The Unfortunate Girl

Chapter 10

•••Dakota's•••

I've just been laying here for about two hours now. I woke up at eight thirty, and I just can't talk my self into getting up. Today is Veterans Day, and today just brings back all my memories from Iraq.

Even the army as bad as it was, I would rather be there then on the edge of my life, then here doing nothing. But if I hadn't had been honorably discharged a few months ago, I would not have met LillyAnn.

My life has been the best it has ever been since I met her...I'm being so selfish, I can't let her fall for me. I can't fall for her. It's just wrong. I need to end whatever we have going on. She deserves so much more.

I have to stay away from her. Every time I see her I just want to run up and protect her. I almost killed her dad for crying out loud. I can't do that I'll just leave her alone from now on.

I can feel a pain in my chest. Oh it's the worst pain I've ever felt, and I've been shot. I need to exercise, yeah getting my adrenaline up will take my mind off of things.

I grab some black Nike sweat pants, and a plain White T, then head to the shower.

LillyAnn looks so good in white. She looks good in everything. Her smile, and bright Green eyes, and long blonde hair...

I can't stop thinking about her, so I turn the water to ice cold. I thought maybe I would only focus on the ice cold water on my back, but she just keeps getting back in my head.

I seriously need to blow some steam off. I'll go take Buddy to the park maybe that'll work.

The park didn't help, some one was selling peaches, which absolutely drove me crazy. Every where I go I am reminded of her. Like I said I need to get my adrenaline pumping.

Maybe a run will help. When I get done putting Buddy inside, I grab my phone and ear phones.

As soon as my feet hit the trail and the song "Hurricane" Comes on I am off. I don't think I have ever ran this fast in my life. Soon the trees are just a blur around me.

I don't know how long I ran. Felt like hours, then it started to rain. I still didn't care. I just kept running.

I turned around and started running back toward my house, but then I seen LillyAnn. She called out my name. And I pretended like I couldn't her her over my head phones, but I turned my phone off and stuck it in my pocket when it started to rain.

After yelling my name three times, she got up and started jogging over to me. When she noticed I seen her, her steps started to falter. I picked up my pace again and ran home, as fast as I could.

It's been about an hour since I seen LillyAnn. I can't get the hurt that showed on her face when I ran away from her, out of my mind. What was she doing out there? It was pouring, and it was around two so she should have still been at school.

I took a warm shower and ate some lunch, but that only distracted me for a little bit. I can't imagine what I've done to her. I hate my self for putting her in so much pain.

She will be in much more pain if I stick around and let her get attached to me. It's not fair to her.

Knock knock

I hear quite pecks at the door. If they were any lower I wouldn't have been able to hear them over the storm which is still going strong.

I open the door and come face to face with a soaked LillyAnn, who has puffy eyes from crying.

You did this to her. I can't even look at her so I go to shut the door, but I hear her small weak voice.

"Wait, please just wait." She says, and I can't bring my self to keep her shut out. I move out of the front of the door way to let her in. When she passes her smell of peaches wafts through my nose.