Point of Impact
Chapter 37: Crash And Burn
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A month and a half since Valentines, and nothing exciting has happened! My life is starting to become boring again! Before Rainbow got here, my life was boring as shit. I went to school, came home, played games, then slept. Same thing every day. Now, take that schedule, replace video games with Rainbow, and it is pretty much the same thing. Don't get me wrong, I love her as much as ever, it's just that nothing really exciting has been happening. Although... I have noticed something odd recently. I remember being at one of my baseball games...
The replay flashes through my head as I remember the scene. I had been pitching, and it was near the beginning of the game. I remember looking past Alex and past the umpire, and seeing this weird guy on the bleachers. Even weirder, after the pitch, he was gone. Almost as if looking at him had made him vanish. He was in this black suit, and wasn't taking his eyes off of me. That's all I remember about him. I thought it was over after that, but I've actually noticed something else. While it isn't the same guy, I've noticed different people in the same outfits just watching me or Rainbow from a distance. Maybe they're with that gang... I don't know, maybe I'm just paranoid.
Other than that weird incident, nothing has really happened like I said. With the end of the school year quickly approaching, I'm starting to get nervous about my senior year coming up soon. Not to mention college... Shit, what will I do when I leave for college in two years? Will Rainbow be able to go with me, or will I have to leave her? I need to think of something else...
You know what, scratch what I said earlier, something cool has happened. I noticed a little while ago, near the beginning of March, that Rainbow looked like she was gaining a little weight. Not too much, but enough for me to notice when I actually look for it. I decided we both should exercise. I guess she hasn't been getting the same workouts that she had back in Equestria. She can't just fly around freely anymore like she used to.
For the past month, Rainbow and I have been going back and forth between home and that island we went to on Valentines. We loved it so much there that we decided it would be a cool hangout spot. So, whenever we had free time, we would travel to the island to build a shelter. So far we have the base and three walls of a decent sized cabin on the edge of the jungle. It overlooks the ocean, and it feels really homely even though it isn't finished. I have to borrow the tools from my dad's garage, but the skill is all me. I tell Rainbow what to do, and she does it without hesitation. I learned about construction from my uncle who used to be a carpenter, and I used his advice to build the cabin. We should be done with it within the next month or two.
During the summer, we plan to stock the place up and maybe stay on the island for a week or two. Of course, we won't stay for the whole summer, but a nice vacation is in order I think. I can already imagine the swimming, exploring the island, building sand castles... God I love her.
"Dude." Alex snaps me back to attention. "You've been day dreaming for like ten minutes."
"Yeah, what are you thinking about?" Rainbow asks next to me. We're currently sitting at the lunch table at school, and I hadn't realized I had been fantasizing about the island.
"Oh, I was thinking about our cabin." I say without realizing what I said. We hadn't told anyone about the cabin. My family thought we were just hanging out somewhere, but they had no idea we were building our own house.
"Cabin?" Skyler asks with a confused look. "I didn't know you guys had a cabin."
"Guess the secret is out." Rainbow says with a small blush. "We've been building a cabin hut thingy on a tropical island. We're gonna stay there for a while in the summer."
"What! No way!" Alex says as he almost chokes on his drink. "A tropical island? Matt, dude, please tell me you found a hatch!" Skyler and Rainbow have no idea what we're talking about.
"Yeah, sure, and it had 4 8 15 16 23 42 on it." I say with a smirk as I take a sip of my water. "Oh, and we saw this pillar of black smoke. Insane shit man." Alex and I both laugh.
"What are you two even talking about?" Skyler asks. She and Rainbow are both equally confused.
"Nothing, don't worry about it. Anyway, we should head out, lunch is over." I say as I check the time on my phone. I stand up with Rainbow and walk to my next class.
"Should we invite them over some time? Could be fun y'know." I ask Rainbow as we hop into my truck, thankful that the day is finally over.
"Definitely! But I still want our alone time."
"So do I." I say as I rub her ear between my thumb and index finger. I pull out onto the street, and we're on the highway in a matter of minutes.
"Ow." I hear Rainbow mumbles to herself.
"What? Did you hurt yourself?" I ask calmly.
"No, but my stomach hurts. I think I had something bad at lunch. Don't worry, I barely feel it."
"Hah, I feel you there. I've been left on the shitter multiple times by bad food. Just make sure you hit the John when we get home."
"Yeah, you're probably ri- MATT WATCH OUT!" Rainbow screams in a high pitched voice. I look quickly at the road to see a car ahead of us start to swerve. Shit, their tire popped! I can't stop! "MATT!"
That's the last thing I hear other than the crunching of metal, and tires squealing against the pavement.
"C'mon man..." The voice is distant, but I recognize it. How could I not recognize my best friend's voice? I open my eyes, but everything is a blur. I can make out a figure pacing back in forth in front of me. Why am I laying down? My head is throbbing with a dull pain, but other than that, I feel fine.
"A-Alex?" I say weakly. The figure stops moving and rushes over to my side. He places his hands on my shoulders and looks me in the eyes. My vision as cleared up enough to make out his facial features. He looks relieved.
"Oh God, you're awake." He says happily. "I knew you would wake up!"
"Wake up? Was I out?" I look around the room slowly. Hospital. Fucking Great.
"You've been in a coma for five days. They were starting to think you wouldn't wake up for quite some time." I look around more to see Alex is the only one in the room.
"Where's Rainbow?" I ask as my memories of the crash come back to me. She was in the car with me, is she okay?
"Well..." Alex rubs the back of his head. Don't mess with me man, tell me what's up.
"Well what? Is she okay? She's not hurt is she?"
"What? No! No, she's okay. She's in a small coma too, but they think she'll be out pretty soon. You definitely came in worse than she was.
"A-Are they treating her well? Is she hurt at all?"
"Yes, the doctors have been really good to her. But..."
"But what!? Did she break a bone or something? Broken wing?"
"No, nothing like that..."
"Then what?"
"When they were doing a checkup on her... they found something..."
"Found something? Like, a tumor or something?" Now I'm getting worried. What if she has like cancer or something!?
"No, nothing bad! It's just..."
"Spit it out!"
"...Rainbow's pregnant..."
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