A/N: Ok so I've been tossing around ideas with myself on how I wanted this chapter to go, and I still don't really like how it turned out, but I'm hoping to make up for it in the next few chapters. Sorry for the mistakes. I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Please leave reviews, let me know what you think, and I'll try to update again as soon as possible.
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Chapter 8
Weeks go by, and those side windows of their bedrooms stay closed. They don't talk except for the occasional hi or hey, in passing or when they all car pool to the school for soccer and volleyball practice. Erin is still grounded but her dad has loosened the reigns a little since practice started, and he even lets her go to the guy's scrimmage game on one Thursday night, and that's the night Charlie decides to get his revenge.
Their night was going great the guys won their game, even though they weren't really supposed to be keeping score because it was just a scrimmage, but they played against their rivals the Reagan Bulldogs, so they definitely weren't going to treat it as just any ole scrimmage. After their own practice Erin, Kim, and Annie all sat together, watching the game while they talked. The game started at 7 and ended at around 8:30. The team had huddled up after the game, going over what they needed to work on before their first official game in two weeks. Once their coaches were done lecturing them, the team went to the locker room to take showers, and then headed home. They left Justin and Jay to clean up all the equipment, and the bottles, or cups left on the sidelines, seeing as how they were the youngest two on the team. When they were done, and everything was put in its place or thrown away, the two of them made their way to the locker room to shower as well. Erin decided to wait for them to get done, trying to extend the time she spent out of her personal prison for as long as possible, and walk home with them. Everyone else had left, or so she thought as she stood outside the door closest to the boy's locker room. She thought wrong, as a hooded figure makes its way towards her, and she starts to panic. The person continues to walk towards her, before stopping and removing his hood. Erin gasps, when she sees that it's Charlie, she turns around, wanting to run away, when she gets hit over the side of her head with something hard, and everything fades to black, as she falls to the ground.
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Jay's POV
They had just finished taking their showers, Justin taking way longer than necessary, they grab their gym bags and they push open the green door of the locker room, and then out the glass doors of the school. When they didn't see Erin they immediately get worried; they had just spoken with her roughly thirty minutes ago, and she said she was going to wait for them right there. They decide to split up and look for her. A few minutes later he finds her, and it's as if the world slows as he makes his way over to her; yelling for Justin, and pulling out his phone to call for help. He kneels down to where Erin is laying on the black asphalt of the school parking lot. She's covered in blood; the fabric that used to make up her white tank top, pink sports bra, and black spandex shorts were all just rags laid across her, leaving her skin exposed. He yells for Justin again, not even realizing that he had been standing in shock only feet away, while he stays on the line with the 911 dispatcher, he pushes the "speaker" button on the screen, and drops the phone to the ground. He grabs his hoodie he had laid on top of his gym bag, and placed it under her head, then he dug around in the green bag to retrieve a shirt to cover her up. His hands are shaking as he reaches out to touch her face, and he's surprised when she lets out a groan.
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Erin's POV
She feels someone gently caress her cheek, and she lets out a groan. Her eyes flutter, as she tries to break out of the darkness that has consumed her since being struck over the head. After a few moments she starts to feel more pain then just the throbbing in her head, she feels every cut, and the pain radiating from in between her legs. She hears a male voice start saying her name and she jumps slightly before realizing that she recognized the voice, and it was not one she should fear. This voice is strong, and confident, but is also gentle and soothing, she slowly turns her head towards him. She blinks a few times "Jay?" she says weakly, when her eyes meet his tear filled ones, a few tears of her own falling down the side of her face. She hears another voice, but she's not quite sure who it is, or where its coming from, and that's when she sees her brother, he's frozen in place a few feet away from her and Jay. Her vision isn't the clearest right now, but she can see how pale he is, she wants to comfort him and let him know she's ok, but when she goes to sit up, she gets pushed back down gently. That's when Justin comes over to her other side, and kneels next to her. The voice that she couldn't locate before is asking if she was still conscious and trying to move to which Jay answers
"Yes she's conscious, but she's not trying to move anymore." Then the voice on the phone says to Jay "Ok Jay try and keep her awake and calm, the ambulance is almost there."
Jay nods in response as if the person on the phone can see him then he starts talking to me "Hey Er, did you hear that? Help is on the way, it's almost here, ok?" And then it's my turn to nod, as I feel the darkness creeping back again, then Justin speaks for the time since I've been awake
"Hey Jay her thigh is bleeding a lot, ask if we should be putting pressure on it."
Jays asks, which the voice on the phone replies with a yes, and walks them through how to do it in the most effective way. Justin goes to grab a shirt from his bag, and is about to go and do as instructed by the dispatcher, when I use all the strength left in my body to clench my legs together. Even with being semi-conscious I knew I didn't want my brother applying pressure to my upper thigh when I'm completely clothed, much less when I have barely anything covering the bottom half of my body. He says "Erin I have to put pressure on it." Not having a lot of fight left in me I just say "No." weakly. Justin says sternly "Erin I have to-" I cut him off then, my words coming out a bit whiny "No Justin I don't want you to." He lets out a sigh, and he's about to say something else when Jay cuts in, putting his hand on my leg and says "What about me? Will you let me put pressure on it?" I nod at him hesitantly, relaxing my legs so he can cover me and apply pressure, and that's when the darkness comes back for me again.
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Jay's POV
I wasn't going to listen to the two of them arguing while she bleeds out, so I cut them off and offer to apply pressure myself, she agrees, and even in the state she's in I can tell she's hesitant. Given the condition she was in, I was expecting her to be in a lot worse shape down there than she was, the only injury I could see was on her thigh. I had just started applying pressure, when her head slumps back down and her body goes limp. After that it was all a blur.
