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CHAPTER OCHO
Aiden’s Pov
We all returned to the room with out Anastasia after a walk that lasted around thirty minutes. I stepped in first then saw Anastsia still and sprawled across the bed. I instantly ran over and tried to sit her up shrieking her name. Everything was in slow motion except for everything around me. Peter pulled me off and Teagen checked her pulse. For the first time in a really long time I felt a cold drop trickle down my cheek. This one was real, not the fake tears I produced for my parents’ guilt thinking I was a troubled child, This one was For Anastasia. What happened in those minutes away? I looked around the room and saw a pill jar on the floor with a few pills protruding from the lid. I grabbed it with my blurred vision and tried to read what it said: contains 15 pills, two left on the floor… she took 13 pills? Its too late-
“She has a pulse, and she’s breathing!” Peter called out but I didn’t pay any attention after wards, I couldn’t bare staring back at her cold pale abandond bady: alive or dead… though I preferd alive. Gabe picke her up and carried her out to the van and we sped off. Ninia burst out sobbing on the way there.
“It’s all my fault! She passed out at the hotel so I took her to the hospital and told you it was me but it was her, and they gave her pills!” she slurred and covered hre face with her hands.
“No, it’s mone too” Teagen said more clearly but still whimpering “I kept telling her she had the problem and she got all pissed off and now this happened!”
“Just both of you shut up! I don’t care! Anastasia is possibly dying so we can decide this later!?” I sceamed at them with anger I did not mean but they instantly siesed.
Teagen told the nurse she had O.D.’d and they took her once they found a cott. I sat in the waiting room twisting the edge of me shirt till it started to fray; it was about an hour and they said they pumped her stomach and she had woken up. Everyone decided to let me go first. I walked in anxious and thankfull she was alive.
“Anastaisa?” I asked pearing around the corner at her pale cold bady once again. She reached her hand out but I did not take it, but just stood there thinking of any words to say.
“Why?”
“What?”
“What did I do? I’m so sorry. But why? Why would you do this? Do this to me- Me?!” I said choking on all my words and thought rushing through with another small tear I could easily hide by turning around quick pretendind to be thinking but then turning back again.
“I… I’m sorry, I- I don’t know. It wasn’t you! I just felt… like there wasn’t anyone there for me… just, just so much pain! I didn’t mean-“
“Of corse you didn’t! Did you- Do you ever think? Like how I would react or even survive knowing your like this or were in so much ‘pain’?”
“No. You didn’t, you never will…”
“Aiden! I I’m sorry don’t” She pleaded with my hand on the door nob “Please! You don”t know what I’ve been through!”
“You know what, I’m going to oh whats the word you used? Ease the pain. Maybe then I’ll be ready.”
I shoved myself through the doorway with all my might, forcing myself not to look back or hault at any moment.
I didn’t know where to go. I didn’t take the van, but walked over to what seemed like forever away, with the cold air nipping at my face. There was clatter and laughing and I looked up to see a group of guys maybe a little older than I, smoking and had beer bottles in my hand. They paused eyeing me as I faultered. With out thinking I walked over pulling out my wallet
“How much?”
“What?”
“How much? You have some I want some; I have some money, and theres no doubt you want some of that. How much?”
“Well, in that case” said the tallest one “are you a cop?”
“Dude, if I was a cop, do you think I would have such style?”
They laughed quickly. “Alright. How ‘bout three and three for thirty?”
“Twenty”
“You want some or not? We need to restock later”
“Fine.” I pulled out two tens and two fives and handed them over as they did the same. They handed my three bottles of beer and three cigerets with a tiny pack of matches rubber-banded together.
“Pleasure to work with you. And uh,” he said looking around “Here’s my number in case you need some” and he handed me a card with a name an number; I took it with out caring doubting I would ever call but shoved it far down my pocket as possible. I walked away looking around and saw a swing set and a few trees in a park and sat down on one of the creakiest. I lit one up closing my eyes before it met my lips trying to imagine what it would feel like. What gave Ana and Ninia their thrill. I breathed in and instantly began choughing. It was awfull! How could they do this? I tried once more only afterwards crushing it out on the swing next to me. It was still a horrible sensation that left me as I sucked in the cold air regaining my breath. One down I thought. I cracked open to my second choice and took a larg sip of what was familiar to me . It was probably another hour and I finished two of them just thinking of the past events. I tried hard remembering my way back that I had taken after guzzling the third beer two thirds and headed off. Stumbling every few yards, then regeaining my way I managed my way back to the hospital and saw Teagen and Gabe waiting there. Tegen ran up and hugged me as her chilly chaped cheeks crushed mine.
“Aiden! Oh my gawd! Home skillet- cracker jacker! You had us so worried when you just blew right out of here and diss- dissap- have you been driking?” she asked after Gsbe stepped back into the warm hospital no doubt to tell everyone not to panic I was alive.
