Almost as soon as he snuck back into the school, so that nobody would realize that he had left to see Fiona, his girlfriend instantly bombarded him with her complaints over Fiona. Just by the looks of it, Fiona punch was more than likely going to end up leaving a nice shiner. She was pissed beyond hell at that and used almost every ounce of make-up that she had in order to hide the mark of her foolishness.
She kept to that for most of the day but strangely enough, by the end of the day her attitude had completely changed. It was as if she had completely forgotten what Fiona had done to her or there was something else on her mind that was causing her to be that unnaturally happy for her.
Van was more than glad when she had left to get home because he didn't think he could take much more for that day. His mind had been clouded with Fiona. The feel of her lips, her scent that intoxicated him whenever he got a good smell of it, and basically just her overall attitude. She was kind to almost every human being but nasty to her enemies when pushed too far.
He was in love with what was supposed to be the enemy, but strangely enough, he no longer cared. If Amy had not been holding him back, he would have probably yelled to the whole school that he had fallen in love with the blonde haired beauty. It gave him a reason to keep going in his life with the hope of a time in which he would be able to give her all of the things that he wished that he could give her.
When school ended that day he immediately ran out to his car after saying bye to Amy and finishing some work that he needed to complete, which took up a bit of his precious afternoon.
He had no idea what it was but something seemed to fill him with a dread that he could not quite place. It was as if a piece of his soul was crying out for something. It was pained and yet he did not know what from. He just tried to ignore it and managed for a while.
When he was only about half way home, he had to stop because he saw an ambulance coming quickly down a road off to the side of him. "Must have been an accident," he muttered to himself before turning his attention back to his original path back to his home.
It only took another minute or two to get home from there and he was more than happy to get out and walk through the doors. He wanted to just be able kick back and relax for the rest of the day since he was lucky to not have any sort of homework that day in school.
When Van walked into the house, the only person that he saw there was his mother since she didn't work. Van's father was at work, and Maria was back at her college. Van had always wondered how she managed to pay for it and yet now it all seemed kind of weird that he actually found out the truth. He had time to get used to it but he still was having trouble getting adjusted to actually being rich.
"I'm home," Van called out making his mother turn to him with a smile on her face that she usually held for her beloved family. "I am going to go take a nap. Call me when dinner gets ready," Van said before walking into his room for a nap that he felt he needed more than anything.
Van didn't know how long it had actually been but almost as soon as his head hit the pillow he was suddenly woken up by his mother. She was shaking him in a rather rough way to try and wake him up. Van took a quick look at his alarm clock to see that it was only about four thirty in the afternoon, which meant he only rested for about thirty minutes or so. "Dinner ready already?" Van asked sitting up in his bed but the look on his mothers face was enough to tell him that was not the case.
"Van this is very serious, Fiona was in an accident and is in the hospital now," his mother responded but she had barely gotten past the words Fiona and accident before Van was out of the bed and running out of his bedroom door. He heard everything but he didn't want to wait even a second more.
Van knew that he wasn't just being paranoid earlier in the day when he felt like something was wrong on the way home from school. He had seen the ambulance, he felt it within his heart and yet he didn't bother to even think that something could have possibly have happened to her.
Van didn't even bother to listen to what else his mother had to say when he ran out of the house and towards his car. He quickly hopped into the car and turned it on when his mother got into the car as well. "I am coming too," she said with a serious expression upon her face.
Irvine and Moonbay were extremely bored out of their minds they had detention for a while after school. It may have been over by now but that didn't mean that they had anything to do either. All they found themselves doing was just walking to nowhere in specific.
"What the hell is there to do?" Moonbay asked kicking a rock down the street out of shear boredom. She looked to Irvine for an answer but he was looking elsewhere. She looked in the exact direction that he was looking to see a very familiar blue car coming down the street at probably twice the speed limit. "Think he's in a hurry?" Moonbay asked with a small laugh.
The two of them jumped back very quickly when the car suddenly came to a stop right in front of them by only about a foot. Van's head popped out and he held a serious look upon his face. "Fiona is in the hospital. Get in now or I am leaving you behind," he warned but they only need to hear what happened to Fiona in order to get into the car very quickly.
"What happened to Fiona Van? Why the hell is she in the hospital?" Moonbay yelled into his ear only to have her face easily pushed back by his hand. She had never seen Van with the look that was currently on his face so she knew that things were very serious.
"Some idiot hit her with a car when she was walking home earlier. She is in the hospital now," Van said plowing right past a red light. By the time he had gotten into the car, he had pretty much broken ever single one of the traffic laws that were made for the area or maybe even for existence. No one was sure why no police were even trying to stop him.
