Heroic Evil
Chapter V: Hard Times Part II: Injured

It was Thursday afternoon as Skylar and Amanda walked through the city of New Pearl. They were holding hands. Amanda was rubbing her thumb across the top of Skylar's hand in a comforting manner. Skylar had just had a memory of his mom when Sierra hugged him. He was totally out of it and was letting Amanda lead him along. As they walked, they made their way across a crosswalk. As they walked, Amanda didn't notice a speeding runaway car speeding down the road in their direction. However, Skylar saw it when he heard the horn honking in the distance. He gasped and pushed Amanda out of the way just before the car struck him.

Amanda staggered away from where she had been. As she stumbled, she heard the sickening thud of a car striking flesh, along with a scream of agony. She looked back to see a car, having finally run out of gas, skidding to a halt and Skylar hitting the ground. She gasped. She shot up onto her feet and bolted over to him. As she ran, she got her iPhone out of her purse. She got over to Skylar and knelt down next to him.
"Skylar, can you hear me? Skylar?" she asked, shaking his shoulder. Skylar didn't respond. Amanda become worried and turned on her phone and dialed 9-1-1.
"9-1-1; how may I help you?" a lady asked from the other side of the line.
"Yes, my boyfriend was just hit by a car and won't respond. Please, I need help," Amanda pleaded, tears welling up in her eyes. . The lady on the phone got serious then.
"Alright, don't move him. Where are you located?" she asked. Amanda looked around.
"I'm in 5th Avenue Broaden Street," she replied. The lady on the phone nodded.
"Okay, stay where you are. I'm dispatching an ambulance right now," she ordered. Amanda nodded and ended the call.

A few minutes later, Amanda heard sirens blaring off in the distance and they seemed to be getting closer to her. She lifted her head and looked to see an ambulance coming toward her. Amanda smiled in relief and looked down at Skylar again. 'They're coming, babe. They're coming,' she mentally said to herself. The ambulance pulled up and stopped in front of them. The back doors opened and a bunch of doctors filed out. With them, they brought a stretcher. They rushed over to Skylar and checked him over. One of them sighed and looked to Amanda.
"Both of his arms and legs are broken and covered in cuts and bruises. He also has a few broken ribs with one of them having punctured his right lung," he said. Amanda was worried now.
"Can I come to the hospital with him, please?" she asked softly. The doctor nodded.
"Of course you can, ma'am," he replied. Amanda smiled and followed them into the back of the waiting ambulance. She sat down next to the stretched that Skylar was on and held his hand in her own. 'Hang in there, Skylar,' she thought.

As they raced towards the hospital, Skylar began to stir and weakly squeezed Amanda's hand. Amanda looked down at him and saw him looking up at her with half open eyes.
"W-Where… Am I…?" he asked weakly. Amanda sent him a loving smile and cupped his cheek in her hand.

"You're in an ambulance, Skylar," she stated. Skylar was confused for a moment before giving a nod and went back to sleep. Amanda smiled at this and rubbed her hands across his forehead. 'Well, at least he awake,' she though. She was about to kiss Skylar on the forehead when the vehicle suddenly stopped.

The doctors around her got up and pushed open the back doors. Quickly, before they had to take Skylar out, Amanda placed a short, but loving kiss on her injured Angel's forehead, leaving a faint, pink impression of her lipstick covered lips. One of the female doctors that were in the vehicle saw her do this and smiled. After she did this, Skylar was pulled out of the ambulance and pushed towards the hospital entrance. Amanda followed close behind, not wanting to stray from her boyfriend's side. 'Everything will be alright,' she thought to herself reassuringly.

It has been ten minutes since they had arrived to the hospital and Amanda was sitting in the waiting room outside the Emergency Room with her mom and dad and the lady that had been in the car that hit Skylar. The woman felt absolutely terrible for hitting him and had been apologizing to Amanda and her parents almost constantly since they had arrived at the hospital. They had only just recently gotten her to calm down enough to stop apologizing to them, saying that it was okay and that it wasn't her fault. Amanda's parents were sitting on either side of their daughter. James had actually witnessed the entire ordeal but had been too shocked to do anything. Amanda had been furious with him when he told her this. Amanda was currently crying softly. She was extremely worried about her boyfriend. Just then, the double doors of the Emergence Room opened, a nurse walking out. She looked at them all. Amanda looked at her, hope and tears obvious in her puffy, red eyes.
"Is he okay?" she asked worriedly, this being the very first thing that came to her distraught mind. The nurse sighed and looked at the floor. Amanda became more worried by this. "It he going to be alright?" she pressed, almost yelling at the nurse, who gave a slight flinch.
"Well, yes, he's going to be okay, but aside from all of his injuries, he's in some kind of coma-like state. He will survive but we don't know how for how long he'll have to stay here in the hospital. After he had reset his bones, he fell into a deep sleep. We've tried everything to wake him up, but he just won't respond," the woman explained. Amanda was brought to tears by this and fell to her knees and began to cry again.
"You can go see him, but I doubt he'll wake up," the nurse stated softly. Amanda nodded curtly and stood up.

