Urm...I Hate Titles, chapter 2
She was unconscious before her head hit the floor.
*6 hours later in the hospital Ali's POV*
When I opened my eyes, I was in a bleary white room. I screwed up my face as I began to feel the pain from my arm and face surge through my body. I blinked, trying to make my vision clearer, but not succeeding
"Shit where's my contacts?" I mumbled.
Then I noticed Pepper sleeping on a chair. I didn't want to wake her up cause she looked so peaceful. I searched my mind trying remember what happened last night, but it came up blank. Wait... I don't know... Hang on, I remember a figure standing over me, but I couldn't make out who it was or what they had in there hand. Omi god. It just came back to me in a rush. It couldn't have been... Shit it was...
"Ali?"
I snapped back to reality, Pepper was awake, and she wanted to talk about what had happened. Shit, what was I supposed to tell her? I couldn't.
"Ali, what happened last night? You were in a right state,"
"Err... I can't remember,"
"You sure? C'mon, you must be able to remember something!"
What could I say? I tried to think of an excuse
"Err... I... " I was cut off by Mabby, rushing through the door. Thank God I didn't have to explain to Pepper, for a while anyway.
"Ali omi god are you all right? Fuck I was shitting myself last night when Froggie called me!" she screamed
"Yeah I'm fine really; I jus' wanna sleep... " I closed my eyes, but knew sleep would be a long time coming; I had too many thoughts swirling in my mind. I knew exactly what had happened that night, and why, but I couldn't tell anyone, not yet anyway.
*Peppers POV*
I knew there was something wrong, but I got the feeling she didn't want to say anything. I frowned; I wondered who it was, and why they'd done it.
"Have you been here all night?" asked Mabby, shocking the life out of me
"Huh? Oh yeah, I needed to know if she was ok, it looked like she'd been hurt pretty bad... "
"You wanna go get something to eat and some coffee? You look like you need it"
"That would be great"
We walked down to the canteen and sat down silently, staring at our coffee cups, not knowing what to say to each other.
"D'you think she'll be ok?" I asked, mostly to myself.
Suddenly Mabby burst into tears.
"Shit mabby what's up?" I asked, going to put my arm round her in attempt to comfort her
"It's... Its nothing"
"No dude, it looks like something, tell me what's wrong!"
"When I was little, my brother... "
Brother? I didn't know she even HAD a brother!
"He went out one night to celebrate his 21st birthday, and on his way home he was pretty pissed, an kept shouting at random people. One of the groups he shouted at took offence, and the came over and slammed him against a wall, all his mates had run away, so he was all by his self. They beat him up and broke loads of his bones, and then they ran away as well. When they found him, he had bled to death in an alleyway,"
"Oh my god... Mabby I'm so sorry, I had no idea... "
"It's just... I didn't want the same thing to happen to Ali, that's all, I couldn't handle the pain again... "
"Mabby, it'll all be okay, she won't die. She'll stay with for ever and ever and ever and ever... "
"Okay I get the picture!"
"And ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever... "
"Okay! Jeez!"
This perked her up a bit; I noticed a smile slowly forming in her eyes, though it wasn't showing on her face
"... And ever and ever and ever and ever... " I shut up when she hit me, it didn't hurt, but I pretended it did
"Ah! You Meany that hurt!" I pouted
"No it didn't!"
"But it could have done!"
She sighed but she was smiling, which was a good sign.
"Hey! I nearly forgot! I got a phone call from my brother in Cali yesterday, and he wants to know if we want to go stay with him for a while, few weeks maybe? He says he wants us to meet his new mates but he won't tell me who they are. Apparently they're in a band as well"
After the call I'd actually wondered if he was mates with Sweet Children, but I pushed the thought to the back of my mind
"Yeah! That would be so cool! An it might be good for Ali to, so she can get away from all her problems"
So we went upstairs to tell her. But when we neared her room we could hear a long beeep from her heart monitor and we broke into a run a saw a dark shape through the mottled glass of her room...
