Joe looked at me with sad eyes. Why was he sad? It was just a song.
"You did?" I asked, trying to keep cool.
"Yea, do you really think I don't love you?" He asked, wrapping his strong arms around me.
I thought for a moment. What did I think?
"I'm not sure." I said softly.
His grip tightened around me.
"Shelby, please. I'm so sorry for not coming home. The last thing I want to hear is that you don't love me." He said, his voice drying up.
"Joe, I want to love you so much. It's not that I don't love you; it's just, well… I'm not really sure."
"What is it Shelby?" He asked, pulling away from the hug and putting both hands on my shoulders and looked deep into my eyes.
"I-I don't know." I said, lost for words. What was it?
His eyes became swollen and tears threatened to fall from his eyes.
He turned on his heels and left the room.
I stared at the door, in disbelief. Was I still in love with Joe? I wasn't sure. Tears poured from my eyes as I heard the front door slam. I saw Joe outside running across the street and was looking which way to go. I ran downstairs and out the front door. The clouds were rolling in and the sky was becoming darker by the second. I looked over to Joe who was looking at the ground, frustrated. He kicked a rock, or at least attempted to, and fell on his butt. The ground rumbled as the thunder began. Rain began to pour down.
I could barely see anything.
I looked to my left and saw headlights headed towards me. I was deer caught in the headlights. My eyes widened and terror waved through my entire body. My heart was beating faster than a hummingbird's wings and my entire body froze in its place.
I suddenly felt a pressure hit my side as I went flying to the sidewalk. My head hit the sidewalk and I saw everything flash before my eyes. A dark figure went flying when the car hit the figure. I yelled in horror as that figure landed right next to me. It was Joe!
His palms were facing up and his legs were out straight in front of him. His arms were spread apart and his body was slanted to the side. His face was covered in blood and his eyes were sealed shut. His mouth hung open slightly and his nose was bent to the side. He was lying in a pool of blood.
"Joe!" I yelled in horror, once more.
I knelt down and put my hand on the back of his bloody head and my other hand on his cheek. His skin was cold and he looked pale, almost green. I laid my head on his chest and heart a very slow, unsteady heart beat. It seemed to only beat every 7, 8, 2, or 5 seconds. It was very strange, like a Techno beat. I rested my head on his chest, listening to the beat of his heart. Tears poured out of my eyes.
I felt a wave of fear wash over me as I heard a door slam behind me. I darted my head up and whipped around. Denise and Nick were rushing towards me. The car that had hit Joe had come to a stop and the driver closed her phone shut. An ambulance sped down the street. As if in a matter of seconds, I was being pulled away from Joe's body be a paramedic.
"Let me go!" I screeched.
I was resisting him and kicking and screaming. He tightened his grip on my arms. I spun around and met Nick's body. He stumbled a few steps. Through my tears, and over Nick's shoulder, I saw Paul holding a crying Denise. Frankie was sobbing into Kevin's stomach.
Nick's grip tightened and I cried harder. Joe was put onto a stretcher and lifted into the ambulance. My salty tears dripped down onto Nick's button down, blue and grey plaid shirt, with the sleeves rolled up of course. The rain continued pouring down and a paramedic approached Denise and Paul. Denise nodded and followed the paramedic to the ambulance. It sped off into the pouring rain and Nick pulled me to the car. We piled in and I sat in the back next to Nick. I collapsed against him and closed my eyes as tight as I could and tried to drain out Frankie's sobbing. We were all soaked, but that didn't matter right now. I looked into the rear view mirror and saw that Paul's eye's were puffy, as well as Kevin's, and Frankie was lying in his lap.
We shortly arrived at the hospital, to see Joe being wheeled down the hall. They entered a door that read Emergency Room.