"What're you thinking about?" He whispered against my hair.
The movie was playing in the background as we cuddled on the couch and I honestly couldn't put my finger on any moment in time in which things had felt so perfect.
"It's just kind of weird, I guess" I shrugged staring at the screen as a woman dragged a man through snow, in handcuffs.
"What is?" Seth asked.
"This" I nodded shifting so I was on my back and able to look at him, "Did you think that, by the end of summer, you would have feelings for your sort of roommate?"
"But not" He grinned looking down at me, "I guess not. But once I saw you and you actually challenged me during dinner, I knew there would be some kind of spark between us. I just didn't know if it would be good or bad"
"So it's good?" I asked seriously.
"It's better than good" He said kissing my lips gently. I placed my hand on his cheek as he allowed his tongue to explore my mouth. Running his hand through my, now messy hair, he began slowly making circles in it, making me shiver. I reveled in his gentleness and the way his touch, alone, could make me feel so at peace and so at one with him. I didn't want to leave his hot embrace or his soft lips. I wanted to stay in his arms forever....
"TRISH!!" The scream had me toppling to the ground, with Seth's hands still tangled in my hair. I screeched in agony as he tried to untangle himself and quickly shot away from me as he looked to the body of the voice.
"You little" Was all I heard before Seth was thrown into the wall.
"Elliot! Stop!" I yelled as my brother pounded a fist into Seth's face. He was practically naked, save for the SpongeBob boxers he wore, and red with fury. He landed another punch in Seth's side muttering curses.
"What...Did...I...Tell....You....About....My....Sister?" He yelled as each punch connected.
Seth, all this time, had been taking the punches in stride allowing them to connect.
"Elliot, Stop!! Please!" I yelled repeatedly. Deciding that yelling was doing nothing, I ran to where Elliot had Seth pinned to the wall and tried grabbing my brother off.
"Get off!" Elliot grunted landing a new punch in Seth's side. It was, at this point, that I wanted Seth to do something. Punch him. Bite him. Anything.
He just stood there allowing each punch to connect and it scared me more than anything as his lip split open from the impact of another punch.
"Elliot!" I screeched again digging my nails into his hands. With an angry snarl, his fist flew back at me and I shot into the glass coffee table, breaking it to pieces.
The sudden sound seemed to shake Seth out of his reverie as his eyes formed angry slits.
With one fluid motion his back was off the wall and he threw Elliot to the ground. Jumping on top of him, he began landing heavy blows into his face. For the first time ever, I found my brother was matched and judging by the angry grunts coming from Seth, he was in pain.
I wanted nothing more than to scream but my throat was raw and an agonizing pain was cutting through my side.
"Elliot what the hell is~" My mom yelled from the stairs. She broke into a run as she witnessed the scene in the living room and the first thing she did was run to my side.
"Mom, no" I whispered raggedly, "Help them"
"Oh my God" She whispered running to the boys, who were now rolling across the glass that had splayed across the carpet, "Talia!!!!"
I heard my sister's heavy feet on the staircase as her eyes became the size of saucers.
"Holy~"
"Help me!" Mom yelled as she tried to pull Elliot away from Seth.
"Guys, stop" Talia screeched grabbing Seth by the collar and jumping onto his back.
"Leave me alone" Seth grunted trying to get back to Elliot who was snarling in moms grasp.
"Please, Trish is hurt" Talia whispered shakily. That stopped him. It stopped them both.
All eyes turned to stare at me as I witnessed them all widen.
"Oh my God" Elliot whispered heavily.
"What is it?" I asked rubbing the right side of my stomach, which was now burning, and feeling something wet. The smell of copper filled my senses as I brought my hand up to my face....and saw red.
"Mom, Whats going on?" Was all I got out before the darkness engulfed me.
White lights. They were so bright and they hurt my eyes.
"Trish?" I heard his voice.
"Hey" I smiled slightly.
"Oh my Gosh" He sounding desperate. Why was he so out of breath?
"Baby" I heard moms quiet voice next. I tried to place her pale face in the sea of lights but I couldn't.
"Where am I?" I asked trying to open my eyes wider. All I saw were the lights and dozens of people over my head. I shook the queasy feeling as the lights started moving past me, fast.
"The hospital, Trish. Your~"
"Sorry. You guys are going to have to leave now. We need to get her into the ER" I heard a deep voice now
"Where's Tals, mom?" I asked now worried, "where's Elliot?"
"They're here honey" Mom said shakily. I felt a cool hand on my cheek.
"Mommy, Whats wrong?" Something was wrong, I was sure of it.
"You're going to be fine, baby~"
"Ma'm you need to leave" Was all I heard as I was pushed through a sudden set of double doors and the cool hand slipped from my face.
Green eyes.
Those green eyes watched me, unblinking for what felt like hours. I wanted to smile, I wanted to speak but I couldn't. It was like my throat was glued together and my lips weren't allowed to work as a result.
"Trish" I heard the repeating murmurings as I lay in an uncomfortable bed.
Whose bed was it anyways? It definitely wasn't mine.
"I'm so sorry"
"Trish, can you open your eyes?"
