All's Fair in High School Ch.14
" Kay, she…"
" I'm so worried about…"
" Did you hear what Charity…"
Little bits of conversation floated through Kay's mind. She tried to block them out, but they wouldn't stop invading her dream.
She suddenly started to feel like she was falling and tried to sit up quickly. Her vision was blurry as she suddenly started to get dizzy.
" Kay! Your awake!" Jessica exclaimed, jumping up to give her old sister a hug.
" Easy, Jessica.", Sam said cautiously.
Kay finally took a look around her and realized that she was at the Harmony hospital.
" Whoa. My head's pounding like crazy. What happened?" Kay said slowly.
" You passed out on Charity Standish's front step and hit your head." Jessica helped.
" You would have been in much worse condition if a certain hansome stranger hadn't brought you into the hospital." Grace said suggestively, a smile playing on her lips.
" Miguel? He brought me in?"Kay asked incrediously. She would have expected him to leave her there or something. He obviously blamed her for Charity's little ordeal. It wasn't her fault that Charity had gone all mental.
'Stop it.' Kay scolded herself. She was done with all the bitchiness. Charity commiting suicide was nothing to joke around with. The girl obviously had some serious issues and needed help. She hadn't helped matters any. In fact, she had probably made things worse.
What if… no that's crazy. It wasn't her fault that Charity attempted to end her life. Or was it? Had Kay, without realizing, pushed her off the edge? Kay didn't like Charity, for obvious reasons, but she didn't want to hurt her. Not physically. That girl really did deserve some punishment for the horrible things she had done to Kay.
The image of the woman at Charity's house flashed through her mind. That woman had looked exactly like her mother. Was it possible that she and her arch-enemy were actually related?
Kay groaned. She could already feel another headache coming her way.
Miguel paced back and forth through the hospital waiting room. He looked at the heavy wooden door, again. Shaking his head, he started pacing back and forth through the waiting room again.
He couldn't go in. Charity was in there, waiting for him. But he wasn't sure how he would react to seeing her. And Charity would definantly be watching him closely, taking all sorts of means from his gestures, expressions, words… well, practically everything.
Miguel stopped again, and glanced down at his hands. His knuckles were white from gripping the flowers so tightly.
This seemed like so many other, more familiar times. All the times he had stood outside her house with flowers for her- dates, proms, anniversaries, and apologies. Now here he was again, nervously shuffling his feet outside her door. Only this time, instead of a to-die-for dress, she was wearing a white hospital gown.
Hw looked at the flowers again. White roses. It had taken him forever to pick them out. He was pretty sure that the florist was pretty irritated with the way he couldn't make up his mind. Red roses were too " I love you", pink was too cheerful. And he was pretty sure that everyone sent yellow roses to funerals. White seemed like the only option. Empty, meaningless, bland. Just like the way he felt. And then there was the whole matter of the card. He had spent over 2 hours trying to figure out what to write.
What do you say to a girl who tried to kill herself when you broke up with her?
Miguel took a deep breath, and opened the door. There she was. But, to Miguel's relief, she was fast asleep. Her skin was pale and her lips were chapped and raw.
He set the flowers down on the table next to her bed. His mind started wandering again. Things had been out of control for so long, he couldn't even remember what normal felt like anymore. The storm. His inability to resist Kay Bennett. Their breakup. And now this.
Miguel stood up, and took one more glance at Charity. Fuuny. He had forgotten how small she was. She always had projected the illusion of being bigger. Stronger. Except when she needed to be frail.
He leaned over and lightly kissed her forehead.
" Bye, Charity." He whispered.
"Goodbye" was the only word he had for her.
"The music's awesome, Chad," Theresa whispered.
Chad only nodded, too into the music to really pay attention to what his best friend had to say.
They were listening to Dave (Chad's music teacher) play his awesome music. Dave and his band were having their first official concert. Theresa was glad that everyone was there, it gave them all a great chance to chill out and get to know eachother better. She glanced at Jessica, who had not seemingly taken her eyes off of Chad all night long.
As soon as the set was over, Chad stood up. " I'm going to run and get something to eat. Want anything, Whit?"
" Sure. Acutally, I think I'll some with you." Whitney said.
The two got up and right before they walked out the door, Theresa yelled, " And you can get me a large Sprite, please!"
Chad lifted his hand in response.
" So, are you enjoying the show?" Whitney asked.
