Meeting pt 7

Chapter 7

I stood there, unable to move. The shock of this made the shock from the crash like a pinprick. I couldn't believe it, I blinked, again and again. It could be true, it couldn't be him, it just didn't make sense. He started walking over to me, but Conner quickly stopped him,
'Hey, stay away from her. You left her to die.' he said, stepping between me and Rob.
'Just stay out of it, its between me and her. The stupid crash was her fault, she needed to pay.' he said, with no emotion, like the words poured out his mouth, and he had no control over them. 'she lived didn't she, she's not dead, the precious little cow is alright?'
He glared at me, his stare sent a cold breeze over me, I reached out for Conner's hand, it felt warm to the touch. Rob walked towards us, he walked slow, and with a limp. He must have been hurt in the crash, how did he get here with a limp though, it's a ten minute drive, he couldn't have walked, could he?
'Look, we don't want any trouble, but you left her in alone, she doesn't want to talk to you.'
'Let her speak would you, she isn't that stupid, I want to know why she decided to dump me in the middle of nowhere, that's how she caused the crash, it wasn't me, all her.'
'What ever, you were going close to 90 m/ph round them bends, I wasn't to blame, and the cops are going to believe me over you, why did you leave me, I pleaded for you to stay, how could you leave me after all we have been through, I thought you loved me'
'Ha, love, I couldn't hate you more, you broke my heart, I wanted to make you pay for it.'
'So, you left her in the middle of nowhere, were she could have bled to death?' Conner asked,
'I knew she would survive, its not like she was unconscious, she was awake, I made sure of that.' he laughed, 'That will teach you to break up with a jock, your nothing, your not popular, and on Monday, you wont have anything, I made sure that you and Vicky had a fight, you have no-one, face it, your alone.' I couldn't take this any more, I hated people mocking me, and in front of my face was worse, they way he stood there, like he owned me.
'You think you gave me popularity, you think that you were everything to me, but you weren't, you mean nothing to me, you never meant the world to me, it was always the same, you were in control, I couldn't do anything, but now its over, and you cant deal with it, well guess what, its your fault, so learn to deal with it.'
'Ha,' he laughed again, 'well if you think that, your more naive than I thought, listen, it was nice to talk with you, but I really have to get going, see you later,' he started to walk off, still laughing, but I wasn't going to let him get away with it, he hurt me, even if I didn't tell him, he knew that, he had won, I wasn't going to let him get away with winning.
'Hey, Rob, you forgot something.'
'And what would that be?' he turned around, and I threw the hardest punch directly at his mouth. Pain shot from my fingers, I forgot I had hurt them in the crash, I looked at Rob, blood now pouring from his mouth, I hoped that he had lost teeth, and even though my mouth hurt, I was glad that he felt worse.
He just walked off after that, not saying anything else. We watched him walk to the end of the road, then Conner turned to me, holding both of my hands, wiping the blood from my fingers. He smiled, and kissed them, the warmth of his skin blocked out the pain. It started raining. Great. He wrapped his arms around me, and looked into my eyes. He looked so mysterious, his eyes were deep, like they held dark secrets. I wanted to frame this picture, and freeze the moment, I couldn't bear to leave him, not now, after what had happened. He smiled, and leaned closer towards me,
'how could he leave something this beautiful and this amazing, out in the middle of nowhere,' he said, leaning closer in. The warmth of his skin, the closeness of his touch, the mutual feeling of trust came back to me. Our lips met, and at the same time, so did our hearts. We were joined, and it felt amazing. All the memories of the night disappeared, all that mattered was the here and now.
We must have stood there for about five minutes, holding each other, kissing each other. The rain had stopped, and the moon was bright again. I could see his face clearly now, the raindrops clung to the tip of his nose, others fell down his face. His eyes were brighter now, they were full of life.
I'm not sure how I ended up in my bed that night. I'm not sure I want to know either, I'm just glad I did. In the morning, my mom let me sleep in. I woke up about half ten, and just lay on my bed, thinking about the night before, all of the events, that led up to the magical moment between Conner and me. In never thought I would feel like this about a guy, he means so much to me already. I rolled out of bed, and stuck the Tv on.
'A young couple crashed here last night, investigators are now studying the scene to find the cause of this tragedy. Thankfully the teenagers involved are alive and well.' the Tv reporter announced. What! Rob is ok, he is at home, laughing at the matter right now. I had to sit down. I thought nothing more could shock me more than last night, but this did. I slowly walked down the stairs, taking care of my ankle. I reached Jacks room, and walked in. he hated most people in his room, but not me. I could even walk in with out knocking.
'hey, wake up sleepy.' I said, sitting on the edge of his bed.
'Gypsy, your ok? I was really worried about you, why did you lie to me about the sleepover?'
'I didn't want you to worry, I'm fine, honest. Just calm down.' he hugged me, and started changing. I left him to it, and limped down the hall, and the remainder of the stairs. I got to the kitchen, and managed to reach the seat before my ankles gave in.
'Hey, your awake then? What do you want for breakfast? Toast, cereal? Or the normal bar?' she asked. Not really waiting for an answer. She handed me a cereal bar, and left me to it. I opened the newspaper, the crash almost made front page news. It read,

