shes a street racer

chapter 5

when i lay in bed last night i  thought that my sleep would never come.   kenny was out after minutes of his head hitting the pillow, after a few hours he rolled over and pulled me to his chest telling me to turn my brain off. laughing at him i took his advice and next thing i know im being woken up by a very groggy kenny.

" how are you?" he asks, voiced laced with concern. i know hes asking about how my body is feeling and i dont want to upset him more so i lie. " im great" my voice sounds strained even to my ears and my smile that touches my lips cant be discribed as anything less then forced.

kennys hand shoots down and grabs my shirt pulling it up fast, leaving me no time to stop him. i hear his intake of air as he sees the bruise that no doubt is larger then last night.trying to force his hand away dosent work, his eyes never leave my stomach and his expression is hard to read. after a few more silent seconds he rests his head on my stomach his fingers tracing the bruise. " im never letting this happen to you again. your never going back to that monsters house. ever" i can hear the conviction in his voice but what he dosent know is i made that choice last night all on my own.

stroking my fingers through his hair i agree with him and tell him my plan to go home after school and grab my stuff. " im coming with you. dont argue just accept it." its probably better that he does come with me. i need his strength and support to go through with this.

when we get to school becca is sitting against drew car with him hanging all over him. i can see a mixture of emotions run through him all at once. becca comes on strong but she wears down your walls faster then you can object to anything she wants. i can see drews walls crumbling. by the end of the week i have no doubt they will be together. jelousy courses through me but i push it out of my head when kennys arm is slung over my shoulder.

walking up to drew and becca i feel happiness that it wasnt drew last night but take a double check to see the liscens plate. still not a match. drews eyes widen when he sees me and confusen swollows me when he asks what happened to my face. all the pain was coming from my stomach i forgot about the large bruise on my face, i start stuttering trying to come up with an excuse when kenny cuts through my babble " we were horse playing last night and got to rough, clutzy here fell and hit her face on my coffee table." he uses his arm not slung around me to trace the bruis on my cheek with the back of his hand. smiling at me i thank him with my eyes for covering something i couldnt explain.

" i told you playing with him was gunna get you hurt one day." becca believes the lie right away because me and kenny are always play fighting. when drew sees that becca believe the lie his face softens and he nods his head. his eyes are darting between me and kenny and then stop on my face for a second and darting to the arm kenny has around my shoulder still. he looks sad but covers it before anyone else can see and says that we should head into class.

the first half of school drags on. i cant concentrate in class to worried about what will happen after school. by time lunch comes iv completly stressed myself out and have given myself a headache. when i get to the cafeteria kennys at our table with a plate of fries and a v8 for me. smiling at his kind gesture i take my usual seat beside him. his arm slings over my shoulder like usual. he leans down and whispers in my ear " stop stressing yourself out your gunna make your self sick." how he knows me so well i will never know. ya i know him better then any one else does but he always seems to see the things that other people dont.

grabbing my v8 he twist the top off and hold his hand out towards me with a closed fist. slowly i put my hand under his woundering what he has when his hand opens and two advils fall into my palm. looking over at him i smile  taking the drink for him as drew and becca sit down with us i throw the pills into my mouth and take a drink. my heads pounding making my eyes hurt so i take advantage of the position kenny and i are in leaning into him i rest my head onto his shoulder closing my eyes. his arm tightens around me and he leans back allowing me to lay further into him.