Can't Be Afraid Anymore

By k_dugan

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This girl gets kidnapped, moves away from her kidnapper, but she's not used to help from other people at her... More

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-two
Epilogue

Chapter Twenty-One

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By k_dugan

Maddi Jane again, Jar Of Hearts, random 

Anna's P.O.V.

I crouch down on the floor, which makes my side hurt, but I don't care. Matt comes next to me and hugs me, but he can't help with this, not this time. "Anna, please talk to me." He says. He carried me up to my place, which didn't help my side, but I wasn't going to stop him. Once he put me on the couch I curled up into a ball and ever since then he's been trying to get me to talk to him.

"I-I can't g-go." I barely get out. Then Rosie comes in with Zach.

"Are you ok?" Rosie asks and sits next to me. Matt must have called them and told them. Rosie shoos Matt and Zach out of the room.

"I can't see him. Not again." I say and curl up next her.

"Shhh, it's ok. We will all be there for you, I promise." She says brushing my hair with her fingers. "Court will go really fast and you don't even have to see him, just answer their questions and leave."

"You promise you will come?" I ask looking at her.

"Yes. Zach, Matt get over here." They both come out and look at me. "You guys will come to court with her to help her right." She says looking at them and being a little bossy.

"Of course." Matt's says and comes and sits next to Rosie.

"I wouldn't miss it, you can count on all of us," Zach says also sitting on the couch.

"Thanks, guys," I say wiping the tears away. Rosie hugs me again and I smile because I have awesome friends. "K, let's get some food I hungry," I say trying to change the subject.

"Good idea. Where do you want to go?" Rosie asks letting me breath free.

"Perkins," I say craving waffles with whoop cream and fruit.

"Let's go," Zach says standing up. We all stand up and go to his car. Zach drives, Matt's sits in the passenger side, and Rosie and I sit in the back.

"Were you hanging out with Zach and that's why your car isn't here?" I ask in a whisper so the boys don't hear what we are talking about. I look at Rosie and she blushes a little.

"Y-Ya we were um uhh just hanging out." She says trying to make an excuse.

"You like him," I say a little louder and she shushed me. "Sorry, sorry, but I knew you were going to like him."

"I don't just like him, were dating." She says turning tomato red. I nearly scream, but she puts her hand over my mouth before any sound comes out.

"What?" I ask not believing what I heard. "Matt you owe me 20 dollars." He turns around confused and Rosie looks confused too. 'They were on a date.' I mouth, he looks defeated.

"Really?" He asks not believing me. I nod my head. "Crap." He says and hands me two tens.

"You bet on us?" Rosie says flooding her arms.

"Ya, just like you did to me and Matt," I say putting to money in my wallet.

"I guess that's fair." She says and we start talking more and the boys are talking too so we don't whisper anymore.

"Let's go," Zach says and parks his car. We all get out of the car and Rosie grabs Zach's hand then she grabs mine, so I grab Matt's. We walk into the restaurant all holding hands and the waitress looks at us funny but doesn't say anything. Rosie and I sit on one side of the booth and the guys sit on the other. "Switch, please," Zach says to Rosie. Matt laughs at him and pushes closer to him. "Not cool man, not cool." Rosie and I laugh at his reaction and Matt finally pulls away when the waitress comes back, probably thinking that we are psychopaths.

"What would you like to drink?" She says grabbing her notepad.

"Orange juice please," Rosie says.

"Me too," Matt says still laughing a little.

"Apple juice," I said because I don't like oranges.

"I'll have the same," Zach says shaking his head at Matt.

"K, I'll be back with your drinks." She says a little annoyed and leaves.

"What a happy waitress," Matt says and grabs his menu. After we all finally decide on what we want we tell the snobby waitress. Rosie starts talking about stuff with Zach, so I ask Matt a question. "Why are you so nice?"

"What do you mean?" He asks confused.

"Why help me all this time and-"

"Because that's who I am and I really like you." He said and my face goes a little red. After our food comes we all dug in. I grab my side because it was hurting, but when I touched I almost passed out from the pain. I opened my sweatshirt and found the bruise grew and was more purple. Great I said to my self. It got worse. "Excuse me," I said to Rosie so I could get up when I stood up through my head got light headed. I wobbled a little and they all look at me worried. "Stood up a little too fast," I said and started walking to the bathroom. 

I walked in and no one was in there thank gosh. I unwrapped the gauze witch killed and looked at the bruise. I was swollen really bad and hurt like h e double hockey sticks. I went to put the gauze on, but when I put the gauze against my bruise I got light headed again because of the pain. My eyes watered a little and I kept trying to take deep breaths. Then the door opened. It was Matt. "What.." I ask and took another breath "are you doing in here?" I finished and he was by my side.

"You haven't come out so I came in. What happened?" He asks and looked at my bruise.

