Stranded

After we finished shopping we went to Sara’s mom’s house to see her, because she had been like my mom for a long time so I missed her too. She seemed to like the guys and was happy to see us. We were going through Sara’s little sister’s closet looking for clothes to steal for the night when I stumbled across a pair of stilts, confused I questioned Sara and Ally (Sara’s sister), nether one knew why they were in there, or what they were from,

“Mom what are these doing in the closet?” I asked carrying then to the living room where she was watching Phsyc with Jason, Jack, Caleb, Alex, Kyle Rian and Zack.

“I don’t know. You can use them if you want.” She shrugged; I looked over at Jack, then to Caleb, and them to my two best friends, I had my plan of action and this was going to be epic!

Four hours later we were back at the venue the show had started an hour ago, FTSK had played and Mayday Parade was just starting, Sara, Kaitie and I were sitting behind the busses putting the finishing touches on my outfit, which consisted of a Blue Glamour Kills flying pig shirt, black skinny jeans bright purple converses and my stilts. Kaitie insisted on putting makeup on me because I was going to try and get him to ask me out and wanted to look decent so maybe he would see me as good girlfriend material. I was insanely nervous because this was the first time I had tried to get a steady boyfriend since my freshman year in college and I only got hurt emotionally with that one. As Kaitie finished with my face Sara helped me strap on my stilts, she shook her head at how far they extended from my feet,

“You’re going to kill yourself…” she told me

“Yeah I know. That’s part of the plan. Besides, I have my favorite doctor right here!” I giggled patting Kaitie’s head, they both gave me a weird look when I said getting hurt was part of the plan, so I knew I had to explain, “I know I’m going to fall so my goal is to fall after he sees me, near the end of the show, so when I go down if he likes me like that and really wants me to be his girlfriend he’ll ask me out when he comes to check on me or save me.” I explained, both of my friends looked at each other and shook their heads at my strange logic.

“I have to go now, All Time Low’s on next and I have to warm up. Good Luck!” Sara said hugging me I hugged her back and then she was gone. I was really starting to get nervous, I wanted this to work out… all I had ever wanted from the time I was in high school was someone to love me for me, hold me and make me feel safe, I had the feeling that that was exactly what Jack would do, on top of being hilarious and sweet, he was also hot which was a plus! After a few minutes Kaitie grabbed my hand to help me up,

“It’s show time KK!” she smiled giggling,

“I can’t do this!” I panicked

“Yes you can. You have to.” I shook my head “What was it you always told Sara?”

“SHUT UP KAITLYNN JAE!” I almost shrieked

“Well get out there and do this then. Have fun, get your man and be careful!” she ordered helping me up.

When I got out there the guys gave me funny looks, but I kept dancing and walking toward the stage. The crowd laughed and parted like the red sea, to let me through. I slowly made my way to the front with each passing song. I rarely took my eyes off Jack he seemed to notice this. I was about to tell him something when I tripped and fell. I knew my ankle was broken, if not for the pain then the unnatural way it was turned. Jack jumped off stage and ran over to the fence right in front of where I was, with the help of one of the guards he climbed over the barrier to get to me, the people in the pit moved aside to allow him to get through and when, medical help came them to.

“Makahla! What gave you that crazy idea?” he asked half laughing half scared sounding

“I wanted you to notice me.” I responded blushing and adverting my eyes,

“Why did you think you needed stilts for me to notice you? I notice you all the time, I can’t not notice you.” He caressed my cheek wit his palm “Kay Kay, I know this is a completely inappropriate time but,” when was his timing not inappropriate? "will you be my girlfriend?” he asked I smiled through the pain and nodded, just as Kaitie ran over to us, med bag in hand.

“Okay miss grace!” she sighed kneeling down at my foot, “this is going to hurt a lot!” she warned before taking off my shoes, and everything, she was right it hurt more than anything in the world. It hurt soo much I passed out.

The next thing I remember was being loaded in the back of a squad, Jack was in a seat right next to me holding my hand.

“Jack is that you?” I asked finally coming out of the pain filled fog that had enveloped me, I really wasn’t feeling any pain right now, I knew the pain meds that the doctors undoubtedly gave me were working and I knew what they did to me. Lets just say if you thought I was loopy on a regular day, you hadn’t seen anything yet!

“Yeah, you feeling okay?” he asked concerned, grabbing my hand, I giggled

“I’m not okaaaaa-aaay, you ware me out!” I sang, badly off key and mixing up lyrics. Just at that moment the others came around the corner in to the room thingy I was in.

“I guess the meds kicked in!” Kaitie giggled I nodded grinning from ear to ear, that was really one plus (the only one) to braking bones, the pain meds kicked butt!

“I'll go get the doctor and tell him your awake so we can get out of here!” Sara piped up from behind every one she hated hospitals and didn’t want to be in one with me any longer than she had to be.

A few hours later Jack and I were sitting on the couch at Sara’s Mom’s house, everyone else had already gone to bed I was too keyed up on meds to sleep, and Jack was nice enough to stay up with me.

“So did you mean what you said back at the concert? That you notice me all the time?” I asked drawing shapes on his hands, he was sitting behind me with his arms around me, my leg was propped up on the coffee table with a pillow, I had never sat with anyone like this and it was actually kinda nice.

“Of course I meant it! Why would you think I didn’t?” he asked sounding shocked,

“Because nobody has ever said that to me before… Usually whenever guys talk to me its because of a bet. No one has ever actually cared about me before…” I explained, glad he couldn’t see my face and the tear that escaped my eye.

“Why would they do that?” he asked genuinely confused, “You are an amazing women, I’ve never seen someone stick up for their friends the way you do or the way you can just randomly do the craziest stuff, you even give me a run for my money and that’s saying something!” he said nudging me I giggled a little, still a little upset, now that I was actually in my right mind I had to know if this was real or just a game he was playing with me, it wouldn’t be the first time I had been played by a guy, and I couldn’t handle it if he was doing that to me. I liked him too much for that.

“Because, I was always just the fat girl, the one people picked on because it gave them some kind of sick rush to see cry, or get mad at them, no one besides my best friends cared about me or wanted me, so I need to know if your doing that, playing a game with me because if you’re just playing with my heart, I want to know now so you don’t shatter me beyond repair, I couldn’t handle that happening again, I just couldn’t.” his arms just tightened around me,

“Makahla, I’m not that kind of guy. Maybe I was in high school, but I’m not like that anymore, I also know you better than those people did, I like you a lot, a I promise I’m not just playing you. I might act like a jerk sometimes, but I promise never to make you feel bad about yourself.” He promised planting a kiss on my hair, “I'll make a pinky promise, and I never brake those! That chizz is ligit!” he said making me laugh again. We talked for a little while longer then decided to watch a movie, “Nightmare Before Christmas” was on TV randomly so we watched it, well I fell asleep at the part where Sally tries to warn Jack but you get the point.