Drowning in Dreams : Chapter #9: Just Like Dominoes

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“Luke,” Shawna whispered “Lucas? I’m so sorry…” She shuddered and turned away from the hospital bed where he laid with a bleeding cut and spreading bruises. 2

“It wasn’t your fault,” Lucas called suddenly, regaining conscience. “It wasn’t your fault…” he repeated slowly and tiredly “Shawna,” his voice repeated. “Look at me. It wasn’t your fault, so stop blaming yourself. 3

“What was he thinking?” Shawna whispered her head in her hands. 4

“Who?”  Lucas asked. “Chase?” Shawna nodded. “He saw us on my bed, kissing. What was he supposed to think?”5

Shawna turned toward the blank white walls, her vision blurring as tears filled her eyes and streamed down her cheeks. Chase’s angry face haunted her. He had seemed so dangerous, so completely opposite of the Chase she knew and loved when he launched a chair at Lucas, screaming vicious curses and threats. And yet, even though Shawna knew that she got a glimpse of the Chase who dumped her, not the one that loved her, it still hurt beyond belief that it was actually over. 6

That in itself was a thought for a rainy day alone, but then there was Lucas. Lucas and Chase had been best friends since second grade. Why had he kissed her? She reluctantly reminded herself that she had, indeed, kissed back.7

Then there was the issue of her parents. Her step mother and her dad ignored her. Completely. It was like, Shawnaray Marie Vincent didn’t exist in the rest of the Vincent’s world. 8

Everything, it seemed, was falling apart, and Shawna had no idea how much more she could take. She moved over and sat near Lucas, watching him sleep, deep in thought. 9