The Death Kiss (Nanowrimo)#wattys2017

Chapter 9: I am no Angel

He held my tiny face in his hands, and whispered, "It's not your time yet."

He lifted my hand and kissed my fingers softly.

There was a sudden jerk, and my heart stopped beating. I could feel it, deep in my chest. And then like a bolt of lightning, something struck me. And it restarted, thumping against my chest wall in a speed that made me gasp for oxygen.

I closed my eyes tightly.

When I opened my eyes, I was in a white bed with an oxygen mask on my face. I looked at the heart monitor, and saw the broken lines of my ECG followed by a stronger rhythm now.

Doctors were all around me, and I opened my eyes as wide as I could to let them know that I was alive.

I felt them celebrating my survival; I could see it on their masked faces through their anxious eyes.

I saw mom next to David holding Aaron watching me through a glass window.

What I could recall of Chase's party was the smell of alcohol and vomits, and the voices of fighting and hitting.

I saw a policeman talking to a doctor, and then he entered the room.

"Hello Lily Christensen."

I nodded, acknowledging his greetings.

"I need to ask you few questions about the party."

I removed the mask slightly to whisper.

"I don't remember much."

"It's okay; just try to recall anything that you could." He prompted," Were you driving fast when you had the accident?"

"What Accident?" I muttered.

"Try to remember as much as you could."

I quickly added," I wasn't drunk, I swear."

And those words activated the memory that I was trying to suppress.

The scene of Chase's party appeared in front of my eyes again.

I was talking to some girl, when someone else spilled their drink on my clothes. I went upstairs to the washroom where I saw Drunk Nathan making out with Rita. I came out immediately but they saw me.

I came to Chase's room to clean myself. But someone locked me inside. I got out of the window and came to the parking place. I felt so alone and scared. I drove my car away from the party place. But someone followed me.

I took a wrong turn, but before I knew it. I was lost on a deserted road, somewhere. I didn't know where I was heading to. The road leaded into the forest. I stopped my car. Suddenly, someone opened the front door and dragged me out of the front seat.

I heard them laughing in my head as I ran, trying to get away from them. Their hands like daggers, piercing through my clothes. I felt him holding my wrists tightly behind my back, as the other one approached me. I should have stayed in the party; at least there were people who could have saved me. May be, Chase would have stopped them.

I knew, on this deserted road, there was no one who could save me.

One of them came near me, and cupped his hands around my chest. I let out an agonizing scream. I could not let Nathan and his friend hurt me.

Nathan whispered in my ears, "You told Marie about me and Rita didn't you?"

I muttered," I...I didn't."

"I needed that bitch to get me a Scholarship for next year. Her dad could have done that for me. And you ruined my chance with her."

"No, No...."