A Blooming Beauty

Chapter 28

Four months.

I've been asleep for four months.

My mother's words kept ringing in my head. Four months. For months of causing pain, four months of missing out and not being there for anyone.

Four months of not knowing.

The doctor walked in right after my mother had revealed the shocking news, and explained everything to me.

"Your heartbeat stopped almost 3 times, and we had to shock you to keep you alive." He said.

But the darkness that was sucking the road behind me, was death. That's why my heartbeat was so dangerously low, because death was approaching. Luckily, my heartbeat stabilized just minutes before I woke up. That must be the light I drove into.

I almost died.

Thrice!

While the doctors were figuring out when I could check out, my parents told me stories of what happened within the past months. She said the entire community was praying for me. East Country High along with some other schools had a rosary service for me, and the town Church would sometimes dedicate prayers for me. For a moment, it all seemed like they loved me, like they accepted me.

But people only love you if you're pretty or dying.

And I was dying.

Soon enough, the doctors let me check out of the hospital and we drove home, and I was shocked to see a surprise for me in the dining room.

"Suprise!" They all shouted. Dylan, Jessica, Beth and Carter were surrounding the table, a 'Welcome Home' sign hung over their heads, and a big piece of chocolate cake on the table. They all came to hug me one by one, being careful not to put any pressure on my healing ribs.

We ate and laughed until late at night, but as if something had happened, Carter was quieter than usual.

My parents had gone up to their room to get ready for bed, and everybody left except for Carter.

I closed the door, saying goodbye to my three friends and turned to face Carter. There were tears in his eyes, and he rushed forward to hug me gently but tightly. I smiled at the thought that someone other than my parents and friends missed me.

"I thought I was going to lose you." He whispered next to my ear while stroking my hair. "And I couldn't lose you. I've missed you so much. More than you can ever imagine."

"I missed you too." I smiled at him, hugging his torso.

"I was afraid that you'd leave me, and I didn't like where we left things off." He sniffed as tears rolled down his cheeks.

"What do you mean?" I say confused.

"The fight on the phone. I was about to explain everything but you were so angry and I..." He trailed off and hugged me tighter.

I pulled away. "Wait. What fight? What happened?"

"You don't remember?" He said shocked.

"Remember what?"

"The party." He said, and as if the word were a trigger, a searing pain erupted in my head and it started to throb heavily. I put my hand on my head and stumbled, but Carter caught me. He brought me to the couch and laid me down.

Then I remembered.

The vague memory of my almost boyfriend kissing my best friend entered my mind once again. I felt pain consume me once more, and the emotional pain hurt more than the physical. I remembered the phone fight as well, the names Jessica had called me and them being together.

"You cheated." I whispered. He averted his gaze to his shoes, guilt written all over his face and unable to look me straight in the eye. "You cheated!" I yelled a little louder.

"I know!" He sat beside me. I stood up quickly but my legs were still a little weak, and it caused me to hold on to the arm rest of the couch. Carter helped me sit down again.

"Please let me explain." He pleaded holding my wrists. "Please." We stared at each other for a while, but I eventually nodded at him.

"I was a drunken bastard Blair. I was intoxicated. The moment you left with Thomas, I ordered a few shots but ended up having a crapload. I was drunk and when I saw you making out with Thomas, well I became jealous. I ran into the kitchen to get a glass of water so make myself sober but Jessica was chugging down alcohol as well and she was drunk. The next thing I knew, we were kissing." He said finally. The room remained silent.

"But that doesn't mean you didn't cheat." I said.

"I know. I cheated and I'm not happy about it. Please Blair you have to know that never in a million years would I hurt you. You're this beautiful, amazing, smart and funny perfect girl who I don't deserve and I understand if you don't forgive me. I just wanted everything to be clear."

"And what about Jessica?" I asked.

"I don't care about Jessica, Blair. You should clear things up with her but trust me when I say that neither of us did it on purpose." He swore.

"Well here's the thing Carter." I start. "I forgive you, and I understand but..." I trail off.

The room is quiet and full of anticipation. He stares at me, a glint of hope in his eyes.

"I'm just not sure if I can love you anymore."

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So here's the 28th Chapter of TBB in honor of reaching 1K reads! Thank you all so much for reading and being patient with my unexpected updates. I know I haven't been updating much but I have the rest of the chapters written already and all I have to do is edit them. ARGH IM JUST SO EXCITED FOR YOU GUYS TO READ THE ENDING!!

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