Boy Next Door | l.h [completed]

Chapter 18

"Emma?" I heard a voice come from beside me.

I fluttered my eyes open. I was in pain. A lot of pain.

"Luke?" I asked. "Yeah, it's me Emma" Luke swiped away some of my hair behind my ear.

"What happened?" I tried to sit up, but failed as my ribs started to hurt more.

"You got in a car accident" A familiar voice said behind him.

"Why is he here?" I asked, very annoyed already.

"Cause I care about you Emma" he came closer to me.

"You didn't care about me back in the park" I snapped.

"I make mistakes" he answered back.

"A mistake that you meant to do" I shot.

"What happened at the park?" Luke asked.

"Why don't you tell him Ashton. Tell him" I said, leaning back down on the bed.

"I-I kissed Natalie" he mumbled.

"Get out" I stammered.

"You did what?" Luke asked.

"You heard me Hemmings" he shot.

"Well, to be even, I kissed Emma earlier" he admitted.

I shot Luke a death glare but shove it off because I knew that Ashton deserved it.

Ashton didn't say anything else. He just left the room, slamming the door on the way out.

"Seriously? He kissed Natalie?" Luke asked.

"Yep. They were making out at the park. I asked Ashton if we could meet up. When I got to the park, they were already kissing" I answered. My voice was low and weak.

"Why did you ask him to meet up?" Luke asked.

"Cause, I wanted to tell him what happened" I mumbled.

"You wanted to tell him?" He swallowed nervously.

"Yeah. I'm glad I went because if I didn't, I wouldn't have seen that" I sighed.

"Yeah" he mumbled.

I nodded my head awkwardly, but stopped cause my neck hurt.

Everywhere hurt.

"You ok?" He asked. "No" I answered nervously.

"When do I leave?" I asked.

Just on cue, the door opened to reveal a small brown haired nurse.

"Hello, Ms. Diamond" she smiled.

"Hi. Do you know how long I'm gonna be here?" I asked.

"Just a couple more days" she answered back.

I nodded.

"When will she be able to get out of the room. Like walk-" he asked.

"Tomorrow she will be able to" she answered back.

"Ok, good. Thank you" he smiled as she left.

"I have something special for us tomorrow" Luke said, smiling mischievously.

"Oh god" I laughed. "Ow" my ribs started hurting again.

"I just realized that I never asked you what happened" I said.

"Oh. That. You got hit by a car. You broke a couple of ribs, hit your head, and sprained your ankle" he finished.

"Wow" was all I said.

"But, it's going to be ok Emma" he assured me.

"How long have I been out" I asked.

"You got a concussion. You were out for a week" I froze after he said that.

I couldn't move. "What?" I asked.

"A week Emma" he repeated.

"Oh my god" I sighed.

"Yeah. You were in pretty bad shape. But your better now. Better than before. You almost died Emma" he started to cry.

"I almost died?" I asked.

"Yeah. If Ashton didn't come after you, you would have died there" he wiped his eyes.

"Oh my god" I closed my eyes.

"It going to be ok Emma. I promise"

"You really think so?" I asked.

"Certainly. Now, get better for our da-I mean hang out tomorrow" Luke left the room.

He probably left me until tomorrow. Tomorrow things are going to get better.