Chapter 2 (Lucy's P.O.V)
I remember when Emily almost died in 5th grade. It was all my fault. I had brought in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch and Emily forgot to pack anything, so I shared. That's when she found out. It was terrifying. She just kept choking and choking. Then today it felt as though I was reliving it. Luckily I knew what was happening this time.
I rode in the ambulance with Emily, and James and Kendall drove behind us. Paramedics were trying to get her to breath and she had on one of those weird masks that people always wore in hospitals. My heart seemed to be beating out of my body and my brain was swirling with thoughts of what might happen to Emily. I knew her dad, Dennis, couldn't take losing his daughter and his wife.
It wasn't to long until we got to the hospital, because we live in such a small town. We all rushed in behind Emily on a gurney. Kendall had his arm around my waist pulling me to him, trying to comfort me. I was loving every minute of it, but it was hard to enjoy because I was worrying about Emily. We sat down in the hospital waiting room and I rested my head on Kendall's warm body.
"Lu?" I looked up at Kendall's astonishing green eyes. "Its not your fault. There was nothing you could do. We should all be happy that you knew about her peanut allergy and reacted so fast." Kendall told me in a soothing voice.
"Guys?" I tore my gaze away from Kendall reluctantly and looked over at James. He pointed to a woman in a doctors uniform that seemed to be coming towards us.
"Hello, I am Dr. Monroe. Would you mind informing me what happened with your friend, Emily? I hear that it was her first day at Mounds Ville High. How did any of you know of her allergy?" She questioned.
I stepped forward and shook her hand then responded "I'm Lucy. That's James" I said pointing to James who was standing next to the water machine with his hands stuffed in his pockets. "And that's Kendall." Kendall stood up and shook her hand. "Emily had just moved back here. I was her best friend in 5th grade and she had an allergic reaction to my peanut butter jelly sandwich." I explained.
"Well Lucy, it's a good thing you were there and knew what to do. Emily is alive because of how quickly you reacted." She said smiling kindly. Her phone started to ring and she excused herself. Kendall turned to face me.
"Lu, you are the reason Emily isn't dead. She's okay now she just has to recover. Lets go home now." He turned to look at James "You coming?"
"Yeah just give me a minute to use the bathroom." He walked away trying to find it as me and Kendall walked out the door with his arm wrapped around my torso once again.
We got into Kendall's black jeep with him driving and me in the passenger seat. I looked over at him and saw him looking back. I took a deep breath with my heart going as fast as a jack rabbit. "Kendall?" I said trying to keep my voice even but it betrayed me. "Yeah?" he said. "I have something to tell you. I've been keeping a secret for a while now and after today I realized that life can be shorter than we think, so you have to just go for things.
I took one more deep breath to calm my nerves and moved closer to him, capturing his lips. I was ecstatic when his started to move in sync with mine perfectly and I felt instant sparks. We both pulled back breathless and stared into each others eyes.
"How long?" he asked me. I wasn't expecting that question but answered right away.
" The first day we hung out. Ever since then your all I can think about. It hurt so much when you were dating Jo. Do you like me? If not is there anyway-" I was cut off by Kendall's lips once again capturing mine sending sparks flying.
"Lucy I have loved you since the day I met you. I was scared that you would reject me and it would ruin our friendship. I only dated Jo so I could try to get my mind off of you. It didn't work out cause she wasn't who I wanted. You are." (A/N: I want this to happen so bad!)
He kissed me again and the backseat door opened. "What the hell? When did this happen?" James said.
Me and Kendall's faces flushed and Kendall said "Just now actually." James looked astonished. You guys hooked up when I was in the bathroom?"
"We didn't 'hook up' were dating." Kendall said his voice sounding confident. I looked over at him.
"Really?" I said. Kendall nodded and I smiled widely. I'm finally dating Kendall! I can't believe it! This is the best thing that's ever happened! I thought to myself.
"Well okay then. Can you bring me home now?" James said sounding exasperated.
"Yea. We should go to bed. Its getting a bit late." Kendall started the Jeep and I glanced at the clock on the dashboard. It read '9:00'. Where the heck has the time gone?! How the heck could it be so late already? There is no way that's right! I looked at my phone and it conformed the time. It also showed that I had 5 miss calls from my Mom. Shit!
We dropped James off first and then Kendall headed to my house. We pulled into my driveway and turned to look at Kendall. "Bye. See you tomorrow." Kendall leaned forward and gave me a quick peck on the lips. This made my head spin even though it ended quickly. "Text me?" I said.
"Of course." He kissed me one last time making me breathless as I walked into my house. This was officially the best day of my life. Other then the fact that my best friend almost died.
"Lucy! You are in so much trouble young lady! How dare you stay out so long! Where in the world were you and why didn't you call me?" My Dads voice boomed through the house. Damn.
"Dad. Calm down. I was at the hospital. Do you remember Emily Nelson? Today she came back to school and had an allergic reaction to her salad. There was no service in the hospital. I'm sorry I didn't call." I explained.
"Emily is back? How is Dennis? Does he know about Emily yet? Should I call him?" My dads questions continued so I finally decided to go up to my room and I changed into my "ACDC" shirt and my red softie shorts, then I fell onto my bed. My phone beeped on my dresser and I smiled already knowing who it was.
Goodnight beautiful 3
Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite.
;) Love you.
-Kendall
My heart swelled as I typed my reply.
Goodnight 3
Make sure to check for monsters under the bed!
Haha. Love you.
-Lucy