Benders: Book One

Chapter Nine

Rae POV

      I didn't sleep, it's not that I couldn't though. 

     Uncle Peter had other patients so he didn't have the time to keep a close eye on Isaac, so I stayed with him. It was about 8 am now, the night passed rather quickly and I spent most of it thinking about Isaac and all the things that I hadn't said to him. 

      The door opened revealing Nolan, "Have you been awake all night?" I nodded. 

      "You?" I asked noticing his dark eyes. 

      "Just in case you needed me." He said.

        I smiled and stood up walking over to him, he held out his arms and I fell into them. "We should get some rest." He said pulling away. 

      "Maybe," he gave me a look, "alright fine." 

      We walked over to the couch and laid down. I still didn't want to sleep, every time I felt myself nodding off I would jerk awake and look at the ekg, Nolan fell asleep quickly so I got up and walked over to Isaac, I lifted my hands to his stomach and closed my eyes concentrating. His heart rate accelerated as I tried to speed up the healing process, I yelped in pain and pulled my hands back, I threw a punch at the wall grunting in pain at the impact.

      Just then Uncle Peter walked in and glanced at me, then the wall which was noticeably dented, then back at me. "Do you know how much that'll cost?" He asked.

       I scoffed and turned away. "Look I know you're worried, but-" 

      "But what?" I asked angrily cutting him off, "but he's going to be okay? He's going to get through this? Don't bullshit." I said shaking my head and walking past him.

       As soon as I got outside I ran straight into the woods down the path I used to play on as a kid. Once I got far enough away from the parking lot I slowed down and walked until I got to the small waterfall we used to fish out of. I climbed up a couple of rocks until I reached a perch right next to the spill. I just sat there and thought about all the things that have gone wrong in my life. I didn't know what I was going to do if Isaac died, he's always been there for us, even when I wasn't fair to him. He took Nolan in when he needed it, something I could never thank him enough for. He made mistakes, but he did them for us, I never saw that it that way before. I leaned back on the rock and looked up at the trees, the sun wasn't shining as brightly. 

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      I guess I lost track of time, because soon the sun has almost set completely. "There you are." 

      A voice said making me jump, I sat up seeing Landon. "You scared the shit out of me." 

      He shrugged then climbed up the rocks, I moved over so he would have room to sit. "Thought you'd be out here," he said, " this was always your favorite place." 

       I picked up a pebble and threw it into the water, "Just needed to get out for a bit." I said. We sat there in silence for a bit just listening to the rustling of the trees and running water. It was quiet and peaceful, something I'm not accustomed to. My life is always so stressful and rushed, I never sit back and relax.
         "Isaac's awake." Landon said finally, I snapped my head towards him so hard I'm pretty sure I got whiplash, "What?!" I stood up starting to climb down, "why didn't you say that earlier?" 

      He to stood up, "Because I wanted to talk to you first."

      I scoffed, "Can it wait?" 

     "No, it can't Rae." He said stiffly.

     "What the hell is wrong with you?" I asked impatiently.

    "I know you healed him." He stated.

    "Correction, tried to." I said starting to walk away. 

   "Dammit Rae, you know how dangerous that is!" He shouted.

   "And you know that I can't lose anybody else Landon!" I shouted back, he stopped walking, " I couldn't lose Isaac, that would kill me. You know that, so why the hell are you making a big deal out of this?"
    "Because I can't lose you either Rae! For god's sake you know what that would do to me if you died." He said quietly, I stood there silent.

      "I'm sorry." I said.

       He sighed, "I'm sorry too, I shouldn't have overreacted." I walked over to him giving him a hug, "Common," he said pulling away, "let's go see Isaac."

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Author's Note:
First, don't judge me for the song, I love it and the music fit with the tone of the chapter. Second, I got three followers now which it fluffin awesome, thanks Taylor, Ava, and new person for following me! (Not sarcasm btw, I'm actually excited about it) Third, I'm not gonna make anymore excuses as to why I haven't been keeping up with updates, they'll come when I have time, as of right now I'm up late writing this. And yes, 10:00 is late for me, I'm an early bird. Okay WAY too much info so byyee.