This chapter is dedicated to Loopy and Drunky.
And a special Happy Birthday and dedication to CraddleYourExistence!
"I can't believe this is really happening." I say as I pull back and lean my forehead on hers.
"I know me either. I feel like this is all a dream and I'm going to wake up feeling disappointed because none of it really happened." Ashley says and gives me a soft peck on my lips.
"This whole day has felt like that for me." I smile at her and she kisses me again. I don't think I could ever get enough of her kisses. She pushes herself more onto me and I fall back in the wall. It looks like she is enjoying this as much as I am. The second I feel her tongue on mine, I moan into the kiss. Wrapping my arms tighter around her waist, I pull her into me.
We break apart when we hear someone clearing their throat. We jump apart and fix our clothes. I'm just hoping that it is not one of my parents or Madison. We look up to see Ivy standing right outside the gym doors. I guess we didn't hear them open.
"Sorry to interrupt, but half time is almost over." She says apologetically. I feel really bad for judging her before I even got to know her.
"Thanks Ivy, I'll be right in." Ashley says with a smile. Ivy turns back into the gym without another word. Ashley turns back to me and says "We should be more careful."
"I know but at that moment, I just didn't care. The only thing I was thinking about was kissing you." I smile at her. "In fact, that's the only thing I'm still thinking about."
"You are really cute. But I really have to get back inside. I'm the head cheerleader; I can't set a bad example for the other cheerleaders." I pout at her and she laughs. "I promise we can continue later."
"That sounds better." I grin at her. We share one more kiss before we head back inside.
When I get back to my seat, Kendra doesn't notice me until I sit down.
"What are you smiling about?" She asks with an eyebrow raised.
"I'm just happy to see you." I lie hoping that she buys it, but the look on her face tells me otherwise.
"Fine, don't tell me. I'll find out eventually." She said before she turned her head back to the game or as I like to call it Ivy watching. And I went back to Ashley gawking.
"Hey weren't Chelsea and Carmen supposed to come tonight?" Kendra asked in the beginning of the fourth quarter. I nod and look around for them. Chelsea said she would be here and if she wasn't going to come she would have called to let me know. I check my phone and there's no voicemail or text from her. Now I'm worried. How the hell did I not notice this earlier?
"I'm going to step outside and call her. Something isn't right." I tell Kendra.
"I'll come with you." She stands up and follows me outside.
I call Chelsea and Carmen over and over again but I get no answer.
I yell in frustration and start walking towards the parking lot.
"Where are you going?" I hear Kendra yell from behind me.
"I need to find her. It's not like her to just disappear like this." I say as I continue my walk/jog to my car.
"Spencer" Suddenly Kendra's hands are on my shoulders and she is turning me around. "Take a deep breath." I do as she says. "You cannot drive while you are so worked up. I will help you find them but you need to calm down." She's right. I would have probably gotten into an accident because I would have been so worried about Chelsea and not focused on the road.
I take another deep breath. "I'm fine." I shake my head. "I'm good. Thank you."
"Ok I'm going to drive over to Carmen's and see if they are there. You should drive over to Chelsea's and check there. I'll call you once I find out anything, ok?" Kendra says calmly. I'm happy she can stay calm because if not I would be a complete wreck.
I hug her. "Thank you for helping me and keeping me sane."
"I told you that I was here if you ever needed anything." She smiles at me. "Ok let's go. Call me if anything." I nod and we go to our cars.
As soon as I get in I speed out of the parking lot and down the road. Usually, I would drive the speed limit, but right now I don't care that I'm speeding. If a cop wants to pull me over to give me a ticket for speeding, he or she will just have to follow me to Chelsea's house if they want me to stop.
The fifteen minutes that it usually takes to get to Chelsea's turned into eight. As soon as I pulled up to her house, I hoped out of the car and ran to her front door. I knock on the door for about two minutes before I take out my spare key. I only use it for emergencies and right now is definitely one of them.
When I open the door, everything is dark, pitch black. No one is home. I still search every room in her house thoroughly. My phone goes off as I make my way back downstairs. My heart beats fast and I pull out my phone only to be a little disappointed when I notice it's not Chelsea.
"Are they over there?" Usually I would be more polite when answering my phone, but right now I don't give a damn about pleasantries.
Kendra sighs into the phone. "No. The only person that's here is some guy, who I think is Carmen's stepdad, and the only thing he is doing is singing songs to me, so he's no use." I sigh into the phone and she picks up on this because she starts talking again. "He reeks of alcohol. When I asked him if he was drunk, he said 'I only drink on Sunday's' which is obviously a lie because he started singing to me again." She jokes, probably trying to make me feel better and any other time I would have found that hilarious but right now I can't even crack a smile.
