AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Matt
Rowan is out cold, so I scoop her up in my arms and carry her out of the bathroom, towards the front door to get her the hell out of there. Hardly anybody notices what just happened–the house is too drunk to care–but once we’re safely outside I find Dereck and Bryce with Jason. Or more specifically, I find Jason on the ground with Bryce and Dereck standing over him, snarling.
“Let’s go,” I tell them, and Dereck takes one last hardcore punt at Jason’s ribs before backing away.
“He fucking drugged her,” says Bryce. “We found the pills in his jacket.”
I look down at Rowan’s still face, taking a deep breath so I don’t fucking kill Jason with my bare hands. I want more than anything to rip him apart, to make him hurt the way he’s hurt her.
“Matt,” Dereck says, pulling me out of my focused rage. “Let’s go, man. He’s not worth it.”
With a curt nod, I carry Rowan to Dereck’s car. Bryce opens up the back door and I slide her in, joining her in the back. Bryce and Dereck take up the two front seats.
“Fuck you guys!” Jason screams at us through the pounding of the rain. “Fuck all three of you.”
“Let’s go,” Bryce says to Dereck with a nod. He guns it, peeling out of the driveaway, kicking gravel up at Jason, who is scrambling to get to his feet.
None of us speaks as Dereck pulls onto the highway and races for home. Rowan is still unconscious, and I wonder aloud if we should take her to the emergency room.
“No,” Bryce says. “She’ll hate us if we do.”
“Home it is,” I say, and Dereck drives to our house, knuckles white against the steering wheel. Once home, I carry Rowan inside and lay her on the couch. Bryce grabs a blanket from the recliner and drapes it over her, and Dereck goes to the kitchen for some water and aspirin. Then, we sit down, all three of our eyes on Rowan.
And we wait.