Two teenagers, one male, one female, crashed here last night, at approximately 12 am. It is still uncertain how this tragedy occurred, the police are still investigating. They are saying the car had to have been travelling about 50 m/ph over the speed limit. Investigators are questioning the driver, who fled the scene, leaving the teenage girl to fight for her survival.

I couldn't read any more. How could he have done that? He said that he loved me. I burst out crying, I couldn't hold it in any more. my tears fell onto the picture of Rob's car, and as I looked at it, the memories flooded back. The coldness of his words, and the loneliness once he left me. Ding, Ding. The doorbell. I heard my mom get up and answer it,
'No, she isn't doing any interviews, get your information from somewhere else.' she shouted, then she slammed the door. I heard her walk back upstairs, probably to make sure everyone was up. I wiped my tears away, and grabbed a drink. I hopped back upstairs, and signed into MSN. No-one was online, probably all still out. I did have an e-mail though. I opened it, it was from Conner.

Hey, hope your feeling better. I thought that since last night, with the car crash and all, you didn't want to come out tonight. If you do, just get back to me. By the way, last night, outside your house, meant a lot to me, I hope it meant that much for you as well.
Love Conner.

Love, I thought, he said love. A smile found its way to my face. No-one, not even Rob, had ever said Love to me. I needed to see him, I needed to hold him, and tell him how much I liked him. I stumbled over, and opened the year book. I found his name, now I needed his address. I went down the stairs on my bum, the easiest way, and found the phone book. I searched for his name, O'Neil. Not very popular in This county, only five people with that last name. Great. I remembered he didn't live with his dad, so could that mean his mums name would be here. I threw the phone book across the room. I needed him now, I wanted him here with me. I grabbed some painkillers out of the cupboard, hoping they could cure a broken heart. I slowly dragged myself upstairs, bumping into almost the whole family in the process. Each one of them stopped to ask me how I was. I felt like saying, how was I! How was I! I was in a car crash last night, I broke up with my boyfriend and now I don't know where the love of my life is. I kept that to myself though, I didn't want them to worry, or to say relax, I had heard enough of that word last night. I finally reached Jacks room, and just walked in.
He was sitting at his computer, playing a game or something, but what ever it was, he stopped when I came in and comforted me. I broke down again, and cried. He didn't ask any questions, that's what I liked about Jack, he didn't need to know the whole story to comfit someone. We sat there for about 10 minutes, with out speaking. Knock, knock.
'Hey, can I come in?' I heard Jay ask,
'Sure,' Jack replied, he must have been in a good mood, he never normally let anyone in except me.
'So, how's the patient this morning? You gave us a shock last night, the twins were in hysterics.' she said, coming over to comfit me as well.
'I was worried about you as well last night, but then that guy came and saved you, I saw you from the bedroom window, you look close to him.'
'Yeah, he saved my life, and now I cant get in touch with him till Monday, he is in my school.'
'Well, we will have to do something about that, wont we Jay.' my brother said.
'Sure, just you stay here, and we will find him for you, I promise.' Jay said grabbing Jack's arm, and pulling him out the door. I followed them down the stairs, and then I walked into the living room. I flicked on the Tv, and just sat there, not watching it, thinking, about how close Conner was last night.
I must have thought about it for a long time, because all of a sudden, I heard the front door open, and my both of my brothers yelling my name. I half rolled half got up off the sofa, and went to the door, and to my surprise, they had kept their promise, they had found Conner.
As soon as they left us to it, I threw my arms around him, he was close again, I could feel his breath. I was finally happy.
'Hey, how are you feeling? I didn't want to come round in-case you felt bad or something, why are you smiling like that?' he asked,
'I got your e-mail, maybe going out tonight is a bad idea, but you can still come round, my mom wont have a problem with letting you over since you saved my life.' I laughed, he looked oddly surprised by invitation.
'Your sure, I mean, you don't need time to rest or anything?' he asked. I shook my head, this is what I wanted, I wanted to be with him. He moved closer, and we kissed. The feelings were the same as last night, and I couldn't wait till tonight.
