by Shayna B
“And what made you become more then friends?”
“That started after Hailey came over one day because my cousin had called her. I was in a really bad mood and Sophie, my cousin, figured Hailey was the only person who could calm me down. She was right, but not for the reason she had thought. Hailey and I argued for a minute when she first got there and then she suddenly blurted out something about her past. It had the effect of shutting me up and asking her to explain what had happened to her.
“When she started telling me everything she had been through, I was beyond shocked. The Hailey I knew was too strong and optimistic to have gone through something like that. When she finished telling me the story, she placed my hand on her back and I could feel all the scars. Later that day, she made me go out for dinner with her and Sophie. It was the first time I’d done that since my accident. We started growing even closer and it eventually turned into us becoming a couple.”
“It must be hard for both of you,” Eve commented. “And I imagine the other kids at your school must treat you differently.”
“They used to. After I fell on the ice and re- injured my back, I was afraid to go back to school, because I knew everyone would be staring and whispering behind my back. But then Sophie took that video of Blake and I singing, and it seemed that everyone had watched it. When we went back to school, the students and staff were very supportive and friendly to us.”
“I’ve read some of the comments on the video. It seems you’ve reached a lot of people with your story. How does that make you feel?”
“Weird,” Blake replied. “It is definitely weird knowing that people look up to us now. That we’ve become role models of sorts.”
“I can only imagine how that must affect you.” Eve became amused at that point. “I also read some comments that said how gorgeous the both of you are. Blake, you especially seem to have gained some admirers. Has that affected you at all?”
“It’s made him even more cocky than usual,” I said dryly. “He’s got an amazingly large ego and all the admiration has gone straight to his head.”
The audience laughed and Blake grinned charmingly. “I can’t help it if the ladies love me,” he said smugly.
“If the ‘ladies’ knew you like I did, they wouldn’t think you were so charming,” I retorted.
Blake just continued to grin and grabbed my hand with his free one, raising it to his lips to brush a kiss over my knuckles. “Don’t worry Hales’ you know you’re the one I love.”
The audience went “Aww” and I struggled not to smile. “I’d better be.”
Eve laughed and clapped her hands together once. “Well, we need to take another commercial break, but when we come back, Blake and Hailey will be performing a song for us.”
Once the commercials were rolling, Blake helped me back to my wheelchair and then we went over to where the piano was set up with his guitar resting next to it. We got ourselves settled and as soon as the commercial break ended, we played the song that we’d played at the talent show. And just like at the talent show, the music flowed through me and made everything else disappear. It was just me and Blake, and no one else existed in those few minutes. When the song was over, everyone in the audience gave us a standing ovation.
Blake held my hand as we both smiled at everyone and then made our way off the set. As we walked out of the building towards the car that was waiting for us, I couldn’t help but think how much my life had changed in the past year. I had lost my parents, but my brother was now on the mend. I had lost the guy I thought I loved, and found someone who I knew I couldn’t live without. I had friends and family to support me and I was slowly gaining the ability to walk again for the second time.
It had definitely been an eventful year, but I knew that everything had happened for a reason. And I knew that a saying I had once heard was true. The reason we have hands is because love is blind.
The End
Acknowledgements
First of all, this book wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for my wonderful brother, Eric, who spent nearly as much time editing as I did writing. He did a wonderful job and he was one of the first people to really encourage my writing career.
This book was originally on the website called Wattpad and an unedited and different version of it is still available on there for free. Just go to the website and search for my username, which is XxBlondie99xX. It was also on this website that I found a fan to make my cover, so thank you @MadzzX. I recommend Wattpad to anyone who is starting out writing, because it allows you to get feedback on your stories.
This book is the first in a series of at least three, though the main characters in the next book aren’t Hailey and Blake. However, they do make a few appearances. I hope you enjoyed my book and you can connect with me through Wattpad or my Facebook page for Wattpad.
