Chapter 4

Chapter 4:

We walked and walked for what seemed like forever. We reached my house after a while of silence. I turned to him getting to say my good-bye. His face was suddenly panic stricken; he looked like he had just seen a ghost.
???Um??????bye Jared.??? I said quietly.
???Huh???? he looked down at me.
???I said ???bye Jared???.???
???What, you???re leaving????
???That???s my house.??? I pointed in the direction of my home.
???Oh well bye Nikki.???
We went our separate ways, I toward my house and Jared toward his. I walked slowly up to my house grabbing the mail on my way. All bills for the house. I walked the short pathway toward my front door. I entered and yelled, ???Mom, Jacson I am home!???
I placed the mail on the table. There was a big box on the floor that said Easter. Oh yeah, Wednesday was the first day of spring break. Rylee would be busy with Joshua and I would be at home doing who knows what. I went up to my bedroom and turned on the television. The nightly news was on and Chris Satrudfield, the reporter was on the screen. I turned the TV back off. Wow, this is going to be a great weakened. At least I got to see Jared. Two weeks without Jared is going to be treacherous. But I could go to his baseball games right? I could see him there. Would that people be superstitious? Would people spread rumors? Would my heart get broken tomorrow? So many worries at fourteen, parents think they have it easy. Well, they don???t. Teens have a lot of stresses, like school for instance. Parents keep nagging you about grades when they don???t get how hard it is for a teen to concentrate. Guys even, teens get a lot of pressure from guys. Boyfriends are a big problem but also a big accomplishment.
I went up to my room and grabbed something I hadn???t done in two years. I grabbed my skateboard and headed toward the door. I had always been a tom-boy; I never liked makeup or dolls. I was in to skateboarding and guy stuff. I ran out the door after grabbing my helmet. I was on the porch but decided that I needed more room. I ran back in the door.
???Mom I am going out to skateboard, I have my cell.??? And I ran back out. The paths to the city were cemented for bike riders and skateboarders so I rode there. The journey from my house to the city were there were sidewalks and parks everywhere was long, it was almost dark when I got there. I latched my helmet and threw the board on the ground and jumped on. The wind in my hair was amazing; I forgot how it felt to be doing this kind of stuff. I jumped the curb and started rolling again. I was still good too. I was going hastily down the walk when a cat ran in front of me, I popped my board up and went flying through the air, and my board was going the complete opposite way. It seemed like forever that I was air born. I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth. This was going to hurt, a lot. I hit a large solid object and stopped flying, my shoulder took the impact. I then went downward and hit my knee on another big object. My head smashed into the ground and everything stopped moving. I was lying there with open eyes starring at the sky. A large figure was hovering over me.
???Are you alright???? he asked frantically.
???I???m fine thank you.??? I said properly.
???You hit pretty hard kid.???
???Yeah, I know, I can feel the evidence.???
???What hurts????
???It would be easier to ask what didn???t hurt but that would still be a hard question.???
???Where are your parents????
???At home.???
???Where do you live????
???I live in the woods sir, about twelve miles from here.???
???What your name sweetie????
???Nikki sir.???
???Well Nikki, lets get you cleaned up shall we????
???Cleaned up????
???There is blood all over your face Nikki.???
???I???m fine I just need to get home.???
???Are you sure? I mean it looks pretty deep.???
???What are you talking about? What should hurt????
???Right above you right eye you have a huge gouge, I think it could use stitches. You honestly can???t feel that????
???My whole body is numb but I assure you I will go straight home.???
???Okay then, go home and gets some help.???
???Yes sir.???
I got up and wobbled he stuck a hand out and steadied me. I gave him a thanking look. Then, I found my skateboard and headed home.
On my way home I started to feel woozy and lightheaded. I grabbed on to a tree for a couple of seconds and then went towards my house. Dang did my head hurt, it was so excruciating. My mom is going to kill me for this. Jacson too, he going to be ticked. Why did this stuff always happen to me? Why can???t I live a normal, non-violent life? Like Rylee and Joshua, they live happily in each others arms. Why can???t my life be perfect?
???Mom, Jacson I???m home!??? I yelled as I entered the door.
???Hey sweetie,-Oh my god! What happened???? she said and grabbed my shoulders to look at the gouge.
???Mom, relax its nothing, I can???t even feel it.???
???Nikki, how can you not feel it????
???My whole body is numb mom.???
???What happened????
???I was skateboarding in the city and a cat walked in front of me, I flew off my board hit a tree and then the ground.???
???Oh sweetie lets get you to the hospital!???
???No, mom I am honestly ok.???
I started walking towards my room when Jacson stopped me.
???Nikki, what happened???? he yelled.
???Jacson I???m fine leave me alone.??? I said.
He stepped aside and I went to my bathroom, man did I look bad, my eye was swollen and black. There was blood running from my eye down to my shirt. My nose was bleeding and my shoulder was black and blue. I decided to take a shower and when I took my cloths off I could see all the damage, my whole body was black, blue, and bloody. I gasped, it took me by shock. I couldn???t feel my injuries but they were there. I washed my self off and jumped out of the shower and over to the medicine cabinet. I took out the first-aid kit and opened it. I needed gauze, Neosporin, band-aids, butterfly band-aids and ice.
I stuck a butterfly band-aid on my eye to close the wound and put the gauze under it to stop the bleeding. I placed the band-aids on every open wound and the ice all over my body. I lay in bed and dozed off after a few hours.

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I woke up in the morning unable to move. After a few minutes I got up and whimpered. Man did I hurt; I have never felt this bad. I looked at the clock, I had an hour to get ready and to the game. I hopped in the shower quickly and put on old baggy clothes.
I limped down the stairs and yelled my good-byes to my mom and brother.
I arrived just as they were doing the national anthem and I took my normal seat. Jared was playing third base and Damon was pitching. I watched as Jared???s team one ten to nothing and when the game was over I waited for Jared to come to me, I couldn???t walk anymore. The coach kept the kids in the dugout for at least a half an hour. I sat there waiting and watching as people from school left and swarmed for the dugouts to meet their boys. Why were they so anxious? They could wait the minutes and let the players relax. I did, I never swarmed toward Jared, and I waited to see if he wanted me to come to him. Your not suppose to demand your presence on somebody. Girls always get crazy when it come to boyfriends, they need to chill.