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 Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 6:01 pm
((I know right? Don'tcha just love it!? XD))
Aria began taking items out of the box and she heard Daren's comment about her being badass.
"I'm always badass." she said mostly to herself.
She grabbed a towel, wet it and then cleaned his face. The swelling was bad, but without the blood and dirt covering it, it didn't look awful. She snagged an ice pack out of the fridge and handed it to Daren.
"Ice now, heat later. Alternate. M'kay?"
She took a pink bandaid out of the box next and put it on one of the smaller cuts. The other cuts were kinda big but she didn't think he'd need stitches. She wet the towel with some sort of antibiotic solution and went back to Daren.
"This will sting." she said bluntly.
She dabbed and laughed when he winced and then just left everything sitting on the counter. She then went and leaned next to him.
"Why would I stay in the car with that b***h?! He thinks he can do whatever he wants and no one can stop him. I don't really care what he thinks of me right now. He can hate me if he wants; he had no right to do that. Although I've gotta say you handled yourself pretty well."
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 7:45 pm
((Hobo: Okay, can't wait to see it! Music: Yes, I do love it. rofl ))
Victoria took the card and flower gently in her hands, and stepped aside, watching him take his phone off the table and putting it back in his pocket. She took a deep breath, and glanced down at the gifts. Her expression hardened when she saw the card, and hesitantly put the flower on the table next to her and opened up the card. Her eyes glanced over the first two words, 'I'm sorry', and her gaze came up to rest upon him. She saw he was looking at the ground, ashamed. Her expression was blank now as she read the rest of the card:
I'm sorry for being a douche. For being a fool. For being the stupid guy that I am. I'll try to become someone better, but I can't promise fast results.
When she finished reading it she glanced up and he was looking at her, and words came out of his mouth. Her feelings whirled. She didn't know what to say, let alone do. "I.." She paused and new tears filled her eyes suddenly. "You aren't stupid or a fool. I wasn't speaking right earlier, I had no idea what I was saying." She blushed a bit. "I don't know if I see you that way or not." She gave him a small smile, not mad at him anymore. He had put a place in her heart that would always stay there. "But I know you are my friend, my only friend. So thank you." She surprised herself by stepping forward and throwing her arms around him, closing her eyes and closing her mouth. After this, she thought, there would be no words to say.
Daren laughed a bit when she commented to herself that she was always that way. He winced when she cleaned his face, but took the ice in his hands and pressed it to his eye, which was swelling the most. He felt the band aid being put on and he stared at her own face while she did. He heard her say something about stinging and he grimaced once more, feeling the pain coming through to his brain and his nerves.
When that was done, she stood next to him and began talking. He listened and smiled when she was done, nodding his head. "Yea, Dante's a bit too...what's the word I'm looking for?" He laughed quietly, not knowing what to say about the guy that had almost sent himself to the hospital.
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:06 pm
Dante stood there and embraced her. He was thrown back by her reaction. He figured she would see him as a joke just like Aria did. He couldn't argue with that idea, because he knew he was. Dante was lost for words and lost for thoughts. The numbness that he felt went away. Emotions began to come over him again. He felt this warmth inside of him. He felt like being a good person for once. The feeling of having to be tough and hard as rock was melting. He couldn't let it go away for good so he still kept some of it inside. What would come next in his life? What would he do next now that he rekindled a friendship that was almost lost? He considered trying to fix the one between Aria and him. Maybe try to become friends with Daren. How could he do this when they both hated him even more now?
Dante continued to hug Victoria but leaned into it more than before. His mouth had been closed for quite some time. Words built up inside as his mouth felt cemented shut. He finally broke his lips apart and spoke.
"You're my only friend too Vicy." The lips flowed with hesitation. He stood there in silence for a while. His hand rubbed her back as he held her close. His eyes peered into the bare and barely liveable apartment.
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 12:12 pm
Victoria continued to hug him but finally let go after a few minutes. She shook her head and glanced at him and then down to the floor. She backed up a bit and tried to meet his eyes after a few seconds. "How am I your only friend? You have Aria and Daren...and I have no one." She whispered this, smiling at him weakly, the pain clear in her eyes.
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 4:47 pm
"He's an a**." Aria filled in.
Though even as she said this, she couldn't help but feel like she still owed Dante for helping her. He and Alex were there when no one else would be. She sighed and slid down the wall to sit on the ground. The feeling of not knowing what to do was creeping back again and she did not like it.
"I can understand if you wanna go home and rest Daren. I'll take you; Trisha will let me borrow her car."
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:03 pm
Daren laughed a bit when she finished his thoughts, and carefully sat down next to her. "No, no! I am not going home. There is something on your mind and I'm going to figure out what it is!" He said this in a determined way and took her hand, holding it loosely and watching her.
