(52)Ally
Wow. Heaven was a very warm place.
But wasn't Heaven supposed to be pain-free? I mean, before I had died, I had remembered feeling intense pain everywhere. Why was I feeling it again? The ache was so real.
Also, why the heck was it so dark? I had always imagined everything bright and white when I got to Heaven. It took me only a second to realize that my eyes were closed.
I opened them, slowly, and realized that I was staring into those eyes. I was staring into those same unique, hazel-green eyes that made my heart melt at just one glimpse of them. And here I was, getting the full, long view of them.
"Kendall," I said with one breath, and he gasped inaudibly. "Ally!" he whispered, loudly, into the quiet room. The only other noise was the crackling fire we were both by.
"You're awake!" he continued, a moment later. I tried to sit up, but even that simple action brought pain to me. "Ouch!" I hissed, and Kendall frowned. "Here, just lay there. It's ok."
I was so confused. If this was really Heaven, why was Kendall here? Had my father gotten ahold of him, too? Nothing made sense to me.
"I was waiting for you to wake up," Kendall went on. "I'm sorry if I scared you, when you first woke up, and my face was just…there. I have been waiting for a while, now."
I smiled a little, and tried looking around the room as much as I could, without moving my head. If I was identifying this correctly…this looked like the guys' apartment. At the Palm Woods. What the heck was I doing here?
"Kendall…" I finally said, wanting an explanation before anything else could happen. "Am I dead?" Kendall stared directly at my face. He looked almost amused. "Dead? Of course not!"
I squinted my eyes, and again, pain greeted me. "But…I…my dad…he pushed me…then kicked me out…it was cold…" I was practically pleading for an explanation, without asking for one.
Kendall ran his hand gingerly across my cheek, comfortingly. "I know. You called me on your cell before you passed out. I decided something was up when you didn't answer me…so James, Logan, and I went down to your place to investigate. After that…everything else kinda fell into place."
I wasn't as confused, anymore, but I still was a little. As I processed everything, Kendall let out a sigh. "Ally, how is your eye doing? Your dad can throw some pretty nasty punches."
Just his words made me think about how Kendall looked. "Kendall! Look at you! You got in a fight with him, didn't you? Of course! How else would you know that about him?"
Kendall frowned. "I am absolutely fine, Ally. Really. But you didn't answer my earlier question. Is your eye ok?" I nodded. "I'm fine. I can't even feel it."
He nodded, a slight smile returning to his face. "That's good. I was icing it for you, practically the whole time that you were out." I smiled up at him. "You were taking care of me?"
Kendall kissed my forehead. "Of course. And someone had to wait for you to wake up while the others were out."
I cocked my head, slightly. "The others? You mean James, Logan, and Carlos? Where did they go?"
Kendall nodded. "Yeah. Carlos was asleep through most of what happened tonight…but he woke up on his own when we brought you in. After that, he was volunteering to do anything he could to help…so they all are picking up your stuff."
My face fell. "They're what!" Kendall put a finger to my lips. "Shh, shh…it's alright. They are just getting some of your absolutely necessities. Like clothes."
I shook my head, slowly, as to not hurt myself too badly. "No, no, Kendall! Did you not get that my dad is dangerous? If he catches anyone breaking into the house, you guys are dead! Possibly literally!"
Kendall put a finger to his own lips, now. "Shh, Ally…Katie and Mom are asleep, still." I tried to calm myself down, but it was extremely hard.
"Ally, your window was still left open; don't worry. The guys can be more careful than you give them credit for. Really. Everything will be fine."
I shook my head again, not anywhere near satisfied to their plan. "You guys are idiots! You and I both know that Carlos can't be quiet for his life! He is a natural ball of energy, and—"
I was cut off completely by Kendall's lips on mine. At first, I was trying to force him off of me, to lecture him more, but his strong arms forced me to stay put as we kissed. After the last of my strength was drained from me, I just let him take over, and continue to kiss me.
This little make-out session of ours was much different than any we had ever had, before. Not just because pain would come to me if I moved too much, but it was just the way Kendall's lips pressed against mine.
He was kissing me as if we hadn't kissed for years, and it was like we had forgotten how much we liked it. I had to admit; after the horrible day we had experienced today, this felt amazing.
"Eh hem," someone was clearing their throat, and instantly, Kendall and I broke away to look at whoever it was.
My cheeks turned a deep red when my eyes identified the two people standing a few feet away, as Mrs. Schmidt and Katie. I couldn't believe they had just seen Kendall and me.
"We heard shouting…" Katie began, giggling a little. "…so we came out to see what was going on," Kendall's mother finished.
I grimaced, knowing exactly who had been the source of the yelling. Kendall cleared his own throat. "I'm sorry, Mom. This is kind of a…long story. Can you just trust that this extremely important, and I'll tell you about all this, tomorrow?"
Mrs. Schmidt raised her hands out in front of her. "Alright. Good night." And with that, she turned around to leave the room. Katie stayed a moment later, still staring at us, until we heard Mrs. Schmidt yell from the other room, "KATIE GIVE THEM SOME PRIVACY!" Katie instantly disappeared into the other room.
Kendall and I looked at each other with straight faces, but a second later, we were muffling our loud laughter into the pillows on the couch.
"I can't believe they saw us!" I whispered after a while, and Kendall finished off his laughter with a few chuckles. "It's ok, Ally. Mom doesn't care."
I shrugged, ignoring the ache it caused. "That doesn't change the fact that I am embarrassed about it."
"There's no reason to be embarrassed about it, now," Kendall smiled. "They went back to bed…and the guys are still gone. What do you say…?"
I laughed at him. "You are so funny, Kendall." He smiled again, and began to lean his face towards mine, but suddenly a loud voice behind us said, "Oh god, no! Please, not again!"
Kendall whipped his head away to see who it was this time, and both Kendall and I said at the same time, "Carlos!"
