Forgetting

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

I was laying in bed when I heard someone knock at the front door. Sighing, I got up and slowly made my way to it. When I looked through the peephole, I saw Jake.

"GO. AWAY." I yelled, probably sounding half crazy.

"Kaley, just come out here and talk to me."

"No."

"Please?"

"I said, no."

"Alright, well I'm just going to stay out here until you decide you want to talk to me."

"Kay." I replied as I turned and walked back to my room to lay back in bed.

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Later, I heard dad come home and he was talking to someone.

"You can just sit here and I'll go get her okay?"

I quickly shut my eyes and pretended to be sleeping. I heard dad come in and shut the door.

"Kal, go down there and talk to that boy! He says that he's been waiting for hours! Don't be rude."

"He hurt my feelings, so no."

"I don't care. Maybe he's here to explain. Just go down there and give him a chance."

I sighed very loudly and started making my way to the living room. Dad didn't follow me though, he went straight to his room. I guess he just wanted to give us privacy to talk.

"What do you want Jake?"

"I want to apologize. I shouldn't have ditched you to go and walk with Amber."

"Is that all?"

"Do you forgive me?"

"No. Now get out. We've had the talk you've been waiting for."

Jake looked very hurt but he got up and left. When he was gone, I turned and went back to my bed.

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It's been a week since I had talked to Jake. I was currently sitting in Art and staring at the table. Just then, Jake and Amber came in.

"Babe, why don't you sit with me? Why would you want to sit over there with that loser Kaley?" Yes, Jake and Amber are dating now, but it's only been a couple days since they started going out.

"Baby, you know I would if I could, but that's my assigned seat over there."

Jake came over and sat down, he didn't say a single word to me.

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I was sitting at home in the bathroom bawling my eyes out. I was thinking about so many things lately. Greg, the letter, Jake, etc. Being lonely sucked, but it's not like I would ever admit I was if someone were to ask me what is wrong.

I always had puffy eyes now. Always. I always looked like a mess. But I was tired of sitting here crying and thinking, so I went up to bed. Dad still wasn't home yet and I didn't know why.

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I awoke the next morning to the house phone ringing. Since when did that thing ring? It's not like anybody even used it. I slowly got up and made my way to it.

"Is this Kaley Anderson?" A lady asked sounding very professional.

"This is her."

"I hate to inform you but your father has been in a terrible car accident, he's currently at the hospital."

I didn't even respond as I grabbed my phone and ran out the door to the hospital. When I got there I went straight for the front desk.

"Kaley Anderson, I'm here for Rick Anderson, I'm his daughter."

"Room 203, doll." The lady replied looking at me with such sadness.

I ran to the room and barged in, I saw my dad laying there with so many wires hooked up to him. He also looked extremely pale. The tears started to stream down my face and I started to scream and fell to the floor huddled in a ball.

With shaky hands, I grabbed my phone and called Jake.

"I need you." I said with weakness in my voice when he answered.

"Where are you? I'll be there."

"The hospital."

He hung up and was here in about ten minutes. He ran to me and grabbed me, hugging me tightly.

"It'll be okay." He kept whispering in my ear over and over while he rubbed my back comfortingly.

"Will you please stay the night with me at my house? The hospital doesn't let anyone spend the night. Family or not."

"Of course I will, you know I would never say no."

"Thank you, can you give me a couple minutes to say bye to my dad?"

He let go of my and gave me a small peck on the cheek, then turned to go wait outside in the hall. I walked over to my dad and grabbed his lifeless hand.

"Dad, you don't have to stay strong for me, I promise I'll be ok. I think mom is up there waiting for you, so go ahead, one day I'll join you both. But for now I want you to go and be happy with her, I love you so so much." When I was done talking to him, I leaned down and kissed him on the forehead, then went outside to find Jake.

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Jake was laying in my bed waiting for me while I went to go and changed into my pajamas. Obviously, we didn't go to school that day. We spent all day just laying in my bed and talking about everything. I couldn't find the words to talk about Greg yet though.

While I was changing, I heard Jake on the phone.

"Baby, I'm sorry I wasn't at school today, I probably won't be tomorrow either so you're just going to have to be understanding okay? I'll call you tomorrow." I heard yelling on the other end as Jake hung up.

"She pissed?" I asked with the tiniest of smiles.

"Extremely." Jake replied as he gestured for me to come and lay with him.

"Thank you so much Jake." I whispered as I snuggled into his chest and began closing my eyes. Before I fell asleep, I could've swore I heard him say something. I only caught the first and last words. They were "I" and "you".