"It started hurting more after I fell because of of.. the letter," I say, he looks up at me.

"Why didn't you say anything? You need to get that checked out." He says and put his arm around me and his hand on my good side.

"I thought I'd be fine." I say and try to stay standing. Matt sees me wobble a little and grabs my arm and puts it on his shoulder. I lean into him.

"Come on, you need to go to the doctor." He says and opens the door without me moving. I nod my head and take one step, but I hurt so much that my head felt like it was on fire and I closed my eyes. I could feel Matt pick me up. It hurt my side but I knew he was trying to help me. I fell asleep sometime after I heard Rosie's voice because the pain was too much.

Matt's P.O.V.

"She's been in there a while." I say to the others who are looking at the girl's bathroom.

"Ya, I'll go check on her." Rosie says and stands up.

"No, I'll go." I say and get out of the booth because Zach was sitting by Rosie now.

"You can't that's a GIRL restroom." She says and turns to me.

"Ya, but..." I say and try to think of a good reason.

"Fine but if you get in trouble it's on you." She says seeing I was going to go anyways. I quickly walk into the bathroom and see Anna. Her eyes are watery and her face is really pale. She says "What" but has to stop and take a breath. I walk to her instantly. "are you doin' here?" She barely gets out.

"You haven't come out so I came in. What happened?" I ask and look at her side.

"It started hurting more after I fell because of of.. the letter." She says and closes her eyes a little and opens them again.

"Why didn't you say anything? You need to get that checked out." I say pulling her closer so I could see it better. Seeing her in pain hurts me and that she didn't tell me.

"I thought I'd be fine." She says and try's to stay standing, but I see her wobble a little and I grab her arm and put it around my shoulder. She leans into me.

"Come on, you need to go to the doctor," I say and open the door. She goes to take a step, but winces and her face gets even paler. I pick her up trying not to hurt her and she closes her eyes. I wish she would tell me things more often. I walk out of the girl's restroom and Rosie comes rushing to us.

"What happened?" She asks and looks at Anna and then me.

"Her bruise got worse and she passed out because of the pain. I need to take her to the doctor." I say and Zach runs out the door to start his car. He pulls up and Rosie opens the door for me and I slowly put Anna in the car and then slide in next to her. Once Rosie is in the car Zach speeds away. It takes us around 15 minutes to get to the hospital, but they rush her into a room and start x-Rays.

The nurse comes out and asks "Who is the closes family to her?" She says looking at us three.

"We are all the family she has," I say and look at Rosie and Zach.

The nurse looks a little puzzled but says for us to follow her. "She'll be fine, but she was putting way to much pressure on her ribs and she won't be able to get out of bed for a good two to four days. We are almost positive that she passed out because of the pain." She says and opens the door. "We don't have any family on her contact, would you know the number?" She says to me.

"She doesn't have any family, but us." I say again and walk into the room. I look at Anna and she's not as pale as she was before, but she still doesn't look normal. It's already 6:00, but I have no appetite. I go and sit next to Anna. It feels like déjà vu. Zach and Rosie sit on the other side, but there were only two chairs so Rosie is sitting on Zach's lap. We are all staring at Anna. Two more hours pass and we all haven't moved much or said much, but then Anna's eyes flutter open. She looks around the room and asks, "Can you all stop staring at me?" We laugh a little at that.

"No, you deserve to be stared at." Rosie says smiling. Anna rolls her eyes.

"So what's the news?" She asks and looks at me.

"You're stuck in bed for around two to four days."

"Great." She says sarcastically. "Can one of you get my school work for the next few days?"

"I will." I say because I plan on staying with her and then picking up my homework too.

"Thanks." She says and grabs my hand.

"Ok, we will check up on you, and tell us anything that happens even if she moves," Rosie says pointing to Anna and I. Zach smiles at her and then they leave. I look over at Anna and she looks like she's going to cry.

"What wrong? Do you want me to get the doctor?" I ask and lean in a little.

"I have the court thing Wednesday, but I can't because I'm stuck here." She says and moves her hand I'm not holding up to her head.

"It's fine, we will make adjustments," I say relieved a little that she's not in physical pain right now.

"Are you sure we can do that?" She asks still having watery eyes.

"They can't take you anywhere if you can't walk," I say and try to reassure her.

"Your right." She says and wipes her eyes. "I feel like a big drama queen right now." She says and laughs a little.

"I think you handle the situation really well. I have just one question how do you pay for all the medical bills?"

"I have savings, but if I keep coming in every other week it's going to get hard." She says and puts her free hand back to her forehead.

"I'll help out." I say knowing my parents have a savings account for me, that's their way of being parents.

"You can't. It's not your problem." She says putting her hand down on the bed.

"Your problems are my problems." I say and kiss her lightly on her forehead.

"Your way to nice to me, and I have no clue why." She says and smiles at me.

"Because I love you."

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