*6 hours later in the hospital Ali's POV*
When I opened my eyes, I was in a bleary white room. I screwed up my face as I began to feel the pain from my arm and face surge through my body. I blinked, trying to make my vision clearer, but not succeeding
"Shit where's my contacts?" I mumbled.
Then I noticed Pepper sleeping on a chair. I didn't want to wake her up cause she looked so peaceful. I searched my mind trying remember what happened last night, but it came up blank. Wait... I don't know... Hang on, I remember a figure standing over me, but I couldn't make out who it was or what they had in there hand. Omi god. It just came back to me in a rush. It couldn't have been... Shit it was...
"Ali?"
I snapped back to reality, Pepper was awake, and she wanted to talk about what had happened. Shit, what was I supposed to tell her? I couldn't.
"Ali, what happened last night? You were in a right state,"
"Err... I can't remember,"
"You sure? C'mon, you must be able to remember something!"
What could I say? I tried to think of an excuse
"Err... I... " I was cut off by Mabby, rushing through the door. Thank God I didn't have to explain to Pepper, for a while anyway.
"Ali omi god are you all right? Fuck I was shitting myself last night when Froggie called me!" she screamed
"Yeah I'm fine really; I jus' wanna sleep... " I closed my eyes, but knew sleep would be a long time coming; I had too many thoughts swirling in my mind. I knew exactly what had happened that night, and why, but I couldn't tell anyone, not yet anyway.
*Peppers POV*
I knew there was something wrong, but I got the feeling she didn't want to say anything. I frowned; I wondered who it was, and why they'd done it.
"Have you been here all night?" asked Mabby, shocking the life out of me
"Huh? Oh yeah, I needed to know if she was ok, it looked like she'd been hurt pretty bad... "
"You wanna go get something to eat and some coffee? You look like you need it"
"That would be great"
We walked down to the canteen and sat down silently, staring at our coffee cups, not knowing what to say to each other.
"D'you think she'll be ok?" I asked, mostly to myself.
Suddenly Mabby burst into tears.
"Shit mabby what's up?" I asked, going to put my arm round her in attempt to comfort her
"It's... Its nothing"
"No dude, it looks like something, tell me what's wrong!"
"When I was little, my brother... "
Brother? I didn't know she even HAD a brother!
"He went out one night to celebrate his 21st birthday, and on his way home he was pretty pissed, an kept shouting at random people. One of the groups he shouted at took offence, and the came over and slammed him against a wall, all his mates had run away, so he was all by his self. They beat him up and broke loads of his bones, and then they ran away as well. When they found him, he had bled to death in an alleyway,"
"Oh my god... Mabby I'm so sorry, I had no idea... "
"It's just... I didn't want the same thing to happen to Ali, that's all, I couldn't handle the pain again... "
"Mabby, it'll all be okay, she won't die. She'll stay with for ever and ever and ever and ever... "
"Okay I get the picture!"
"And ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever... "
"Okay! Jeez!"
This perked her up a bit; I noticed a smile slowly forming in her eyes, though it wasn't showing on her face
"... And ever and ever and ever and ever... " I shut up when she hit me, it didn't hurt, but I pretended it did
"Ah! You Meany that hurt!" I pouted
"No it didn't!"
"But it could have done!"
She sighed but she was smiling, which was a good sign.
"Hey! I nearly forgot! I got a phone call from my brother in Cali yesterday, and he wants to know if we want to go stay with him for a while, few weeks maybe? He says he wants us to meet his new mates but he won't tell me who they are. Apparently they're in a band as well"
After the call I'd actually wondered if he was mates with Sweet Children, but I pushed the thought to the back of my mind
"Yeah! That would be so cool! An it might be good for Ali to, so she can get away from all her problems"
So we went upstairs to tell her. But when we neared her room we could hear a long beeep from her heart monitor and we broke into a run a saw a dark shape through the mottled glass of her room...
