APOV
Prom wasn't everything I thought it would be.
And no, it was not better either. First of all, Tabitha made me dance, in front of everyone, in heels. That part wasn't so bad. Tabitha said I actually did pretty well, considering I hadn't danced in three years.
Secondly, Leah actually was a chaperone at the dance, she threw me glares every chance she had. I shook them off obviously, Collin would get mad at her if she made me upset. I didn't want to know how that would turn out.
After I learned to ignore Leah, things actually went pretty smoothly. That is until someone ran in from outside, his eyes wide in fright.
Brady and Collin stood up immediately. Tabitha and I glanced at each other; I had a pretty good idea of what was out there. I wasn't so sure about Tabby though.
Collin glanced back at me, his eyes torn. I worked to keep my face calm so he wouldn't have to worry.
"Go Collin," He nodded once, and then he, Brady and Seth hustled out the door.
"Alexys, I want you and Tabitha to stay put, I'm going to try and get this party up and running again." I nodded at Leah and she hurried to the DJ booth, pushing the DJ away from the microphone.
"Who's ready to find our Prom Queen and King?" Leah's voice sounded unnaturally excited.
There was silence for about two seconds before a loud cheer erupted from the crowd.
Leah seemed to sigh in relief as she handed the mic to the president of Student Council.
"Okay students! This year's vote was almost unanimous! No offence to the other contenders of course," There was some uneasy giggles as the paper was unfolded.
I was distracted by Collin's abrupt depart. It was something I was sure I wouldn't be able to handle if he didn't come back. It would be my fault, of course. If it was Jasper out there, he would have obviously come for me and...
A bright light blocked out my thoughts. I looked up, confused.
Everyone was cheering and clapping like crazy. Tabitha was completely losing it hopping up and down in her heels.
"Alexys! You won! You're prom queen," I frowned, and then shrugged. Might as well get it over with.
I got up and made my way through the throng of students, all wanting to yell their congratulations at me.
Finally, I made it to the stage. I was crowned and condemned to finding out whom my king was.
"And your king is Collin," The cheers died away after a few minutes when people started to realize their king had left.
Leah grabbed the mic back her face a little red.
"Collin had a uh, little errand to run he'll be back in half an hour to dance with the queen,"
Numbly I went back to the table where Tabitha was looking on.
"Are you okay?"
"Fine," she stared at me, obviously not buying it. "I have to find Collin," I whispered, afraid of Leah's super sonic hearing.
"That could be dangerous, no wait, it is dangerous. Alexys you can't go out there," Tabitha leaned across the table putting her hand on mine.
I pulled away and ripped the crown off my head.
"I have to," I got up slowly making sure Leah wasn't watching.
"I got your back," Tabitha whispered.
"Thanks," I snuck out the door, noticed by only a few people. I told them I was going to the bathroom and hurried on. The closest exit was at the end of the main hallway. I went as fast as I could in my heels and prayed that Tabitha would cover for me.
I pushed on the door gratefully, glad that I had escaped Leah, for now.
The sight that I came took when I got outside made the gratefulness dig its own grave.
Jasper was on top of Collin, who was a wolf, and it didn't look so good for him.
Jasper looked up suddenly. I realized the door had slammed behind me.
Collin kicked out, sending Jasper flying back. Collin got up, glanced at me then at Jasper.
He took one step forward then whimpered. Jasper smiled, probably realizing what I had.
Collin had fought back, but he was hurt, badly.
Jasper took one step toward me, watching Collin.
Collin straightened up, his ears pointed. He took a step too, matching Jasper.
Jasper crouched down, tearing his eyes away from Collin for a split second. Collin slid into a crouch too, preparing to do the exact same thing Jasper was.
I knew what was going to happen, it didn't matter who missed, and someone would still get hurt.
Collin and Jasper jumped at the same time.
...
Collin missed.
I didn't really feel any pain at first, just the wind rushing to fast by me. Jasper glared at me with black eyes, a smirk stuck to his face.
My head smacked down on the pavement by the school stairs.
Warm, sticky blood caked my hair and dripped down onto my shoulders. I was still in too much shock to really take in the pain.
Collin got up rather quickly and knocked Jasper off of me before anything bad could actually happen.
I could feel myself gasping for air, Collin growling loudly and angrily somewhere on my left.
In a few minutes Collin was over me, which meant that Jasper had probably left.
"Alexys, you're bleeding, are you okay?" Collin's voice was panicky. I wanted to reassure him, to tell him I would be fine once the bleeding stopped.
But I couldn't. A dark shadow was clouding my vision and I was starting to feel light headed.
I couldn't speak either which scared me.
"Alexys, I'm begging right now, please don't die. Seriously, I'll cry if you close your eyes. I'll fix this, we'll get you to the hospital, everything will be fine," I could feel he was talking to himself now.
Collin picked my up gently, keeping me close to him.
"No car," he muttered.
I struggled to keep my eyes open, not wanting to hear Collin cry, but it was hard. After a long struggle, my eyes closed.
"Alexys!"
Frantic, Collin began running. I could feel myself slipping into unconsciousness.
The blood flowing out of my head made it harder to think, to hear Collin's voice which was, at this moment, the only thing keeping me alive.
"Alexys, no, come one, fight just a little bit longer," Warm tears were falling on my face. I felt bad for making Collin cry, I wanted him to stop.
It was hard, and I tried, I really did, but unconsciousness won. I fell over the cliff.
I was down and out for the count.