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Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:34 pm
Dante met her eyes. He could see pain, so he saved her from the details of today. Plus he didn't want to risk breaking what he just fixed. "They definitely don't want to see me after today." Dante sighed. "I had a fit of rage today. That's all I'm going to say about this." Dante leaned back against the wall of the building. His knees felt week for some reason. and he started to sweat. He straightened himself back up and looked at Victoria. He knees were still slightly shaking, as a pain shot through his stomach. He winced from it, but continued keeping his posture straight. He stared to feel worse by the minute. This wasn't the first time that this has happened either. He had an idea of what it was from, but he never went and had it checked out by a doctor. The pain only grew until he couldn't stand it no more. His knees gave out and he slid down the wall behind him. Clenching his stomach, Dante bent over in pain as his eyes began to water. He needed something to dull the pain. Something to take it away, but he had nothing. He coughed a few times and could taste iron in his saliva, or what he thought was saliva. He wasn't sure what it was, but he didn't want to spit it out to see. He swallowed and tried to stand up only to fall back down. "No. This is not happening right now." Dante painfully mumbled. The coughing came back and he put his mouth in the crook of his elbow. He continued to cough and felt wetness splatter onto his face and jacket. He brought his head back and saw redness dripping off his elbow. "This is not happening." the pain could be heard through his words. He took out his phone and handed it to Victoria. "Please call for an ambulance and tell them to get here fast." He continued to lean to the side as he clenched his stomach with one of his hands. Around his bladder area he felt burning pain, while his stomach had sharp stabbing pains. He could feel his body just shutting down on him.
There was something that he was hiding this morning from Victoria. He felt sick and his stomach hurt but he ignored it. He should've went to the doctors, but he didn't The first time when he felt that way, he ended up heaving over the toilet with nothing but blood coming out. This time it was worse....way worse.
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Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 7:44 pm
Aria watched Daren as he joined her on the ground. She smiled but it was sort of a lazy one.
"Do you think you think you still owe somebody for helping you even if they helped you along time ago?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 11:14 am
Victoria watched him in horror, almost feeling the urge to throw up when he started coughing up blood. She turned away but still heard him when he told her what to do. She took the phone in fear, and dialed quickly. A police officer answered, obviously being a woman.
"Hello?" Her voice was shaking very badly.
"Yes, how may I help you?" She was kind and quiet-spoken, which calmed Victoria down just a bit. She made sure not to look at Dante.
"Yes, I have an emergency here. My friend is coughing up blood, and is shaking very badly. He needs serious help."
The woman replied that she needed an address, and Victoria told her as quick as she could. The woman thanked her and told her to calm down, that there would be an ambulance coming by quickly.
Victoria told this to Dante and held his hand, hoping that he would be okay.
Daren smiled and laughed, and responded in a teasing way, "And who might this 'somebody' be?" He asked, even though he had a pretty good idea of who it was.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 11:22 am
A smile hinted at the corner of Aria's face.
"You know exactly who I'm talking about, but since I know you're going to make me say it anyway, it's Dante. He and Alex really helped me when I was at my lowest, and now I feel like I still owe him, even though he does alot stupid crap. I feel like I don't have a right to be mad at him, ya know?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 1:45 pm
Daren shook his head and looked away, his smile gone from his face. F off, Dante, he thought angrily. Your ruining my love life! He didn't look at Aria but instead glanced around the store, his head back against the counter.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:05 pm
Aria noticed that Daren looked away from her and sighed. Hopeless...she thought. After a few moments of silence, she decided to speak.
"What are you thinking about?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:26 pm
Dante looked at her and smiled. He quickly turned again and cough up a small clump of blood. "Where are they." Dante managed to say. He continued to clench his stomach. A few minutes later he heard the door slam shut and people running up stairs. It was the emergency techs.
"What's wrong sir." one of them calmly asked Dante.
"I'm coughing up blood and my stomach hurts." Dante showed them his sleeve and the ground under it.
"Ok. Stay calm and we'll get you help right away." the other one said as he brought up the stretcher.
The two men put Dante on the stretcher. "Ma'am, we'll need you at the hospital right away." the bigger guy said to Victoria.
"Victoria. Call Aria, and have her drive you there. You two can take my car." Dante painfully said as he gave her the keys. The two men rushed Dante down the stairs and put him in the ambulance. They headed to the hospital.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:38 pm
Victoria weakly smiled back at Dante, but it was obviously forced. She glanced away and didn't have the control to answer him, otherwise she would have screamed, seeing all of the blood coming from his mouth. A few minutes later she heard them on the stairs and she was frozen in place while one paramedic talked to Dante. The other one told her that they would need her at the hospital. She was glad for that, she would have demanded they let her see him anyway.
She listened to Dante and nodded once more tiredly. She just wanted to take a nap, but knew that was impossible right now. She watched them take him away and she smiled at him and waved worriedly before they turned the corner and were out of sight. She went into the apartment and went into the kitchen, where she picked up the emergency phone and dialed Aria, hoping she got the number right. She had only seen it once, when Dante had told her to text Aria in the car a couple of nights ago, and she had seen the number then.
She heard the phone ringing and prayed it was Aria.
Daren didn't say anything for a few minutes and as he thought of how much his words had costed him. One sentence, and he had been beaten to the ground by a guy twice his size. He heard Aria ask him a question and he smiled, replying, "Nothing." He said it too quickly though, and hoped she knew it wasn't a lie.
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Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:41 pm
Aria was about to say the whole bit about how "there was totally something on his mind" when her phone rang.
"Heya...Victoria?! Are you alright?"
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