Amanda walked into the emergency room to see her sweet Skylar lying on the bed. She went up to the bed and covered her mouth with her hand in shock. Skylar was almost completely covered in bandages. Tears poured out of her eyes again as she looked over him. She sat down on the edge of the bed and bent over the sleeping form of her injured boyfriend. She then lied down and rested her head on his shoulder. She let her emotions go and cried over her lover's body.
"Skylar… I'm so sorry…" she whispered through sobs. After five minutes of crying, Amanda calmed down and just lied there. She decided to speak to her boyfriend.
"Skylar… If you can hear me, please give me a sign. It's me, Amanda, your girlfriend. Please, if you can hear me, give me a sign, sweetie, just do something. I have to know if you're okay. I love you so much," she pleaded softly. Just after she said this, Amanda thought she heard Skylar give a weak groan. Lifting her head, she looked down at him only to see that he had his eyes opened half way. It took her a moment to process what she was seeing, but when she did, a large grin nearly split her face in half and hugged him tightly. Skylar grunted in pain as his eyes opened up a bit, but he smiled through it as best he could as he wrapped his arms around his girlfriend. Amanda continued to cry for a few minutes before calming down enough to look down at Skylar.
"S-Skylar, please; d-don't you ever, EVER do that to me again, please. Do you understand?" she asked. Skylar winced in pain a bit before nodding weakly. Amanda smiled and kissed him on the lips.
"I love you so much, Skylar," she stated after releasing the kiss. Skylar smiled back at her weakly.
"I love you too, Amanda," he replied before kissing Amanda on the forehead. Amanda blushed when he did this. She really liked it when he did this. She put her head down on her beloved's shoulder and sighed blissfully. She closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep in his arms, knowing that he was safe and, more importantly, alive. Five minutes later, James and Sierra walked into the room along with the other lady.

Sierra smiled when she saw her daughter cuddled up to Skylar. The Siarra matriarch walked over to the bed and sat down in the chair next to it.
"How are you feeling?" she asked, knowing that Skylar was awake. Skylar turned his head slowly to look at her and gave her a small smile.
"I feel like I was just hit by a car," he replied hoarsely. Sierra giggled into her left hand before gripping Skylar's left in her right, giving it a soft squeeze.

Amanda woke up to the feeling of someone stroking her hair. She stirred and opened her eyes. She then sighed in content when she felt her sweet spot being rubbed.
"D-Do that… Do that again…" she whispered softly. She sighed again when the spot was rubbed again. She looked up at Skylar.
"Good morning, sleeping beauty," he said softly. Amanda smiled up at him and raised her hand to cup his cheek.
"Good morning, Skylar," she replied. Skylar sighed and put his head down on the pillow. Amanda sat up and looked down at him.
"How are you feeling?" the beautiful blonde asked while running her fingers through her boyfriend's hair. Skylar looked up at her for a moment before sighing.
"My back hurts a little bit, but my head is throbbing like crazy. All in all, I feel like I was hit by a runaway freight train," he replied before getting a sly smile. "But, I'm sure that you can that feel better by just being here next to me." Amanda took a moment to register what he had just said to her before smiling.
"That can be arranged," she stated, allowing for her boyfriend to wrap his arms around her waist and nuzzle his head into her stomach. They both sighed.
"I'll stay here with you for as long as you want me to," Amanda said tenderly, getting a nod from Skylar. It didn't take him long to fall asleep with his girlfriend holding him. Amanda smiled down at him lovingly as a couple tears made their way down her cheeks. She was greatly relieved that he was alright, and that was all she could ask for.

