18. It's Not Over Til You're Underground (It's not over befre it's Too Late)

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Much like Bethany's funeral, her mother's was practically empty as well. She'd lived alot longer than I'd expected. On the rare occasions any visitors were allowed, I'd noticed she was extremely frail and clearly on her death bed. Ever since Bethany's suicide she had lost her purpose.

"How are you holding up?" Gary came into my room, closing the door behind him. I shrugged, but managed to smile when Bethany jumped up on the bed and licked my face.

"It just feels like my past is coming back to haunt me. Lately I've been thinking about Bethany more then I've been used to thinking about her. And the only reason Ryder let you go last week was becuase a teacher caught him."

His arms wrapped around me, pulling me into a hug, the kiss on my forehead was a cherry on top. "I'd be nowhere without you. I love you so much." I traced my fingers along his chest as he brought a soft kiss to my lips.

During dinner, my mind had eazed slightly. It was Saturday night, after we'd eaten dinner Gary was taking me to a party that Ronnie somehow convicned me to go to. Sure, the house it was held at was a little old and trashy, but I was eager to have some fun. I ignored the pit in my stomach from the anxiety and bad feelings about this, by the time we got there I felt fine though, with the exception of some nausea from the smells lingering around in the air, so I didn't mention it to Gary, that was until I saw Crystal and Ryder had attended the party.

"C'mon Ryder dance with me." Crystal slurred, trying to pull her boyfriend off the couch and away from his Jack Daniels bottle. I became tense, I knew how she was when she was drunk and it was not a pretty sight. Besides that, the night was going fine until about midnight. Most of the time, Gary and I just drank beer and smoked cigerettes, he wasn't a dancer, and I couldn't even walk in a straight line, so dancing wasn't an option for me either.

Ronnie had spent most of his night with a drunk blonde with questionable intentions. However Ryder sure got what he deserved when he tried to take advantage of a drunken Crystal.

Everybody gathered around to watch Ryder and Ronnie fight, somehow Ryder managed to get up and go right for Gary. On instinct, I jumped in between them, pushing Ryder away fearlessly. However, the next time that I tried the same strategy, Ryder pushed me to the ground and I fell and hit my head hard on impact. My vision blurred, but I could make out that Gary and Ronnie had jumped on Ryder. Graciously, Crystal helped me up. That was the last thing I remembered before I fell to the ground again and blacked out.

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