Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Becca-

For some reason I still didn't run the day after the rain stopped.

Brett still seemed to have hardly any time to talk to me.

My parents said that instead of our usual family vacation this summer, they wanted to change things up.

They wanted to go off on some romantic getaway for two weeks, then go on a family vacation this fall.

Apparently I could take a friend in the fall, they wanted to go to this mountain resort.

In attempts to make up for it they promised enough spending money while they were away to cover whatever I wanted to do.

I also got the week after fall break off as well, a friend gets to join at the resort, and we get our own cabin.

My parents have more single child syndrome than I do really, always overcompensating, always spoiling me beyond reason.

I guess it depends on how you looked at it though.

I was going to have a baby brother when I was five or six, but something happened.

They said there was no way to save him, that mom was actually at risk the longer she carried him.

So they induced an early labor, and we all got to meet him, hold him, and tell him goodbye.

I don't remember everything, but I remember being excited, then being so sad, but still happy I got to hold him.

The mix of emotions swirling inside me started setting in.

Instead of dwelling on it I changed into my stretchy pants and tank with a built in sports bra and the rest of my running gear.

I pulled up my playlist with more, intense music.

Heavy hitting, metal, with some other stuff mixed in.

Some people laugh, but it pumped me up, pushed me.

Heading downstairs I noticed cash on the corner of the bar with a note.

Business dinner with a client. Have a friend over and rent a movie. Don't wait up!

I stretched in my front yard and started my music.

Finally I started jogging down the driveway.

Coming up on her house I got this funny tickle in my stomach.

I noticed a car in her driveway that was there the first day, when I saw her through the window.

Tempted to stop, I just ran.

After a few miles I heard thunder despite my loud music and paused just in time to see lightning spread across the sky.

I turned back noticing the gloomy sky filled with clouds about to burst.

Leaving the woods I stopped to catch my breath and removed my earbuds, only to hear yelling from Dani’s house.

Curiously, I walked closer to see a large shirtless man screaming outside the side door with Dani throwing a shirt at him, holding a robe together.

He yelled at her, calling her foul names which set her off.

She just jumped at him, punching him until he shoved her to the ground.

I froze in fear Dani was hurt, until I heard her scream for me to watch out.

The guy wildly backed out of the driveway heading directly at me.

I dove into Dani's muddy yard, and pain spread over part of my body.

Dani was screaming at the guy as she ran over to me.

Dani: ‘Oh my God, Becks! Are you ok?!? What are you doing here?’

She rolled me onto my back by my shoulders and the pain worsened causing me to scream.

‘Don't touch my arm! Don't touch....’

Tears filled my eyes and without warning I began crying like a baby.

Thunder boomed and I felt a large drop of rain hit my head and I felt Dani scoop me up.

Dani: ‘I've got you, let's just get you out of the rain.’

I nuzzled into her chest out of instinct, ignoring the fact her robe had opened, leaving my face against her bare breast.

She rose to her knees, then stood with ease, catching me a little off guard.

Her small stature was very misleading when it came to guessing her strength.

She hurried inside carrying me easily.

She put me on a bed and started undoing the armband for my phone.

It was like she just, stopped, suddenly thinking to offer me comfort instead of just checking me out.

She gently brushed my hair back and kissed my forehead.

Dani: ‘It's ok sweetheart, I've got you. I think you're ok, I can't say the same for your phone, but I don't want you to worry. Let's get you out of these muddy clothes and I can get a better look at that arm, ok?’