Heart Stopping

Chapter 7

Have you ever regretted something, like really regretted it? I haven’t, at least not until now. While I was extremely upset and feeling guilty for what I said to Connor, that wasn’t the only thing I regretted right at this moment. After Connor ran from me, I ran from school.

I only had one thing on my mind at that moment. I knew if I saw Nolan or Owen I would spill the beans. I am actually really good at keeping secrets, as seen by keeping the donor heart secret. However, Connor’s secret was juicy, big, and my brain couldn’t handle two big life-altering secrets.

So, before I realized it I was full on sprinting from the school without my book bag or cell phone. Do you see my problem now? I acted without thinking, and it’s pretty obvious my instincts taken over by my inner idiot. I didn’t even want to think about what would happen when my mother and Carson finally realized my disappearance from school. I knew that would be soon. Either Carson would realize I was gone during lunch time, or the school would call and tell my mom I didn’t show up for class.

Instead of dwelling on how much shit I had just gotten myself into, I just continued to run. Before I knew it, I found myself gasping for air in front of one of our town’s many dentist offices. The odds of Owen actually being in this place where slim to none, but I still found myself walking into the small dentists office.

“May I help you, dear?” An elderly lady behind the desk asked.

“Yes, I was wondering if you Owen Forbes was here?” I chewed my bottom lip nervously. Luckily, I knew to breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth, so my breathing had returned to semi-normal.

“That’s confidential, hun.”

“Could you please just check? It’s an emergency.” Tears swelled in my eyes. I was on the verge of a panic attack. She sighed, before typing something on her outdated computer.

“I’m sorry, dear, but he’s not a client with us. There’s no Owen Forbes in our system.” She gave me a look of sympathy.

And that’s how things went for the next five dentists offices. For a small town, we actually had a lot of teeth doctors. At the last office in town, I was practically on the verge of passing out. I could barely breath, and my heart was beating a mile a minute. However, I still managed to walk inside.

“Are you alright?” A startled young man asked when I walked into the dentist office. I was barely able to catch my breath long enough to ask him if Owen Forbes was a client here.

Instead of giving me the same ‘that’s confidential’ line that all the other places did, the receptionist complied. He typed away without much of a resistance.

“He is, but his appointment ended thirty minutes ago.” He gave me an apologetic look. I cured under my breath and walked outside.

Tears spilled, and I cried. I had just walked, ran, and jogged close to twenty freaking miles. Twenty! I was exhausted mentally and physically by this point. Owen, whom I thought would save me by now, was nowhere to be seen. I was foolish to think that whole coming to rescue the damsel in distress stuff actually was real. Connor hated me, and I was keeping two huge secrets from my best friend. Lastly, my family was probably having panic attacks right about now.

Finally, after crying for about thirty minutes, I passed out. It could have been because I was exhausted, but I had a bad feeling that it had something to do with my heart.

I am such an idiot sometimes. 

Short, i know :( 

But i know what i'm doing for the next chapter, so maybe it'll make up for this one.