The Things I Do For Love

Chapter 17

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CHAPTER 17

Erin's POV

"Arghhhh..." I groaned and pressed my face into the pillow.

Bad move. My head pounded harder. It was impossible to focus on anything else except the steady rhythm of my pulsating head. 

I opened my eyes and tried to remember where I was.

I squinted and managed to make out a room with peeling gray walls.

It took a few moments for the memories of the previous day to return. The memories swam in my mind, distant yet just slipping out of my fingers.

An accident. There was an accident.

I remembered crashing into the light post. Nicko's face appeared in my mind, but I pushed it away.

Surely....it couldn't be.

The more I thought about it, the more my head hurt.

This time, I was careful to sit up slowly. I threw the covers off me, and slowly placed my feet on the cold ground. I felt light-headed and sore all over but I gritted my teeth and made my way over to the door.

She wasn't here, I realized as I looked around the hall. The front door was right there!

I tiptoed my way over to it and let myself out. Immediately I was hit by a gust of wind so violent that I almost lost my balance. My heart pounded when I caught sight of the thick dark clouds in the sky. It looked like a storm was coming.

For some reason, I was desperate to get home before I saw mom.

It was stupid, but all I wanted to do was get home. I saw the little grocery store on the opposite side of the road. If I was right, our house was a ten minutes walk away.

So I started walking. Moronic right? I didn't turn back and look at mom's house, even though curiosity was nagging at me to. Honestly, I don't think I realized half of what I was doing.

I didn't even flinch when the light drops of rain on my forehead turned to a heavy downpour that soaked me. The cold seeped into my bones and my teeth started chattering.

I was almost there! I could see the house at the end of the road. I kept walking but suddenly, that distance seemed too far. My legs were failing me.

"No...just a little more..." I gasped and pushed myself to walk. I could do this,

It hit me then, what an idiot I was being. 

But then again, anything was better than having to ask for her help.....

Why? Why didn't he come find me?

I collapsed in a heap infront of the door, praying that someone would open it and take me in. The rain beat steadily on my back. The crash of thunder and the fierce sounds of the waves coming from the back of the house broke throught my mind's haze.