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A Love Lost In Time

Nathan twisted the guys arm the more he looked at her the more he could tell something was wrong. He was still livid but not as much at her anymore. He twisted his arm harder pushing the joint to its breaking point with just on hand torching his wrist firmly. "I am here because i wanted to party with my friends! What the fuck are you doing here? Why did you lie to me. " His voice still filled with anger as he glared at her determined to figure out what was going on if he found out what had actually happened... He would be arrested because he would beat the hell out of Sterling for drugging her.
 
Leigh stumbled towards him, prying his hands weakly off of Sterling's arm. "I came here because he threatened to hurt you if I didn't." She slurred a bit, blinking a few times. "Let him go. Don't do anything you'll regret." Like killing the jerk or severely wounding him. She knew she made a mistake and she was hating herself so much for it. It was only a kiss but the fact that for an actual while, she forgot about the man she truly loved. Too much was happening. The room was spinning and she was barely holding on to stay into the world of consciousness but it was hard. "Just let him go..." She whispered, looking up into his eyes. Even though her vision was blurred, she needed him to stop. Her hand was touching his gently that had a death grip on Sterling's arm.
 
Nathan glared at her as she gave him the reason then turned to him staring. "Adam... Take Leigh home everyone else get out... someone call the cops. " He hissed looking at the young man who had blackmailed his girlfriend he was going to pummel him and leave him to get a MIP. He released his arm and waited, when Sterling started to get up he punched him as hard as he could in the face. Driving the young man back to the ground as the someone called the cops and people began to scatter to avoid getting into trouble. "You threatened to hurt me? Who the fuck do you think you are!" He growled burring his foot into his ribs a blow that would leave him bruised for days.

Once he was laying on his back holding his side Nathan looked down at him placing his foot on the boys throat. "You come anywhere near me again... You won't walk away. " He said firm ripping the mans shirt off and using it to tie his hands to the banister so he could not get away from the cops. He then took off back to his car fleeing back to his home.

As the fight started Adam wrapped his arms around Leigh's waist dragging her from the party and out to his car stuffing her in the back seat he speed to her home. Not pausing for a moment to allow her to protest or get free from the car once they where home he helped her out still holding her tight to his side so she would not run. "Lets get you inside if you mom asks you hurt your ankle. " He said firmly leading her up to he house.
 
As Adam took Leigh away, she really didn't have any strength or anything to fight back. She practically mellowed into it all and just let it happen. Her head was still spinning and she doubted she'd remember anything that was happening--a side effect of the roofies. One moment they were escaping from the party and the next she was being shoved into the car. She fell into the back seat, laying on her back, reaching closer to unconsciousness.

As they arrived at her house, she leaned on Adam for all support and nodded. She hardly heard what he said, catching only the hurt ankle part. As they walked to the door and the doorbell was rung, Anne came to the door and she gasped seeing Leigh's condition. When it was assured that it was just a sprained ankle and Anne calmed down, she helped Adam carry Leigh up to her room. When her foot dragged along the stairs, she let out a small cry of pain, trying to really play the party down. Finally they got her to her bed and she laid down where she instantly passed out.

Anne looked to Adam, stepping out of Leigh's room. "I wish to keep this from her father. He's oblivious to the worst." She explained. "What really happened?" She knew it was a farce. She was a witch and that witch's intellect saw right through the hurt ankle facade.
 
Adam shook his head when she asked him what she was saying he could tell Nathan was not happy about this whole thing and he did not want to be involved. "It is not my place to tell you. I won't tell anyone anything you want to know what happened you talk to her in the morning. " He said softly before turning and moving from the room and then from the house slowly he wanted nothing to do with this fight.

Nathan got home and went up to his room with out a word to his family locking the door groaning softly. He grumbled softly laying there she had lied to him to go to a party with a boy. He was so furious he did not even want to talk to her right now he did not even wanna see her for that matter. He decided right then and there he was not going to go out of the way to see her again. He was so furious at this moment he did not care if they ever saw each other again. He still thought she was trying to cheat on him he did not know about her being drugged.
 
Watching Adam leave, Anne sighed and looked over to her daughter's room. It was crazy.

