When I turned the corner, suddenly, I found Nick.
And Lexy.
Together.
I stopped in my tracks, and Lexy saw me. Nick started to turn but she said something and so he didn’t see me. Then, all of a sudden, he leaned over and kissed her on the lips.
Before I knew it, I was gone.
I was on the motercycle, I wasn’t really sure whether it was Nick’s or the one Micky had given me. I didn’t care.
I didn’t know where I was going, I was just riding, zooming through the endless field, alone. I let the sound of the motor’s roar fill my ears, but my eyes still see the kiss. My fingers freeze from the cold wind, but all I feel is the pain in my chest.
My tears blur my vision, but this thought does not enter my conscious mind, instead my speed stays just as dangerously fast, if not faster. I cherished the feeling of the tears stinging my eyes, of the cold biting my fingers and ears, of the painful landings after harsh bumps on my bike. I had no idea how long the field lasted, or in what direction I was going, but I didn’t think about it. Screw the future! Screw the past! They both brought nothing but misery. Remembering the high points in my life brought an unbearable longing which I could not shake. Worrying about the future brought a sense of doom, which also stayed with me. No, I was going to live in the present. Just me, my bike, and the air.
And the ground.
Which all of a sudden, was pressed against my face.
Now the pain rocketed through me, through every nerve and every muscle except for my chest. The pain there was already too unbearable, so it went unaffected. I knew I was in excruciating pain, and had probably broken several bones, yet in comparison to that one unaffected area, it was nothing.
So I lay there, begging sleep to come and take me. All alone. In literally the middle of nowhere.
Then suddenly, I wasn’t alone.
There was the unmistakable vroom of a motorcycle, stopping just behind me. I heard the bike drop to the ground as the owner leaped off. I knew who it was immediately, but I was in too much pain to turn away from Nick as he bent down worriedly.
“Amber…what the hell…” He whispered, dumbstruck.
I felt like dying. Even though I was betrayed and pained, I wanted to fix my disheveled hair, wipe my dirt-covered face, and hide my red eyes. Instead I let out a weak groan.
“Amber, Amber, I wasn’t cheating! Amber, I love you! Please, please, I was breaking up with Lex, for good. I convinced her that this was it, and that I wouldn’t be coming back to her. She asked for one last kiss to remember me by, and then she wouldn’t try to get between us again. That’s all it was! Amber, I swear, I love you. Please!” He gasped, staring helplessly at my wounds, and shakily taking his shirt off to stop the blood flow, pausing to decide which area of me needed it the most, before deciding with a look of pain on my red mixed with black head.
