Chapter Four
There, in the middle of the floor, was broken glass everywhere and what looked like blood. And a lot of it. Selena was clutching her hand with blood dripping down. Jared rushed to get a hand towel and put it on the wound, pressing it hard to stop the flow, making her wince as she sucked in her breath.
"Damn it! Oh, this is just great!" She looked to be in a lot of pain.
"What the hell happened?" Jared asked looking worried as he put pressure to the wound.
"I was trying to get the glasses up top, but dad must have pushed them way back there, so I couldn't reach. I got a chair to get them down, but the stupid chair wasn't stable, and I fell. The glass broke while in my hand." she said as tears brimmed her eyelids.
Jared closely looked at the cut, but it was hard as blood kept gushing out, so he pushed the towel on more firmly making Selena flinch. Mila started picking up the broken glass.
"You're going to need stitches, this is deep." Jared sighed heavily with a deeply concerned face.
Evan whistled low and long as he looked over Jared's shoulder to see the deep cut as he once again removed it to look at it more closely. The bleeding had stopped momentarily but he kept the pressure of the towel on it just in case it started back up again.
"Here, keep this covered up and put pressure on it. I'll go and get the car started." He told his sister.
Evan bent down to help Mila pick up the glass. Jared left the room and grabbed the keys that he knew his father left for him to use the old truck in case they needed anything while they were away. Then, not looking back, he walked out the front door.
"I'm sorry about this Mila."
"It's alright Sel, it's not your fault that this happened, do you want me to go with you to the hospital?" She looked up at her as she held a few broken pieces in her hand to toss out.
Evan responded before Selena could get a word out. "It's ok, we could stay here while Jared takes her. It will be a couple of hours so you're just going to have to sit in the waiting room anyways."
Selena frowned thinking on that. Giving Evan a sideways glance she said, "Well, he does make a point, but it's ok if you want to go too, it will just be you two here."
Mila stood up and threw the glass in the trash bin. "Well, do you want me to go?"
Jared walked back into the kitchen. "Cars is started, ready to go?" he asked.
Selena walked over to her brother stepping around Evan who was still picking up the mess. "Maybe you should stay here Mila, I'll be back as soon as I can."
Jared looked at both Evan and Mila for a moment and then said, "Evan could I talk to you in my room for a moment." Then he walked off without waiting for his friend's reply.
Evan got up. "Um yeah, sure, why not Jared." He mocked. He threw away the glass pieces he held and walked out saying, "Be right back."
Mila grabbed a rag and started picking up all the blood that was left on the floor, careful on not cutting herself from the thin little pieces that were left behind. "What is that all about?" she asked Selena, curious on why Jared asked his friend to talk to him in the other room where they couldn't listen to what they were saying.
"Probably telling him not to do anything he would normally do with every other female." Selena sighed as she winced from the pain her hand was now giving.
She stopped what she was doing and looked up at her to stare with mild disbelief. "Which is?"
Her friend gave a disgusted look. "Oh, you know, trying to get in her pants type of thing, smooth talk her into liking him and making a move on her."
"Do I look like the type that would do that after meeting the first time?" She was starting to get defensive.
Selena sighed heavily at that. "Of course not, but even if he knows that it isn't going to stop Evan from trying."
"Well, let him try because he isn't going to get anywhere with me." Now Jared on the other hand...she shocked herself mentally...where the hell did that come from?! Of course, she wouldn't do that even with Jared after first meeting him.
"I think you got it Mila."
She looked down and didn't realize that she was vigorously wiping the floor, completely lost in her thoughts. The blood was no longer there, and the floor was in fact spotlessly clean.
"Oh, right." She got up and washed out the rag she was using then grabbed some paper towels and started drying the floor.
"Alright, let's go Sel." Jared said while walking back into the kitchen with Evan right behind him, who was looking a little grim. Selena walked out of the house after he helped her put on her jacket.
"Um, if you get hungry or anything just go ahead and help yourself to whatever there is, and I'll call later to let you know what's going on, okay." Jared looked to her.
"Sure, thanks." she said quietly.
All three of them stood there in the kitchen. Evan looked bored while Mila felt uncomfortable, and Jared looked like he didn't want to leave at all. The car horn went off signaling that Selena was getting impatient for him to join her.
"Right, well I'll be going then." He started walking out and roughly whispered to Evan, "Behave yourself!"
Evan rolled his eyes at him but didn't say anything. She pretended she didn't hear him say anything and looked around the kitchen instead. Then he walked out, and they both heard the front door shut and a few minutes later the car driving out of the driveway.