"What kind of asshole would possibly do something like that to her? If I ever get my hand on them then I swear that I will wring every last ounce of life that they have left in them. Isn't that right Irvine?" Moonbay asked Irvine by elbowing him in the side. He seemed awfully quiet up until then.
"I think that Van would probably run him over with his driving before you can even get to him," Irvine said seeing Van swerving to avoid any obstacle that came into his path. To tell the truth he was very afraid to even be in the car at that moment and wanted nothing more than to just get out of it before they ended up in the hospital by being in a crash. He held onto the door with all of his might.
The three passengers in the car were more than relieved when they finally came to the hospital and Van came to a quick stop into the first place that he could find before shutting off the car and running straight into the hospital without giving anyone else any time to be able to get out of the car.
Van ran into the hospital and up to the receptionist at full speed nearly scaring the living daylights out of the poor woman. "I am looking for Fiona Alisi Lynette. She was admitted here earlier today," Van said quickly while also trying to catch his breath since he was breathing a bit hard.
The woman gave a shaky nod before turning towards her computer and typing in a few things before something popped up on the screen and a frowned crossed the woman's face. "I am sorry sir but she can't receive any visitors right now. You will have to wait if you wish to see her," the woman said trying to keep calm at the look of anger that was crossing Van's face.
Van was about ready to yell at her for telling him that he couldn't see Fiona right then. However, a large hand being placed on his shoulder made him look up to see his father standing there. Van was unsure how he could have gotten here so quickly since his business was on the other side of the city. "Calm down Van," he order seeing how mad his son was.
Van turned to look at the woman to see that she had stiffened up a bit at the sight of the now well-known businessman who happened to be standing right before her. "H-he's your son?" she asked pointing to Van since she knew that Dan Flyheight came here once in a while because of his wife's condition.
Dan Flyheight nodded his head. "Yes, he is. Listen I want you to do me a favor and allow Van in there. The woman and him are very close friends," Dan said knowing tha the hospital owed him a favor for helping them once.
"R-right away sir," she said shakily before pointing to a set of doors. Van thanked her before running full speed into the doors and to where Fiona was. He was determined to see her and how bad she actually was.
Van slowed down when he saw some doctors wheeling a bed down the hallway and immediately noticed that it was an unconscious Fiona that was on the bed. "Fiona!" Van said running up to her and the doctors. He didn't get to her immediately because a few doctors stopped him.
"Who are you young man and why are you back here?" the doctors asked but stopped when they saw another person approaching the small group. "M-Mr. Flyheight," the man stuttered upon seeing van's dad also walking up towards the group. It was then that they realized who it was that Van was. The resemblance was uncanny between the father and the son.
Through the next few statements that Dan made, Van started to realize just how much influential power it was that his father had. "Let my son be with her, she is his girlfriend, right Van?" Dan asked turning towards his son placing a warm smile upon his face.
Van merely nodded. To tell the truth, he had no idea what it was that him and Fiona had, but if it allowed him to be able to stay by her side then he would be more than happy to agree with anything. He looked at the doctor and saw him sigh before moving out of the way. "How bad is it doctor?" Van asked in a shaky voice before looking at the doctor.
"She will be ok in time. Right now though, she has a bit of a concussion, doesn't appear to be any broken bone except for a small fracture in her leg, and just mainly a lot of cuts and bruises on her body. She may be out for a while but I assure you that she will live," the doctor said making Van give a sigh of relief.
"That's good. You will be ok," Van said turning his attention to Fiona again and lightly taking her hand in his while they wheeled the small bed into a room. He pulled up and sat in a chair next to Fiona's bed determined to be there when she woke up. He needed to see her lovely crimson eyes, hear her beautiful voice in order to know for a fact that she was going to be ok.
Van just sat there after everyone had left to go home for the day. They didn't want to leave but they knew that they had other things that needed to be done. Van wouldn't leave though. He wanted to stay there for as long as he could. He knew that he would have to go to school but the next day would be Saturday so he knew he had some time to be with Fiona. He just hoped that Amy wouldn't come looking for him for a few days.
Van stared at Fiona face. The once and yet still beautiful face was covered in cuts and scrapes. It made it no less beautiful but the painful look of it made Van wish that he could go back to the time of the accident and just stop it from ever happening to Fiona. He desperately wanted to cream the person that did this to her. He was wondering how they could have possibly of hit her when she was in clear sight of everything on the street.
Fiona angelic face had a look of calmness despite what had happened and Van couldn't help but admire her for that. It didn't look like she was hurt and unconscious but rather just sleeping warm in her own bed.