“Maybe…”
She raised her eyebrows as her breath came out like fogg under the lamp-post.
“They were a whole lot better then those damn cigerets!”
“You were smoking?”
“No! Yes! Maybe! Yes!” I Stumbled again but she tried to catch my weight.
“Aiden, what did you do?”
“Nothing, nothing” I said waving my hands in the air.
“Obviously something!”
“Gosh it’s cold out here. And you waited for me all that time?”
“Someone had to-“
I kissed her. I don’t know what made me do it… actually yes I did. It was the beer, and the cold, and the anger but mostly the beer. I paused and smiled for a minute but kept going. I felt so guilty; like a stranger but it was kind of good. I knew I shouldn’t but I did. She pushed me off though and I stumbled again, fell to the ground and herd Gabriel burst through the doors full of rage.
“What the hell is going on here?”
“Nothing! Gabe he’s drunk!” She said helping me up again with out looking at me.
“I don’t care! You kissed him too!”
“No I didn’t! What’s the matter with you?” she said coolly.
“Me? You’ve been like this with him since Ninia went to the hospital!”
He slammed the door and she began sobbing.
“Teagen! I- I- I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to!”
She got up and started running. I staggered up, caught my balance and attempted to run after her. I couldn’t catch up. She had ran so far already and I was incapable of it.
I made my way back to the waiting room where everyone was glaring at me as Ninia strode off to find Teagen. Minutes went by and everyone was silent and hushed me whenever I tried to speak.
“Screw you guys” I said standing up
“What?”
“I can find her on my own! And I will prove to all of you I’m not an idot or jackass! It’s not my fault.” I said as I slammed the door and walked out. I made my way through the cold darkness and went back to the park. Sucsess! Teagen was swinging on the creaky swings alone with shiny tears down her chilly cheeks.
“Teagen! I’m sorry!”
She looked up then back down. “I hate him”
“No you don’t you’re just mad at each other because of ME”
She didn’t say anything but stood up as I came closer. “It’s really late so lets just give them time to cool down”
“What the hell are we supposed to do? It’s freaking freezing!” Tears started welling up in her eyes again. She sat down on the grass and I laid down next to her and hugged her.
“I’m not doing this ‘cause I have some crazy hidden love for you. I’m cold. You’re cold. I’m tired. You’re tired.”
I layed down with my arms around her as our breaths slowly dissapeard in the cold and the night.`
Aiden’s Pov
We all returned to the room with out Anastasia after a walk that lasted around thirty minutes. I stepped in first then saw Anastsia still and sprawled across the bed. I instantly ran over and tried to sit her up shrieking her name. Everything was in slow motion except for everything around me. Peter pulled me off and Teagen checked her pulse. For the first time in a really long time I felt a cold drop trickle down my cheek. This one was real, not the fake tears I produced for my parents’ guilt thinking I was a troubled child, This one was For Anastasia. What happened in those minutes away? I looked around the room and saw a pill jar on the floor with a few pills protruding from the lid. I grabbed it with my blurred vision and tried to read what it said: contains 15 pills, two left on the floor… she took 13 pills? Its too late-
“She has a pulse, and she’s breathing!” Peter called out but I didn’t pay any attention after wards, I couldn’t bare staring back at her cold pale abandond bady: alive or dead… though I preferd alive. Gabe picke her up and carried her out to the van and we sped off. Ninia burst out sobbing on the way there.
“It’s all my fault! She passed out at the hotel so I took her to the hospital and told you it was me but it was her, and they gave her pills!” she slurred and covered hre face with her hands.
“No, it’s mone too” Teagen said more clearly but still whimpering “I kept telling her she had the problem and she got all pissed off and now this happened!”
“Just both of you shut up! I don’t care! Anastasia is possibly dying so we can decide this later!?” I sceamed at them with anger I did not mean but they instantly siesed.
Teagen told the nurse she had O.D.’d and they took her once they found a cott. I sat in the waiting room twisting the edge of me shirt till it started to fray; it was about an hour and they said they pumped her stomach and she had woken up. Everyone decided to let me go first. I walked in anxious and thankfull she was alive.
“Anastaisa?” I asked pearing around the corner at her pale cold bady once again. She reached her hand out but I did not take it, but just stood there thinking of any words to say.
“Why?”
“What?”
“What did I do? I’m so sorry. But why? Why would you do this? Do this to me- Me?!” I said choking on all my words and thought rushing through with another small tear I could easily hide by turning around quick pretendind to be thinking but then turning back again.
“I… I’m sorry, I- I don’t know. It wasn’t you! I just felt… like there wasn’t anyone there for me… just, just so much pain! I didn’t mean-“
“Of corse you didn’t! Did you- Do you ever think? Like how I would react or even survive knowing your like this or were in so much ‘pain’?”