"Shut up, Seth" I mumbled. I readjusted my pillow and sighed in frustration as it wouldn't fluff right. I decided to turn on my side to get comfortable and yelled out in pain as a white hot explosion of pain made itself noticeable in my side.
"Trish?" I heard my mom's worried voice as her cold hands came to touch my arm.
"Where am I?" I asked as my eyelids shot open. I heard the steady beat of an IV and almost cringed as a pungent antiseptic smell filled my nostrils.
"How're you feeling?" Mom asked stroking my forehead. I blinked back the stars that danced across my vision before staring into her warm eyes.
"What am I doing in a hospital?" I asked as the small room registered. I noticed Talia staring at me with glassy eyes from the small chair in the corner and Elliot standing off to the side watching me sadly.
"I'm so sorry, Trish" he whispered standing in place, "This is all my fault"
"Where's Seth?" I asked missing his green eyes.
"Umm..." Mom looked to Talia and widened her eyes.
"Seth left, honey" Talia explained gently.
"Wait what?" I asked confused. Why did he leave?
"After the fight his~"
"The fight!" I breathed as a flashback of Elliot on top of Seth spiraled across my vision, "Oh my god how is he?"
"The real question is how are you?" Elliot said sternly, "You had to get 13 stitches down your side from where the glass cut you"
"All because of your dumb ass, if I'm not mistaken" Talia spat.
Elliot's mouth shot closed as he stared out the window.
"He just left?" I wasn't even focused on my side or the pain anymore. I wanted to know what was going on.
"Yeah" Talia began again, "After the fight his dad came to get him"
"Oh" I squeaked. Of course his dad would come to get him, that's what parents did.
"Could you two excuse us for a moment?" Mom said to Talia and Elliot. Elliot shot out of the room and Talia shuffled behind him.
"I take it you know all about the oil?" Mom sighed.
"How'd you know?" I asked shocked.
"Your father was the one who even told Dennis about the land" Mom began. I nodded in understanding. If mom and Mona were such good friends, I understood how their husbands would also become close as a result.
"So you knew about Sam?" I asked.
"No...I didn't know about that" She shook her head, "until Seth told me last night"
"He told you?"
"Everything" Mom smiled slightly, "He's a good kid, baby"
"He's amazing" I nodded.
"But he's going to have a lot to deal with when he gets home"
"His dad" I said as realization dawned on me.
"Things won't be too easy" Mom explained, "Seth's got his work cut out for him"
"Why don't you just tell Mona about all of this?" I asked confused.
"Because I see where Dennis is coming from"
"But if Seth isn't happy, what good is any of this?" I said becoming angry. How was she trying to tell me that any of this was okay?
"Trish, Seth didn't have an upbringing like you and your siblings" Mom sighed, "His mom worked countless jobs so they could scrape by and sometimes that wasn't even enough"
"When she met Dennis, she literally never had to work a day in her life again and neither did Seth. Did he tell you how many motorcycles he has back home? How about the personal garage he has for fixing up all the busted cars he finds at the junk yard"
I gulped as I drew up at a blank. I didn't even know he liked fixing cars.
"What does a motorcycle have to do with anything?" I yelled, as the pain in my side shot up.
"Don't you get it, Trish? Dennis has provided everything on earth for that boy. If Seth wants it, he gets it. All the things Seth loves, he has and all the ones he loves are happy as a result. "
"But Dennis doesn't even love them! He's mean" I said.
"Your father was amazing to me but that didn't mean the love was there. I agree that Dennis has some work to do but he does love Mona and Seth more than either of us could ever imagine. He never wants them to struggle again, Trish"
"He's only trying to get rich for himself!" I yelled angrily. He was just like every other money hungry leech on this planet.
"No...no he's not" Mom said sadly.
"Whats wrong?" I asked confused.
"It's not mine to tell" Was her quiet reply.
"Mom! What is it?"
"Honey, Dennis is trying to get this land so Seth and Mona can continue living great for a long long time" Mom said as her eyes became glassy.
"Sweetheart, Dennis has cancer"
I watched, through the window in the backseat, as the summer house got smaller and smaller.
"Say your last goodbyes, kids" Mom hollered. I looked to Talia, who was beside me, and gave her a small smile. She stared at the house and spoke first.
"Goodbye to an awesome summer"
"Goodbye" Elliot mumbled not looking back, "I'm sorry"
"Elliot, I've already forgiven you" I sighed in frustration. For the last week, he had been bombarding me with 'I'm sorry's' and 'don't hate me's'.
"Not about just that" He sighed. He didn't explain any further so I let it go.
"Goodbye to the best two months ever" I whispered as mom turned out onto the street.
"Bye Mackenzie"
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Harper Dale has everything; Great parents, the coolest friends, and a hot boyfriend. But all of that happens to change in the span of five hours. After being rejected from Harvard Business, her 'natural habitat' as her parents call it; she's lost...Until her saving grace appears in the form of a black SUV and three boys she hardly knows. Soon she's on the road to absolutely nowhere with the school bad ass and his two goofy best friends, to find her true calling.