Chapter 13
I opened my eyes and slowly sat up looking around. I was back in my room, then I quickly remembered what happened at the lake so I bent down and pulled up my pant leg and I saw that it was bandaged tightly. I wiggled it around in circles and I felt a little ping of pain, nothing I couldn't handle but I bet that I was going to be walking around with a limp all today.
I heard a short groan then saw Sasha sat up and stretch her arms then crack her shoulders.
"'Morning," she said yawning and smiling over me.
"'Sup," I said smiling back then arched back and cracked it with three loud pops.
"Gross," Sasha said with a look of discuss on her face "how do you do that?"
"Can you do a bridge," I asked.
"Of coarse," and she folded up into the gymnastics position.
"Just walk toward your hands," I laughed, and she slowly walked backwards and then we herd a loud POP and she crumpled on the floor.
"That felt so weird," she said and I laughed at the look of amazement on her face. We laughed then she looked over at me.
"Your turn."
"What," I said looking confused.
"Do the same thing I did."
"Ok," and I leaned back once I pulled up into the position I felt a little pain in my ankle but it didn't bother me that much.
I walked back and after the second step me ankle flared out I wanted to scream but held it in. I fell onto the ground and reached for my ankle while gritting my teeth together at the same time.
"What's wrong," Sasha asked looking concerned.
I couldn't say anything so I pulled up my pant leg to show her my bandage, and then I noticed that on the side of my ankle was some small scrip and I had to squint my eyes to read it.
Warning:
Do not unwrap.
Also plz don't do anything stupid on it k?
-Eric ^-^
I laughed slightly and pulled the leg back down.
"What happened," Sasha asked still concerned.
"Oh," and I had to think of a story quick "I tried to jump onto the roof but I slipped and my foot got cut as Eric caught me and pulled me back into the window." It was a short story but I could add on latter.
"Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" she reached toward my ankle but held herself back afraid to touch it.
"Fit as a fiddle," and I put my arms up and flexed them like a wrestler.
"Well, it's a good thing Eric was there."
"Yeah," I said smiling over at her "but you know, Alex and Eric were acting really odd last night." And then I saw her smile grow wide and she looked over at the wall.
"Oh, really?" and I could here the amusement in her voice.
"What did you do?"
She smiled at me, and I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Well," and she looked down at her hands "while you were down stairs making hot chocolate I dared Alex and Eric."
"And what did you dare them," I asked when she stopped.
"I said that the first one to kiss you could go out with you."
"Really," I focused my face so no shock or surprise showed on it.
"So," she said looking at me.
"So what," and I was still trying to control my face.
"Did they?"
"That's for me to know and you to find out," and I smirked at her while keeping my arms crossed.
"Oh," she said in a whining tone then shaking my arm "Please tell me."
Then Alex stirred beside me and I looked down at him. He slowly opened his eyes and stared up at my face.
"Good morning bat boy," I said and I smiled down at him, then Sasha shook me vigorously and I laughed as she shook my crossed arms harder.
She leaned back panting and I laughed at the expression on her face. Then I felt Alex's arms wrap around mine and he squeezed me against himself and I was aware of his mouth brushing against my ear as he talked.
"I'm sorry," he said his voice, I could tell, was a little tone of sadness.
"A bought what?" and he squeezed me tighter.
"I'm really sorry." And by this time I could hardly breath with how hard he was squeezing me.
"It's okay," I said and I reached up and touched his arm and slightly squeezed it- the best hug I could give in this situation.
Then Eric turned and started to sit up. Alex quickly let go of me and sat back down on the floor. Eric opened his eyes and turned to look at me.
"Good morning," I said smiling
"Oh, um hi," Eric said sitting up and rubbing his eyes "how's your ankle?"
"Oh it's fine-"
"Your ankle?" Alex yelled then grabbed my arm and pulled me into him, my body sideways and then lifted up my pant leg to see the bandage "what happened?"
"Oh, um I fell and my ankle got caught." I said looking up at him. Alex looked from Eric to Sasha and back to me, I quickly winked at him hoping that he would understand that I would tell him later. His eyes widened and then he nodded his head.
"Okay now that that's over," I said then walked over to stand by Sasha.
"Get out!" we said at the same time pointing to different windows.
"What?" Alex and Eric said hopping up and staring at us.
"Go get ready for school and we'll meet you outside," Sasha said putting her hands on her waist.
"Oh," they said in unison then jumped into their separate rooms. Sasha walked over and closed Alex's window, and I walked over to Eric's.