"Kendra what are we going to do? We need to find them!" I yell into the phone. I leave the house and go back to my car and lean against it.
"Try calling her parents and see if they know something." She suggests and I don't know why I didn't think of that myself.
I hang up without saying bye, like I said before fuck pleasantries. I quickly search through my contacts for Chelsea's mom. After a few rings, she picks up.
I hear sniffing and a strangled hello.
"Mrs. Lewis?" I ask worriedly.
All I receive as a response is more crying. I knew something was wrong.
"Hello?" I hear Chelsea's dad's voice come through the phone.
"Mr. Lewis, hi it's Spencer. Is everything okay?" I say in a rush.
"Oh uh Spencer." He seems to be stumbling over his words. "Chelsea was in an accident. We are at the hospital." He says and sniffs a few times.
I feel my eyes feel with tears, some streaming down my face before I can even stop them. "Is…is she…okay?" I force out as I wipe my eyes.
He clears his throat. "We don't know yet. All we know is that on the way to the school she was in a car accident. The doctors said that both she and Carmen are in critical condition. They won't let us see her yet." He says in a semi-strong voice. He is trying to be strong for me when his daughter is practically dying. I really do admire this man.
"I'll be there soon." I tell him and I go to hang up, but his voice stops me.
"We've been here for a while; I don't think they will let you see her. It's best if you just went home and got some rest. Come bac-"
"I don't mean to be rude, but how do you expect me to get some rest when my best friend is in the hospital and I have no idea what's happening to her?" I nearly scream at him.
"I understand. I'll see you soon." I hang up and get into my car. I text Kendra and tell her that I'm going to the hospital.
Once again, I speed my way there. My eyes were blurry but I managed to drive safely. Twenty minutes later I was rushing into the hospital looking for Chelsea's parents.
I see them in the corner, Mr. Lewis holding a crying Mrs. Lewis. It is so heartbreaking to see them like this. I can only imagine what it's like to have my only child in the hospital not knowing what's happening.
Instead of interrupting them, I found a seat close by and just waited. Mr. Lewis gave me a slight head nod when he saw me take my seat.
I put my feet up on the little bench and put my head back on the wall.
"Spencer!" I look up and see Kendra walking towards me. She takes a seat next to me and lets out a loud sigh. "Sorry for I didn't get here sooner. I was speeding on the way back from Carmen's house and I was pulled over." She pulled a piece of paper from her pocket. "The idiot gave me a one hundred and twenty five dollar ticket for going seven miles over the speed limit. I almost punched him when he gave it to me, but I decided that I didn't need to go to jail tonight." I smile for the first time since this whole thing with Chelsea started.
"Thank you for not punching a police officer because I could really use someone here with me right now." I tell her sincerely.
"I figured." She smiles. "I'm sure the game is over by now. You can call Ashley. She would want to be here with you."
I give her a confused look. "Why Ashley?" We just got together like two hours ago, there's no way she would know already.
Kendra rolls her eyes. "Not even a minute after you left the gym to 'get air'" She uses air quotes with her fingers. "Ashley was right after you. Both of you stayed out there for a long time and you came back in right after she did with a huge smile on your face." I look at her in shock. I had no idea she was so perspective. I open my mouth to say something but before I can I hear someone call for the parents of Chelsea Lewis. I jump up right with them.
"I'm Chelsea Lewis' father and this is her mother." Mr. Lewis says. The doctor looks at me skeptically. "And this is Chelsea's sister, Spencer." He says putting his hand on my back. My eyes widen, but I don't say anything.
The doctor gives me another disbelieving look before she clears her throat and continues. "Well the accident was pretty bad because it was a head on collision. Chelsea was very smart to wear her seat belt because this could have been much worse." She pauses and looks down at her chart. "Unfortunately though the impact of the collision forced her head back this had negative effects on her neck."
"What kind of effects?" I ask trying to find out what the hell is going on with Chelsea.
"Well a few bones are fractured which forced us to start surgery immediately." Mrs. Lewis cries louder than before and I feel my face get warm from the tears. "Her right hand was also fractured, her left leg was broken. And she has a lot of scratches and bruises all over." And the cries are louder.
"Is she going to be ok? Did she lose too much blood? I can-can give some of mine if she needs it, just please save her. I can't lose her!" I yell through blurry eyes. And at this point I couldn't stop my tears. I need for Chelsea to be okay.