" Yeah, it's great. Dave is really awesome." Chad replied.
Chad grabbed his keys, then fumbled with them a little before finally dropping them on the floor.
At that exact same moment, they both reached for the keys. Before Whitney realized what was happening, only a few inches of empty space seperated them.
Whitney was very aware of how fast her heart was beating. She closed her eyes, and waited for the delicious moment she knew was coming.
Just as she thought he was going to kiss her, he pulled away from her.
" Sorry," he whispered, his voice trembling slightly.
Whitney just nodded. She didn't trust herself to say something normal with her heart still beating that fast.
Kay glanced at her watch. Jessica had begged and pleaded her to take her shift so that Jess could go to some concert. Now, thanks to having to help her mom at the B&B, she was going to be late.
She yelled a Thank You to her mom, who dropped her off. Luckily, it was nearly empty, but that wouldn't last long.
She ran into the backroom and grabbed an apron. She turned around and nearly crashed into a guy with green eyes.
She did a double take. Gorgeous, green, twinkling eyes.
" Bennett, get out there. First I have to deal with your clumsy sister, and now I'm stuck with Ms. I've-Never-Heard-of-a-watch-before?" he joked.
" Luckily, Beth's not here to yell at you. Well, at least not yet. She's argueing with the delivery guy outside. You might want to be on your toes. She's in one of her moods tonight."
Kay smiled at the cute stranger, searching her mind for his name. She was drawing a blank, but wasn't it J something? Justin? Jeff?
A lightbulb finally went on in her head.
" Thanks for the warning, Jeremy."
" So basically, biscotti and snones are basically the same thing." Josh explained to Kay.
" No. I'm sorry, Jeremy. I can't agree with you there." Kay said, rolling her eyes.
Josh had to turn around to hide his laughter from her. He couldn't believe that she had gotten his name wrong. He wanted to correct her, but it was just too funny.
" Think about it. They're both overpriced pieces of bread, washed down with some overpriced hot drink." Josh tried.
" Well I can give you that, but that's about where the similarities end." Kay said. "One is sweet and fruity, the other is hard and chocolately."
Josh looked into her eyes. She was extremely beautiful. Her chocolate brown eyes melted into him, as her brown hair was carelessly tied into a low messy bun, she looked like the girl next door.
The gorgeous girl next door, anyways.
Two hours later, the book café was extremely busy. Kay's head was practically spinning, and she couldn't keep all the orders straight.
" Kay! Can you run and get another bag of milk in the back?" Beth yelled over the loud customers.
Kay turned and headed into the back room. She opened the refrigerator and carefully removed one the the heavy bags of milk. Turning back, she reached out to open the door.
At that moment, the door swung open, and Jeremy's voice said, " Kay? Do you need any help?"
He looked down and saw a milk cover Kay sitting on the ground. A laugh escaped his lips, but he quickly tried to cover it up with a cough.
" Are you alright?" he asked, still smirking.
Suddenly, his foot slipped and he fell into the splattered milk.
" Are YOU alright?" Kay asked, her eyes obviously watering from trying not to laugh.
The door swung open again and Beth stormed in. " what are you doing? Do you know how much this milk costs? You're both done for the night!"
" But you need us." Jeremy reasoned. " It's crazy out there."
" Not looking like that I don't", Beth snapped.
Kay met Jeremy's eyes. Had she just lost Jessica's job?
Kay walked slowly out the door.with Jeremy.
" Well, Kay, I had a lot of fun. It was one of my more memorable shifts." Jeremy said.
" Mine, too." Kay laughed.
" Kay, uh, there's something you should know." Jeremy began.
" Uh oh. That doesn't sound too promising, now, does it?" Kay teased.
" I'm not Jeremy. My name is Josh." He said, staring straight into her wonderful eyes.
Kay's jaw dropped slightly before she snapped it back up. " Are you serious? I'm so sorry. Josh."
" It's nice to hear you say my name." Josh said, smiling.
" Well, JOSH, would you do me the honor of giving me a lift home?" Kay asked hopefully.
" No prob. Just buckle up and keep your arms and legs inside the vehicle at all times." Josh said, jokingly.
I know what you're thinkin, not another guy. Oh well, you'll live!! Stay tuned… Chapter 15 will be up mid next week. Sorry, it would be sooner, but I have camp until Wednesday.