Chapter 4: Not as it seems
Do you know when something happens so fast it feels like things are moving in slow motion? Well this was my slow motion moment. I was about to tell Scott what I thought about our little predicament when the passenger side door was flung open and a hand wrapped around my wrist and yanked me hard from the car. I know I screamed and my shoe got caught up and I feel face first onto the side walk. My wrist was throbbing and my head hurt like hell. I tried to focus my eyes to see who was leaning over me yelling some slurred words I think I caught fucking slut, whore, and stupid bitch then his face was gone. I laid my head back down on the side walk and everything went black.
I felt someone holding my hand. I opened my eyes to find Melissa sitting next to me with a black eye and a cut lip.
"Oh my god what the fuck happened? Where am I? Why do you have a black eye?"
I tried to sit up but my body betrayed me and I had to lie back down.
"Just relax Danni, you are in the hospital. You have a broken wrist, a skull fracture and a few broken ribs. You have been out for three days but the doctors said you are going to be fine."
Melissa had tears falling from her eyes.
"I don't know how I got here though? I can't remember for some reason it's all a blur I remember I was about to tell Scott something and then everything went black."
I looked at my best friend and she looked almost green like she was going to throw up.
"I saw you pull up to the apartment because of course I was worried about you. Bo called like five times and once you texted me I told him you were on your way here and that you were fine and you would call him in the morning but he was pretty shitfaced. I could tell by his slur and I kept hearing some girl in the background giggling. Anyways, I was going to give you five minutes to get out of the car before I came down and got you myself making me worry like that I was going to kill you! I waited the five minutes before I walked back over to the window and then I saw Bo walking towards the car then yanking you out of it. I freaked out and ran outside you were passed out on the sidewalk and Bo was yelling at you and kicking you in the ribs. A guy pulled Bo away from you then started fighting him while some blond girl was sitting against a car laughing at what was going on. Bo punched the guy and he fell to the ground then Bo started kicking him and I freaked out and jumped onto Bo's back he pulled me off and I bite his arm and he punched me in the face and I fell then screamed for someone to call the police and then next thing I remember is Bo getting arrested and me, you, and that guy being rushed to the hospital."
I couldn't believe what I just heard.
"Oh No where is Scott? Is he ok?" I started crying to the point where it was hard to breath.
Melissa stood up and wrapped her arms around my shoulders and hugged me tight. I heard someone clear their throat and walk into the room.
"Am I interrupting a girl moment because I can come back later when you two are finished unless you need a third?"
I looked up wiped the tears from my eyes and saw Scott standing there with a smile on his face and a bouquet of daisies in his hands.
"Scott" I sighed.
Melissa smiled and let go of me and punched Scott in the arm.
"You know you are lucky I like you cause a comment like that from someone I don't like would have got a swift kick to the balls."
She hugged Scott and said she would be back later with some real food instead of subjecting me to shitty hospital food. Scott took the place of Melissa and sat down next to me and grabbed my hand and kissed my palm.
"How are you feeling," he finally asked me while looking into my eyes.
"I feel sore but I'm better now that I know that you are pretty much ok, well you look ok at least. How do you feel?"
Scott let go of my hand and lifted up his shirt besides that fact that I wanted to jump out of bed and lick his abs he had bruises up and down his ribs.
"I am so sorry Scott, he has never done this before and I don't know why he did? I am really sorry and I understand if you don't want to be involved…."
He stopped me again by placing his hand on my cheek and smoothing his thumb across my bottom lip.
"Danni stop it. It's not your fault. How were you supposed to know that was going to happen? You are sure this has never happened to you before right? You need to tell me if this was the first time that he has ever been physically violent with you."
"I swear to you it is the first time. I know he has a temper and he says things that are verbally not nice sometimes but he has never been physical I don't know what came over him?"
"I just want to make sure he never tries to hurt you ever again. I was in shock once I realized he pulled you out of the car. I didn't know what to do at first I couldn't believe what just happened then I heard him yelling at you and I got out of the car as fast as my body would go and by the time I pulled him off of you he had already done so much damage. How can anyone do that to someone that they supposedly love?"
Scott put his head in his hands and I knew he was replaying the whole night over again in his mind. I placed my hand on his head and started stroking his hair. I wasn't expecting to see what I saw next.
He looked up from his hands and I saw tears welling up in his eyes.
"Scott I'm ok see not a ton of damage please don't cry I'm ok really."
He just looked at me then his expression changed.
"Danni are you serious? You have a fractured skull, broken ribs, and a broken wrist. You are not ok! Please tell me you are not going to make excuses for that piece of shit of a boyfriend!"
I know I felt my jaw drop, was he seriously thinking I would let Bo get away with this? I was trying to make him feel better not make excuses for that piece of shit EX-boyfriend.
"See you don't know me at all! How dare you think I would let him get away with what he did to me, you, and my best friend? Do you think I am weak and can't handle things on my own? I might look like some fragile little girl to you but I can handle my own shit! I was trying to make you feel better I wasn't trying to make excuses for my EX-boyfriend he can go fuck himself!"
I could feel a fresh round of tears forming and I didn't want Scott to see me cry in this moment I didn't want him to think of me as some stupid, weak, little girl. I turned my head so I didn't have to look at him.
"Danni….I….I'm so sorr…"
"Don't! I don't want you to say something you might regret later."
I couldn't look at him still. I heard him stand up from the chair then I felt him pull the blankets off of me and climb into the hospital bed with me.
"What are you doing?" I looked over at him.
"I'm sorry. I speak before I think sometimes and I was upset that you are so hurt and I wish I got to him sooner before he made you so broken. I just want to stay with you and protect you can I just lay with you for awhile?"
My heart started to beat faster and the stupid heart monitor gave me away.
"I'll take that as a yes," Scott smiled at me and kissed my cheek.
He was very careful not to move me too much and told me to tell him if anything hurt while we were trying to get comfortable. He sat higher up on the bed and wrapped one arm around me so I could lean back on his chest.
"You know plaster is pretty sexy these days and so is gauze around the head maybe I'll start a new fashion trend," I laughed a little trying not to get to into it cause it hurt like hell to laugh.
"You know I find head injuries an extreme turn on. Do you think the doctor will let me be in the room when they un-wrap you so I can file it away with the images I use to service myself?" Scott asked.
I started laughing so hard I had to tell him to stop making me laugh because it hurt too much.
I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew Melissa was back with food, fried food at that. She looked at me and Scott lying in bed and raised her eyebrows at me. He was still sleeping and I didn't want to move too much and wake him up. She pulled up a chair and looked right at me the look that said,
"What the fuck is going on? You need to tell me everything."
I mouthed I'll tell you later and she shrugged and started pulling food out of a greasy bag for me. I felt Scott stir a bit and then he opened his eyes and smiled at me.
"I thought you were a dream," he said.
Melissa laughed,
"Do all your dream girls have head fractures and broken bones?"
"Only the really sexy ones do," he looked at her.
I am guessing he didn't realize she was here when he said the dream girl thing.
"Well it seems you guys are getting along," I looked at both of them.
"Danni, you were out cold for three days and neither of us would leave you alone. So it was either talk to each other or have a one sided conversation with you and I prefer people who answer me when I ask them questions not drool and moan in their sleep," Melissa said jokingly.
A/N: It's a short chapter and now I have writers block so any help would be appreciated! Thanks for the reviews=)