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Ana's Point of View
I woke up to bright lights and the sound of beeping. I looked around and noticed I was in a hospital bed. The smell of medicine and sterilization invaded my senses, making me wrinkle my nose. My head was throbbing, feeling really heavy. I could hear people talking outside the room and the sounds of ambulances from outside. I tried to move my arms, but felt weight holding them down. I raised my eyebrows in confusion when I saw Mia holding one of my hands and Elliot holding the other. They were laying their heads down in the bed and breathing steadily.
"Hey, you're awake." I looked over by the window and saw Kate sitting there.
"What happened?" I asked, trying to move my hands out of their grasp without waking them up.
"You had a panic attack." She said.
I racked my brain for the memory, needing more to information to help me out. "How?"
"I don't really know." She tilted her head. "I mean, I saw Amber standing outside the towel closet laughing. She left with her friends and I heard someone say she pushed a girl in there. I quickly went to open it and I saw you lying on the ground unconscious. I called 911 right away and then went to get the coach."
The memories came rushing back to me. I remembered the way it felt being pushed and locked in there. The darkness the enveloped me, the closing of my lungs….
"Ana! You need to calm down." Kate rushed out of the room, waking up Mia and Elliot in the process. I couldn't help the thoughts that were going through my head. All I could think about was being locked in the safe, with no way of communicating.
I saw Elliot leaning over me; he put his hands on the side of my face and told me to breathe. Mia looked scared and I could see tears forming in her eyes. I looked back and Elliot, who was calming me down with soft coos. Mom was soon here in an instant with Kate standing at the end of the bed. "Ana, sweetheart, you need to breathe. Think about something positive." I instinctively thought about Christian, his smile, his warm hands, his beautiful lips, the sensations of his touch. I thought back to the first and the second time we made love in our secret spot and my room, the way it felt to have him touch me in secret places. "That's it honey, just breathe, you're alright." I was able to get my breathing under control. Mom put something in my ivy bag and I instantly relaxed, feeling my adrenaline diminish. "That's it. I'm going to send a nurse in here to check your vitals, okay?"
I nodded; thankful for whatever it was she gave me.
Kate came around the bed and took my hand, "I'm so glad you're doing okay. I have to get home though."
"Oh yeah. I understand, thank you so much." I squeezed her hand.
She smiled. "I put my number in your phone. Please text me or even call to let me know how you're doing."
"I will." She gave my hand a squeeze and then went to grab her stuff.
Mia stood next me and we watched her. Elliot grabbed her arm before she left the room, catching her by surprise. "Thank you." He said. "For being there. Ana's my little sister, she's very important, and I don't know what would have happened if she was left in there." He leaned in and kissed her cheek softly. Mia and I looked at each other and then smiled, looking back at them. Kate started to blush and I could feel the happiness seeping from her.
"You're welcome." She whispered. Giving me one last look, she left the room, moving aside while two others ran in with food.
"Tyler!" I exclaimed. "Adrian! What are you guys doing here?"
"You're kidding right?" Tyler said setting down three McDonalds bags. "Mia told Adrian and Adrian told me, we ditched class and came straight over here."
"You all didn't have to do that." I said with a shocked expression. He and Adrian walked over and gave me big hugs.
"We wanted to." Adrian said. He stood by Mia and took her hand, who was still focused on Elliot. She didn't miss what we saw and neither did I, but I wasn't going to say anything unless she was.
And thankfully she did, nudging me with her elbow and saying, "Well Elliot, if I didn't know any better, I think you like her."
"Yeah, I have to agree." I added.
"Like who?" Tyler asked. "The girl that just walked out?" We nodded.
"No, I was just thanking her." Elliot said, hiding his smile.
"You kissed her cheek." Mia scoffed. "That's not something you normally do."
"Don't read too much into it." Elliot said, coming back over to my bedside, taking a seat and my hand. "It was just a thank you gesture."
"Right…." Mia dragged out, clearly not believing him.
"Ana! Are you okay!?"
"Hey Christian, yes. I'm okay." I replied. Grace wanted me to call Christian as I could. She told me how she had to yell at him to stay home. He was determined to come home for me. I thought it was sweet and I couldn't help but to smile.
"What the hell happened?"
