Who Knew...

Chapter 8

The rain sounds like marbles hitting the ground, endlessly bouncing. I feel the cold water take over my hair, my  skin, down to my bare feet, I move my toes around watching the water droplets dissappear in between the creases of my toes.  I look up, I see many water droplets coming as bullets with no fear of the ground that awaits them.  I see one coming straight from a cloud...it gets closer and closer..I close my eyes..the sound of the marbles stop..I open my eyes..the water droplet I awaited for froze right before my nose. I reach out my finger to touch it. It rolls down my index finger onto my palm...
"RAHUL" I scream awake.
Ghaaahg ghaaaag
I breathe heavily.
I put my palm to my forehead,  "Uh what is wrong with me", I say to myself
I take my hand away from my forehead and look at my palm, I rub my palm thinking of the water droplet.
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"1 month to go!!", exclaims Jasmine

I look over to her and smile,  our dreams are truly coming true.
"Poonam!! Jasmine!! Breakfast!!" my mom screams from downstairs.
"Coming!" Jasmine and I yell simultaneously.   We look at each other and laugh. Sometimes I foget how lucky I am to have someone like Jasmine in my life.
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"Hushhh, you are gonna get us kicked out", I say.
"It's a great time to be alive!! Woohooo!", screams Jasmine
Oh great, I think to myself, should be quite the experience dorming with her for the next 4 years.
"Why you smiling gurl? Are you thinking about Mi hermano, your lover??"
I shot my head towards her, "Shut up, leave me alone"
"Poonam and Alejandro, sitting under a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N---" I dart and shut her mouth with my hand.
She still attempts to mumble.
"Shush, he might hear" Alejandro is the one that drove us to the store to buy stuff we need for HUC. 
Jasmine finally gets out of my grip and takes out her phone from her back pocket. She puts it upto her ear, "Yes, Ma, you need me to come home RIGHT NOW?" She looks over to me at the corner of her eyes.  "Ya, I'm sure Alejandro will take Poonam home" She giggles. 
Oh, no. I think to myself. I'm going to be all alone with Alejandro.
Before I know it, Jasmine darts out of the store after hanging up.
I have a feeling that she just made all of that up with a fake phone call,  just to leave me with Alejandro..Uhh this girl..
I take the cart Jasmine left and and walk down the isle. I need to find Alejandro.  I turn into the next isle and BAAMM
I see a flood of cereal boxes tumbling down from the shelves right above my head. I try to walk backwards but I miss my step and feel myself in mid-air. "Shit", my mind states.  Something warm and soft but strong wraps around the right side of my stomach underneath my t-shirt.  A hand.  The grip strengthens, it hurts. 
Everything stops. I felt as if even time stopped. I find two green circles inches away from my own eyes.  I gaze, expecting to find something in that vast green sea.
"You okay?"
"Huh", I blurted abruptly.
I zoom out and into focus, it was Alejandro,  inches away. He was holding me in his arms,  his hands still touching the bare flesh of my side. 
I push him away and stand up straight on my 2 feet.  I straighten out my t-shirt with my palm. 
"AGGHEEM" I clear out my throat trying to push what just happened out of my head.  "Ya, I'm fine. .you?" I stared at the floor because I couldn't bring my eyes up to meet his.
"Ya, I'm good" I hear him say.
Man, why am I so clumsy these days.
The car ride home was so awkward. 
Alejandro drove and I sat in the front passenger seat and stared out the window, watching the trees whizz by. The thought of what happened kept coming into my head,  but I kept pushing them out of my head.  I can't be having these sorts of thoughts when he is right next to me.   I see Alejandro glance over at me in the corner of my eye. He looked as if he were to say something but I saw him hesitate. 
SCREEEEEEECH
I hear the sound of the tire trying to grab a hold of the road.  I look up and see two bright headlights coming our way.
Shit.
Next thing I know, I feel myself being thrown off the seat and pulled back by the seatbelt. The car flipped vigoruously. We were thrown off the road. I see the trees breaking through our windows inches away from me as everything comes to a stop and settles down.  I look down, blood dripping down my leg.  I look over to Alejandro...I deafen my ears with the sound of my own scream. I clasp my hand around my mouth, trying to hold my scream. I feel hot tears down my cheeks. 
Shoot. What do I do.
Blood trickled down from his hairline,  dripping down his right ear. He was unconscious. 
I panic.  I reach my phone, my hand trembling and called for rescue.
I put down the phone.  I look down
at my left hand, the one Alejandro was clenching to protect me. I cry loudly,  "Why?..WHYY", I scream.  I take my right hand and put it over his clenched hand.
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