I wave Sam goodbye, opening the door to the summer house. My right eye covered by my hand. Yeah... he hit me, apologized straight after and begged me not tell...but still hit me.
"Hello" I call out. No one answers. I sigh relieved letting go of my eye. I can't think of anything good to say... I promised I wouldn't tell and I'm sticking by that.
I go over to the kitchen, turning on the light as I enter the room. I squint shielding my face with my arm the light not expecting it to be so bright.
Once my eyes have adjusted, I walk over to the freezer and pull out an ice bag, putting it over my eye. It hurts at first but within seconds it's numb.
I should eat. It's gone 10. I haven't eaten dinner, or lunch, or breakfast at that. I threw my apple away after the first bite. It's become an effort to eat lately. The sight of food makes me want to puke. It's like I got a constant lump in my throat and it won't go away.
I sigh leaning back against the counter. My eye has got no feeling what so ever now. Good...
I pull the ice pack away to examine it, to check its not bleeding or anything. I'm going to need a lot of make-up to hide this one.
I wash the ice pack and put it back into the freezer. I touch my eye to check it's still numb. It's not. "Ow!" I hiss prodding it. It's defiantly not.
I walk over to the back doors. I wonder one no one's home yet... Someone's normally in by now.
I walk over to the guest house pulling out my key to unlock it. Before I can open it, I feel a hand on my shoulder. I jump sky high, turning around to face the person before me. I sigh relieved, before panicking and covering my eye. It's Nick
"What happened?" he asks not at all worried about the fact I nearly got my pepper spray out on him.
"What happened?" I ask surprised, "What happened is that you nearly gave me a heart attack! When did you get in?". "I never left" he frowns, "You're eye. What happened to your eye?"
Oh no...Need an excuse, quick... "Sam and some friends were playing baseball. Guess who got in the way" I laugh. Wow... That was lame.
"I don't believe you" he states crossing his arms and stepping closer to me. I step back one, so my back is up against the glass. "That's your problem" I scowl.
He sighs stepping back again. "Whatever" he mumbles looking at the water. Have I offended him? "What's wrong?" I ask worried, dropping my hand from my eye.
"Nothing" he says shaking his head. "I don't believe you" I mock, trying to lighten the mood. He doesn't laugh.
"Am I a bad guy?" he mumbles not looking away from the pool. "What? No! Nick you're a JONAS" I laugh at the stupid question and sudden subject change.
"Ugh! I mean...me. Not Nick the guy who plays the drums. I mean Nick the...school guy, normal guy." He frowns. "And I stick by my answer. You're not a bad guy Nick" I smile, even though he's not looking at me.
"How do you know?" he asks looking at me again. "Well what I know of you of course" I mumble, "We've never really spoken" I shrug. I can't lie to him when he's looking for the truth.
"Hello I'm Nick. I'm 17 years old and I'm in a band" he laughs. I smack his arm playfully. "You know what I mean" I laugh too.
"How did you really get the black eye?" he asks changing the subject, once again. "I told you Nick" I grumble. I'm not changing my story.
"Ok, fair enough, I understand"- Why is he being so cool about it?- "But if you're going to lie about something that big, you need a good excuse" he shrugs. Well thanks captain obvious...
"I got nothing to lie about Nick. I'm telling the truth" I sigh, frustrated. I'm sticking by my story. "Ok, I believe you" he shrugs. I know he doesn't.
"Hey you two" Kevin says walking over. Doesn't anyone knock...on the back door? He walks over to us with Joe and Stella. Oh no...
"What's u- Oh my god! Macy what happened to your eye!" Joe yells in surprise. Joe, Stella and Kevin all look at me in horror. I feel like a deer caught in head lights. I can't bring myself to lie to them, all at once.
"It's my fault. I didn't know she was on the other side of the door" Nick mumbles embarrassed. I look at him in surprise, as does everyone else.
"Nick! That's mean! I hope you apologized" Stella says flabbergasted. She walks over to me, checking out my eye. I don't look away from Nick.
"Yeah, only a real jerk would do that" Nick says looking at me. I look away from him. "Aw, don't get yourself down man" Joe grins. "But be more careful!" Kevin laughs coming over to check it out for himself.
Nick doesn't say another word. He just walks back into the house, leaving me alone with the others.
I can't believe he lied for me. Why did he lie for me?