"This girl got mad at me and my friend Kate. I accidently threw a ball in her face and Kate it with one in the shoulder. We were playing dodge ball, obviously she wasn't the best dodger." I gave a little chuckle and continued. He didn't think it was funny. "She got really mad and pushed me into a closet that locks automatically. I couldn't get out and memories from what happened in the past came to my mind. I freaked out and well you know the rest."
"Ana, baby, I am so sorry." I could hear the sadness and the anger in his voice.
"I'm fine really."
"I'm sorry I wasn't there to protect you." I thought back to when he rescued me from Mimi's madness, how I clung to him as he whisked me away. I felt sad knowing he wasn't there to do that for me anymore, but I was a big girl and I knew I could protect myself. Not counting the last incident.
"You don't need to protect me anymore."
"I want to protect you. I want you to be safe."
"I know you do." I smiled. "And I love you for it. How is everything? How's school? Your roommate? Any good parties?"
"Woah, slow down." I could hear him chuckle and I was glad for it. "Everything's good. My classes aren't the best but they're interesting enough. My roommate is still crazier than ever, he loves the girls. When I come back early from class I always catch him making out with a new girl."
"Really?" I laughed. "Does he have commitment issues or something?"
"Or something." He said. "But there is this one girl he has, her name's Raine and she thinks they're a thing. Little does she know she isn't the only one."
"Oh that sucks."
"Not really…"
"Don't be mean."
"No really. I don't like her."
"Why?" I giggled.
"She claims to like him but I think she's secretly flirting with me. I can't tell though. She makes me uncomfortable." There was an ugly feeling that bubbled in the pit of my stomach. Christian was a beautiful guy. He was hotter the hot, sexier then sexy, and more gorgeous the gorgeous. He was a category all on his own and I wouldn't doubt if there were girls falling all over him.
"Just make sure she knows who you belong too."
"No worries, baby, I'm all yours."
"And I'm all yours."
"Damn straight." We both laughed. "Are you sure you're going to be okay? I can come home."
"No, really Christian, I am fine." I looked at the clock. "I'm getting release tonight anyways. When mom gets off, I'll be going home with her."
"Alright. Just be careful." He sighed. "Oh and one more thing…"
"What?"
"Next time you see that chick, use your MMA skills on her. You and Mia aren't taking those lessons for nothing."
"Well I can't just hit her. I have to be defending myself."
"No you don't. Just walk up to her and give her a good uppercut."
I shook my head. "You and Mia both are really bad influences."
The next day….
"Hey!" Mia yelled. I was trying my best to pull her back, but she just shrugged me off. She was headed straight towards Amber, fury overtaking her expression. "Hey! I'm talking to you!"
Amber finally stopped along with two of her friends and turned to look at Mia, before she entered the classroom. She had a look of confusion on her face and didn't what was going on. If only she knew…
"Did you push her yesterday?"
Amber took a glance at me and smirked. "Yeah, so what if I did?"
"Why did you do it?" People were starting to gather around, waiting for something, anything to happen.
"I did it because I wanted to. I did it because she had it coming." Amber spit out with a roll of her eyes. I looked at Mia and saw rage flash in her eyes. Her hands were balled into fists and her jaw was twitching.
"What's going on?" I turned to look and saw Kate. She was standing next to me, watching the scene unfold. I shrugged my shoulders, not really knowing what was going to happen.
"You shouldn't have done it." Mia yelled.
"Whatever." She smiled evilly. "Maybe I'll even do it again." She looked at me. "Try not to get on my bad side in P.E. again."
Mia threw her fist, hitting her square in the jaw. She stumbled back and then pounced, jumping on Mia and falling to the floor. Kate and I stepped back in complete shock, frozen and not being able to do anything. They rolled on the ground and Mia had her pinned down, throwing punches to her face. Amber began to make screaming noises while other students pulled out their phone and instigated with their chants. Ambers friends came to her rescue, trying to pull Mia off of her. Mia wouldn't budge so they started pulling her hair and yelling and still Mia wouldn't stop throwing punches. Kate reacted quicker than I did and pulled one of Amber friends away from Mia, giving her a good punch. So much came rushing to my head, I've never been one to fight but Mia was in trouble and I had to help her. But I also didn't want to get in trouble. Fighting wasn't my thing. I always thought talking it out was the best solution, not hitting. Clearly Mia didn't think that way but...She was in this mess because of me. She was fighting for me and I will do the same for her. Mia is my sister and I love her. And with that thought, I took a few steps and threw my fist at the girl who was still trying to pull Mia off of Amber. She stumbled back, grabbing my sweater and bringing me to the ground with her. She quickly got on top of me and had her hands around my throat. I started to choke and hurriedly tried racked my brain for what I learned in defense. I brought me knee up and hit her in the back, causing her to loosen her grip and arch backwards. I took that moment to elbow her in the gut, making her fall to the side. I punched her once more in the face and pushed her off, standing up. Kate was still having a hair pulling contest with one of the girls and Mia was now getting hit by Amber. I rushed to her and pulled Amber off, pushing her to the side, making her fall. Mia got up and then…..
