Impact

The Pain

 I took a deep breath as I passed through the woods.

 "Coming!" I yell as I duck under a tree branch.

 What could I have done this time? I can't think of anything. Maybe he's just super drunk or high again.

 I finally reach my father his hair a mess and his gray shirt stained with alcohol.

 "I'm having company over. Stay outside if you come in whille they're still here you will get punished," he says.

 By "company" he probably means people selling him drugs or alcohol.

 "Okay."

 He then goes back in the house and I turn back towards the woods. As I quickly go through the woods my foot hits a tree root sending me falling. I hit my side and pain flows through my body. I bite my lip so I don't scream, if Logan is still out there I don't want to worry him. I lie there for a little, too scared to move. I finally pull myself up and against a tree. It hurts so bad. Buillding up courage i slowly stand, my legs wobbily from the pain. I slowly walk through the woods untill I'm at mother's tree. I sit down against it and look around. I don't see Logan. I take this time alone to lift up part of my shirt and look at my side. I see a horrible swollen bruise that has a mixture of purple, blue, brown, and orange. I almost vomit at the sight. My thoughts are interrupted by a rustling in the woods and I pull my shirt back over my side. Logan comes out of the bushes and sits next to me.

 "What was that about," he asks.

 "Just that I can't go inside for a while," I respond.

  "I have something for you," he says reaching in his pockets and pulling out two twenty dollar bills.

 "I can't take this," I say eyeing the money.

 "You need it much more than I do. Pease just take it."

 "Thank you," I say placing the money in my pocket.

 "You're welcome."

  I take a deep breath as I feel the pain in my side getting worse. I push it down and bury it as much as I can and then place a smile on my lips. He grabs my hand and once again intertwimes his fingers with mine. I place my head on his shoulder and suddenly feel really tired. He begins to sing that song again sending me to a nice calm sleep.

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 "Logan just go, I'll be fine," I say.

 "I won't let him hurt you. I'm coming with you."

 "Why can't you just go Logan! I can take care of myself," I say getting a little irritated.

 "Because I l-care about you."

 "Please Logan, go home."

 "I'm not leaving you," he says his eyes daggers at me.

"Please!" I yell almost in tears but he's already headed to my house.

 I catch up and walk with him. We walk through the woods until we walk up to my house. My dad's "company" is most likely gone, but he still will get mad considering the last thing he said to Logan was that he never wanted to see him again. Finding the door locked again I reach up and knock. A cold night wind brushes through as I hear the lock click. My dad pulls open the door and his horrid face fills with outrageous anger.

 "What are you doing here!?" my dad yells at Logan.

 "I was just-"

 My dad cuts him off by punching him in the face.

 "No!" I yell and move towards Logan but am shoved down to the ground by my dad sending excruciating pain in my side.

 "Leave her alone," Logan says to my dad.

 "She's my daughter! She needed to be punished!"

 "She didn't do anything wrong! And hurting her is no way to punish her!"

 "How dare you tell me how to treat my own daughter! You need to be taught a lesson!"

 "No, Dad please!" I yell.

 He takes me by my legs and begins to drag me inside as I'm being dragged in my eyes meet Logan's and I once again mouth I'm sorry.

 "Stay here I'll deal with you later," my dad says as he slams the door.

 I begin to cry and try to get to the door, but once I do I can't get it open I'm too weak. I hear fighting noises from outside and I curl up with my hands over my ears balling as I try to block out Logan's screams. I lie there for what seems like hours until my dad storms through the door his knuckles bleeding and his face filled with rage.

 "I told you not to bring him here again!" he says sending a blow to my side causing me to scream out in pain.

 He grabs my bad wrist and twists it again then he gives me some more blows sending pain throughout my body. Then he picks me up and throws me outside slamming the door behind him. I drag myself over to Logan who's lying on the ground. Blood is scattered over him. He does not look good. I start crying again when I reach him, he would be unrecognizable if I hadn't known it was him.

 "I'm so sorry," I say.

 "Don't be, you didn't do anything," he makes out his voice barley above a whisper.

 He reaches for his neck, but I stop him and undo his necklace for him.

 "Keep it," he says.

 "I can't take this," I say, he constantly wore it I knew it was his favorite.

 "I won't be needing it much longer."

 "Don't talk like that, you're going to be fine," I say placing the necklace in my pocket.

He has to be fine.

 He smiles a weak smile, "I love you Maddy."

 Shock envelopes me when I hear these words but then fades as I realize, "I love you too."

 I bend over and gently kisses him on the lips.

 "We need to get you to the hospital," I continue, "Do you have a phone?"

 He nods and I grab his phone out of his front pocket and then dial 9-1-1. I tell them I need an ambulance and they tell me they're on their way. I put my head on his chest lying beside him still lightly sobbing for two reason one is that Logan is hurt bad the second is the pain in my side is worse than its ever been before. He places his arm on my back and plays with my braid. I start singing Hey Jude the best I can while crying. The ambulance soon comes and they put him on a stretcher. I ride in the back holding his hand as they give him an oxygen mask and do many other stuff. It would be pointless to keep singing because the siren would drown out my voice. Pretty soon we're at the the hospital running down the hallway with Logan on the stretcher, a doctor, and several nurses. I struggle to keep up but my side hurts so bad I feel like I can't breathe.

One of the nurses stops me and says, "You can't follow them he's going into immediate surgery."

 "I'm not leaving him!" I say as I try to catch back up to Logan.

 He reaches out to stop me and touches my side causing me to fall over because of the pain.

 "Ms, are you okay."

 "Ya, I'm fine," I say getting up.

 "You're bleeding," he says.

 I look at my side and see a big bright blood stain that is slowly growing. Then the pain which I had been holding back quicky floods through me causing me to fall to the floor and go unconscious.

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Omigosh I'm so sorry I haven't written in a long time! I hope this chapter is good! If you like it please star and comment I would very much appreciate it! Thanks for reading! Love ya readers!