Chapter 10: Waiting

I bit my lip; did I really just say that?

I saw Bo close his eyes, trying to think of something to say.

This could kill him!

He already lost the love of his life, got injured in an accident twice, and now this kid was proclaiming their love for him!

I wanted to kick myself in the stomach.

"Listen…" I said before he could say anything. "Don't… Just forget I ever said that… Please? I didn't mean to say it…."

"Sure…" he said.

We sat there in silence again; I saw that the sun was beginning to rise.

"Mom and Pop must be worried sick…" I thought to myself.

"Ariella…" I heard Bo say.

"Yes?" I asked, turning my attention to him.

"You need to go and find help… I know you don't wanna leave me… But it's the only way that we both might be able to live…" Bo explained.

I thought for a moment, and then said, "I will…"

I wished I had some food or water on me… But I was so upset last night; I just left the house without anything.

"I'll be back." I said as I got up to go.

I began running to Chloe and Owen's house.

They were both outside, on their way to the mines.

I ran faster so that I didn't have to go in the mines…

When I got there, I was outta breath.

"There's a… You have to…" I tried to say.

"Whoa! Slow down!" Owen joked. "Sit and rest for a bit… You look beat."

I almost accepted his offer, but just before I sat down, I remembered why I was there.

"No! I can't!" I yelled out.

Owen and Chloe looked at each other, both with confused faces.

"Bo's been hurt! A tree fell on top of him when we were in the woods! I got it off of him, but I think he's seriously injured! You gotta help me get him to Dr. Jin's office immediately!" I blurted out.

"Take us to him! Quick!" Owen said, dropping his hammer.

We all took off in a dead run to the Forest.

When we got there, Bo looked up and said, "Hey guys? What's up?"

"Not you apparently." Owen said as he helped pick Bo up.

Owen and I carried Bo all the way to the Clinic.

Chloe ran ahead and helped clear out the area, so that we wouldn't trip and drop Bo.

It took us about forty-five minutes to get to the Clinic.

It didn't take us long to get Bo in.

"You just can't keep outta trouble." Dr. Jin joked, after he had given Bo one of those air tube thingies.

After three or four hours, Dr. Jin said Bo was going to be okay, and just needed to get some rest.

Chloe and Owen left, relieved.

But I stayed.

I had been holding his hand ever since Dr. Jin had first started working on him, and I didn't plan to let go anytime soon.

I felt my heart beat race every time I saw him.

I felt my heart flip and my stomach turn every time he smiled.

I felt dizzy and hot whenever he was close to me.

How could I leave him when he needed me the most?

After ten hours of waiting, and holding his hand, Bo woke up from the amnesia, turned to me and said, "Ariella?"

"Yes?" I asked.

"Me too." he said weakly.

Then he fell back a sleep.

Even though no one else had known what he said, I did.

And no one would ever know, at least for now.

He loved me.