The next morning, Leigh woke up. She looked around, wondering how she got to what looked like her room. Groaning, she put a hand to her head and swallowed hard, turning onto her back. She had no recollection of what happened after she got to the party. All she knew was that she saw Sterling and he was more of a jerk like ever. And then the thought of Sterling caused her to sit up quick. She hoped to god they didn't do anything. And then the image of a furious Nathan flooded back into her mind. Oh no...he wasn't there, was he?

Stumbling out of bed, she instantly went for a shower. A nice shower got her all back to the land of the living and she stopped feeling so dead. It was a nice lukewarm shower and after about twenty minutes, she stepped out and wrapped her towel around her body. Drying herself and then her hair, she bundled it up in a sort of towel turban and then went to her room, pulling on fresh undergarments; a matching red bra and panties set. She had a think for the crimson colors and their respective related colors. Pulling on a pair of skinny jeans and a white and black plaid button down, she took her hair down from the towel turban and dried it a little bit more again and stood upright. She went to her bathroom and did her hair--blow drying it and straightening her bangs--and then went to grab her jacket. She saw Nathan's Letterman. Grabbing it, she put that on and then walked downstairs. "Hey mom."

"Leighton Anne Forbes!" Thank god her father was already at work.
"What's with the full and middle name?" She asked, startled almost to death.

"What the hell happened to you last night?"
"What?" She asked.

"A boy brought you home and you looked half dead and supposed had a hurt ankle which I see is fine now?" Anne asked.
"What? Mom what are you talking about? What happened last night?"

Anne didn't say anything. That was odd. Shaking her head, she just handed her a strudel and sent her off. "Go to school. Be safe."

Thinking that Nathan was already outside, she walked out, wearing his jacket but saw no one there yet. Biting her lower lip, she took out her phone and text him. Hey, I thought I was seeing you before school? As far as she knew, she and Nathan were alright. Clearly, she had no idea what she was in for.
 
Nathan got up early and got cleaned up the shower was so hot it caused his entire body to sting for several minuets. He shaved calmly anyone who cared to look could see the anger boiling up in his eyes. He normally had a long fuse but he had never in his life felt this sort of anger. The woman he loved had went to a party with another guy, no mater what her reasons. Nathan got dressed in a black suit with a blood red tie a pair of dress shoes capped off the outfit. Coach always smiled when he say Nathans game clothing going a step above both on and off the field.

He drove to school not even pausing at Leigh's house he was already in his first class when she texted him. Setting all alone he pulled the phone out seeing who texted him he growled and chucked it. It hit the wall in the front of the class and exploded sending pieces everywhere. He was so mad he wanted to just go home fortunately the teacher sent him to the councilor he would not have to speak to anyone all day. Walking threw the halls to the guidance councilor's office with out a word to anyone. Everyone at the party was to smart to talk to him and everyone else feared him for the way he was acting. Once inside he went into he sat down not saying a word to anyone he just wanted to hide till the game.
 
A lump formed in her throat when she saw no response. She swallowed it hard, passing it off as he simply didn't get it or look at his phone. He was probably already at school. She walked to school, obviously late. But when she got there, anyone who was at the party and remembered the big event that she had no recollecton of, simply glared at her. She felt now that she shouldn't be wearing Nathan's Letterman. Once she got to her locker, she quickly shed it and stuffed it in there, actually hanging it on the hook. She didn't want to wrinkle it.

Biting her lower lip, she got the books she needed and then went to her class. During that entire time, she couldn't stop thinking about Nathan and wondered what exactly happened at the party. It was frustrating her and several lumps kept forming in her throat. She had this enormous and intense guilt bottling up and she didn't even know why. Something was telling her though that it was definitely all her fault.

As lunch rolled around, a little birdie told her that Nathan was in the counselor's office since morning. She wanted to go. Even if it did mean they'd fight. She had to see him. She needed to know what happened. All she remembered was Sterling being a total douche and then she drank. She knew something must have gone completely awry from then on because everything was black and blank. Arriving to the counselor's office, she knocked on the door and saw him. "Nathan..."
 