"Hey," Eric said sliding his head back into my room "how are you going to get to school?"
"Oh, no," I just realized. I won't be able to jump up onto the bus with my ankle like this.
"I guess I'll just have to go in my uniform," I said making a disgusted face at the thought of me in a uniform.
"No you won't." I looked up at him confused.
"What?"
"I'll drive you. Okay?"
"Oh, um you got your car back?"
"Yeah and it works great." He smiled at me and I smiled back
"Uh, okay."
"Great." He smiled again then pulled his head back into his window, and I closed the window and blinds.
"Okay Sasha lets go to school." I said and Sasha and I got ready.
Alex walked out onto his doormat, with his backpack and gazed up at the cloudless sky. He smiled then looked over to the other drive way. His smile dropped as he saw Eric leaning coolly on the side of a white pickup. He glared at Eric, but Eric didn't notice because he was looking up at the sky.
"You know," Alex said walking over to Eric, and Eric just stared at the sky.
"You know what?" Alex said trying to make Eric look down "Heaven is going to go out with me, and there's nothing you can do." This made Eric look down.
"I'm sorry I was thinking, did you say something?" Alex's face turned red with anger, but he slid past it.
"What were you thinking about? Not that I really care…"
"What I was going to ask Heaven when I take her to school today and…"
"What!" Alex yelled his face turning red again.
"Her ankle still hurts so I'm taking her to school." Eric said looking at Alex.
"Oh." Alex said cooling off "what exactly happened last night?"
"Well," Eric said thinking of how he was going to phrase it "she got attacked by an eel and-"
"An eel?" Alex interrupted "how?"
"Please don't interrupt," Eric sighed, "I guess I have to start from the beginning." Eric told Alex what he saw when he woke up "then I found her and when we were swimming the-"
"Swimming!"
"I said don't interrupt." And Eric went back to the story "she was swimming under water and I needed to take a breath. I was waiting for her to come up but she didn't." Eric looked back up at the sky.
"I swam under to see where she was, and I saw her kicking an over sized eel that was biting her ankle." Alex's eyes widened "I won't go into much detail because it looks like your going to faint. Well, anyway she ran out of air and then the eel started to pull her into its cave, but luckily I was able to smash the head of the eel and swam her back to shore." It took Alex a couple of second to process all of the information.
"But what I want to know," Eric said looking back at Alex "why did she fly away in the first place?"
"Oh, well," Alex, said giving Eric a little nervous smile "you see I kind of lost control and did something…" his voice trailed of and he did a little smile to himself.
"Did what?" Eric's voice sounded furious.
"You see, I kissed her with a bit to much force," Alex said his last word breaking. He looked at Eric expecting to get punched, but Eric just looked back up at the sky.
"What are you thinking now?" Alex asked trying to fill the awkward silence.
"Where I'm going to take heaven on a date," and Eric smiled at Alex.
"What!" Alex's mouth dropped open and he stared at Eric.
"Oh, come on," Eric said sarcastically "I mean don't you think she was thankful when I saved her?" Eric smirked down at Alex's stunned face.
"Alex are you okay?" I asked looking at his open jaw and wide eyes.
"Heaven!" he said jumping and quickly closed his mouth.
"Oh, Alex I hope you don't mind is Eric drives me to school today," I said hoping he wouldn't get mad.
"No not at all," he said but I could hear the rough tone in his voice "after all your ankle must hurt." Then he spun around and walked off toward the bus stop.
"I wonder what's wrong with him," Sasha said staring after him.
"Oh, nothing," Eric said smiling "he just didn't get much sleep last night that's all."
"Oh, okay," she said then she waved to me and fallowed after Alex.
"Well, lets go to school," Eric said wrapping his arm around my waist.
"Um… okay," and I slowly limped to the door of the car.
"You going to make it through the day?" Eric asked laughing as he pulled me to the car.
"Of course. I'm tough," I said then I climbed into the car and smiled at Eric.
"Yeah you are," he said smiling at me. He grabbed my seat belt and leaned over me to plug it in, his face in front of mine still with a smile on it.
"Just take it easy today okay?" I could hear the concern in his voice. He leaned in and kissed me softly on the cheek then was in his seat, buckled in, before I could even blink.
"You okay?" he said looking over at me while starting the engine of the truck.
"Yeah. Yeah I'm fine." And I smiled over at him trying hard to compose my face. He smiled back then pulled out of the driveway.