When we arrive at the hospital it's 1 O'clock and I have 5 miss calls from Lexi and Dad. I don't bother by calling them back, I'm to nervous to talk to either of them. Sleepily, Zachary and I take Rick to the hospital and wait for someone to see us. For hours we wait, my eyes are unable to stay open, so I sleep against Zach's arm. At about 3 O'clock, we are finally seen by a doctor. Zach tells me to stay in the waiting room because I look too tired. So I lean uncomfortably against a wall and just shut my eyes, all I do is think about how disappointed my dad will be. I dread talking to him so much.
Eventually, Zach and Rick come back from seeing the doctor and are furiously annoyed. Rick's arm is in a tightly wrapped cast that is blue on the outside, it looks heavy and big on his arm. I don't ask why their annoyed, I just follow them like a child. We get in the car and drive me home first. I watch the cold rain dance on the window and race to the bottom. Nerves start to kick in when we arrive to the front door of my gloomy house. Zach looks at me sorrily and says goodbye to me, I don't say goodbye back as it might be the last thing I'll ever say to him. The sliver car speeds off before I could even get to the door.
When I knock on the door I am so nervous, I want the ground to sallow me up and skip the next stage. The door opens noisily and Lexi is standing there crying in her pyjamas.
"Oh my God you're alive, thank you!" We embrace tightly and thankfully in the rain, sobbing on my shoulder. We let go and walk back inside silently, although I could still hear her muffled cries. "You should probably go upstairs and sleep, we'll have to talk about it tomorrow," Lexi says breaking the silence. Obediently, I walk up stairs and sleep immediately on my messy bed.
***
I wake up in a tangled mess still in my party clothes, my whole body is aching badly. Sun rays were bursting through my window and blinding me completely, I could smell pancakes downstairs. When I go into the bathroom, the sight of me in the mirror shocked me. Black mascara was running down my face, dark circles under my eyes, smeared red lipstick and big knots in my curled hair. I have never been like this before. It takes me about an hour to have a shower and sort myself out, I've never felt so clean and alive.
My eyes see Lexi in the kitchen frying delicious pancakes and dad sitting on the couch watching the news, I hated the news. Mumbling, I say good morning without a reply. Slowly, I sit down with my pancake and eat it without a word.
"Have fun last night?" I don't know how to reply to my dad.
"Wasn't the best night I've experienced," that was true.
"I did warn you, but once again you followed that troublemaker."
"It wasn't his-" I'm cut off by dad's aggressive words.
"Kerrigan Everton, don't you dare say it wasn't his fault because every time you go to a party with that idiot, you are in great danger. Now I want you to tell me every detail, without missing anything out!" I have never seen dad so angry and disappointed with me before. Words come out of my mouth slowly and quietly as I tell him what happened. I will never be forgiven.
Dad stays silent and stares at the carpet floor, I don't know what to expect anymore. "I really don't know what to do. Never have I ever come across this with you. You disobeyed me and look what happens, I am worried of what will happen to you if you stay around Rick. Honestly, I don't want you to stop being with him because last time you became really depressed, I would never want that. But you leave me no choice. I will speak to you later, meanwhile you're grounded." I walk off into the kitchen and put away my plate. What have I done to myself?
Lexi opens her mouth but then shuts it close, there really is nothing to say. I go to my bedroom and sit at my desk, ashamed of myself.
My phone recieves a message, but I don't know who it's from. I read the message.
Zachary: Hey, how's it going?
Should have known it would be him. I reply back without thinking.
Kerry: Bad. I'm grounded for eternity.
Zachary: Oh. That's a shame, was gonna ask if you would wanna come out ;).
Kerry: Haha. Yeah wouldn't risk it. What about you.
Zachary: Me? Seriously, I do this every week. Probably not the breaking arm part. My parents have nothing else to do with me.
Kerry: Lol. I'm going to be the damsel distress locked in this damn tower.
Zachary: Maybe I could be the prince. ;)
Kerry: No thanks I would rather sit in this tower and live on onions. Hehe
^.^
Zachary: Ouch. You hurt the prince's feelings :(.
We talk for ages non-stop. Strangely, I don't't think once about Rick. Probably because I already know I can't talk to him, also he doesn't text me. During my thoughts, my dad knocks on the door. I slide the phone under my bed and lie down in my bed.
Quietly, Dad walks in and puts his finger to his mouth. I give him a confused to which he answers to, "Lexi is on the phone with her long lost girlfriend, she asked for us to stay quiet, so she can have girl time", he pulls a stupid face and I laugh silently. In a slow motion, dad sits down at the end of my bed. "Dad I just want to say I'm sorry, I never meant for this to happen. I thought I could trust him, but now I realise I can't. I'm so sorry dad, I sbould have listened to you." I apologise over and over again, blaming myself for my foolishness.
"Kerry, sweetheart, this isn't your fault. I know you never meant for this. It's just him, Rick I mean. You can't go out with him unless there's trouble. I don't want you involved with this kind of behaviour. I want you safe. And I know for a fact you weren't safe last night. I'm doing this to help you, I could just let this fly over my head but I didn't because I care about you. I love you Kerry, I want the best for you," he gives me a big bear hug and says I am officially ungrounded.
As he leaves the room, he peers through the door and asks me, "Who is this Zachary guy?"
"Oh er.. Just a friend of mine..."
"What is it with you and boys, how about some girl besties."
"Yeah, totally happening."
***
The next morning I wake up very late, so I quickly get ready and go downstairs expecting Lexi and Dad to be there. But they aren't. Instead I find a post-it note on the kitchen counter saying: At mall. Be at home at 12. Love, Lex and Dad x.
I keep the post-it note on the fridge as a reminder. As I begin to devour my cheese grilled sandwhich, I hear quick knocks on the door. Scared, I am stiffened by the hard knocks. Peering through the window I see a familiar beanie on someone's head.
Slowly, I drop the sandwhich and go to open the door. When I open the door, I am shocked by who has come to see me.
Rick.
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