Nathan glanced at the door when he heard the knock and stood up as she said his name. He had been in the room staring at the wall silently for 4 hours having no intention of talking to anyone. He pretended he had not seen or heard her and walked into the councilors office setting down. He continued to say nothing as the he was pelted with a series of questions as to what was bothering him. "What happened? Why would you throw your phone? Why did you come in if your not going to speak?" He remained silent he had a gym next and all he needed to do was stay there for another half hour then he could hide for the rest of the day.
 
Actual tears came to her eyes. She knew he heard her. But he played it off like he didn't. Swallowing hard, she walked out and then went to her locket, sniffling. Taking out his jacket, she pressed it to her lips and took in the smell. It smelled just like him. She knew she hurt him. She did something wrong. Swallowing hard, she went back to the counselor's office, asking the office attendant to give the jacket to him when he came out. Sniffling she wiped her nose and walked out, blinking back those tears as much as she could. Leigh didn't go to lunch. She simply waited out for sixth period, going to it when the time came. She remained silent throughout the rest of the day, closing in. Word got out throughout the entire school at what happened at the party; at what she did to the star football player.
 
Nathan came from the office just after she had left the room taking the jacket he chocked up a bit. Putting it on and walking out as he headed to he gym a friend from the team walked up to him looking at him he smiled. "Well at least you found out she was a slut before you got in to d...." He could not finish his statement because Nathan had grabbed his throat and squeezed it tightly chocking off his air and blood flow. He did not say a thing soon the guy had blacked out and was left in a lump on the ground as Nathan turned to walk away. The principle had seen the events and grabbed Nathan and drug him to the office. It took less then 5 minuets for word to get around the school the story ranged from the truth to him killing him and everywhere in between. Nathan sat in the office silently as he was berated by the principle trying to get him to spill what would cause him to be such a fool.
 
The fact that everyone was glaring at her and staring at her, calling her a slut and saying things about her right there but like she wasn't there, she eventually left class mid-way and went to the bathroom and hid in there. She had no friends there. The only person she had there was Nathan. Used to at least. She locked herself in a stall and she covered her face after sitting down and cried. She couldn't hold it in anymore. She hated herself so much. She hurt the guy she loved and she didn't even know what she did! Based on by everyone calling her a slut and saying she cheated on Nathan, she could only guess. She hated Sterling so much. He ruined everything. She went to that party with the intention of kicking Sterling out of her life, threatening him far worse than what he was doing to her. She would never hurt Nathan. Never. Not willingly or of conscious mind and technically, she really wasn't in the right state of mind. It hurt so much, especially because he wouldn't talk to her or acknowledge her. What could she do?
 
The principle yelled at him for the rest of the day telling him that he was going to be suspended for Monday and Tuesday. He would have sent him home today but he did not want to kill Nathans chances at college. After class Nathan walked into the gym and set to work tuning up for the game. The coach was a bit nervous seeing how intense he was asking but he had no reason to not play him. Adam how ever was trying to make peace he did not wan't Nathan to get into trouble but he saw how happy he was with her. Hoping he could help he went to Leigh's locker and taped a ticket to the game and a note on it.

"You should come to the game not everyone on the team is mad at you a few of us actually like you. If you want... I can take you to the party after it is for everyone at school maybe you can make some more friends there. Adam. " He really did like the young girl he loved what she did for Nathan and he hoped he could help to smooth things over. He was fairly certain that she she did not remember what he did last night he could tel she was really out of it and he hoped she was okay.
 
Forcing herself to stop crying, she wiped her eyes, sniffling and calming herself down, fanning her face. Swallowing hard, she let out a small sigh and got up and walked out of the stall and bathroom. She walked over to her locker to get ready and just go home when she saw the note. She pulled it off and read it, wiping her nose and swallowing a bit hard. Every part of her was so afraid to go to the game. Most of the school was so against her. They'd probably burn her. Like ancestor, like descendant.

Nodding, she sighed quietly and opened her locker, putting her books in there and grabbed her iPOD and earphones. Just to be safe. While she wanted to hear everything that went on, she wasn't sure she wanted to hear the peolpe around her if they saw she was there. She wanted to save herself a seat. She wanted to watch them practice. Going to bleachers, she sat down, putting in her earphones and turning on her music. She sat down and sighed quietly, just staring. Leigh wanted nothing more than to make up. But she knew he could probably never want her again.
 
