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CHAPTER FOUR

"Old Days"

(Sally's POV)

I never quite felt the same after that drink. The next morning I woke feeling so ill I thought I was going to die. Technically speaking, that wouldn't be so bad if it meant I could see Lightning again.

I roll to my side and puke violently on the musty carpet. I kneel down to clean it but find myself dashing to the tiny bathroom instead. I grip the toilet seat so hard my knuckles turn white.

When my stomach is emptied, I groggily lift my head and feel disoriented as a cool sweat breaks out on my forehead. Fumbling around in the medicine cabinet, I search for the first pill box I can find. Cold and flu remedies pour from the shelf, nothing that can help me. I come across an old package of birth control pills. I let them plunk to the floor and stare long and hard at them. Maybe being alone won't be so bad…I'll never have to worry about things like that anymore.

Finally I give up and pull some clothes on. I'll just have to visit Doc, whether we both like it or not.

When I get to the clinic, I wait patiently while Doc cracks Sheriff's back into place. It's a regular for Sheriff, so when he goes to leave it surprises him to see me. His mustache appears to twitch, but he passes through the waiting room swiftly.

Doc steps out and approaches me slowly. He doesn't shoot me a hostile look but asks me what's wrong instead. After I explain my symptoms, he nods with concern and takes me to another room to have my blood taken.

Three vials of blood and one awkward urine sample later, he tells me he'll run some tests. I probably have a case of alcohol poisoning so he advises me to get some rest.

Before I leave, I look him straight in the eyes. I can see dark circles beneath his crow's feet and I know he's been crying. "Doc, I'm so sorry for everything I said."

"It's alright," he says as though he was half expecting my apology.

"But Doc, I-."

"Sally, I understand. There are powerful things in this world, like love and death. When you put them together it can make for one horrible scenario. I don't blame you for your actions," he tells me gravely.

"Thank you," I whisper softly in return.

I exit the building with stinging eyes and gaze around at the town before me. All tourism has drained; it feels like being back at square one. Sometimes out in Tailfin Pass, Lightning and I would stare up at the sky and reminisce about these days. The days where he was just one of us, just an addition to this forgotten town. We talked about missing this old style of living. Well, here we had it again…but without him it was nothing short of Hell.

Really short, I know. :( Sometimes that's just the way certain chapters turn out and fit into the story. I still hope you liked it and will leave a review if you get the chance. Thanks for reading!