The Lost Story

Chapter 12

I was surrounded by bright white lights. Where was I?? I felt someone holding my hand. I looked to my right to find Ross sitting in the chair next to me. Was I in the hospital? Ross flashed me a smiled. I gave him a weak one in return. "You finally woke up", he said still staring at me. "How long was I asleep?", I asked starting to get a little worried. "About 36 hours", he answered. I just nodded and looked at his hand gently holding mine.

"Are you okay?", he asked. I just nodded in response, but then it hit me. Volleyball, I missed two days of boot camp. "I missed volleyball", I said staring at the wall. Ross let go of my hand and sat up on the bed next to me wrapping his arms around me. He pulled my head into his chest. "Please don't freak out", he whispered rubbing my head, "But Angie called your doctor and told her you aren't participating in volleyball this year". I was in complete shock. How could she do something like that? She doesn't have a right to do that.

"Are you alright?", he asked letting go of me and looking at my emotionless face. Anger rose within me. How could this happen? I am perfectly healthy. None of this would've happened if Ross never came into my life. "No I'm not alright. I can't do volleyball this year, and it's my fucking senior year", I raised my voice at him. Ross looked a little take back.

"Carly it's just volleyball. Everything will be all right", he said trying to comfort me, but it wasn't going to work this time. "No Ross you don't understand. None of this wouldv'e happened if you never came into my life", I yelled. Right there is when I saw Ross' heart break in half, but at the point I couldn't care less. I was pissed.

"You know what I don't understand. Why does volleyball mean so much to you Carly? I mean look at what it's doing to you. You're lashing out at the people you love, starving yourself, getting only 3 hours of sleep every night!", he said raising his voice at me. "BECAUSE VOLLEYBALL IS ALL I'VE GOT ANYMORE!!", I screamed. Ross took a few steps back staring at me shocked. "Volleyball is the only thing I have anymore. With out volleyball, I'm useless, but you wouldn't understand that, because you're so perfect. Open your eyes Ross I don't fit into your perfect life. I know that; you know that; everyone knows that. I've only known you for a few days, and you already fucked up my life", I said.

"What are you trying to say?", Ross said so softly only I could hear. He was looking at the ground with his hands in his pockets. I shook my head and tried to look into his eyes. "I'm saying I want you to go back home and leave me alone", I said coldly. He nodded and walked out the door. Even though I wanted Ross to leave I still wanted him to fight for me. I laid in the bed thinking about what all just happened.

"Carly you're free to go home", Angie said poking her head through the door. "Okay can you call my brother to come pick me up?", I asked. "Ross is waiting out in the lobby for you", she said. I sighed and nodded. I got dressed into the clothes Ross brought me, basketball shorts and a t-shirt. I walked out to the lobby to see Ross sitting there. He looked up at me. He face was stained with tears. I felt a little bad for saying what I said, but I couldn't help it. Ross opened the passenger door for me and closed it. He walked over to his side and got in.

"I'm sorry", he said. I looked at him confused on why he was apologizing. "I didn't really realize how important volleyball was to you. I just wanted you to get better. I hated seeing you like that. I didn't want anything else to happen to you. I thought it would be better if you took a break".

"Ross don't apologize. I know you did what was best for me and my health. I don't want to do that to myself, but I can't help it. I have to stay in perfect shape for volleyball, and I was doing it the wrong way. I promise I will work on fixing my problem only if you promise one thing", I said to him. He nodded ans said, "Anything".

"You're going to be the one helping me through it", I asked. He smiled and nodded. "I would love to help you. I would do anything for you Carly, because I love you. I still do, and I always will. If time away from me is what you need to get better, then I'll stay away. What ever you need I'll give it to you", He said gently grabbing my hand and facing me.

"I don't want to be away from you Ross", I whispered looking into his eyes. I slowly leaned in and kissed him passionately. His soft warm lips felt amazing against my cold smooth ones. We kissed for a couple minutes until we decided to go back home. Ross drove me back to my house. My dad wasn't home. He was probably still at work, so me and Ross had the whole rest of the day to ourselves.

"What do you want do?", he asked embracing me in a hug. I wrapped my arms tight around his waist. "I don't care. As long as I'm with you", I whispered. "Do you just want to lay down and watch a movie?", he asked. I nodded at his suggestion then he led me upstairs to my room. I took a shower while Ross picked out a movie to watch. Once I got out of the shower I realized I forgot to get clean clothes. I stuck my head out the door, and Ross wasn't in my room. I snuck out and grabbed a bra and underwear. I went to find a t-shirt until I heard someone clear their throat making me jump.

"Don't you think that's moving a bit too fast?", Ross said walking up to me. I blushed like mad. "I forgot my clothes", I said looking into his deep brown eyes. He was still slowly making his way to me. "It's okay, because I think you're beautiful", he said grabbing both of my hands and intertwining our fingers. "You're perfect", I whispered getting lost in his eyes. He slowly leaned down and kissed me. I lips moved in perfect sync. I felt Ross' tongue poke at my bottom lip, but I teased him and wouldn't let him in. Ross grabbed my towel making me gasped. He took that opportunity to slide his tongue into my mouth. He let go of my towel and brought his hands to my face pushing my lips harder onto his. We heard a door slam and immediately pulled apart.

"Carly!!! I know you're here!!", Sage yelled from downstairs. I grabbed my clothes and ran into my bathroom to change. I quickly changed then went back to my room to find Ross. He wasn't there. I heard laughing and talking from downstairs. I walked down the stairs to find Sage and Ross having a decent conversation.

"There you are Carly. How's my favorite sister?", he asked hugging me. "I'm your only sister. Why are you here?", I asked him while letting him go. "I wanted to check up on you and see how you were doing, and I'm making sure Rossy over here is taking good care of you", he said wrapping his arm around Ross. I laughed and nodded. "I'll make sure nothing happens to her", Ross winked at me.

"Okay then I guess I'll leave you two alone", Sage said walking out the front door. Ross immediately put his hands on my hips pulling me up against his body. "Where were we?", he whispered bringing his lips closer to mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck playing with the golden locks on the back of his head. "Remind me again", I said. Ross smiled and slowly leaned in.

"CARLY!!", we heard someone scream. Ross and I quickly pulled apart once again. Before I could see who was at the door I was tackled into a huge group hug. It was Joey and Hayden. They're my best guy friends from school. "What are you guys doing here?", I asked letting go of the big group hug. "We head you came home from the hospital today, and we wanted to see you", Joey said. I nodded and saw Ross standing the corner not knowing what to do.

"Guys this is Ross. Ross this is Joey and Hayden. They're my friends from school", they shook hands and said hello. "Ross is my boyfriend", I told them. Joey and Hayden looked at me shocked. "Ross is the lucky guy to steal your heart? You better not hurt her, understand", Hayden said getting really close to Ross. Ross nodded looking a little scared. "Guys stop. Ross is great", I said wrapping my arms around Ross' waist. Ross smiled and wrapped his arms around me. We all spent the rest of the day talking and having a great time. Ross was talking about his touring adventures. I never get tired of listening to those stories. How could someone so perfect be in love with someone as broken as me?