Nathan stayed inside as the team practiced for most of the time working out as best he could. He was mostly Jello after the day before and he needed to tense back up before the game. Coming out as the other team arrived he sat with his team on the 20 yard line stretching and going over the game plan. He seemed to be paying attention exclusively to the field like a warrior getting ready for a battle. Soon the stands began to fill and the crowd was ready for a great game between 2 of the better schools in the division.

Nathan had talked the coach into letting him play special teams tonight, lying to him and telling him he wanted to practice for something he rarely did. In truth it just gave him another reason to hit people... hard. He flew around the field for the entire first half like a mad man each hit he was a part of made the crowd cringe as he played with reckless abandon. He did not care he waited his entire life for a woman and she cheated on him he would rather be dead anyways. It was late in the Third quarter when he finally had what he had been looking for all day. A clean path to the kick returner, both men where going full speed when Nathan burst threw a gap in the blocking.

The poor kid never saw him coming until it was to late Nathan threw his shoulder into him with everything he had his helm going up into the kids chin and splitting it wide up. The crowed roared like they where in the Colosseum at the sight of the violent hit. As the play settled both coaches stood stunned as neither player got back up the vicious hit had done them both in. One laid unconscious and bleeding from the jaw the other writhing in pain holding his shoulder. Nathan had dislocated his shoulder and cracked his collar bone from the force of the hit his season was over he would be carrying a clip board for the rest of the year.

Soon the rest of the teams and the training staffs had flooded the field to see how they where doing. The announcer trying to calm the breathless crowd and keep them from worrying. Soon the field cleared an Nathan was walking off the field his arm hanging lip next to him his team mates helping him stand. The guy he hit being carried right behind him into the school on a stretcher.
 
Eventually she took her earphones out the more intense the game got. Nathan was beating guys up on the field and she hated that she had something to do with his pain; majority of his pain. Swallowing hard, to her horror, she watched the crazy death battle to which the opponent's jaw bled and to which Nathan was injured. She couldn't watch anymore. What was she doing there? He hated her. He hated her guts so much but what sucked even more was she wasn't even getting the chance to explain; to explain that she went to that party, never to cheat on him but to get that asshole off of both of their backs. She'd never get that chance.

As she waded her way through the row and towards the aisle, she walked down and then left the stadium. All she wanted to do was give up and cry. She had always been a really sensitive girl. There was only so much she could do until it literally started to kill her and it wasn't even a full day and it was already killing her. Slowly. Her karmic debt.

Walking out of the stadium, she sniffled and wiped her nose. She couldn't do this. Leigh knew that she should at least make the attempt to salvage things but there was only so much one person could do without the other person willing to talk. Given he wouldn't even acknowledge her, she didn't know what more to do. It was bad she was giving up so quickly, really bad. She had never been in this situation. She was always in Nathan's situation; that's the reason she hated herself more than anything right now. He knew she'd never hurt him and she wasn't getting the chance to explain. It was pathetic for her to just want to cry but that's all she could do right now. Cry.

No. It was time to buck up and even if she ended up crying more than half of the time as she tried to explain to him, it was now or never and given he would probably be in the locker rooms, cooling off, it was the perfect chance. She ran. Literally ran as fast as she could, pushing through people who wouldn't let her go in. She walked in such a haste manner and she burst through the locker rooms, breathing hard. "Nathan." She swallowed hard, putting a hand to her heart. "Please, I need you to just listen to me. Give me a minute. Please." She stood clear in front of the door, forcingly keeping it shut so that no one could enter and so that he wouldn't leave. She needed to give her case.
 
It did not take them long to figure out what was wrong with him nor to fix it. They set his arm quickly into the joint and wrapped his shoulder tightly with shrink rap for now and placed him into a large hot tub they had filled with water and then ice. It felt fantastic compared to the blinding pain he was in his eyes where closed tight his shoulder sunk into the water. This was the first time he had iced his body since the battle with Leighton and he needed ever moment in here. The coaches had given him a pair of head phones to listen too knowing he would be in the back training room for a long time. They then left to go check on the kid he had hurt so badly they would be gone for the rest of the game leaving him completely alone in his icy bath.