That night was amazing, my mom cooked a fantastic dinner, and all my family thanked Conner for what he did. By the end of the night, after a long discussion about almost everything under the sun, I took Conner to the door, and kissed him goodnight. He waved to me from the truck, and drove off. My mom let me off with the dishes that night, I just went upstairs and fell asleep.
'Honey, I let you sleep in yesterday, now get up.' I felt my moms hand on my shoulder. She left me to it, I got up and got a quick cold shower. I then spent about 15 minutes getting changed, careful not to hurt any where even more. I planned to go down to the stables today, instead of being stuck in the house, but my plans soon changed.
'Honey, your mates are here to see you.' my mom called from downstairs. I grabbed my cell, then hobbled down the stairs. I stumbled into the living room, where I found Markus, Vicky, Liz and David sitting, talking to my mom. When she saw me, she hurried off to the kitchen, and left us to it.
'So, how did it happen? I mean, like why was he going so fast?' Liz asked,
'Yeah, did he like ask you if you wanted to go that fast?' David asked,
'No, he went that fast after I broke up with him, I dumped him for being an idiot, then he went mad and just took one of the bends to fast. that's all that happened.' I explained,
'The cops are saying he left you, is that true?' Vicky asked,
'Yeah, he said he was going for help, but he never told anyone about it.' I said eating the cereal bar my mom had brought me.
'That jerk, I told you he was bad news, I'm just glad he didn't kill you.' Vicky said,
'Yeah, about that night,' I started,
'Hey, forget about it, just as long as your ok?' she interrupted,
'I'm fine, just a bit shaken up,' I said,
'Well, now we know that your ok, what's this about you and Conner? Your mom was saying he saved you, and that he came for dinner last night.' Liz asked,
'Its nothing, we are just going out, but I really like him.' I told them, 'he saved my life, and he stuck up for me when I found Rob on my doorstep on Saturday night,'
'What! He was here, that pig.' Liz said, 'Man, I hope he gets what he deserves.'
'I hit him.' I blurted out,
'You did what?' they all asked together,
'He told me that is was all my fault, so I hit him. He went away with a broken tooth I think.' I told them. We talked most of the morning, then the police came round, and interviewed me. They told me that he will probably go to jail for this. Once they had gone, there was no point in going the stables, so instead, I just went upstairs and watched Tv until dinner. I then headed upstairs and fell asleep no later than 8.
My alarm woke me in the morning, and I slowly got up and got changed, into combats and a tank top. I managed to make my way down stairs, and grab breakfast. Jay was going to take me to school, since my ankle couldn't take the strain of driving.
As Jay pulled into the school gates, I noticed Ashley, Robyn and some other cheerleaders talking to Vicky and Liz. I thanked Jay for the lift, hopped out the car, and walked over to where they were standing.
'Gypsy, we are so sorry to hear what happened to you. I didn't think Rob had it in him to crash a car.' Ashley said to me, she spoke slowly as well, like I was special needs.
'I'm fine, honestly, does anyone know what happened to Rob by the way? The police never told me'
'You mean you don't know?' Robyn asked, pushing her way through the crowd that gathered in front of me.
'Don't know what?' I asked, ignoring all the comments from the freshmen,
'Rob has gone to jail, he is being charged with drink driving and attempted murder, he wont be out for ages, even on good behaviour.' Ashley told me, she sounded oddly upset about that, maybe because I had put the caption of football team behind bars.
'Hey, Gypsy, over here.' I spotted Conner waving to me. I hobbled over to him. He let me sit down on the bench he was waiting at, and as I sat down, I caught the looks coming from almost everyone in the yard. We sat there for about 5 minutes, talking about what happened to Rob, then the bell interrupted our conversation. Conner let me lean on him for support, and we made it to class on time. Mr Brazen didn't comment on my situation, just gave me one of his what-have-you-been-up-to looks, and signalled for me to sit down. I sat by Conner, so I could get out of the class easier at the end of homeroom. Once I had sat down, I heard muttering from all around the class. Then, without expecting him to, Conner stood up,
'Hey, everyone. I know that I haven't been in this class long, but I have something I want to tell you,' he looked down to me, 'I love Gypsy, I have ever since I saw her. I think she is beautiful and amazing.' her then sat down, and I could do only one thing, I grabbed his shirt, pulled him closer, and kissed him, and let me tell you, I didn't feel the least bit strange making out with a guy in front of my whole class and Mr Brazen. Great.