Disclaimer: I don't anything or anyone except for Abby Peterson.
The weeks that followed that day Abby was able to relax some however she refused to go into professor Z's office again. She no longer felt like her friends were keeping a secret from her. She was getting used to things to like, Corrine being a control freak, Josie being the complete opposite, plus Josie and Vaughn's weekly fights. Then there was the period were they would make-up and be all googly eyed at each other before starting there next fight. Abby was spending a lot of time with Lucas since Corrine and Marshall, and Josie and Vaughn were going out a lot, except some nights were she had to keep Josie from killing Vaughn.
Abby and Lucas were sitting out on the back patio playing cards when they heard Josie shouting.
"Here we go again" said Lucas rolling his eyes. Both Josie and Vaughn came out shouting at each other at the same time so you couldn't understand a word being said.
"Lucy, Ricky were trying to play cards her" said Lucas jokingly.
"Lucas" they both yelled at him before turning in opposite directions storming off.
"You take Josie this time and I'll take Vaughn, deal" said Lucas sticking out his hand "deal" said Abby shaking it.
Lucas turned to go inside while Abby went out in the yard where she found Josie kicking a tree and muttering under breath. "You know I've broken three toes doing that" said Abby.
Josie just glared at her, then said "he's just so-I can't believe I-I just want to" she yelled not able to finish a sentence before turning around and kicking the tree one last time before letting out a yelp of pain.
"What was it about this time" asked Abby as sat against the tree.
"Why do boys have to be so confusing?" asked Josie grumpily sitting down beside Abby.
"So we can have something to talk about" answered Abby with a laugh.
"I mean it" she said getting crabby again "they have to hide things from you because they think it protects you, then when you find out you just want to throw a lamp at his head" she cried bawling her hands into fist.
"What did Vaughn not tell you?" asked Abby who was trying to calm down Josie for Vaughn's sake.
"Something about what his dad did" muttered Josie looking at the ground.
"Was it about-" "Pearadyne" cut in Josie "no" she answered.
Abby knew she shouldn't pry any farther. They sat in silence for a while "you know Lucas likes you and has been trying to ask you out" said Josie after a while.
Now it was Abby's turned to shout "what! No he doesn't" she was shocked that Josie would even think that.
"He does so and you like him too" Josie said in her no-duh voice.
"I do not" she said "sure you don't" said Josie jokingly as she left. Now it was Abby' turn to kick the tree she knew her feelings for Lucas were getting stronger, but she didn't anything to happen to ruin their friendship.
After a minute she walked back to the patio and saw Lucas cleaning up the cards. "Um hi" she said feeling nervous all the sudden.
"Everything go okay with Josie, she not going to kill Vaughn?" he asked before adding "at least not tonight".
Abby didn't answer she was lost in her own thoughts "hello, earth to Abby" said Lucas snapping his fingers.
"Oh yeah everything is fine with Josie now" she answered. Lucas stopped putting away the cards for a second and looked into her eyes, Abby thought her heart had stopped, they just starred at each other for a minute before Lucas leaned over and kissed her.
After it ended Abby's mind seemed to freeze. "I um have t-to go" she said quickly before rushing off and leaving Lucas with an upset look on his face.
She went inside there were tears coming to her eyes she wasn't sure if they were tears from joy, anger, or at hurting Lucas. She slammed her head and the wall and kept repeating "stupid" over and over again, until she noticed some first years watching her "What!" she yelled looking at them before running up the stairs to her room.
The next day she and Lucas were avoiding each other, and when he didn't show up for lunch she could tell everyone was waiting for an explanation.
"What!" she finally snapped when she was sick of everyone starring at her.
"What happen last night?" asked Corrine slowly.
She was about to speak when Josie said "and don't say nothing happened, cause we know something did happen".
"I know what happened" said Marshall with a grin on his face.
"Marshall" said Abby in a warning tone.
"Don't worry I already swore Lucas I wouldn't tell" he said.
"Something happened between us that was um-" she didn't know how to put it without really giving it away. "It's just something me and Lucas need to work out, okay" she said in a frustrated voice.
The days that followed she tried to talk to Lucas, but he kept making up excuses and started avoiding her more than ever. She also had this feeling that something was wrong in the pit of her stomach. She figured it was probably from her being nervous about Lucas.
"You know we're going have to talk someday" she said to Lucas as she passed him in the hallway days later.
He stopped and looked her in the eyes, the same look he gave her before he kissed her "I know" he mumbled "but I just can't now" he mumbled again before going in the opposite direction. Abby sighed she really was hopping he was ready to talk to her.
Saturday during science club the feeling of worry in Abby's stomach felt worse. She couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. In the middle of science club, there was a knock on the door and principal Durst entered.
"Professor Zachary I need to talk to you in the hall, now" she said, everyone could tell something was wrong by the tone of her voice and the look on her face.
"You think someone else was sucked into the vortex?" asked Corrine.
"I don't know" said Josie who sounded as worried as everyone felt. Principal Durst and professor Z both looked at Abby. Abby face drained, the last time something like this happened is when her teacher and the guidance counselor told her that her father had died. She started trembling
"Abby, what's wrong?" asked Lucas, everyone was looking at her with a worried expression on their faces.
"Uh, guys" said professor Z, as he and durst came in to the room "we need to talk to Abby in private, so uh" they all got the hint and started to leave.
"No don't" said Abby in a flat tone, if they were in the room professor Z couldn't possibly tell her something bad.
"Abby there was an accident" Professor Z said in the most parental voice he could use. Abby felt herself float out of her body this couldn't be happening.
She heard bits of the conversation like "mom, car accident" "flown to nearby hospital" "severally injured, coma" when he was finished telling her she just said "thank you" in a very flat voice. Everyone watched her go.
"Can someone keep an eye on her please?" asked Principal Durst.
"I will" answered Lucas standing up and following her.
Abby wasn't aware she left the science room until she found herself by the tree her and Josie were sitting at and talking. She put her hand against the tree and wished with all her might she could go back there before everything happened.
"Cry" she ordered herself, she should be crying shouldn't she "Cry!" she said even louder.
"Abby?" asked a voice she turned and saw Lucas.
"I can't cry, I-I should be crying" she rambled "I can't go through it again" she rambled on then she started punching the tree.
"Abby stop!" cried Lucas grabbing her and trying to pull her back. She kept trying to punch the tree, for no sane reason she blamed the tree. She wasn't aware that the rest of the science club, including professor Z was there now too. Vaughn helped pull her away from the tree.
"Let me go!" she screamed trying to hit at them, and then she just screamed. She screamed until she started seeing everything getting hazy and then blackness overtook her.