My best friend's mom

My big mouth

School was getting more and more awkward as it seemed that more people started staring at us and mumbling comments underneath their breath. What was Strauss up to? How come so many kids knew about what happened? Or at least what he thought had happened. Was he really so childish to spread news like that between high school kids? Low life!

Anna and I were sitting at lunch on Thursday when I thought about telling her about what I felt. It had been almost two weeks and her mom just kept on flirting with me. Playing footsie at the dinner table, sitting really close to me on the couch, touching my arm when she spoke to me, caressing my cheek or playing with my hair whenever she had the chance... The list goes on! This woman was driving me crazy. She bewitched me. I couldn't stop thinking about her. Her eyes, her hair, her smell, her touch that sent shock waves through me.

"Hey Anna..." I started hesitantly.

"Mhm?" She seemed distracted. Maybe now wasn't a good time.

"What's up buttercup? Why the long face?" I rather asked.

"It's nothing. Just some comment Jordan made about my mom earlier." She frowned and bit into her apple.

"Jock Jordan? How would he know anything?" My mind started racing. A funny feeling came over me. Like I was a raging bull and someone kept teasing me with a red cloth. I was overprotective about Anna, I have always been. She likes it that I am like that about her. The thing is, I now feel like that about her mom as well and it's almost worse.

"My mom said to just leave it and not pay any attention to it. The year is almost over, I just need to ignore it that's all." She said almost to herself.

"And what should I do? You know I can't just sit back and watch you and your mom being slandered by the whole school. Fuck that shit." I was really getting upset.

"I know Ali." She said gloomily looking down. My heart can't take the torment of seeing her like this.

As we got up to get to class, a group of boys passed us and chuckled menacingly. Jordan pointed at Anna and broke out in laughter among his friends.

"You got a problem there asshole?" I remarked as I walked towards him.

"Ali, stop..." Anna started.

"Enough is enough Anna."

Jordan and his group stopped and turned to me. "Yeah we were just discussing some idioms..."

"What?" I was a bit confused.

"You know how true it is when they say that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. I just don't know who's the bigger slut. Your friend or her whore mother." He broke out in laughter again and his friends joined him. Red flag, red flag, red flag. He turned around to walk away but I charged him with all I had. I jumped on his back and started choking him.

"Get off me, fucking bitch." He yelled. One of his friends pulled me from him and threw me to the ground. In a matter of seconds I was surrounded by 4 boys all staring down at me.

"Ali, get up!" I heard Anna yell from afar. Before I could react, I felt a hard knock on the side of my face. My ears were wringing and white spots covered the picture from my eyes. I clutched my cheek and tried to stumble forward.

"You think I'm done? You're going down. Just like Anna's mom went down on that other slut." His friends laughed again and they handed him some hi-fives. A powerful kick to my ribs left me gasping for air on the floor. My arm immediately covered my chest as I tried to get up again. I couldn't.

"Ali! Ali! Someone help!" Anna was frantic. I couldn't see her but I could hear her voice moving in different directions. Everything was getting hazy and dim.

Another effort to a rib kick left me blocking with the arm over my chest. I felt a snap and a shot of pain running up my arm. I cried out in pain.

"Stop, please..." I tried to say but words came out as gasps. Everything was getting darker and my mind was suddenly feeling as dim as my eyes. I was tired all of a sudden.

"What in the..." A teacher was about to interrupt when he saw me lying on the floor, gasping for air and crying out in pain.

"She started it!" I heard Jordan start but his voice faded away very quickly.

I drifted in and out of consciousness while Anna was hovering over me. I was confused at why a bunch of teachers were standing there too, covering their mouths.

What?

"What?"

"Shhhh Ali... The ambulance is on its way." Anna's eyes were filled with tears. "I told you to leave it, dammit Ali Cat."

"Not in a million years..." Everything went dark again.

In the ambulance I could feel someone working on and over me the whole time. I was getting irritated and tried get up.

"Alison, stop. You'll pull out the IV." Anna was there. It made me feel calmer. She took my hand and started crying again.

The ride to the hospital felt like forever and extremely bumpy. I woke up again when I was in a quiet room all alone. I tried to move but my whole body ached. I groaned loudly and sighed.

Great there goes my time with Dianna.

I fell asleep again a few times when the morphine kicked in.

"Where is she?" I heard a panicked voice.

"Ma'am, only family allowed in that room."

"You have no idea who you are dealing with. Let me in or I will have your ass. I am her caregiver for the time being and will enter this room... Immediately." I know that voice. That badass, sexy voice.

I pretended to still be asleep.

"Oh no... Look at my baby girl." She moved over to the side of my bed. She softly ran her finger over my nose and chin and rested her hand on my cheek. "How did this happen?"

I just laid there, not really knowing what to do.

"I promise I will get whoever did this. No one will hurt my princess and get away with it." She took my hand and sat like that for a long time.

I opened my eyes and saw that she had fallen asleep on my arm. I moved my fingers, which woke her.

"Hey baby girl." She smiled hazily but stood up immediately. "How you feeling?"

"Better now. You're here." I stuttered. It was hard to speak.

"Can I get you some water?" I noticed a little blush.

I nodded and smiled.

"I will be right back. Don't fall asleep again, princess." She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. My whole body stiffened and I turned my face to her. She gave me that sly smile again and placed the most tender kiss I had ever had, right on my lips. She lingered for a moment and then left the room.

Don't freak out.

I'm freaking out! That was... Fuck.