"You look so beautiful Fiona no matter what happens to you," Van muttered taking her hand lightly within his. He brought it up to his mouth and placed a light kiss upon the back of her hand. I need you to wake up Fiona. Your family, your friends, and my family all want you to wake up and just show us that you will be alright," Van whispered in a cracked voice.
Van looked up when he heard something being placed on the table and saw his father placing a mug of coffee beside him. "I see that there isn't any change yet," his father said and he only received a small nod from Van. Dan just sighed knowing that he was probably not going to get too much from Van. Dan noticed that all that Van did was keep a hold of Fiona's hand, sit by her side, and give her loving looks. "You love her don't you?" Dan asked as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Van slowly looked at his father but he didn't answer the question. Instead, he asked one of his own. "Shouldn't you be getting home? I am sure you have work tomorrow," Van said earning a small chuckle from his father. The way Van talked made him sound like the parent rather than Dan.
"I am going to be taking the day off tomorrow. I am long overdue for one anyways," Dan said with a sigh leaning back in his chair to get more comfortable. He knew that Van was avoiding the subject. He wasn't sure about a lot of things with his son although many thought of Dan as smart. It was obvious that he was in love with Fiona yet he stayed with Amy. Dan wished to know why it was that Van did that to himself.
"I see," Van muttered turning his attention completely back to Fiona. That mere action left no doubt within Dan's mind that his son was in love with Fiona. He just couldn't keep focused enough on the outside world whenever he was around Fiona. It only made it worse that she was in the state that she was in.
"Van, you can stay if you want. I have arranged for you to with the rest of the hospital but I would really appreciate it if you would get some rest at some point or you may end up here for completely different reason," Dan said trying to lighten the mood a little bit.
A small smile graced Van's face for a split second before it once again disappeared into the all too serious face that he had on all day. Dan left the room shortly after that leaving the two alone. 'Please get better Fiona,' Van pleaded as he stared at her calm face.
"For the last time, NO! He is not here!" Van's mother yelled into the phone since his annoying girlfriend had been calling every five minutes asking if he was there. He was getting a serious headache and just wished that the woman would hang up the phone and never call again.
"Then where the hell is he so I can talk to him!" Amy yelled right back losing her temper. Although she sounded angry on the phone, there was almost some sort of happiness coming through it that made Van's mother want to throw up.
"He has gone away for the weekend to visit his sister," she lied because she knew of the grudge between Amy and Fiona and that was the reason that Van and Fiona's friendship remained a secret for so long. Her, like her husband, didn't know how Van could have possibly have put up with this woman for so long and also why he didn't just get together with Fiona. The two made such a cute couple even if they didn't realize it.
At that moment, he loving husband walked through the door and when he saw her frustrated and angry look on her face, it was almost as if he knew exactly what was going on with his wife. "Amy?" he asked in a slightly amused tone only earning himself a nod from his wife.
"Listen," Van mother said trying her best to control her anger with the person she had the least amount of patience with. "Van will be gone all weekend so please quit calling and wait for him to come back," she said before turning off the phone before the annoying girl decided to say more.
"That seemed to go well," Dan said looking the a pile of mail that was stacked on the counters of the kitchen that the two of them were currently standing in. seeing nothing of interest, he put them all down and turned to look at his wife.
"Van must have the patience of a saint to put up with that girl although all of us know that patience is something he has never had," she said taking a seat in a chair and laying her head down within her arms upon the counter. She gave a contented sigh when she felt Dan come up behind her and start to rub her shoulder in a massaging sort of way.
"I am curious as to why he even stays with her. The two of them seem like complete opposites. She just doesn't seem like the type of person that Van would normally like to go out with," he said increasing the pressure in her shoulders to try and make his massage better.
"Fiona said the exact same thing when I first met her and she didn't even know Van all that well then. I always imagined Van with someone like her," Van's mother complained in almost a whining type of voice, which Dan found very amusing to listen to.
"They may not outright say it but the way that the two look at each other and how they act around each other suggest that the two of them are in love. I asked Van about that earlier and he immediately changed the subject. It is like he doesn't want to admit it," Dan said discontinuing his ministration upon her shoulders. He took the closest seat to her and just stared at the woman he loved the most. "I guess there are just some people that have too hard of a time admitting it. I know I don't," he smirked when she smiled at him.