He did not hear her when she entered he was on the fare side of the locker room in the training room for the home team. The room was small only a few stools and 3 of the tubs Nathan was nursing his wounds in. The large black headphones clearly visible setting on his head explaining his lack of reaction in the large empty silent place. The coaches had told him if the shoulder was broke he was done for the year and by the pace that the iced shoulder was turning into a deep bruise it was.
 
[tres harsh lol]

it didn't take her long to see the headphones. She dropped her bag and she walked over to him and took the headphones off. By then, her eyes had watered up again. He really did hate her so much and it was killing her. Swallowing hard, she looked at him. "I need you to listen. Then when I'm done, if you still want nothing to do with me, I'll respect that. But I can't go on letting you think I deliberately meant to hurt you, because I didn't." Not waiting a single second more, she kept the headphones in her hands, away from his grasp, her watered eyes piercing straight into his eyes.

"During your practice, I got a text from him. He threatened me. He said if i didn't go to the party, he'd hurt you and after everything we had just gone through, I felt the need to protect you." She explained. "When we made love, it was real. It is real because I really do love you so much Nathan." Her voice had broken and she was reduced to tears. she hated that she couldn't keep herself strong but at least she was still understandable since her voice had gone really high pitched and squeaky.

"When I left to go to the party, my intention wasn't to cheat on you.I went there to set things straight. I wasn't going to let him have me, just like I never did back in Kansas. He's scum. I didn't want him." She said, sniffling, tears rolling down her cheeks. "I told him no. I told him to stay away and that he wasn't going to get anything. I was trying to get him to leave. Then he gave me a drink and I can't remember anything from there. I had only one drink. I know it'd take only three beers to get me drunk but one drink doesn't do that. I know I was drugged." She said softly, crying but trying not to at the same time. "I'm so sorry. I don't know what I did but all day I've been called a slut and that I cheated on you. I could only guess." She sniffled. "I'm so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. I swear it. I would never do onto anyone, something that's been done to me countless of times. I am so sorry." She couldn't apologize enough.
 
His eyes jolted open when she ripped off the head phones looking at her he bit his lip not wanting to speak to her. His heart starting to race even in the frigid water his eyes locked onto hers in fear. Hoping she would not attack him since he was weak and the entire school had turned on her because of him. He winced in pain a he twisted a bit trying to find a way out of the water as he spoke taking a deep breath. He listened to everything she said and it all made sense but he did not know if she was telling the truth.

"How can i believe a word you say? You liked to me so many times yesterday you liked to me ... you lied to me 10 seconds after sleeping with me. You know i don't need a guardian. I did not ask you out to protect me. " He growled before his attention turned to the door Adam stood there leaning against the door frame in full pads. "She is telling the truth... I talked to Kevin... He sold that kid a roofie. Jessie heard her blow him off then she ... had her drink. Nate... She just kissed him... If your going to leave her for kissing you... at least see if she will let you make out with Megan." He smirked before Nate writhed a bit in pan he was going to throw something at him and forgot about his arm. "Get out Adam.... " He hissed his eyes closed tight in pain, Adam nodded not wanting to cause anymore trouble he turned and went to his locker to get undressed. He had faked an ankle injury to come talk to Nate so he had to make it look good.
 
Leigh felt her heart seem to just shatter. One lie an she ruined everything. Sniffling, she put her hand on his shoulder and then took it back, standing there uncomfortably. She didn't know what to say. She didn't know how to make him believe her. And then when Adam came in to try and help her, she was grateful but who's to say that Nathan still won't believe her even after Adam testified for her.

"You can't. You just have to trust me." She told him. "He was from my past. He had a vendetta because I'd never sleep with him and I didn't want you to get sucked into that. I wasn't the greatest girl in Kansas. I didn't have the best reputation and I wasn't about to let that come and haunt me or ruin the single-most best thing in my life." It wouldn't take a genius to know that he was the best thing that happened to her. She couldn't stop crying. She didn't want to lose him. "I kissed him. But I didn't sleep with him. Even if I did, it wasn't me. He roofied me! They call it the rape drug for a reason." She cried, stepping back. She put her hands on her face and turned, trying to calm down. Sniffling, she took in a deep and shaky breath and then let it out, trying to steady her breathing. Turning to look at him, she sighed quietly.