It was around midnight as Sierra and James pulled out of the hospital parking lot. They had let Amanda stay with Skylar so as to be his rock to lean on in his weakened state. Sierra sighed as she gazed out the window. James looked over at her before turning back to the road ahead of him.
"You alright, Sierra?" he asked. Sierra looked at him for a moment before sighing.
"I… I feel… I just feel so useless right now. First, Skylar loses his mother, and now, he has to worry about fucking near full body injury! What could be next?" she explained, tears slowly making their way down her cheeks. James looked at his wife with both shock and understanding. He was shocked that his Angel actually cursed and understanding for… well, that's kind of self-explanatory.
"He has Amanda to help get him through this," he stated softly. Sierra sighed and nodded. The rest of the way home was spent silently as the two held hands.

Amanda sat in the chair next to Skylar's bed. He was in a light sleep due to the amount of pain that he was in. The beautiful blonde girl was tenderly running her fingers through his brown hair.
"You… You should get… some sleep," Skylar suddenly said making Amanda jump slightly. She then sighed. "Okay," she replied before climbing into the bed with her boyfriend and snuggling up to him while making sure that she didn't hurt him and immediately fell asleep.
"Good night, Skylar. I love you," she whispered. Skylar smiled weakly at this.
"I love you too, Amanda. Good night," he replied before falling asleep himself.

It has been a few days since Skylar was hit by a car and he was now out of the hospital. He was put under the care of the Siarra family, who took him in with open arms. He was confined to a wheel chair due to both of his legs being broken. Thankfully, his spine hadn't been touched at all when he was hit, aside from when he hit the wall. He would just need to stay in the wheelchair for a few months. Amanda had been trained in the medical arts before when she had volunteered to work part-time at the hospital, so she was Skylar's personal nurse. Amanda had been ecstatic when she had been appointed as Skylar's personal nurse. Now, there are a lot of good things that came with having your girlfriend as he personal nurse, but there is also one MAJOR drawback: that being… well… the sheer embarrassment of being completely naked in front of her in order to take a shower...

Amanda walked out of the bathroom with both a very red face and a joyous smile on her face as she rolled a very embarrassed Skylar out with her. Skylar's face was so red that it would make a cherry jealous. He had just gotten out of the shower. The whole time, Amanda had been giddy as washed him. 'These few months are going to be… hectic…' Skylar thought.

Amanda lied in her bed that night. She looked to her left to see her Skylar sound asleep, curled up into a cute ball. She then looked to her right at her clock. 2:45 a.m. it read. Amanda groaned. Why couldn't she fall asleep? Suddenly, Skylar began stirring. Amanda turned and looked at him. He was sweating bullets. The beautiful girl knew this sign; he was having a nightmare. So, she reached out to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. As soon as she did this, Skylar stopped and sighed in content before nuzzling into her with his head rested on her chest. Amanda smiled softly at this and rubbed his back.

Skylar was having a dream… a down right freaky dream… The longer it went on, the weirder it got. As it started forming into a nightmare, Amanda suddenly appeared in front of him with a loving smile on her face. Skylar looked at her. Amanda reached out to him and enveloped him in a loving hug. As soon as she, Skylar's dream softened and was replaced by a large field of flowers.

Amanda woke up the next morning to the serene feeling of safety. She opened her eyes and looked down to see Skylar's arm wrapped around hour glass physique. She blushed prettily at this and placed her hand on top of her boyfriend's own. She felt safe in his arms. She sighed and pressed her body closer into Skylar's.
'He's really warm…' she thought blissfully. She then turned over in his embrace so that she was now facing him. She looked at his face and smiled softly. She leaned up and placed a soft kiss on his nose. She smiled again as she leaned back. She then nuzzled her nose into Skylar's shoulder.

Thirty minutes after Amanda woke up, Skylar did so as well. Amanda felt this and looked down at him. Her boyfriend's eyes fluttered open and looked around. Amanda smiled and combed her fingers through his brown hair. Skylar shivered at this before looking up at her.
"Good morning, my prince," Amanda cooed. Skylar grinned.
"Good morning, my princess," he replied. Amanda giggled before nuzzling her nose against his.
"You wanna go get some breakfast?" she then asked. Skylar nodded his head. They then got up and made their way down stairs. Amanda, of course, helped Skylar down the stairs because of his broken legs. She then went back upstairs to retrieve his wheel chair.

Sierra walked into the kitchen to see her daughter and Skylar sitting at the table eating breakfast. She smiled and leaned against the wall, watching them with her arms crossed over her chest.

Amanda put her spoon into her mouth with a giggle. It was always entertaining to her to watch Skylar make a fool out of himself during breakfast, though she knew he did it on purpose as a way to elicit giggles from her. Skylar blushed playfully as he "ate". He just loved the sound of Amanda's laugh. It was so angelic and in his opinion, the most beautiful sound that he had ever heard in his life, like the sound of a singing choir of Angels.