"You are such a sweetie," she said with a bright smile on her face. That just made him smile in a way that made it look exactly like one of the smirks that Van tends to wear upon his face. "Somehow I get the feeling that the two of them are perfectly aware of their feelings but just can't say it. Maybe they will come up with the courage soon," she said with a sigh before standing up and walking towards the exit to the kitchen. "I am going to go rest, tell me if you hear of any change with Fiona," she said before leaving the room.
Van eyes slowly opened. He took his fathers advice and got a small amount of sleep. He had stayed by her side for the past day by barely leaving the room unless it was completely necessary. It was now Saturday evening. The sun had set so the room was slightly dark except for a small light.
He looked over at Fiona and noticed that her condition had not changed at all in the time that he slept. She still lay motionless with the serene expression upon her face. It pained him too much now to see her like this. He needed to see her awake and hear her voice. "Please wake up Fiona," her pleaded.
Her form did not even stir a little at his pleading and that made him feel even worse. "I need you Fiona. It pains me so much to see you like this. I didn't realize until now how dependent I have become upon having you around to keep me sane. I realize that you didn't want me to say this Fiona but I can't help it any more. You told me to tell you it only if I am able to tell you without regret. I fear that I will regret it if I didn't tell you that I love you," he said without feeling the least bit of guilt for saying it. He didn't care about what was holding him back before.
Van gave a slight jump when he felt her hand suddenly give his hand a light squeeze and every one of his senses were even more focused upon her. He looked at her and noticed that her eyes were slowing opening and that made him happy to once again see her beautiful eyes. "You're awake," Van said happily giving her hand a slightly harder squeeze.
"You shouldn't say that to me Van," she said in a slightly raspy voice referring to his declaration of love. She turned her head to the side slightly to look at him with sad yet very happy eyes at the same time. She knew that it was something he shouldn't have said considering that he had a girlfriend but he had just told her the words that she had wished that he would at the same time.
"I know I should but I just can't keep it in anymore Fiona. Seeing you the way that you were scared me greatly. I needed to tell you and I won't take it back. I love you Fiona with everything that I am," he spoke with a passion in his voice. He brought her hand up to his mouth and placed a light kiss upon the back of it.
Fiona couldn't help but say the words she had been dying to tell him yet restraining herself from telling him at the same time. "I love you too Van," she said in a weak voice while staring at him with eyes filled with love and devotion. She didn't care of the consequences to saying what she was. She had to tell him just like he said he had to tell her.
To hear those words out her mouth meant more to Van than anything. He slowly bent down and placed a kiss upon her lips. He felt her respond immediately and placed more passion with it. He wasn't a fast kiss but a slow and love filled one. One to show her just how much he truly loved her.
When the two of them were forced to separate for a breath of much needed air, Fiona spoke. "What does that mean for us Van?" Fiona asked with her cheek flushed a light shade of red but with a bright smile on her face.
Van still kept a tight hold of her hand even though Fiona woke up and they had separated from the kiss. He tightened a hold of her hand before he replied to her. "I honestly don't know. I am still stuck with Amy because of her father but I don't want to be with her anymore. I want to be with you," he said smiling at her enjoying this one moment more than anything.
The two just remained silent for a while enjoying the presence of the other but a question came to Van's mind about something important. "Fiona? What happened when that car hit you? Do you remember anything about what happened?" Van asked in a serious voice.
Fiona's head dropped a bit as she did her best to remember that afternoon. "I am sorry but I don't know. All I know is that I was walking home and I heard a car coming. I didn't think much of it because I was off to the side but then I was suddenly hit from behind. I don't remember anything after that though," she said sadly since she couldn't be much help.
"It's ok Fiona," Van said placing a hand lightly upon her shoulder while she just lay there not bothering to look at him. "I hope that whoever did this to you suffers," Van said because he knew that there was absolutely no suspects as to who it was that hit Fiona.
"Van?" Fiona asked Van making him listen intently. "Can you please hold me?" she asked quietly before looking at him with her sad eyes. She saw him merely nod before carefully crawling into the bed next to her and wrapping his arms around her. "Thank you," she muttered closing her eyes for more sleep.
Van didn't get any rest. He just laid there holding the blonde beauty within his arms while lightly brushing his fingers across her smooth skin. 'She deserves so much more than I can actually give her right now,' he thought looking at her peaceful sleeping face before lightly kissing her forehead causing a smile to cross her lips. 'When I can, I will give her all that she deserves and more,' he thought smiling too before carefully tightening his grip around Fiona.
Thomas walked down the halls of the hospital with a serious expression upon his face as he walked to see his beloved Fiona. His family had been out of town for a family reunion for a few days and had just returned today just in time to hear of Fiona's accident. He immediately rushed there right after he got home and here he was walking through the hospital to see her.
