(It's Never Really Over)
Avalon's P.O.V
After class I walk with Ryder over to the lunch table we've occupied for four years and silently pray not to have to do much communication.
I faintly see Tracey and Zahbia giving me a weird look from the corner of my eye, yet I ignore them.
We sit down and Jace looks at me, frowning visibily, "Ava.... Long time no see... "
I look away from him, "yeah I guess.... "
Do they all just rehearse the same lines???
"Yeah, she was being disobedient" Ryder laughs as if its a joke but I can hear the anger hidden in his voice.
My mind wanders off to Xavier, making me wonder if he's doing better.
Someone grips my shoulder and I flinch, turning towards them.
Ryder glares at me and I give him a sheepish smile.
"I've been talking to you, pay attention" He growls.
He let's out an upset sigh loosening his grip on my shoulder.
"You're coming over after school." He states and I freeze slightly.
I'm supposed to be back at the apartment later.......
Ryder's most likely going to try something.
"No thank you" I say with confidence.
He guffaws "it wasn't a question Goldi" He smirks, causing me to frown slightly at the feeling of anger building up in the pit of my stomach.
Don't do anything you'll regret, I remind myself and nod at Ryder.
He turns towards Jace and the others, "hey guys, extend his hospital stay" Ryder whispers, yet loud enough for me to hear, as if he's doing it in purpose.
No doubt he is.
I gasp and my eyes widen, "No!" I whisper quickly to Ryder.
He raises an eyebrow at me "okay.... His life is in your hands, don't screw up. Remember we're still dating. "
I stiffly nod and smile as if he told me how much he cares about me, which is pretty doubtful.
I guess I'll have to act my way through this.
He smiles in triumph and my eyebrow twitches.
"Hey bro, can I borrow your girlfriend for a second, I need her help on something" One of Ryder's less-talkative friends asks him.
Ryder waves him off "I don't fucking care. "
Well don't I feel like an actual human being.
Hesitantly standing up, I follow the boy out of the lunchroom.
Once we're out he stops and gives me a sad look.
"Sorry Ryder's such a prick" He sheepishly rubs the back of his neck and my eyebrows raise in shock.
"You don't like him? " I ask with slight hope.
"I never said that..... Well, yeah I don't anymore... But he used to be so nice in middle school, I don't know what happened... " He frowns and leans against the wall.
Nodding, I sigh and cross my arms "you wanted something? "
He laughs "you looked upset and uncomfortable so I decided to get you out of there. "
I nod and look around, feeling weird at this newfound companion.
"If you want to leave early, I'll take the blame" He glances at me and I think about it.
Ryder will most definitely be upset, yet.... at the same time.... it's an easy way out of going to his house.
"Okay" I grin and unfold my arms, heading to my locker.
He salutes to me and cracks his fingers, walking back towards the lunch room.
I smile in happiness and quickly get my bags out of my locker, speeding out of the school on my way to the hospital.
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I enter the small hospital room that smells strongly of cleaning chemicals and is filled with steady beeping noises.
I look at the sleeping Xavier and slide my bag onto a nearby chair, before sitting down on the edge of the hospital bed.
I watch him for a second, knowing that at this point he's helpless.
Anyone could come in and hurt him, I need to prevent that.
Why do I care so much?
I don't know.....
His eyes open and raises an eyebrow at me, causing me to back up slightly in shock.
"Do you usually watch people while they sleep? " He questions making me roll my eyes.
"Well, not on the daily" I grin at him and he rolls his eyes back.
"How are you? " I ask while brushing the hair from his forehead, as if to check his bandage.
"I'm good enough to leave in my opinion, but there's a doctor who's keeping me from freedom" He scowls at the door and a doctor with a clipboard closes it quickly.
"You're so odd" I squint at him "you're in no condition to leave, and that's final" I cross my arms.
He gives me an amused look and then grabs my hand to stop me from messing with his hair more.
"I have a headache" He states but doesn't drop my hand.
"Oh." I blush slightly and clear my throat "would you like me to get a doctor? " I ask, feeling worried.
"No" He replies and instead intertwines our fingers, making my face go up in flames of embarrassment.
Pain medications are said to make people have odd behavior.
"Goldi, did I ever tell you how beautiful you are" He frowns.
I choke on my spit and remove my hand from his, "Xavier, please don't flirt with me while you're on pain medications, you wouldn't want to if you were off of them"
"Who said I was on pain meds" He lightly grabs my hand again, pulling me closer to him.
"The doctor" I hiss and he smiles before frowning.
"How was school? " He questions me.
"Um, okay mom, it was fine" I lie.
