crashed your car so that you could see me again! You tricked me by putting your life at risk!”
“I want to be with you again, you were special Becky please…” he answered me.
I growled to him “No, you nearly killed yourself for me, what if you actually died!”
“But I didn’t” Eli quickly answered me back.
My anger and frustration kicked in and so I yelled at him “I don’t care I’m not being with someone who scares me! I have to go now…”
Eli reached out and grabbed my wrist tightly, and said “No please Becky, stay…” it was like he was desperate for me to stay by him.
I shook my head and a tear fell down I replied “No I must go now goodbye” and I quickly dashed out of his room and out the front entrance where Jacob had drove up to me in his car. I looked at him and he opened the passenger door for me and said “Get in the news about Eli got out and so I knew you would be here.”
I got in and turned to him and said “I still love you more, Eli tricked me into coming.”
He held my hand and kissed me and said “I know, let’s forget this and continue our life.” I smiled to him and he drove me home. Also my new home is in a big apartment with my brother so that means no curfews! Woohoo!
At school Jacob and I got so many weird stares because I think everyone was used to me and Eli together and now I’m with Jacob they probably are all gossiping, well everybody now has to get used to the new me. Everyone’s phones kept on buzzing because some nosey school reporter has been able to get the scoop about what happened to Eli and personal messages of his from the hospital. For the month that passed Jacob and I went on dates but we were interrupted by icons or updates about Eli and other things on the school newspaper app. That sometimes pissed Jacob off because he usual would yell at me that I’m not over Eli because I keep constant note on Eli but I somehow change Jacob’s mind by giving him a kiss which cheers him up.
I noticed Imogen today with a new style and this time it was more quirky and weird than punk girl. She sat next to me as I was sitting in the locker hallway floor. She had noticed that I got an ear piercing on the top of my ear. She complimented it but then said to me “This isn’t you.”
I looked at her puzzled and answered her “This is me, I’m fine.”
Imogen shook her head and said “No you’re messed up; I have never seen you touch a drop of alcohol with Eli but now you’re with Jacob you hang out with his bad-boy friends and you drink so much alcohol and you’re surrounded by bad behaviour! Eli kept you in shape, are you doing this because you can’t get over Eli?”
I looked at her and started to cry and I screamed to her “I can’t get over Eli! All I think about is him. He hurt me but I want him to pay and now he has been hurt and all I want to do is be with him! But I can’t because Jacob kind of hates Eli as well! I hate Eli’s actions but he is so fricken cute and amazing!”
Imogen gave me a hug and said “just be single, you might feel like some heavy weight has been lifted from you.”
I nodded and Jacob approached me he held out his hand and helped me up from the floor. We walked down the hallway and outside to the back of the school garden.
He told me “Are you coming to my wicked party I’m hosting down at the park at midnight, I think you should wear that sexy mini skirt dress.”
I backed away and told him “I’m not going.”
He looked at me in a confused way and I told him “I need to be alone for a bit, which means stopping us.”
He shook his head in anger and held me. I pushed him away and said “I’m messed up, all I do is wrong things, things that I don’t normally do. I just need time.”
He yelled to my face “You’re not over Eli aren’t you that’s why your breaking up with me. I knew it all along I’m just your rebound. What a pathetic girl you are” and he shunted me and rudely walked away.
Instead of feeling lighter and happier I felt worse, I felt like I was drowning in sorrow, sadness, confusion, anger and guilt. It didn’t help me at all and Eli came back to school after one week of being single again. Eli looked fresh and looked better than before after his treatment it has been gossiped that he is happier than ever before but something is missing.
