SKYLER'S P.O.V.
Something's not usual in her. About her actions.
"Summer." I called at her.
"what?" She's still not facing me. Her head is just bowed down.
"look at me." I stared at her bowed head intently.
"i've already seen your perfect features. There's no need for it." She's being stubborn.
"just look at me." I demanded, twice.
"tsk! Just leave me alone, leave me with my business here!"
I put down the book. "look at me, damn it!" I pulled her chin up to face me.
My eyes wide and my jaw dropped.
"Summer, your face.." I mumbled. Her left cheek's swollen and still red. It's sore and the left edge of her lip is still bleeding fresh. She pulled away from me. But i pulled her chin to face me again. "what the hell, Summer. You should have shown this to me earlier! Before i brought them to the council's office and should have told Mrs. Vander to give them heavy detention." I can sense anger in my voice. She lowered her head at me. "i should have seen this." My voice is soft now.
"You shouldn't care." She turn away.
"i care." I picked up all the papers and books infront of her that is scattered. I threw the crumpled papers at the near trash bin.
"what are you doing? Give me that." I can sense she can't really stretch her jaw and can't talk freely. She's eating her words slightly.
"fixing your things." I reached up her bag before she can grab it. I put inside all her books, papers and her pen. I threw her bag at my left arm, picked her skateboard and grabbed her hand so she could stood up along with me. "i'll bring you to the clinic." I dragged her with me but she's being stubborn. No use refusing me. I can obviously carry her at my shoulder if i want to.
"i'm fine! You shouldn't care in this. You shouldn't care about me! This is not academical." She's pulling her hands out of mine but my grip only tightened more. I stopped and look at her. She's glaring at me.
"i care. Even if you don't want me to. And you're right, this is not academical, but i still care about you Summer. Just don't be so stubborn and come with me."
Her glare slowly turn into a vulnerable look. I even stared at her more. Summer Grant. Look so vulnerable in this moment. And i have a feeling that i should protect and take care of her. "let's go." I softly said. She followed me now without any protest.
Her head remained bowed down untill we reached the clinic. Clinic's at the other building. I entered first and i pulled Summer to follow me inside. I'm still holding her hand.
No one's at the entrance hall. I pressed the bell and nurse Claire appeared from her office.
"Mr. West." Greeted me with a warm smile. "You rarely come here. What's the deal?" Then she look at Summer. "you're back again Summer. And what's with the holding hands?" She eyes me suspiciously. Summer tried to pull her hands off me but i gripped it more.
"check her face." I said and pulled her closer to my front.
Nurse Claire stepped closer to us and held up Summer's chin. The nurse didn't even got any reaction in seeing it. Oh yeah, i just remembered. Summer's a regular patient here. I can always hear talkings that Summer often involved in fights here in school and even at the outside.
"you're still pretty but got a very little damage. Com'on let's go to the ward room." Nurse Claire held Summer's hand so i let go of it. I followed them.
SUMMER'S P.O.V.
I'm here again. It's okay. I love clinic because i can rest here comfortably. But i hate the reasons why i always landed here. Nurse Claire can be sort of mother to me. I always like her. Very caring, sweet and nice. She also reprimand me sometimes, but in a motherly way. She's in her late 30's already.
I sat at one of the stretchers. It's my favorite spot here in clinic.
"fight again, Summer." Nurse Claire said, working on an icebag.
"as always." I attempted a grin but i winced. My cheek is sore and my lip's bleeding. Damn that girl! She really got a thick hand. Maybe she got it in always doing a handjob in a guy's dick. Ewww.
"tell the story dear."
"she called me a whore and i stormed to her. She slapped me painfully and her friends pushed me."
Nurse Claire look at me directly. "a whore?" She asked in disbelief. Then she chuckled. "you're a virgin."
"yeah. That's why i stormed to her because i hate lies about me. But unfortunately, i hadn't damaged her face."
"that's alright." Oh, i just remembered. Skyler's here. We look at to him. "i already sent a message to Mrs. Vander to give them a heavy detention because of the damage they caused you." He added.
"uh, thanks." I mumbled. Well, i don't really know how to react to that. He'd been so caring about me and attentive. But i know this is just his task. And i admit, i feel a little ache about it. I don't like people caring at me just because they need to.