I feel a hand on my shoulder. Kendra hugs me and whispers that everything will be fine. I know she is trying to help but for some reason it only makes me cry more.
I don't know when I fell asleep but I woke up to the light sensation of someone stroking my hair. I open my eyes and immediately cringe. My eyes are heavy and I have a headache. I close my eyes again and sink into Kendra's lap.
"Mmm" I moan from the soft fingers massaging my head.
"Hey, Sleepyhead." That's definitely not Kendra. I lift my head up quickly.
"What are you doing here?" I say and then I realize that may have come out as if I didn't want her here. "I mean how did you know where to find me?"
"Kendra called and said that you were at the hospital. After I almost had a heart attack, she told me that you were fine besides the constant crying." She smiled at me and wiped a tear that fell from my eye.
"Thank you." I hug her tightly and she squeezes me back. When I pull back I notice that she is still in her cheerleading uniform.
"I came here as soon as I could. When she called, Ivy was just pulling up to my house to drop me off, but we turned right around and came straight here." Ashley says. "So sorry if I smell." She adds with a laugh.
I put my head on her shoulder and nuzzle into her neck. "You smell like Ashley." I whisper.
"I hope that's a good smell." She gives me another one of her sweet giggles.
"The best." I say and she wraps her arms around me. "Have they said anything about Chelsea yet?"
"No they came out here to update her parents on the surgery. Carmen's mom finally came. Carmen hit her head and may have brain damage. She also broke her right leg." She says sadly. "Oh and you might want to check your phone it was going off a lot."
I keep my position on her shoulder and take out my phone. I have a few missed calls from my parents. And a text from Glen and one from Ashley."
"I sent you that before I knew what had happened." I looked at her text.
I miss you. Are we still hanging out tonight?
I grin. "I'm sorry if this isn't what you had in mind." I say looking at her.
"Spending hours in a hospital is not exactly what I meant when I said hang out but honestly I wouldn't care where we were, I just wanted to be with you." She smiles and squeezes her arms tighter around me.
"I hate to move but I should call my parents so they don't think that I'm dead or anything." I tell her as I sit up.
"I told Aiden to tell Glen what happened just so he wouldn't worry so much." Could she get any more perfect? "But you should call your parents just so they can know for sure." I guess she can.
"Thank you for being here." I hug her before I get up. I take out my phone and call my parents. I walk outside so I can get a little air. Hospitals can be a little stuffy.
After telling them everything that happened, my mom called to see if she could do something about speeding up Carmen and Chelsea's process.
When I walk back in I see Kendra and Ivy sitting next to Ashley on the bench I was sitting on before. I look back to where Chelsea's parents were sitting and they were both sleeping silently. I really hope Chelsea is going to be ok.
I take my seat next to Ashley again and she immediately wraps her arms around me. We haven't even been together for a day and she already feels comfortable doing this.
"How are you doing?" Kendra asks me.
"Better since I actually know what's happening with her." I tell her. "Thank you for dealing with my craziness earlier and keeping me calm." I say directly to Kendra with a small smile.
"No problem." She shrugs.
I look over at Ivy. She seems to be holding back, like she wants to say something but is scared to.
"Thank you for staying here Ivy. I appreciate it." She seems to be surprised that I said anything to her. She gives me a wide smile and nods. "I'm really sorry for being a bitch to you before. It wasn't right and you didn't deserve that."
"I understand. I reckon I would have done the same thing if I was in your position." There goes that accent again, it's really cute.
"That's no excuse, but thanks for being so cool about it." I say to her honestly and she smiles back.
"See I told you she wasn't so bad." Ashley whispers and I shiver. Her voice does crazy things to me.
"I know. I'm sorry I went all crazy jealous person on you. I promise I won't jump to conclusions again." I bite my lip nervously.
Ashley looks away and then turns back to me with a smirk. She leans closer to me and whispers in my ear. "It's really sexy when you do that." I blush and look down. Ashley looks around and then moves away from my ear. "I understand why it happened. I promise I won't purposely ignore you anymore. It was really hard to do that when all I really wanted to do is this." She says before pulling me forward and kissing me softly on the lips. I smile into the kiss and raise my hand to gently grasp her cheek.
And once again I am only in my Ashley zone. No one else exists but me and Ashley. It is the greatest place ever.
"Spencer, what the hell are you doing?" I jump back from Ashley and look towards where the voice came from, the eerily familiar voice.
When I reach the face I see ice cold blue eyes staring right at me.
"Hey mom." I give a small nervous smile and an awkward wave.
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