“No. You didn’t, you never will…”
“Aiden! I I’m sorry don’t” She pleaded with my hand on the door nob “Please! You don”t know what I’ve been through!”
“You know what, I’m going to oh whats the word you used? Ease the pain. Maybe then I’ll be ready.”
I shoved myself through the doorway with all my might, forcing myself not to look back or hault at any moment.
I didn’t know where to go. I didn’t take the van, but walked over to what seemed like forever away, with the cold air nipping at my face. There was clatter and laughing and I looked up to see a group of guys maybe a little older than I, smoking and had beer bottles in my hand. They paused eyeing me as I faultered. With out thinking I walked over pulling out my wallet
“How much?”
“What?”
“How much? You have some I want some; I have some money, and theres no doubt you want some of that. How much?”
“Well, in that case” said the tallest one “are you a cop?”
“Dude, if I was a cop, do you think I would have such style?”
They laughed quickly. “Alright. How ‘bout three and three for thirty?”
“Twenty”
“You want some or not? We need to restock later”
“Fine.” I pulled out two tens and two fives and handed them over as they did the same. They handed my three bottles of beer and three cigerets with a tiny pack of matches rubber-banded together.
“Pleasure to work with you. And uh,” he said looking around “Here’s my number in case you need some” and he handed me a card with a name an number; I took it with out caring doubting I would ever call but shoved it far down my pocket as possible. I walked away looking around and saw a swing set and a few trees in a park and sat down on one of the creakiest. I lit one up closing my eyes before it met my lips trying to imagine what it would feel like. What gave Ana and Ninia their thrill. I breathed in and instantly began choughing. It was awfull! How could they do this? I tried once more only afterwards crushing it out on the swing next to me. It was still a horrible sensation that left me as I sucked in the cold air regaining my breath. One down I thought. I cracked open to my second choice and took a larg sip of what was familiar to me . It was probably another hour and I finished two of them just thinking of the past events. I tried hard remembering my way back that I had taken after guzzling the third beer two thirds and headed off. Stumbling every few yards, then regeaining my way I managed my way back to the hospital and saw Teagen and Gabe waiting there. Tegen ran up and hugged me as her chilly chaped cheeks crushed mine.
“Aiden! Oh my gawd! Home skillet- cracker jacker! You had us so worried when you just blew right out of here and diss- dissap- have you been driking?” she asked after Gsbe stepped back into the warm hospital no doubt to tell everyone not to panic I was alive.
“Maybe…”
She raised her eyebrows as her breath came out like fogg under the lamp-post.
“They were a whole lot better then those damn cigerets!”
“You were smoking?”
“No! Yes! Maybe! Yes!” I Stumbled again but she tried to catch my weight.
“Aiden, what did you do?”
“Nothing, nothing” I said waving my hands in the air.
“Obviously something!”
“Gosh it’s cold out here. And you waited for me all that time?”
“Someone had to-“
I kissed her. I don’t know what made me do it… actually yes I did. It was the beer, and the cold, and the anger but mostly the beer. I paused and smiled for a minute but kept going. I felt so guilty; like a stranger but it was kind of good. I knew I shouldn’t but I did. She pushed me off though and I stumbled again, fell to the ground and herd Gabriel burst through the doors full of rage.
“What the hell is going on here?”
“Nothing! Gabe he’s drunk!” She said helping me up again with out looking at me.
“I don’t care! You kissed him too!”
“No I didn’t! What’s the matter with you?” she said coolly.
“Me? You’ve been like this with him since Ninia went to the hospital!”
He slammed the door and she began sobbing.
“Teagen! I- I- I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to!”
She got up and started running. I staggered up, caught my balance and attempted to run after her. I couldn’t catch up. She had ran so far already and I was incapable of it.
I made my way back to the waiting room where everyone was glaring at me as Ninia strode off to find Teagen. Minutes went by and everyone was silent and hushed me whenever I tried to speak.
“Screw you guys” I said standing up
“What?”
“I can find her on my own! And I will prove to all of you I’m not an idot or jackass! It’s not my fault.” I said as I slammed the door and walked out. I made my way through the cold darkness and went back to the park. Sucsess! Teagen was swinging on the creaky swings alone with shiny tears down her chilly cheeks.
“Teagen! I’m sorry!”
She looked up then back down. “I hate him”
“No you don’t you’re just mad at each other because of ME”
She didn’t say anything but stood up as I came closer. “It’s really late so lets just give them time to cool down”
“What the hell are we supposed to do? It’s freaking freezing!” Tears started welling up in her eyes again. She sat down on the grass and I laid down next to her and hugged her.
“I’m not doing this ‘cause I have some crazy hidden love for you. I’m cold. You’re cold. I’m tired. You’re tired.”
I layed down with my arms around her as our breaths slowly dissapeard in the cold and the night.`
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