Saving Sullivan by Sara Hubbard

Author:Sara Hubbard [Hubbard, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sara Hubbard
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Nine

THE WINDOW IS open and the curtains flutter with the delicate breeze. The moon sits high in the sky and shines a beam on my arms. It’s two o’clock in the morning and I still can’t sleep. I am so confused right now. I worry I’ve gone and hurt Dean. He’s so nice and I feel like such a bitch.

Why am I consumed with thoughts of Sullivan—not just because I want to help him, but because I want his mouth on mine? He said I’d beg to sleep with him by the end of the summer and he was right. I want him—now. God knows how much more this will intensify by the end of the summer.

But Dean is wrong—Sullivan is not into me, and even if he is, I know he’d never be in a relationship with me. And with Sullivan, I would want more than sex. Sullivan is someone I could love and it scares the shit out of me.

Just as I’m drifting off, there's a loud bang at my door. I jump in bed and clutch my chest. It must be Nicole. She must have forgotten her key or something. I hop out of bed and pad across the hardwood to the door. Dean stands on the other side. I’m only in a t-shirt and underwear. I pull it down a little so it covers my hips.

His face is strained and his eyes are puffy, black and blue. His chest heaves up and down, too fast for normal breathing. “Dean? What happened?” My hand reaches up to the side of his face and I gently touch his shiner. He flinches and moves away and I drop my hand.

“I need you to come with me.”

“What? Now?”

“Please, Abby,” he says, his eyes wide. “It’s Sullivan.”

I snatch a sweater off my desk chair and pull on some Capri pants. We hurry down the stairs and out the front door. The air is crisp and it makes the fine hair on the back of my neck stand on end. The resort is kind of dead right now. I can hear the trees ruffling with the breeze and the hint of music in the distance from the Cave. Most of the lights in the cabins are off but the paths are well lit with lamps. My heart is racing. Dean won’t tell me what’s going on and I imagine the worst. Sullivan hurt. Bleeding. Like my mother was. I just can’t take the suspense anymore. I halt. Dean has my hand in his and he halts right alongside of me.

“Dean. Tell me what's going on. I’m out of mind right now!”

“You’re a nurse. And Sullivan won’t go to the hospital or let me call the clinic. The only way we can get him to get looked at is if you come and see him.”

“I’m a student.”

“Close enough.”

I tip my head back and groan as he grips my hand again and drags me forward. The college will have my ass for treating him without supervision.

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