He figured that Fiona was probably hurt in a lot of way and he hoped to be there for her to help her recover from whatever she experienced within the accident. He felt that by maybe doing this for her she might start to like him a lot better and maybe consider him for a boyfriend since she had never really had one.
Many may have considered it kind of selfish of him to do something like that while she was hurt but he felt like he was in love with Fiona. He had been since he first met the blonde beauty. He felt that the date they went on before would be his chance but it didn't get very far since she suddenly ran out of it when Van and Amy showed up. She didn't seem upset about them actually being there. It was almost as if something else about it was bothering her.
Thomas came to a stop right in front of the door that belonged to Fiona. He was about to knock when he noticed that the door was slightly cracked open. He didn't know why but he took a quick peak in and what he saw shocked him more than anything in his life. There was Fiona sitting in the lap of some man and the two were kissing each other. Thomas didn't bother to see who the man was before he turned around and ran as fast as he could down the halls dropping the flowers in the process. He left with only his broken heart.
Van and Fiona separated from the kiss that they had been having for a good amount of time. They loved every second of what was happening between them even if it couldn't be official to everyone that they were in love.
Fiona felt like she could wait until the end of the world if there could possibly be a time for the two of them to be together without having to hide behind this veil of secrecy. She was happy for now to know that he at least loved her in the way that she loved him. "I love you Van," she said dreamily leaning her head against his shoulder. She wasn't exactly supposed to be out of the bed, or even in Van's lap for that matter but she felt far too comfortable there to give a care.
"I love you too and someday I want everyone to know that," Van said with a smile but his thoughts were the same as Fiona's he would be patient for that day to come because he knew he had no other choice as long as Amy's father continued to have his hold upon him.
The problem that Van was currently having was what he was going to do with Amy afterwards. She didn't deserve something like that to happen. He knew that one of them would be hurt in the end. If he got together with Fiona like he wanted to, then Amy would be hurt. Yet if he stayed with Amy then Fiona was bound to be hurt. He had no wish to see either of them that way. So he had absolutely no idea how he was going to go through with any of it.
"I am sorry to have to say this Fiona but I have to go home for a little bit," Van said in a very reluctant voice. He wanted to stay there with Fiona all day but there were a lot of things he had put off until then just to be with you.
"Do you have to Van?" Fiona asked sadly clutching onto his hand as if it was a life raft. "Can't you just stay here a little longer?" her voice was pleaded when she asked it but she only received a no from Van but it looked like he was really considering changing his mind.
Van slowly back up towards the door but he never once took his eyes off of the woman that stole his heart. He opened it and finally turned around but before he could walk out he noticed that there was something that was in front of the door, which he accidentally kicked on his way out. He reached down and picked out about a dozen white and red roses that were lying right outside the door. 'What's this doing here?' he thought to himself examining the flowers.
"What's wrong Van?" Fiona asked causing him to turn around showing the flowers that were in his hands. "Those are beautiful, what are they for?" she asked curiously.
Van thought for a second but he was unable to come up with any sort of answer to explain that he just found them. "Um... they are for you," he said putting on a slightly goofy smile and extending his arms to give it to Fiona.
Fiona carefully took them with a smile. "Thank you even if you did just grab them a second ago," she said with a small giggle making Van blush with embarrassment at being caught. "It was a nice, selfish maybe, but nice of you though," she said with a smile while smelling the flowers for their fragrant scent.
"I guess I better go now. I promise to come by a little later to check up on you," Van said kissing her forehead before he turned and walking out of the door leaving Fiona with only the beautiful flowers.
Monday morning came and Van was forced to leave Fiona's side for most of the day to go to school. He was happy that she was feeling much better though and his mother also offered to stay with Fiona to keep her company throughout the day. Now he only worried how he would manage to get through the day.
"Sorry I didn't get the time to go see her yesterday but I was busy," Irvine said in an upset way. Fiona was like his sister and yet he couldn't even be there for her when she needed it the most. He had no idea why he was apologizing to Van but it just seemed to come out.
"That is something that you need to talk to her about. So why are you telling me this?" Van asked slightly amused. His question only received a shoulder shrug from Irvine. "The doctors think that she could be out later in the week if she is feeling good but she will need to be on crutches for a while because of a small fracture in her leg," Van stated remembering what the doctors had to him and Fiona's mother the day before.
"That's too bad. At least she will be ok. You sure seemed to be spending a lot of time with Fiona while she was in the hospital," Irvine said stopping at his locker but he didn't really receive a response form Van. He turned to look at him to see if he was going to say anything but somebody suddenly bumped into him on the person's way by. "What the hell!" he yelled turning to look at the person.