"I am really sorry. I shouldn't have lied. I should have just told you. But I was afraid. He had been watching me since he knew about you already. Who knows what he could have done to you when you least expected it. I'd go nuts if I lost you; it'd kill me to know you were hurt because of me." She swallowed hard. "But either way that happened, and I'm so sorry." She sniffled, wiping her eyes. She'd spend forever in the depths of hell apologizing. She couldn't say it enough. Even if he got sick of it and hated her more for constantly apologizing, she didn't care.

Moving to him, she knelt down beside the tub and looked at him."You know me. You know I'd never do this. You know me. You know me..." She looked into his eyes, pleading with her eyes. Even if he didn't want her anymore, she needed to be forgiven. She'd respect his wish and decision to not want her. But she couldn't go on knowing he couldn't forgive her.
 
He looked at her taking as deep a breath as the pain he was feeling would allow his mind was so foggy he could barely think at all. "I ... I can not talk about this right now. Besides if someone catches you in here you will be in even more trouble. If you want to talk... Can we do it when i can see straight? " He said softly wincing a bit he urgently need to see a doctor so he could get his shoulder repaired and get some pain killers. "If... you want to go to the party ... i am sure Adam will take you." He spoke softly knowing his best friend would keep a close eye on her and keep her safe he hated the thought of killing her weekend. He shifted a bit he needed to get out of this freezing water but if he called for the trainers while she was here they would be in a ton of trouble. "Please... we need to talk about this another time. " He needed time to think desperately his mind was currently clouded with anger and sadness he needed to figure out which he would settle with.
 
Leigh bit her lower lip and sniffled. She nodded and stood, wiping her face. Running a hand through her hair, she put the headphones down that she took off of him and then looked at him. She said nothing more as she just grabbed her bag and walked out, shaking her head. She quickly got out of there without any of the coaches seeing her or anything and she walked out of the stadium and to the parking lot. She just stood there, trying to calm herself. It seemed there'd never be a good chance to talk about this. It seemed that they'd never come back from this. It seemed that he'd never forgive her or want her ever again. Wiping her eyes, she tried to calm herself down but it was hard. She really didn't want to go to the party but if he may be going, then she needed to go too.
 
Nathan watched her intently his heart breaking as he saw her walking away like a beaten dog and he could not stand to stop her. Every time he tried to push himself up his shoulder killed him and he was heart broken. Once she had left Adam walked back in to berate him for acting like a fool but the moment he got in to the room Nathan interrupted his train of thought. "Go tell her that i will talk to her some time soon i just need to go to the hospital today and im kinda...." Adam butted in finishing his train of thought having changed into his street cloths. "Your a scared little gurl because you hurteded your shoulder. Yea i know." He said in a mocking condescending tone before leaving the room and jogging out to find her in the parking lot. Seeing her he walked slowly up to her when she was a few from him he said softly. "You know he still loves you right?"
 
Leigh turned when she heard Adam and she looked at him, biting her lower lip. "He does?" She was shocked and almost so thankful since she didn't think he did. The way he looked at her, it looked like he totally and truly hated her guts and the fact she even tried to talk to him just then maybe only ruined it more. Having done her best to calm down, she looked at him. "I didn't mean to hurt him. I never wanted that. Why would a girl who's been spurned so many times by guys ever do that to the one guy that means the world to her? It doesn't make sense." She said simply. "Is he going to the party?" Somehow she highly doubt that given his current state.
 
"He can't stand up on his own or he would have went after you i could see it from my locker. He is going to the hospital to get his shoulder fixed. He ... he had been acting weird the last three days I think he has something going on at home and he is worried about it. Now add in he has the best game of his career and it looks like his season is done for. He is a bit stressed, not that is an excuse for acting like a prick but.... You should go talk to him on Saturday night you a good climber or you going to try to get past his mom in the front?"
 
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