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Even Johnny had to leave his own house. We met Aiden on the front lawn. “Can we leave?” I asked Aiden.
“That officer at the end of the driveway isn’t letting anyone leave yet.”
“Damn.” I wanted to get to the hospital to be with Abby. “Tyson, did you call your parents yet?”
“No. Shit. I didn’t.” He took out his phone. “Man, I don’t want to do this.”
Another of the three cheerleaders was passed off to the officer at the front door of Johnny’s house. Inside we could still hear Delia fighting Romero. This second girl was put in the backseat with Cathy Hite. I couldn’t remember her name. She was a freshman cheerleader who was sucked into Delia’s clique with the promise of popularity for being one of the mean girls.
I glanced over my shoulder to see if the officer in the road had moved. He had not. I looked back towards Tyson who still hadn’t called his parents. Abby had been gone twenty minutes or so, I guessed.
“Ty, you have to call your parents.”
“Maybe they did,” he replied.
“Man, don’t you think that they would have called you?”
“Shit yeah they would have,” he replied.
The third cheerleader was brought out. She also was not fighting the officer. She was in our class. Donna Miller was put in the back seat with the freshman girl and Cathy Hite. I gazed around the yard looking for the other two, but they had left for sure.
The inside of the house was silent.
I fully expected Delia to walk out next. I was wrong. Officer Romero and Henson carried her outside with her hands cuffed behind her back. She was still fighting them but not like in the house. They tossed her into the back of a squad car and slammed the door shut.
Tyson stood next to me with his phone to his ear, his mouth open in total shock. I could hear his mother saying his name repeatedly.
“Tyson, your mom is speaking to you,” Luke said elbowing him.
“Mom, Abs is on her way to the hospital,” he blurted out.
I shook my head at him.
“I’m still at the party. They won’t let us leave yet. Cal and I will head there when we can leave,” he said.
Something happened to Ty and me when Abby got hurt. The irritation he felt at me dating his sister was gone. We had a common goal now. Getting to Abby. Making sure she was okay.
While he talked to his parents. I went to Office Romero. “Can I leave now?” I asked him. “I really want to be with Abby.”
“Son, she was in bad shape. She’ll be getting tests done on her. You won’t see her for a while.”
“I don’t care. At least I’ll be there,” I replied.
“Do you know why this happened?” He asked.
“She’s different,” I replied. “They can’t stand anyone that is not like them. Anyone that is kind to anyone.”
“Jealousy?” He asked.
“Because she was dating me?” I asked.
He nodded.
“No, because I was the only guy on the team besides Tyson her brother who wouldn’t fall for her act maybe?”
“All right kid. You and the brother can leave but only you two,” he declared.
I ran back to Tyson’s side. “We can go. Are you driving, or am I?”