They finished eating five minutes later. Amanda was about to get up to do the dished when Skylar stopped her. He took the dishes and walked up to the sink and began washing them. Amanda smiled sweetly at him. She stood up and walked over to him and sat on the counter top by the sink. She watched him work for the better of five minutes before he finished. He looked up at her and smiled.
"Thank you, Skylar," Amanda said. Skylar just smiled at her with a nod of his head.
"You're welcome, Amanda," he replied. He then reached forward and scooped up Amanda in his arms, bridal style. Amanda squealed in surprise but giggled when he did this. But, when Skylar went to take a step forward, immense pain shot through his legs and gave out, causing him to collapse. He yelled in agony and grabbed at his legs. They had both forgotten about his injuries. Amanda landed on her butt, but she didn't care as she was by her boyfriend's side in an instant.
"Skylar, are you alright?" she asked worriedly. Skylar made a noise with his lips and his eyes were as wide as saucers. He then groaned a bit.
"Y-Yeah… Yeah, I'm f-fine… argh…" he replied. "I'm sorry, I completely forgot about my injuries." Amanda sighed in relief and nodded.
"Yeah, me too," she stated. Skylar tried to stand up but found that he couldn't. He looked up at Amanda.
"Can you please get my chair, Amanda?" he asked. Amanda nodded and got her boyfriend's chair from the living room. Once she brought his chair into the kitchen, she helped him into it. Once he was in his chair, Skylar sighed. Amanda then gently placed herself in Skylar's lap. She made sure that she didn't put too much of her 128 pounds on her boyfriend.
"There, now you can hold me," she said playfully. Skylar winced a little bit but smiled as his girl rested her head on his shoulder. He then wheeled out to the living room and went up to the couch. Skylar got out of his chair and sat down on the couch. Amanda got back on top of him and placed her head back on his shoulder.
"I love you, Skylar," she stated softly while nuzzling her nose into the crook of his neck. Skylar blushed.
"I love you too, Amanda," he replied.

Sierra watched her daughter cuddle with Skylar with a smile on her face. It was really scary how much the two resembled James and her when they were younger. Never did she think that her daughter would fall for him. She didn't even expect Skylar to treat Amanda with such care, as if she were a fragile piece of art. He treated her with the upmost care and did anything he could to make her smile. They never argued either. They resembled the perfect couple all the way down to the tee. A lone tear made its way down her cheek. She was so proud of them. Just then, a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and a head rested on her shoulder. Sierra looked to the side to see James. She smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek. James smiled at this and looked toward his daughter.
"They look like us, dear," he stated quietly. Sierra nodded and turned to look back at her daughter.
"Yes, they do," she replied. James then kissed her cheek.
"Why don't we leave the two alone and go back to bed," he said. Sierra nodded and followed her husband back into their bedroom. They walked in and over to the bed after shutting the door and got into it.

Skylar had gotten the feeling that they were being watched but shrugged it off. He nuzzled his head into Amanda's hair. (A.N. Just so you all know, Skylar has taken off his cast. Also because he has an extreme pain tolerance, he is able to walk but is limited to five steps, standing for ten minutes and twenty pounds before his legs give out. Sorry for not mentioning it earlier. Now, on with the story! ^^)
Amanda and Skylar were walking through the park just going for a walk… well, Amanda was anyway. Skylar was in his wheel chair. They were just about to round a corner when…
"Amanda!" someone called. Amanda turned around and smiled when she saw her best friend running up to them.
"Ashley!" she called back. Skylar craned his neck to see Ashley. Ashley got up to them and smiled.
"Hey, long-time-no-see, girl," she stated. Amanda nodded with a smile.
"Agreed," she said before hugging her friend. And be it fate or not, they just happened to be on a hill and Skylar began rolling forward.
"Umm… Amanda…? Can you please put on the brakes before… oh, you know, before I kind of run into a tree?" Skylar warned sarcastically. Amanda looked at him just as he was about to go down the hill. She gasped and caught him. They both sighed in relief as Amanda put the brakes on so that Skylar would stay in place. Ashley smiled at the two lovers. (A.N. Amanda's best friend is Ashley Likenz. She has blond hair that reaches to her shoulders, eyes as blue as the sky, and an hourglass physique. She is much like Amanda in a lot of ways except she plays soccer instead of cheerleading. Besides Amanda, Ashley is the most beautiful girl in the district. Believe it or not, before Skylar met Amanda in the sixth grade, he had had a massive crush on Ashley. Ashley liked to run and do track when she wasn't busy with soccer. Surprisingly, she is still single… Actually, no, it really isn't all that surprising since she has high standards for a boyfriend. She is 5' 6" tall and weighs 124 pounds. That is all you need to know for now about Ashley Likenz. ^^) Amanda looked over at her friend sheepishly.
"Sorry about that, Ashley. I kinda forgot to put on the brakes," she stated. Ashley nodded.
"It's alright. Can I walk with you two?" she asked as she waved off Amanda's apology. Amanda nodded and released the brakes. Skylar sighed as he was pushed carefully and slowly down the hill.
"So, why did you two get together?" Ashley asked. Amanda looked at her and smiled.
"Well, today is our 29th day being together," she replied.

