Angel watched as Daniel led her distraught friend away. She turned to look at Kevin, and felt her blood begin to boil. What exactly did he do to make Grace tremble like that? She felt like slapping the lazy smirk on his face. She took a determined step towards Kevin, but felt someone hold her back. She hadn’t noticed that Andrew had been holding her hand all this time.
Andrew shook his head at Angel. He let go of her hand and approached Kevin.
“Kevin, what did you do?” Andrew asked accusatorily.
“I didn’t do anything but talk to her! What’s wrong with her? She’s like a psychotic prude,” Kevin laughed as he waved the crowd away.
“Did you just insult my friend, Kevin?” Emily’s stern voice rang through. She had that very rare, but very ominous frown on her face, “what did you do to Grace?” she enunciated every word with an unmistakable anger in the tone.
“What can I possibly do to her? That psycho Daniel pushed me before I could say another word, what’s up with that?” Kevin flipped the finger in the direction Daniel and Grace went. He tugged his collar and started towards the stairs.
“Stay there! You best explain yourself. Daniel will never tackle you if you hadn’t done anything,” Emily blocked Kevin’s way towards the stairs and grabbed his sleeve.
“Let go! There is nothing to explain. I didn’t do anything. Let go, you crazy woman.”
“No! What did you do?” Emily tightened her hold and pulled so that Kevin would turn back to face her, “I’ve never seen Grace like that! You have to apologize to her!”
“I said let go!!” Kevin swung his arm at Emily to loose her hold on him, but his elbow hit Emily squarely in the temple, causing Emily to stumble backwards, towards the edge of the stairs.
“Emily!” Gabriel exclaimed, feeling as though his heart was the one that was elbowed. He raced forward and pulled Emily into his arms, her eyes shut tight from the impact. “Emily, are you alright?” he asked worriedly while helping her stand steadily.
“Kevin, are you nuts?” Gabriel grabbed Kevin’s collar angrily, “how could you hit a girl? What if she fell down the stairs?”
“Was that how you treated Grace too?” Emily shouted as she kept hitting Kevin on the chest.
“Stop it!” Kevin grabbed hold of Emily’s wrists to stop the abuse, but his tight hold made Emily wince.
“What are you doing?!” Gabriel angrily pried Kevin’s hands off Emily’s wrists and pushed him roughly by the shoulders, “can’t you see when you’re hurting someone?”
Kevin’s temper lit up in his eyes, “Don’t push me!” He stepped up to Gabriel and gave him a solid push on his shoulders. Gabriel wasn’t prepared for it and began to stagger back, towards the edge of the stairs.
“Gabriel!!” Emily shrieked. She put herself in his path to stop him from falling down the stairs. However, the weight of Gabriel's momentum caused her to lose her footing and begin to fall backwards.
“Emily!!” Angel watched in horror as Emily rolled down the stairs and landed in a crumpled heap at the bottom, unconscious and unmoving.
“Emily!!” Gabriel shouted desperately after regaining his balance, and hurried to her side, “Emily!! Are you alright?? Emily? Please speak to me!!” he touched her face gently, afraid to move her otherwise, “Call an ambulance! Somebody! Call an ambulance!!” he cried hysterically
“Emily!!”
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Andrew shook his head at Angel. He let go of her hand and approached Kevin.
“Kevin, what did you do?” Andrew asked accusatorily.
“I didn’t do anything but talk to her! What’s wrong with her? She’s like a psychotic prude,” Kevin laughed as he waved the crowd away.
“Did you just insult my friend, Kevin?” Emily’s stern voice rang through. She had that very rare, but very ominous frown on her face, “what did you do to Grace?” she enunciated every word with an unmistakable anger in the tone.
“What can I possibly do to her? That psycho Daniel pushed me before I could say another word, what’s up with that?” Kevin flipped the finger in the direction Daniel and Grace went. He tugged his collar and started towards the stairs.
“Stay there! You best explain yourself. Daniel will never tackle you if you hadn’t done anything,” Emily blocked Kevin’s way towards the stairs and grabbed his sleeve.
“Let go! There is nothing to explain. I didn’t do anything. Let go, you crazy woman.”
“No! What did you do?” Emily tightened her hold and pulled so that Kevin would turn back to face her, “I’ve never seen Grace like that! You have to apologize to her!”
“I said let go!!” Kevin swung his arm at Emily to loose her hold on him, but his elbow hit Emily squarely in the temple, causing Emily to stumble backwards, towards the edge of the stairs.
“Emily!” Gabriel exclaimed, feeling as though his heart was the one that was elbowed. He raced forward and pulled Emily into his arms, her eyes shut tight from the impact. “Emily, are you alright?” he asked worriedly while helping her stand steadily.
“Kevin, are you nuts?” Gabriel grabbed Kevin’s collar angrily, “how could you hit a girl? What if she fell down the stairs?”
“Was that how you treated Grace too?” Emily shouted as she kept hitting Kevin on the chest.
“Stop it!” Kevin grabbed hold of Emily’s wrists to stop the abuse, but his tight hold made Emily wince.
“What are you doing?!” Gabriel angrily pried Kevin’s hands off Emily’s wrists and pushed him roughly by the shoulders, “can’t you see when you’re hurting someone?”
Kevin’s temper lit up in his eyes, “Don’t push me!” He stepped up to Gabriel and gave him a solid push on his shoulders. Gabriel wasn’t prepared for it and began to stagger back, towards the edge of the stairs.
“Gabriel!!” Emily shrieked. She put herself in his path to stop him from falling down the stairs. However, the weight of Gabriel's momentum caused her to lose her footing and begin to fall backwards.
“Emily!!” Angel watched in horror as Emily rolled down the stairs and landed in a crumpled heap at the bottom, unconscious and unmoving.
“Emily!!” Gabriel shouted desperately after regaining his balance, and hurried to her side, “Emily!! Are you alright?? Emily? Please speak to me!!” he touched her face gently, afraid to move her otherwise, “Call an ambulance! Somebody! Call an ambulance!!” he cried hysterically
“Emily!!”
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