Phil shut his eyes again. His energy was getting decreasing by the minute. It was like a video game, against the clock. Lil needed to know what had been going on. But Phil's story wasn't over yet. Lil needed to hear the rest. Phil felt uncomfortable talking now; the 'accident' was something he hadn't explained to anyone. He felt tears building in his eyes as he spoke.
"Tommy asked me not to come that night. That night when he would tell Chuckie the truth. I wouldn't have, but I thought with all Tommy's mixed emotions that he would need a neutral friend there, someone who knew everything. That was me. I invited myself. Tommy had told me where and when he and Chuckie were meeting. Chuckie had no idea what was going on. I turned up five minutes later than the time Tommy had said. I knew it was a risk, that might have been the moment. But it could have helped as well. When I got there though only Chuckie was there. They were meeting in Cordor Lane. That little road that joined our street to the one next to it. Cars never drove down in past 8 'o' clock. There are 6 houses down there and only 2 of those had cars."
"Anyway Chuckie was in the middle of the street, literally. He stood in the road. I walked up to him, still on the pavement and asked why he was in the middle of the road. He said that's where Tommy asked him to stand. Chuckie's words were so that Tommy could see him from his house. I knew that wasn't true. It was weird though, at the time. I couldn't understand what was going on in Tommy's head. 'Why you here Phil?' Chuckie had questioned me. I just said I knew what Tommy was going to say to him and that I felt I needed to be here. Chuckie asked me what was up, that I had been moody with him recently. I didn't want to tell him the truth, that I was jealous. Well...I...I never got the chance to."
Phil took a large breathe of air, "That...that was the moment. When I think about it...it goes so slowly. Tommy's car, it just shot around the corner. It was going at a high speed. Heading straight at Chuckie. He was standing frozen still in the middle of the road. I guess I didn't hate Chuckie as much as I thought, 'cos I just ran into the road." Phil stopped again. "I can't believe this is all happening." He said.
"You saved Chuckie from the car?" Lil asked and Phil nodded. "Whoa," she said under her breath.
"I pushed him away, pushed him towards the pavement." Phil explained, "Then the car slammed into my side, It must have been going for Chuckie...as I went into the road I heard the brakes. The sound rang through my ears. The impact of my body bouncing on the bonnet... it was evil. And someone was trying to give this pain to Chuckie."
Phil stopped. His eyes were filling with tears again. He was confused, there were too many thoughts going on in his head. Worse of all, he knew who it was who gave him that pain. Who it was who wanted to injure his friends Chuckie.
"It...It was Tommy, Lil," Phil admitted. Lil's mouth dropped. "As I hit his dad's car I saw his shocked expression. He didn't mean to hurt me he wanted to hurt Chuckie. He wanted to hurt Chuckie. As I lay in the middle of the street I wondered...why? Why would Tommy want to hurt the person he said he loved the most?"