"hold this Summer." Nurse Claire said to me. I put on the icebag in my swollen cheek. She'd already clean my bleeding lip. "when you get home, put an icebag in your cheek again until the swollen's gone."
"i will." I replied. Nurse Claire went outside then.
I look at the wall clock at the far wall. 15 minutes and the lunch break would be over.
"Skyler, my Math." I called to him then he approached to me with my bag. My skate's at the floor.
He sit beside me. He opened my bag and fished the Math book in it and a pen. While still holding the icebag to my left cheek, he started the discussion.
I've been nodding and gradually enlightened my Math mind in all his explainations. Then the bell ruined our moment. I groan in time shortage.
"don't give me that face." Skyler said. He get his phone from his pocket and got busy in it. I began to get on my feet when Skyler stopped me. His eyes still on his phone. "i'd told my dad to give us permission to skip our class this period. He'll talk to our subject teacher."
"but my homework."
"where is it? I'll give it to Mr. Klein." He searched inside my bag. I just stared at him in disbelief. He's getting overboard in kindness.
"hey, i'm asking you." He snapped.
"it's been folded in my English book." I answered.
I'm alternating my two hands to hold the icebag in my left cheek.
"is this it?" He held the yellow paper infront of me.
"yeah." I mumbled.
Then he look closer to it.
"hey, don't read it infront of me!" I snapped to him.
He cracked a smile. "i see, you're good in English. You're perfect in this." He then look at me. "just stay here. I'll be back." Then he left me alone in this room.
A minute later and Nurse Claire joined me in my room.
"what was that Summer?" She's smiling while approaching me.
"what?" What's she talking about?
"you and Skyler."
"oh, me and Skyler? We're friends." And i got surprised in what i'd said. Me and Skyler are friends?! That's weird. He's the perfect one, well, almost perfect. The best in our school, so smart, rich, hottest, handsome, mvp, famous, student body president, promising valedictorian, and i can say, nice. And me? I'm just the school's bad girl, rule breaker, best in music, i can say, i can be elected as one of the most beautiful here, i'm pretty famous also because of my behavior and music, not so rich, not so smart. It's a little hard to believe that we've become friends.
"friends." Nurse Claire mumbled. "i can see there's more."
I look directly at her eyes. "more? I don't know. Maybe."
She just smiled at me.
"is Skyler always that nice?" I asked quietly.
"yeah, specially to those people he really care about."
"did he already had a girlfriend?"
I've been stunned in my own question. How did that came out of my mouth? I look at Nurse Claire and she eyed me suspiciously.
"you like him, don't you?"
"i don't know. We'd just talked since Monday. We don't really know each other." I retorted.
"you're turning pink." She's teasing me. "it's okay, Skyler's really easy to be liked. That's why girls and guys love him. He had so many friends."
And i can see that he's impossible for me. But that depends on our feelings.
"but Skyler's not perfect. He's a jerk sometimes. Turning off girls. He had been in many relationships before but i know he's not serious. He'd never really had a serious girl. And i bet, he's never been in love."
"same here!" I said. "but how did you know all about this?"
"i'd been Skyler's babysitter until he entered high school."
That's a news. So she know everything about Skyler.
"satisfied of the information already?" Someone said.
We both looked at the door and there's Skyler, standing at the doorframe. Since when did he stood there? Did he heard all our conversations? Oh my god, this is so embarrassing!
He stood up straight and approached to us.
"sorry for that Skyler." Nurse claire apologized.
"no problem Nurse Claire." He said.
"i have some thing's to do. I'll leave you two here."
No! Don't leave me!
She noded at me and exited the room, closed the door.
Skyler stood up infront of me. There's no emotion on his face.
"i'm sorry for that." I croaked. I don't really know what to say.
"next time, if you want any information about me, ask me directly." He mumbled, he's so serious.
"that would be embarrassing for me." I replied.
He stepped closer to me and snatched the icebag from my hand. He approached the miniref at the side and put some new ice in it. He walk to me again and i reached out the icebag but he shoved my hand.
"do your Math now. I'll be holding this for you." He sit beside me. He's really close to me.