HIGH SCHOOL: Chapter 31 – 40
Chapter 37
By : kebby NG Media Services
ANDREA POV
I sat in the waiting room waiting for the doctors to come out of the operating room.
“Here you go”Max said as he stretched a cup of coffee towards me
He had been gone for a while and I thought that he had left but seeing that he was still around made me feel comforted.
‘Don’t get your hopes up Andrea, remember that he is only doing this because he finds you annoying’ some thing in me said
I collected the cup from him and looked at him.
“You should go now, i will stay here by myself”I said
“I don’t Think so, I will stay here with you”he replied
“That’s what you say all the time, you draw some one in and push them out, you are being kind to me now, even offering to stay with me and later you tell me you find me annoying and that am a loser”
“I know that what I said that day hurt you……..”
“It didn’t hurt me Max, it shattered me,you were the only friend I had, the only one I could trust, I even thought of you as my guardian angel, you kept my secret and didn’t ask for any thing in return,I was grateful to you and I wanted to give you some thing back, to pay it in a way, maybe by being your friend or by being your listening buddy but you told me to keep my distance and I respect your wish but here you are,Not keeping the distance you had asked for, what do you want exactly?”I asked
“You” he said softly
“What?” He couldn’t give me a better response because beatrice and the others arrived.
“What’s going on? How is your mom?”Beatrice asked
“Still in the operating room”I said
“Sorry we couldn’t come straight away”Brenda added
“It’s fine, am just glad that you are here “I replied
I tried finding Max amongst the crowd but it seemed he wasn’t there.
He didn’t finish what he had to say to me and I wanted to know what he had to say
The doctor came in at that moment taking my attention.
“Well she is stable now but we will need to keep her under observation “He said to us all
“Can I see her now?”I asked
“Not now,as we have said we still have to keep watch on her, so you will have to wait”he replied and walked off
“Why don’t you guys just go,I will be fine on my own”I said to them
“But we can’t just leave you here alone”Beatrice said
“Don’t worry, I will be fine”I said to them all
“But Andrea?”Brenda said wanting to stay to with me
I felt touched by their insistence and am glad that I have friends who are ready to stay with me when I am in need, I thought as I gave them all a hug.
I would have let them stay if I didn’t have any secret to keep but I have one and am not ready for them to know that.
“Why don’t we just leave, After school tomorrow,we will all come back to check on her”Jack said pushing the girls off
As they left,I whispered a thank you at him knowing that they wouldn’t have gone if Jack hadn’t forced them to.
I stood by the wall, thinking about everything and where Max had gone.
“Andrea !” I heard Jack call and I turned to see him running towards me
“I forgot to do this”he said and before I could understand what he meant, he pulled me into a tight hug
“Don’t worry every thing will be fine, you just have to stay strong” he whispered into my ear and knowing that he was trying to comfort me,I hugged him back
“I will”I whispered back and he pulled away and stared at me briefly.
For the time that he held me in his arms ,I felt that he wanted to do more but then he moved away and ruffled my hair before walking off.
Knowing that he had come back just to say that to me made me feel touched and guilty.
Once the truth is out,I know that they will hate me for sure.
I was dozing off on the chair when I felt someone watching me.
I opened my eyes only to see that it was Max, he had a troubled look on his face and though he tried not to show it,I can feel that something is wrong.
“You didn’t go back home?”I asked
“I didn’t, I just gave you some privacy”He replied
“You should go home too,I will be fine”I said
“I don’t want to, I will stay here with you “He replied
“Don’t! I don’t want you to do it for me or for my mom, I don’t want you to be burden with me, Just as you have said, Am annoying and…………”I couldn’t finish my word because he had moved up to me and had placed a finger on my lips
“Until when will you stop tormenting me with I said “he asked softly
“Into you see how much your words hurt me, We were getting along so well and I was lucky to have you as a friend but you pushed me away and you told me that I was annoying and that I was a loser, that hurt a lot, it hurt so much “I said as the tears fell gently
“Am sorry Andrea! Would it comfort you a bit if I told you that I didn’t mean what I said that day”He asked as he wiped off my tears .
“If you didn’t mean it, why did you say it”I asked as I tried to stop the tears
“I didn’t want you know my secret “He said softly
“Your secret? What secret is that?”I asked
He took a seat beside me and held my hand in his.
“I don’t know if you will hate me for what am about to say but I will really prefer it if you understand me and try not to get mad”He said making me worried
“It’s okay Max, whatever you are going to say to me,I wont judge you”I replied as I held his hand tightly.
“It’s about what happened to Nick, I…..I….caused his death “He said with tears in his eyes
Just seeing how hurt he looked, I knew that it was hard for him to tell me this and I promise myself that I will try to understand him no matter what
He began to tell me about what happened a year earlier.
“I should have been there for him, I should have stopped him, I could have done it but I let my anger over rule me and I hate it, I hate myself and I regret all what happened”he said crying and instead of judging him,I pulled him to a tight hug
“What happened a year ago is not your fault, you didn’t ask for him to die,it’s Nick fault for being weak, he should have stayed alive and ask for your forgiveness properly, don’t beat yourself too much Max , even though I wasn’t there,I know that you were the best brother to Nick and I know that wherever he is,he will also testify to that”I said holding him as he kept on crying.
It took a while for him to calm down and when he did, he was a bit shy with me
“I didn’t mean to cry,it’s so embarrassing”He said softly
“It’s not, you should always cry than to have it all bottled up and besides we are friends, I will help you keep it a secret” I said and he laughed
“Is this the reason why you pushed me away, you didn’t want me to know about this?”I asked
“Yes I didn’t, I thought you were going to blame just as have always blamed myself,I would rather have you stay away than to have you hate me”he said and I punched him lightly on the arm
“Why would I hate you, no matter what you do,I don’t think I will ever hate you”I said
“Why?”he asked softly
Because I love you, because you are the oy guy I ever want,because you are the one my heart beats for, I thought silently to myself
“Because you are my angel”I said instead
“What?”he asked having a smile on his face
“You are the angel who kept my secret and has always been watching over me, how can I hate you?”I said, putting on a cute face and he laughed out loud.
“Friends again?”he asked as he stretched forth his hand to me
I stared at it for a while and wondered if we can be more than friends some day.
I doubt that Max ‘s future is already planned for him and that is to marry Rose and when that time comes,I will just have to accept it.
“Friends”I replied as I put my hand in his
“Why don’t you rest your head on your friend shoulder”he said a while later
“What?”
“You need to rest and I know that you wouldn’t want to leave, so just use my shoulder for a while”He said as he Pat his shoulder again
“Okay”I replied softly and put my head on his shoulder
“Promise me that we will never fight like this and that you will always tell me what is bothering you”He said
“I will”I replied and as his arms envelop me, I gave into the sleep, knowing that my angel is right beside me.
HIGH SCHOOL: Chapter 31 – 40
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