Benefits

Ch. 14: Out of My League

Out Of My League- Fitz and Tantrums

"Time and time I pinch myself- because I think my girl mistakes me for somebody else."

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My eyes kept blacking out every few seconds. I was on the floor just a second ago.

Now I'm over someone's shoulder.

I see Alice screaming at Jake.

Jake's holding me over his shoulder.

I'm in Jake's car.

I'm at my front door.

I feel him touch my butt.

That's when I wake up a little bit. I'm facing my street. I slap Jake's hand away quickly. "What- do... You think you're d-doing?" I muffle out, still tired.

"Easy, easy. I'm just trying to get your keys to open the door. That's all, sunshine." He pulls them out of my back pocket; making me tingle all around. I lay my head down, and I find myself blacking out again.

"What's going on!" I hear my mom yell at Jake.

"Mom... It's alright." I try to say, but I don't think she can hear me.

"I'm really sorry. This probably looks bad." Jake says.

"Uh huh. It does." Her voice is becoming hard. "What happened to her?" She changes her tone slightly softer.

"I have no idea. Dawn just collapsed on the floor. I got in a fight with someone at the football game, and well... There was a bit of blood. "My mom gasps. I roll my eyes eternally since they were closed. "She started clicking her fingers together." I don't remember doing that, but again, I fainted at the sight of blood. "And she just blacked out on the floor."

Ever since the incident that happened when I was younger, I was beyond frightened to the sight of blood. Through therapy and counseling, I got through it. I haven't fainted since sophomore year. I don't know why it happened today.

There's silence for a moment. Then, "You need to stay away from my daughter." She says. "I don't need her to be seen with someone who causes her stress." She had no right to judge anyone that I could be seeing. Even if I wasn't seeing him...

"Me? Cause her stress? Something is wrong with her, and all you can do is blame me!" He raises his voice at my mom.

"Are you trying to blame me! Her mother! Look at what she is doing? She's defying me and acting up! I didn't even know she was going out to tonight, and you're telling me I'm the one to blame!?"

"Both of you shut up!" I find my voice again, screaming at both of them. "I'm not dating Jake, nor will I ever." He squeezes my thighs for some odd reason, "And even if I was, you have no right to judge him."

They stay silent for a moment. My mom's phone went off. She answers it. "Yes. What!? I'll be right there!" She ends the call; I only assume since I can't see anything but my front door, "I have to go to Mr. Rogers. Something's happened to him, and I'm his nurse. His son let me off early, so I can be with my daughter." Anger fills her voice. I hear her scramble around to get her things. "Just put her upstairs." She tells Jake. "I'll be home in an hour or two." And with that, she's out the door, until she peeks back in. "And I expect you to be gone when I come home." She says sternly to Jake, eyeing me rudely.