"That's enough!" Elena yelled, making her way through the crowd of students, with several other administrators including the campus police. Everyone ceased in their activities except for Kate and Ambers friend. They had to be broken up by one of the officers.
"You six! In my office." The principal yelled.
We were all escorted to the office.
We were lectured and punished. We were all suspended for three day, but Mia couldn't be any happier seeing Ambers bruised jaw. She said, and I quote 'I would do it all over again just feel the way she hit her face with my fist.' Our mom wasn't too happy and we weren't allowed to anything for two weeks. Mia got her car taken away and I wasn't allowed to read. Weird punishment for me, right? But it did have an effect. I love to read.
I texted Christian.
*Hey…
*What did you do?
I laughed.
*Why do you automatically think I did something :o
*Because you don't normally text me saying Hey… you usually say Chritian! Or Hi You!
He knows me so well.
*Okay, you caught me…
*So? What did you do?
*Mia and I got suspended.
One minute later…
Two minutes later…
Three minutes later…
Four minutes later….
My phone began to do a continuous vibration.
Oh, crap. He's calling me.
I answered it hesitantly. "Hello…"
"What do you mean you got suspended?" He exclaimed.
"Well…Mia kind of punched that girl Amber in the face. Her friends jumped in to help so then Kate and I jumped in."
"So you both got suspended?"
"Yeah. Don't blame me! You told me to hit her…I just ended up hitting another girl instead."
"Yeah I told you to hit her, not to have a brawl in the middle of the hallway."
"Hey, Mia started it. She hit her first and you might be able to see it."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, people were recording it. I'm sure it will be on YouTube by the end of the day if it isn't already."
"I've only been got for a couple of months and you're already getting into trouble." He chuckled. "What am I going to do with you?"
Christian's Point of View
I hung up the phone, "Jose! Load up the computer."
"What? Why?" He was lying on the bed with a porn magazine over his face.
"Because, you just might see a fight."
He sat up quickly and reached for the laptop. "What kind of fight?"
"To be honest I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see." I guess he wasn't paying attention the conversation I was just having with Ana. Oh wait, he was to busy looking at naked girls.
"Okay than." I got up and sat next to him. He pulled up the Chrome browser and went to the YouTube home page. "So what are we looking for?"
"Uhh..." I scratched my head. Maybe I didn't think this through all the way. "I don't know. Try searching videos that were posted from the Seattle area."
"Can you even do that?" Jose asked looking at me.
"You should. Its the internet, you should be able to do anything." I grabbed the computer from him and sat it on my lap.
ten minutes later...
"Okay maybe we can't do everything." I sighed with frustration. "There's nothing, absolutely nothing."
"Why don't you try Facebook."
"Holy shit Jose. Your so fucking smart. Do you have a Facebook?"
"Yeah."
"Well then we have to use yours because I don't have one."
He looked at me in disbelief. "Your serious?"
"Yes, but I do have a Instagram."
"Thank the Lord, Christian has an Instagram." He chuckled and pulled up his Facebook page. "Now...lets see. Do you want me to search the Seattle area or somewhere specific?"
I told him to put I the name of my school. He did and there was a list of all the people who were attending that school. "Okay, I don't really know whose popular and who isn't so we're just going to have to go through the list and hope the video is on there."
"I still have no idea, what's going on, but okay." We went through about thirty different profiles until we found the actual video. Lucky for us the event just happened recently so we didn't need to scroll down all the different pages. "Is that it?"
"Yup. I'm kind of nervous to watch it."
