Micah's Story Chapter 8: Obstruction

**Disclaimer** Another one of these things has to be written, eh? Anyway, At the rate this is going, I'll never be able to post again, so it doesn't matter that I wrote this. But, to be on the safe side, only the Ohioans are mine, and everyone else is not. Songs are from their writers, and same goes for tv shows and whatnot. Here you go! Enjoy. Oh, and Rosie, I hope you like it!

I the fact that Dave probably wouldn't let Marie away from him for more then two seconds, so I acted nice, and said hello back to him. Then the 10 of us walked over to the playground part and began to climb all over the stuff like little kids. At first it surprised me that they were actually doing something like that, when they were all 14 years old, but then I got used to it, and joined in, trying to stay close to Marie without anyone noticing. I wasn't too slick, and Dave ended up calling me over for a talk.
We walked to where we were out of earshot, and he in his words 'set me straight'
"Look, Micah. Let me set you straight. I see you looking at her. Marie and I have been together for a long time. I know that you have been through a lot, but just because you killed a bunch of people, that doesn't give you the right to move in on my shortie. If you even try, I'll get you back. she's mine. Got it?" He looked at me like I should have been scared. I knew just what to do.
"Oh really now Dave. You're going to 'get me'? I'd like to see you try. Remember, I am the one that killed people, as you yourself pointed out to me. If I wanted Marie, I could have her. So you know what? Don't piss me off, or I might have to go Corn-child on your ass." I smiled and walked away, glancing over my shoulder as I went. " I think I'm going to go over and talk to them now. Bye."
Later that afternoon, we had gone to lunch at McDonalds, and I had met a few more people. Nicki, who was at McDonalds, wasn't too friendly towards me, but she stared. Kelly was talkative, Meagan was a sweetie, Joe wasn't too perky, but he seemed cool, and Shannon was very very hyper. I liked all of them, and hoped to get to know each one better. Later, I decided against going to a movie, because I wasn't on the mood to sit and watch Dave and Marie for two hours, so Nicki, Jen, Rosie and Joe decided to walk me home because they didn't want to go either.
On the way, they were talking about Marie and how her and Dave should break up. They all said that he was cheating on her but she wouldn't listen to. Nicki, who was on her bike, must not have been paying attention to where she was going, because she was going kind of fast and was way ahead of us, when all of a sudden we heard a crash, and saw her topple over. The four of us ran to where she was, and saw that she had hit a telephone pole, and was unconscious. They stayed with her because they knew her, and told me to go get help. I ran to the first house, no one answered. The same went for the second and third houses, until someone finally answered at the fourth house. "My name is Micah, and my friend needs help." I said out of breath.
The lady looked at me for a few minutes, and finally said "You're the leader of that cult aren't you."
"Yes, but that doesn't matter. My friend needs help. She rode her bike into a phone pole. She's unconscious right now. I need a phone to call 911." The lady them let me in, but followed me the whole time, muttering something about having a murderer in her living room. I paid no attention, and made my call. When I was done, I ran back outside, and back to where everyone else was. " I called. They're on their way." Rosie looked at me and nodded. Everyone else just sat there and waited. After about 10 minutes, the ambulance came, and took Nicki away. The rest of us went back to the house where I was staying, and sat around talking.
After about an hour and a half, everyone decided to leave because we ran out of things to talk about, and I was tired. So I went inside, and took a nap. The doorbell woke me up, and I realized that I was home alone again. Answering the door, I was surprised to see that it was Marie, and she was alone. She looked worried, and I let her in, wondering what was wrong. We both sat down, and after a few minutes she turned to look at me.
"I'm sorry. I was supposed to show you around, and help you meet people, but Dave pulled me away from that. I didn't mean for that to happen, and I want to make up for it. will you let me do that?" She looked at me with pleading eyes.
"Sure, and don't think that you didn't do any good, because Jen, Rosie and Joe just left about an hour ago. We talked for a long time. It was fun." I smiled. "Dave and I talked, and we came to an understanding. I can handle him. No problem. I'm Micah Balding. The Chosen one." She smiled, stood up, and gave me another hug.
"You really are special, aren't you, Micah Balding." Later, she told me that to herself, she was thinking, 'too bad you cant be MY Chosen one.' But, when she said it, she turned and walked out the door without a good-bye. All she said was, "I'll see you sometime soon."
That girl was full of surprises, and I knew that it was going to cause problems. I hoped that I could handle them, whatever they were. Later that night, I got my first phone call. It was from Jenny, who was calling for Rosie, who didn't have the number. She told me that Nicki had a serious concussion and had to stay in the hospital for about a week to make sure that she was OK. Actually, when you thought about it, it was pretty funny. The first day that I'm in town, one of my new friends gets into an accident ad is seriously hurt. I hoped that it was just a coincidence, and that I wasn't a jinx or something. only time would tell, and I had all the time on the world.