Van watched as Thomas walked through the halls after bumping into Irvine a second before. He looked to be in a real stupor and unresponsive to anything that happened to him. "What's up with him today? Usually he would be looking for Fiona this early in the morning," Van said highly amused by the scene.
"I have no idea. He has been like that since sometime yesterday after he came back from his family reunion. I ran into him in the park and he was acting just like that. He wouldn't say anything about what was up," Irvine responded while watching Thomas walk down the halls. "So anyways, what is going on with you and Fiona?" Irvine asked but when he turned around, Van was already gone. "Hey!" he yelled.
"What's up with you?" Moonbay asked walking up to him almost stealthily making him jump slightly in surprise because he not noticed that she was approaching him. She looked at him questioningly while leaning against the lockers next to his own locker.
"I am just trying to ask Van a question and he obviously doesn't want to answer it," Irvine said calming down a little and turning towards Moonbay. "Makes me positive that something is happening between them," he said earning a confused stare from Moonbay. "I asked him what was going on between him and Fiona. He refused to answer the question both times," he said with a smirk.
"Is that so?" Moonbay said chuckling as she looked down the halls that Van and walked through only a minute before. "We will have to keep and eye on him. In the meantime, do you have any idea what is up with Thomas? I tried to talk to him and he refused to speak with me. He seemed in a really big daze," Moonbay said with a curious look on her face.
"No idea, he has been like that since yesterday," Irvine said shrugging his shoulders. Suddenly his face lit up in an expression that didn't mean any good. "Care to try and force it out of him?" he asked smirking.
"Sure sounds like fun," Moonbay said with the same expression on her face as Irvine only it seemed even more mischievous. The two of them turned in the direction that they knew Thomas went before heading in that direction.
After Van had ran off from Irvine, he walked through the halls with no destination in mind. He knew what Irvine asked but he didn't feel like answering it right then. He knew Irvine and Moonbay would find out eventually but he didn't feel like going through it at that moment.
"There you are Van!" a voice yelled making him jump into the air. He turned around to see his angry girlfriend. "Where the hell have you been all weekend? I have been calling and you never bothered to return any of them!" she yelled even though his parents had told her that he was at his sisters.
Van faintly remembered his parents telling him of the excuse that they made when she kept calling them. "I was... at my sisters," he said barely able to remember what his parents had told him but he was lucky that it came back to him when he thought hard enough. "I was at my sisters. Sorry but it was kind if short notice. So I didn't get to tell you about it," he said in a rather convincing way.
"Oh," she relied kind of stupidly. "You should have at least called and told me about it that way I wouldn't have had to keep calling your place. You made me mad by leaving me alone on Valentines Day," she said with a pout moving closer to Van seductively.
"Sorry," he repeated but she seized his lips in a kiss. It was strange; he almost felt nothing when she kissed him compared to how it felt when he kissed Fiona. He was finding it very hard to kiss her back because his mind and his heart were pleading for him to be with Fiona. He hated how she would be hurt eventually because of a decision that his heart made for him.
Amy broke away from it a while later and smirked at him. "You seem a bit out of it today," she stated noticing how it was that Van was kissing or rather his lack of kissing. She figured that he must have not been feeling all that well that day because he was always a lot better than that.
"No, I am just a little tired," Van said with a convincing yawn. It was kind of true because he hadn't slept much that weekend while looking after Fiona. He preferred to keep that little detail of his weekend a secret though.
"Wanna know what I heard?" Amy asked looking at Van while the two of them started to walk down the halls. She saw Van give her a questioning look as if asking what it was. "I heard that that bitch Fiona got hit by a car. What an idiot. I say she got what she deserved after humiliating me the way that she did," she said with a laugh not noticing the anger that was flashing in Van's eyes.
"I heard about that," Van said taking a few deep breaths so that he could calm himself down a little. He was finding it hard not to yell at her for laughing at Fiona's horrible predicament. "You were the one to humiliate her first though," Van stated the obvious making it sound as if he didn't care all that much.
"And she deserved that as well. She had no right to hit me for it," Amy said making Van roll his eyes in annoyance. "Now I got detention and she didn't get in any trouble with the teachers. That is why I am glad that car hit her. She deserved it," Amy said angrily but she started to laugh again.
Van was holding on by a thread. He couldn't believe that someone could be so mean as to be glad about some being seriously hurt. He didn't know if he could stand Amy talking so badly about Fiona for much longer. "Sorry, but I have to go," Van said keeping as calm as possible. He then sprinted full speed down the halls before Amy had any time to say anything about it. 'I have to get away before I do something that I may regret,' he told himself.