The three were sitting on a bench now. Skylar was lent back into Amanda as she rubbed his neck while she conversed with Ashley. Ashley couldn't help but find the scene adorable. She had known about Amanda's growing love for the boy. Ashley had been the one to comfort Skylar after his dad had left him and his mom five years ago. And as his friend, she had been there for him to the very end of his grief. She had been there for him until Amanda took him in.

Ashley looked down at the now sleeping ex-leader of the Archangels with a smile.
"He's really cute when he's asleep," she stated. Amanda looked down at her boyfriend and smiled.
"Yeah, he is," she replied, brushing her fingers gingerly across his cheek. Skylar purred when she did this and lent into her touch. Both girls giggled when he did this. Amanda then reached over to her boyfriend and gently brought his head down to her lap. The two girls then went back to conversing and gossiping about God knows what.

Skylar and Amanda were both sitting under the shade of a large oak tree. Skylar had his back to the large tree and Amanda was sitting in between his legs with her head rested on his chest. She was facing him and had a loving smile on her face. Skylar was trickling his fingers up and down his lover's back. Ashley had left them around twenty minutes ago to continue with her run around the park and to let the two love birds have their time together.

Amanda sighed as she woke up and opened her eyes. She then lifted up her hand and began tracing little circles on Skylar's chest. Said ex-leader purred softly when she did this. Amanda looked up at him when he did this and smiled. It was then that Skylar lifted up his right hand and combed his fingers through her long, blonde hair. Amanda shivered in content when he did this and nuzzled deeper into his chest. They stayed like this for another twenty minutes before they heard snickering. They immediately knew who it was.
"Well, well, well, would you look at this?" The two lovers sighed. What did he want?
"What do you want, Ben?" Amanda asked softly. Ben, being the arrogant and ignorant son of a shepherd that he was thought that she was in love with him now that he was there to "save" her. He smiled smugly.
"I have come to save you from this monster," he replied. Before he even knew what happened, Amanda stood up and slapped him HARD across the face. Ben stumbled under the sheer force of the slap and held his now red cheek. He then looked at Amanda with murder in his eyes making her take a small step back in fright before glaring down at him defiantly.
"How dare you slap me?" Ben screamed before standing up and slapping Amanda across the face twice as hard as she had done to him. Amanda yelped in pain and fell to the ground with tears in her beautiful green eyes, sobs racking her body. Ben smirked and was about to lift her up by the neck when he suddenly felt a burning pain in his groin. His eyes crossed and his legs turned to jelly as he groaned in pain. He then turned to see the ex-leader of the Archangels standing over him. Ben tried to stand up but his legs were too weak to hold him up and he fell again. Skylar glared down at Ben with much hatred in his eyes.
"I swear, if you ever do that to my Angel again, I will kill you," he said in a voice that meant death. Ben scoffed weakly before he slowly stood up and faced Skylar.
"I will have Amanda, no matter what. Just you wait," he stated before limping away. Once Ben was gone, Skylar allowed for his legs to give out and fell to the ground. It felt like his legs were covered in hell fire they hurt so badly. Amanda was there by his side immediately. She then began crying. Though, not out of fear, but of joy.
"Skylar," Amanda called softly. Skylar looked up at her.
"Hmm?" he responded. Amanda cupped his cheeks in her hands and rested her forehead against his.
"Thank you… My Angel," she finished. Skylar smiled and relaxed into his girlfriend.
"You're welcome, Amanda," he replied. Amanda nearly squealed, and pecked her boyfriend on the cheek.

End Chapter!

Next time: Heroic Evil
Chapter VI: Christmas