Jose took the computer and pressed play. The guy who recorded had some shaking hands and he took a while to get a good angle. I was getting annoyed and so was Jose. "Do people not know how to record?" The camera eventually got situated and stood still. I saw Mia. The sound wasn't the best because everyone was talking around them. She was yelling something. And was right next to her and so was another girl. My attention focused on Mia when she punched that girl she was yelling at. "Oh, shit! That was a badass right hook."
"That, is my sister."
"Dude for real?" We stared at the screen and saw two other girls attack Mia. The other girl next to Ana attacked one of the girls. "Oh, dang! This is fucking awesome." Ana looked hesitated for a minute but she then took a few step and punched one of the girls in the face. "Damn, that was a nice hit."
"And that is my girlfriend."
"No wonder why you wanted to watch this." Jose chuckled.
We watched the rest of the fight and I couldn't how much Ana participated in it. She always seemed so shy and reserved. Well now I know not mess with her when she's mad. I cringed a little when I saw Elena yell at them and all six of them being escorted to the office. Whoever was recording followed them until they reached the door and then the video ended.
"Well that was interesting." Jose said.
One Month Later….
It was early. It was a Saturday and I wanted to sleep in. I thought I kind of deserved that, but Mia didn't think so. She dragged me out of bed, shoved me into my bathroom and made take my meds. She watched me as I brushed my teeth and washed my face. While putting on deodorant and lotion, she grabbed a pair of shorts and a black tank top, telling me to put them on. I did, slowly, much to her dismay. I left my hair down, pinning my bangs back into a braid, letting it fall down my back and barely touching my butt. I slipped on my cute silver sandals and wiggled my newly painted red toes.
"Come on, Ana." She sighed. "You're so damn slow."
He pulled me out of my room and dragged me down the hall, than the stairs. Grace and Carrick were already down stairs, sitting at the table with Elliot. "Good morning you two." Dad sipped his coffee and continued to look at the newspaper.
"I don't know about good, but it is early." I glared at Mia, taking a seat. I looked at Elliot. "Why are you up?" He too glared at Mia.
"What? You can't sleep all day, especially you Ana. What do you want to do today?"
Oh right…It's my birthday.
"Yeah, sis, what is it you want to do?" Elliot said.
"Well I would have loved to sleep in." I said, grabbing the pitcher of orange juice and pouring it into a glass that was in front of me.
"Other than that." Mom stepped in. "We're going to take you out." Her phone buzzed and she looked at it. "But first we have surprise for you." She gave Elliot and Mia a nod, making Mia jump out of her chair with joy.
I was only able to take a single sip of my juice before she grabbed me and pushed me towards the foyer. "This is so exciting." She opened the door and we walked outside. And then…
We did nothing. "So why are we standing outside?" I asked. Everyone else came out behind us and stood further out into the circular driveway. "I don't understand what's…" The sound of a car made the words fade and I just stared where everyone else was. The sound came closer and closer…
A white Scion Tc rounds the corner and pulls into the looped drive.
"Happy Birthday!" They all screamed in unison.
"This is mine?" It had a big pink ribbon on it and I was speechless.
"Of course it's yours." Mia exclaimed. "Elliot and I picked it out. Mom and dad paid for it."
"I wanted to pick the red one but Mia insisted it be white like hers." Elliot added. I brought my hand to my mouth and tried not to cry. I ended up selling my dad's classic car. It wasn't for me and it was just more money I could save. I no longer had a car and got rides with Mia. And now…
Now I have a car.
"Do you like it?" Dad asked. I turned around and hugged them tight, telling them how much I loved it and thanking them all. I was so excited and I didn't waste another minute. I walked towards the car, looking at the tires, the awesome tinted windows, and a decal sticker that said 'The Grey Sisters'. I laughed, knowing Mia had that custom made. I looked at her car and noticed it had the same one. I stepped closer and then the door opened, revealing…
Christian!
I stopped walking and was frozen. My hand came back to my mouth but I could no longer hold in my emotions. I started to cry. My vision clouded and he became blurry. I ran to him, forgetting about the car. He had his arms wide open waiting for me to jump into them.
Almost making us fall, I crashed into him, tightening my arms around him and taking in his sweet smell. His muscles were hard, constricting around me, protecting me and making me feel safe. Everything felt so perfect now. I had my family and I had the love of my life. I had everything. "Happy birthday, Ana." He whispered in my ear.
Please Review! Christian came to see her for her birthday! How sweet!:) One more chapter guys! And then my time jump!:)