Van ran until he was all the way on the other side of the school, which was empty by that time because most people had already headed to the homerooms. "Damn it!" Van yelled slamming his fist hard against a locker leaving a large dent within it. He deeply regretted it a second later as pain throbbed through his hand. He shook his hand to relieve some of the pain but it only went away slowly. Luckily, he didn't break anything.
"I hate this!" Van yelled now leaning against the locker for support. "I have to continue listening to these sorts of things about Fiona and yet I am forced to say nothing about it but make it look like I agree with it!" Van growled out but low enough so nobody would be able to understand it if they were listening in. "I am so tired of this," he growled falling onto the floor with his head leaning back against the lockers.
Irvine and Moonbay sighed in defeat. They had tried their best but Thomas was not answering the questions that they were asking. They figured that whatever it was that had Thomas in such a state must have been huge. The just wished they knew what was so huge about it.
They had been trying it for at least three days now and he remained the same all throughout it. "It is useless. He seems almost traumatized by whatever it was that he saw. All that I can make out of what he continues to mumble is, 'No, no, anything but that.'" Irvine broke out into laughter despite the situation. "That guy has some serious issues," he chuckled while shaking his head.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. Hey, I heard that Fiona was going to be getting out of the hospital today. I was planning on going to see her when she got home, care to join me?" Moonbay asked with a small smile happy that her friend was feeling great right then despite being hit by the car.
"I was planning to do that anyways. Van is helping her to get home and I was going to come by later when I got the chance. Going together would make things even easier. I think she was supposed to be released around four or five," Irvine said as the two of them left the school that Thursday afternoon.
"It was at four so we still have a little time before she gets home. Come on, let's get a bite to eat and then we will head over to her place," Moonbay said dragging Irvine down the street towards the best fast food restaurant that she could think of.
Van gave a loving look to Fiona who had her head leaning on his shoulder while her mother drove them towards their house. Van decided to go with her instead of taking his own car so that he could spend as much time with Fiona as possible since Fiona wanted to go with her mother.
The ride so far had been very peaceful. Fiona had taken a small nap almost as soon as she entered the car. Van didn't mind that she used his shoulder as a pillow. In fact, he welcomed it. He wondered what I future life with her would be liked compared to a future life with someone like Amy. The two of them were completely different people even if they did share a liking for the same man. His heart only longed for one of them though and that was the girl in his arms.
Van could see that Fiona's mother kept looking through the rearview mirror at the two of them with a smile on her face. She loved to see her daughter with Van because it was so obvious that they were in love with each other. Van made her daughter happy and that was all that was really important to her.
She may not have told them but she had almost walked in on them in one of their kissing sessions and that made everything she thought they would be become true. 'Please make her happy Van,' she thought with a small smile turning her sight fully back to the road ahead of her. The road was completely empty.
The car pulled up into the driveway of Fiona home and despite his wish to want to stay the way that they were, Van was forced to wake Fiona up. "Wake up Fiona," he said giving her a light shake. She almost instantly opened those beautiful crimson eyes that he loved so much. "We're here Fiona," he said while she yawned.
"Already?" she asked tiredly. "Just five more minutes," she muttered lying her head back upon Van's shoulder. She smiled as she took in the warmth that he gave off. She never wanted to give something like this up.
"As much as I would love to stay like this Fiona, we should really get inside," Van said in a very reluctant voice. He saw Fiona sigh before she slowly lifted her head off of his shoulder with a small frown at losing the warmth of it. Van picked up her crutched and handed them to her as she climbed out of the car with him following after her shortly.
Even though she had the crutches to help support her, Fiona was glad when Van wrapped his arm around her waist to help her. It was strange, at first she was so reluctant to not let anything grow to far with Van when she first found out she loved him. She attempted to distance herself a bit to keep herself from remaining in love. None of that seemed to manner in the least now. She couldn't stay away or deny what she was feeling for him and her heart soared to know that he felt the same way.
Van felt the same way as Fiona. He wasn't supposed to yet he couldn't deny himself of her. He was forbidden from loving her yet he would never let it go. This would only hurt someone though and he was afraid of what the outcome of that would be. "Hungry Fiona?" he turned to her with the loving smile that he knew that he would only be able to give to her. For now he would live his life for what he could give to Fiona and hope that one day he would be free to give her more than he could think of.
"Very much. Hospital food has got to be the worst thing that I have ever tasted," Fiona said causing the two of them to have a nice laugh while they walked through the doors and into the house heading straight for the kitchen.
