“God, I thought I was all out of these.” She remarked sarcastically as she used her free hand to rub her eyes, too embarrassed to look back at Charlie and see how heartbroken he looked, how much he had to suffer too to get them both here, how she felt like she was at fault, how she wanted to move past this burden and be happy together, because they were supposed to finally be happy together and she knew they were on a rotten way to start. She looked down at her lap, and scanned her bandaged arm, the one where her attempted killer carved a number onto her, and her brows knotted together while she triggered her memory, “You really came to rescue me? You could have ended up like me, you know, that was a really dumb and brave stunt for you to pull.” Her lips started trembling when he confessed to how scared he was and she felt far worse, for how much worry and stress they both had to go through.
She looked back over and took a breath, “I was scared too. He carved a four onto my arm, and when I saw that I knew he meant I was supposed to be the fourth one to bite the dust. End scene for me, I was really scared.” She looked around the empty room, apart from the two of them, “I know that they called my parents, but does everybody back at school know what happened, or where I am? How long have you been here? You look pretty rough, not bad rough, sexy rough, but you do still look pretty rough shape,” She made a face, her lame attempt to be cute and funny all the while she knew how fake that all was. “Here, come lay next to me.”
The longer Charlie looked at Kirby, the harder it was to keep his cool. Charlie had dealt with anxiety his whole life, but hadn’t been this close to the edge in a long time. The elephant that was sitting on his chest just seemed to grow even bigger in size when Kirby started to tear up. He let out the breath he had been holding the entire time she was speaking, then closed his eyes and shook his head. “You’re not dumb, Kirby,” he said, his tone light. He opened his eyes, fixing his gaze to hers. “I’m the dumb one, definitely. I was so sure I was walking right into some sort of trap. But I physically couldn’t leave you out there, didn’t even hesitate.” His shoulders rose then dropped before his eyes spotted the bandage that currently covered the number carved into her arm, and the elephant grew in size once more.
He was so conscious of his own ragged breathing that Kirby’s words started to blur together. “Oh uh. Um,” he stuttered, shaking his head once more in an attempt to gain a little composure and recall the words she was uttering. “Uh yeah, you know Robbie. He’s like a 7th grade girl when it comes to this kind of shit,” he finally replied, his mouth cracking into a half smile as he thought of his best friend and his big mouth. Charlie nodded as he stood up, more than happy to oblige to Kirby’s request, then carefully made his way over and sunk down into the tiny hospital bed. He was very cautious of hurting her as he tucked his arm under her head, allowing her to rest on his chest. A few moments of silence passed before he spoke up. “So.. sexy huh?” he said in an effort to lighten the mood.
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