Lia being in the hospital was like a punch in the gut.
A stab in the jaw.
A knife to the throat.
A kick in the ass.
You get the idea.
"Clarity come on I have to take you home, your parents are worried." I felt Alex shaking me.
"ISLIAAWAKE?!?!" I shouted as I jumped up and looked around the room.
I looked down and noticed Lia was still resting peacefully in the hospital bed, the only thing moving was her chest which was rising up and down from her breathing. I didn't leave her side, I didn't want to I wanted to be the first one she saw when she woke up, even if that meant skipping school and coming here.
"Come on Clarity I have to take you home it's getting late." Alex said pulling on my arm.
"No I live here now." I yawned and laid my head back down on the edge of Lia's bed.
"Clarity I promise we can visit her tomorrow but we did skip school and your parents are worried." Alex pleaded.
"What time is it?" I said sleepily.
"Its almost 8."
"Two more hours." I said as I rested my head back down next to Lia's hand.
I felt a pair of strong warm arms wrap around my waist and hoist me up from my seat.
"I don't want to leave her." I frowned.
The idea of Lia waking up all alone and confused frightens me, yes I know its been a day but I still don't want her to be alone, in a coma or not.
"Lia is cared for, worry about your own self being right now." Alex told me.
We reached his car and I smiled as he opened the door for me to let me in.
He was such a gentleman.
The ride back to my house was silent, like neither of us wanted to discuss the recent events. It still didn't seem real that Lia was laying in a hospital bed unconscious because of her father. I needed to distract myself from all these events for now to not get myself emotional.
"Alex how do you really feel about Abby?" I questioned.
"I feel like we belong together, when I think of Abby my heart beats faster and no one else in the world matters, I never want to look at another girl the way I look at Abigail and yes I know I'm a little older than her and when people see a older guy dating a younger girl they assume he just wants to get in her pants, I want so much more than that with Abby." He explained without hesitation.
I looked at him in awe and wondered why all guys couldn't be like him, maybe I was wrong to think Alex was a whore after all, maybe he does want the best for Abby.
"Alex and Abby sittin in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G." I giggled.
"You're so immature." Alex rolled his eyes.
As soon as we stopped in front of my house, I thanked Alex and quickly got out, today was just emotionally exhausting and I just wanted to go to sleep.
The moment I walked through the front door I was brought into a bear hug. For some reason I started breaking down, crying into my dads arms. I guess seeing everyone else upset and crying made me want to stay strong for Lia but in that moment I couldn't help it anymore.
"She's didn't deserve this, she's been through too much." I choked out.
"I know baby girl , I'm sorry this happened to her." My dad whispered in my ear.
"I'm sorry I skipped school." I apologized.
"It was for a good cause."
We stood there for about 10 minutes, my father comforting me and enjoying his comforting. I excused myself to go upstairs and I collasped on my bed from exhaustion. Just as my eyes began to close i felt my phone going off in my pocket.
"Hello?" I answered without checking the ID.
"Is Lia alright?" Nathan said.
"You got some huge balls to have the nerve to call me." I hissed through the phone.
"I just want to know if she's okay, fuck the bullshit between us." Nathan said.
I was taken aback because he sounded so concerned about Lia.
"You're a piece of shit, you fucking raped her, you don't care about how she's doing." I snapped.
"I don't care about her, I care about..." He paused and huffed.
"Clarity do you know?" He asked.
"I know that you raped her." I said.
"I didn't fucking rape her!" He shouted.
"You obviously don't know what's going on, there is so much you don't know Clarity and you're so blind to it all." He ended the call.
What the hell was he talking about? I've never been so confused in my life before until now.
Whatever.
Since Lia was in the hospital for who knows how long, she would never be able to finish her college applications and senior things, I didn't want to feel useless in this situation so I decided I could help with that.
I would just have to go to her house tomorrow and collect her college things to help her tomorrow.
I felt my eyes getting heavy and before I knew it I had fallen asleep.
My life this year was like a dramatic tv show, with Lia and I in dead center.