Lost

Chapter 8 (Alex)

I run around the corner seeing Ally's limp body on the floor. S**t!!! I run forward wrapping my arms around her limp body, dabbing her lip with the side of my shirt. I text Carla & Jasmine (🔥= Alex 💙= Carla 💜= Jasmine)
🔥: Come quickly, Ally's hurt. Bad!
💙: Coming now.
💜: Sorry we got caught up with Mr Jones
🔥: That's fine.
💙 Was it James?
🔥: Yes, no one else would hurt her so bad, plus I saw him run off.
💜: Do you know why?
🔥: From what Ally's told me before he likes to make fun of the fact that her father died and no one can protect anymore.
💙: Well then his going to have to deal with us!
🔥: Yeh.
I slip my phone in my pocket, checking her pulse. It's still going. Carla and Jasmine rush over, tears down their face. Jasmine takes an elastic out of her hair tying Ally's curls in a ponytail revealing a bruise on both cheeks and a small slit under the right eye. I pick her up in my arms, her legs bent over my right arm and her head over my left. We rush to the student reception. We open the door and Miss Summer is with us right away. Laying her on the bed, I sit in the corner. Miss Summer rushes over with a kit, while she is dabbing at her bruises and wounds on her face Carla nudges me. "Her shirt." I look over and notice the red stain. How bad did he hurt her!? I think angrily, rage growing inside me, she doesn't even know I love her. Carla taps Miss Summer on the shoulder "Excuse me Miss but look at her shirt." Miss Summer looks "Oh, dear!" she mutters. "How did she get hurt again, because however she did it's serious." Just what I wasn't hoping for. I speak, trying to hide the trembling in my voice "I'm just going outside to get some air."
CARLA'S POINT OF VIEW:
Alex steps out, I can see the pain in his eyes. He really does love her. I look over at Jasmine knowing she can see the same. We both stand up helping Miss Summer. I gently lift her shirt up just so it reveals the blood wound beneath. It was about 4cm in diameter varied in different shades of red, dark at the outside and getting lighter as it went to the middle. I close my eyes and turn away as Miss Summer continues to dab it and dress it, I can see the sympathy and pain in her face. Miss Summer pulls her shirt back down and walks out of the room returning with a wet face washer to place on her head. I sit in the corner giving Jasmine a hug. She turns to us "I have to go and deal with someone at the desk please wait here and tell me if anything happens." She washes the blood of her hands and heads out.
We sit there waiting not talking, just waiting. "Please wake up Alice." I whisper. Alex walks in sitting beside the bed giving her a light hug. I can see he had been crying.

ALEX'S POINT OF VIEW:
It's all my fault! Only if I left earlier from class or maybe better still never left her at all. I sit down beside Carla and Jasmine slumping my arms across my chest. Miss Summer walks back in "Guys, you need to tell me all that you know because if these injuries are from another kid then it can lead to expulsion." Alice's eyes flicker open, Miss Summer looks over "How are you feeling?" "Sore but bearable." Her eyes are locked on mine warning me not to tell. "Do you remember what happened?" Miss Summer asks. "Yes, I was walking when something knocked me and I feel down the stairs." I knew she was lying, so did Carla and Jasmine. "Alice." I say, she looks at me. "Yes?" "Do you know who knocked you?" "No." Why does she do this?! James has beaten her up and should be expelled but Alice is lying. Why?
Alice lifts her body up dangling her feet over the bed. "How does that feel?" Miss Summer's soothing voice asks. "Much better." She stands up looking a little unbalanced. Carla and I stable her and walk out of the office. Jasmine breaks the question on all of our lips first "Why did you lie Alice?" She looks down "Because they will tell my Mum and she always over reacts, then she will have me move schools." I look over in concern "But this is something to over react about, he should be expelled!" I didn't realise that I had begun shouting at her; luckily we were underneath the Oak though. We place her down.

*SKIPPING TO AFTERNOON*
ALLY'S POINT OF VIEW:
I walk into the house "Hello Mum." "Hello sweetie, how was your day today?" "Good, I'm just going to go up to my room. I head up the stairs and into my room grabbing the scissors from my desk I open them up and...