The two of them walked into the kitchen and without warning Van grabbed Fiona around the waist and picked her up before putting her on the top of the counter. They were eye level now and both were smiling. "So what will we have? You name it, and I will make it," he said walking towards the cabinets. Fiona and her mother pretty much allowed Van to do a lot of things around their house like it was his also.
"I don't really care, you decide," Fiona replied causing Van to smile his smile. She saw him rummage through the cabinets looking for something and she turned to look around her house.
In the background they could faintly hear something Fiona's mother was saying. She was saying that she would be leaving for a while and they heard the door open and close. A moment after she left, Fiona felt a pair of warm arms wrap around her waist and smiled even more. She turned her head and claimed his lips with her own.
Irvine and Moonbay came to Fiona's house just as her mother was leaving. The two waved to her. "Hello Mrs. Lynette. Is Fiona home yet?" she asked with a smile as the older woman turned towards her.
"Yes she is. Her and Van are currently inside. You can go in right away if you wish," she said before getting into her car and driving out of the driveway and away from the house.
Irvine and Moonbay took the invitation and went right into the house. They didn't see Van and Fiona at first but they did hear a small noise coming from the kitchen so they decided to head that way. What they saw when they first stepped into it made the jaws nearly drop to the floor. There was Van and Fiona and it looked as if their lips were permanently sealed together.
"Wow, things were a lot further with them then I originally thought," Irvine muttered with a smirk almost immediately getting over the initial shock of seeing the two of them in such a passionate kiss.
Moonbay didn't get over it so quickly. She was happy for them but she had just gotten used to them being friends and not enemies. This was just another thing that she felt that she would have to get used to about the ever-growing relationship between Van and Fiona.
Moonbay had no idea what came over her the next second. A thought just came to her mind and she couldn't help but acting upon it. "What the!" she yelled at the top of her lungs causing Van and Fiona stop kissing really quickly with their faces beat red but they held onto their embrace with each other as if it were their lifeline.
"What the hell are you two doing in here?" Van asked knowing that him and Fiona didn't let them in. He was angry but also kind of amused by the situation. Irvine and Moonbay sure were because they were laughing their heads off. "We didn't let you in," he stated holding onto Fiona's waist tightly.
"You didn't but Fiona's mother did. Never knew the two of you had it in you. So when's the first child," he teased causing both Van and Fiona to turn an even darker shade of red if it was even possible. "I am just kidding. Don't take it so seriously," Irvine continued to chuckle out.
Van was really starting to grow even more tired with all of the teasing so he decided to turn the tables on them. "What about you and Moonbay? Is there love in the air?" Van asked with a smirk but much to his annoyance Irvine didn't seem the least bit fazed by it. Moonbay on the other hand was burning red.
"There is nothing going on between Moonbay and I. You two are a completely different situation though," he said noting how close the two of them were still holding each other despite his and Moonbay's arrival. "When did this happen anyways?" Irvine asked turning serious.
Van pressed his forehead to Fiona and smiled. He knew he would probably be telling them this anyways. "I guess you could say it started on our vacation kind of reluctantly but after the school incident on Valentines Day, it just seemed to go a lot further," he said softly enjoying Fiona's warmth.
"How sweet," Moonbay said kind of dreamily. "I always knew that the two of you had it in you and that it was bound to happen when I first learn how close the two of you actually were. You had better not hurt her Van," Moonbay whispered into Van's ear with a slight snicker.
Van was reminded suddenly of what Amy's father was doing to him. "You had better not hurt my daughter Van or it will be your mother that will be hurt,' Van cringed at the memory of the day that changed his life and was still effecting him until today. What Hiltz said and what Moonbay said were similar but he knew Moonbay would never pull something like that. He would never even dream of hurting Fiona anyways.
"I won't," he whispered with a soft smile at Fiona who smiled back. "I promise that someday I will make you the happiest woman alive," he promised taking a hold of Fiona's hand and giving it a light squeeze.
"Don't you ever forget that Van," Irvine said making a slight fist and punching it into his hand but only for a little humor almost as if he was trying to mock Amy's father. He knew that Van would never intentionally hurt Fiona.
"There is no possible way that I will ever forget it. You are a very special person Fiona and I don't intend to let that go," he whispered into her ear causing a small blush of modesty and a bright smile to cross her lips.
"Thank you Van," she said leaning her head upon his shoulder ignoring the snickering coming from her two friends and just enjoyed the moment with Van because she had no idea how much of it she would be able to have until Van was able to be a free man again.