Our Hearts Beat For Anne

Andrew's pov

Sharp pains shot through my body as I slowly opened my eyes. My head was pounding real hard and my body felt like an enormous person was sitting on top of me.

I looked up and saw a set of beautiful eyes staring back at me. "Am in heaven." I though, " and my angel is here." But wait, am not death yet and one doesn't feel pain in heaven.

I took in my surrounding. Table, bed, monitor, plain curtains. "What am I doing in a hospital."

I shifted my gaze back to the beautiful eyes and took in her entire feature. She was breathtaking even without trying. She had no makeup on and she packed her hair in a rough ponytail. Her eyes were dark brown with long lashes. She had a slighly curved nose and oh those lips were lush and red.

She was beautiful.

Her face was contorted in a frown and I didn't know why. "Who are you?" I asked. Her frown deepened and she hesitated, like she was contemplating whether to answer my question or not. "Am the girl you tried to **** last night." Wow, her voice was..."wait what!" "Excuse me?"I asked. "You tried to **** me." A tear trickled down her face as she said this.

"Why is she crying and what the heck is she talking about?"

And then it hit me. I thought it was a dream because it was all foggy. Me and Paul, the party, the girl we saw on the road, the tugging and forcing, the pain, they were all real. But I had to be sure. "What are you talking about?" She wiped her face and continued. "You and your friend assaulted and almost r.a.p.ed me. Am telling you this because I know you were drunk and you might not have been in your right senses, and that is also why I didn't report you to the security or the police. I don't know whether I made the right decision or not but my heart told me to do so and I did. I don't know you or what your capable of but know this, you almost shattered a girl's life because of your reckless act." The tears started again. "If you had had your way, I would have been ruined. You would have destroyed me." She sniffled. "You should have been rotting in jail and everyone would have known of your heinous act but I didn't let that happen. Today, I have shown you mercy. Please, don't victimize any other person. Think of your mum or your sister when you feel like doing such and imagine what they will feel."

She wiped her face,stood up, strengthened her dress and quietly walked towards the door then stopped and turned. "I told everyone we were attacked together while coming back from night class." She said and left.

I was dumbfounded. I wanted to call her back but I couldn't and I didn't know why. I saw the pain and hurt on her face and it killed me. I was the cause of it. My stupid anger was taken out on an innocent girl.

I tried standing up but everywhere started turning making me to lie back down. I needed to find her and fast.

The door flew open and my mum rushed in, tears in her eyes. My dad followed walking gently with a stoic expression.

Mum came and started plastering slobbery kisses on my face. "Oh my baby, thank God your okay. I don't know what I would've done if anything had happened to you." She sobbed. "Mum, am okay now." I said irritably. I looked at my dad who was staring at my mum. I was scared of him but I didn't show it.

"What were you thinking?" He asked. "Fighting when you were outnumbered?" His voice raised slightly. "They were going to rob us dad." I said hoping he will let everything be but knowing my dad, he wouldn't let it go. He talked and talked, telling me how thoughtless I was, making irrational decisions, no critical thinking and so on.

I breathed a sigh of relief when my brother walked in. Saved by the bro. He talked with dad and then came over to mum. "Hey, mum come on, lets give him space. The doctor said he needed to rest." He told her.

Mum scrambled to her feet, tugged slighty on her clothe, kissed me on my temple before stepping out. My dad gave me one final look, then turned and followed my mum.

My brother wasn't happy and I kinda knew it wasn't cause of the wound in my neck.

After talking with mum and dad, he came in and closed the door, locking it behind him.

I braced myself.