"Ha ha, how original, what I mean is did Ryder try anything? "
I smile " Of course not, he thinks you're still there. "
He places a finger at the corner of my mouth.
"That was a twitch, I feel lied to" He wraps an arm around me and pulls me basically on top of him.
I gasp "what's gotten into you?? " My face flushes at our close proximity.
"Pain meds apparently" He keeps one hand on my waist while the other cups my face.
"Don't worry Godli I'll get out of here and it'll be back to normal" He winks.
"Xavier no-" I'm cut off as he kisses me.
My eyes widen and I quickly pull away, my heart thudding in my chest.
He seems shocked by this as well, because he clears his throat and with wide eyes, looks anywhere but at me.
"Damn pain meds right? " He doesn't look at me but instead he lays back and covers his eyes in what I'm assuming is embarrassment.
I touch my lips then point at him, then do that a couple more times.
He gives me an un amused look.
"You kissed me" I gasp out, the realization hitting me like a ton of bricks.
"Damn it Goldi, don't say that out loud" He hisses and covers my mouth.
"Why??? " I ask after prying his hand from my face.
"It's those fucking meds" He swallows and glances at me.
"Sorry" He mutters out as he lays his head back again.
"I-its fine, you're barely able to understand what you're doing right now" I cough and stand up.
He chuckles lightly but covers it up with a cough as well.
"I'm going to use the bathroom" I quickly leave without waiting for him to respond.
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Xavier's P.O.V
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid fucking medication.
I watch Goldi leave and I cringe in embarrassment.
Well, I feel the need to crawl into a hole and die.
I keep finding myself in these situations with her.
I need a smoke break.
I attempt to stand up but quickly sit down, feeling extremely sore.
I need to heal fast, Stephen wasn't able to go to school today from what he texted me, but he'll be back tomorrow.
I smile at a meme on my phone but groan in pain as my head pain increases.
I should actually take those pain medications.
~ ~ ~ ~
Avalon's P.O.V
I slowly enter the hospital room again and freeze when I see Xavier taking some pills.
That liar.
That no good piece of pie jerk face just kissed me to mess with me.
I growl and he stops with the water bottle pressed to his lips.
He coughs violently and sets the water bottle down.
"Fucking shit" He grits out through clenched teeth as he forces a smile.
"Freaking crap is right" I cross my arms in attempt to be intimidating but I almost trip on my way over to him.
"Are those pain meds by chance? " I scowl.
"No, actually it turns out I was on laughing gas, you can leave now" He clutches the water bottle.
"Nice try, but they only use laughing gas when removing teeth" I frown, attempting to use my limited knowledge.
"Are you sure it's only for teeth? " He bites his lip.
"Well-no. But my friend said so in middle school before she moved and so I trust her. " I look up with confidence.
"Wow. That's one trusty source" He taunts.
I gasp and swat at him "at least it's not Wikipedia! "
He feigns hurt "that's what I used for all my school projects. "
"Liar" I squint.
"Aside from that, are you willing to help me break out? " He raises an eyebrow.
I was mad at him for something..... Wait-"no! " I gasp.
"Come on Goldi, sometimes you gotta run that red light, live on the crazy side" He wiggles his eyebrows.
"I'm not helping you break out of a hospital" I frown and shake my head.
"Well, at least I tried" He winks and starts standing up.
"What no! " I scowl and push him back down.
He just flips me onto the bed, making me squeal, and the he stands up.
"You okay? " He smirks a little, being the arrogant jerk he is.
"Perfectly fine" I growl out and dust off my arms before standing up as well.
"A day of rest isn't good enough! " I exclaim.
"A day of rest is perfectly enough! " He fights back.
"Children... " A voice sighs out from the doorway.
"Grandpa-" Xavier's cut off as he's wacked over the head with his grandpas cane.
"Sit down you rascal" He squints at Xavier who sits down and rubs his head.
"There will be no leaving until you've healed" He grunts out and sits down.
Xavier crosses his arms and huffs "okay.... "
I stiffly a laugh and Xavier glares at me.
His grandpa looks at me and pulls something out of his pocket.
"Here's some pepper spray young lady, Xavier said you'd need some. " He hands it to me and averts his attention back to Xavier who smiles smugly at me.
I squint at him and look at the bottle.
"Which way does this-" I accidentally spray it and Xavier yelps, rubbing his eyes.
"Oh god! I'm so sorry! " I gasp and drop the spray, unsure of how to help.
"I'm fine, it was barely any" He cringes and wipes at his red eyes.
This could be handy.....
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Sorry about my lack of updating, school starts for me tomorrow and I've been mentally preparing myself.
Also, I don't know how the actual fuck I have 3k reads but that's pretty awesome.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter~QBWð