A Plan By Surprise

Chap 6

Jayk's POV

"Don't worry," I said. "Go up and get ready. I'll let Drew now."

"Okay," said Katrina as she ran upstairs.

"Drew," I said. Drew walked into the living room. "Can you drive Katrina to the hospital?"

"Everything okay?" asked Drew.

"Her best friend was just raped," I said as there was a knock on the door. "That's probably the rest of the guys." I opened the door. "Hey guys. Come in."

"Blake, TC, and Devin," said Drew. "Glad you're here but we gotta bounce."

"I'm ready," said Katrina walking down the stairs dressed. "Who's everybody?"

"Katrina, this is TC Carter, Blake English, and Devin Fox," I said. "Guys, this is my girlfriend, Katrina Canfield."

"Hi, but our little getting to know each other introductions is going to wait," said Katrina pulling on her denim vest. "I need to get to the hospital now. Do I have a ride, do I have to drive myself, or do I have to walk?"

"Here," said Drew handing me the keys. "Just go ahead. I'll get the guys settled in."

"Okay," I said. "Come on, Katrina." We got into the car and I started to drive. "Do you know when it happened?"

"Probably when I got off the phone with her this morning," said Katrina. "She was perfectly fine and happy this morning." I sighed. "Well, kinda happy. I woke her up outta her sleep but she's always there for me when I need her so she was okay that I woke her up."

"Katrina, is there something wrong?" I asked. "Since last night you've been kinda off."

"I'm fine. Just thinking a lot is all," she replied. "Don't worry about it. I'll be okay."

"I told you if you weren't ready then we wouldn't," I said.

"No, Jayk," Katrina respomded. "I'm fine. Don't worry about it." We got to the hospital and we walked inside to the front desk. "Excuse me, we're here to see Autumn Summers."

"Room 258," said the nurse.

"Thank you," I said. We walked to the elevator. "Second floor." We took the elevator to the second floor and found the room but we didn't go inside. "Katrina, you okay?"

"I don't know," she whispered. She knocked and we walked inside. "Autumn?"

"Katrina," said Autumn. Her voice was raspy and she had a black eye. "I didn't want you to see me like this."

"Don't talk," said Katrina. "Don't try, at least." Autumn nodded. "You know what, I'm going to stay here with you. I'm not going to AMDA." Autumn shook her head. "Yes."

"Here," I said handing her a small white board. She wrote something and let us read. "Do not stay here for me. Go to AMDA LA and be happy. I'll be fine."

"Autumn, you lying in a hospital bed is not fine," said Katrina.

Autumn typed on her phone. "You are still stubborn as always," said her phone. "But you need to go to LA and live your dreams."

"No," Katrina said shaking her head. "If I go, you're going."

"I'm going to Berkley," said Autumn's phone. "Maybe Stanford. IDK yet but I will be in the same state." Katrina sighed. "And Marcus is going to jail."

"He can still get out of parole," said Katrina.

"As long as he doesn't know where I am, we'll be fine," said Autumn's phone.

"Autumn, has a point, Katrina," I said. "You need to go for your dreams."

"Here," said Autumn in her raspy voice. She handed Katrina a phone charger for her phone. "I made this for you."

"You decorated the charger," said Katrina as she held it. She looked at the wording in the wrap. "Katrina Canfield and Autumn Summers best friends? More like sisters." Katrina smiled. "Autumn." They hugged. "Thank you." Autumn nodded. Autumn's eyes got wide as she looked towards the door. "Autumn?"

I turned around. "No," I said getting Katrina behind me. "You're not touching any of them."

"Marcus," said Katrina looking over my shoulder. "You're suppose to be in jail."

"Let's just say that my dad knows the judge who's known me since I was little," said Marcus as he smirked. "My case never made it to trial."

"Miss Summers, you're free to go," said a nurse walking in.

"Okay," Autumn responded.

"You're staying with me," said Katrina as she helped Autumn out of the bed. "And I'll call my dad."

"He doesn't know where your dad lives, does he?" I asked.

"He does but he doesn't know where you live," said Katrina. "And Autumn has a car at her place."

"No, he'll be able to find you," I replied. "Drew will let you borrow his car." Katrina nodded. "Let's go." We walked out to the car and got in. I quickly drove off to make sure Marcus didn't see the car. I pulled into the driveway of my house and the three of us went inside. "Guys!"

"Yeah?" asked TC walking down the stairs. The rest of the guys following. "Who's this?"

"This is Autumn Summers," said Katrina. "My best friend with a rapiest on the loose."

"Does the rapiest know you're here?" asked TC.

"No," said Autumn.

"Kat, you know Drew. This is TC, Devin, and Blake," I said. "And Autumn, that's Drew on the end there."

"She looks just like you, Katrina," said Drew. "You sure you're not twins."

"Yeah," Katrina replied.

"We always joke around saying God knew out mothers couldn't handle us as sisters so He made us best friends instead," Autumn replied.

"Hey, you can have the guest room," I said.

"And I'll go make some of that homemade lime and honey remedy to help with your throat," Katrina replied.

"Oh, I hate that stuff," Autumn said.

"I know but it'll help soothe your throat," said Katrina disappearing into the kitchen. "Autumn, you need to get some rest!"

The guys sat on the couch. "Let me take you up to the guest room," I said. Autumn followed me up to the room. "It's nothing fancy but he won't find you here."

"Katrina has to be at her dad's tomorrow," said Autumn.

"I know and you can borrow's Drew car," I replied. "I'm sure he'll let you."

"Thank you," said Autumn. "For everything."

"Everything?" I asked.

"Yeah. Keeping Katrina happy, helping me," Autumn replied. "Katrina is basically my world, my sister. I don't know what I'd do if I lost her."

"Well, Kat is an amazing girl and you are her best friend," I said. "Any friend of her's is a friend of mine."

"You're a good guy," said Autumn.

"Yeah, he is," said Katrina walking in. "Now, remember, every three to four hours, take a sip or drink a fourth of it." She handed the cup to Autumn. "And I'll take Jayk with me to your place to get some clothes."

"We should go now," I replied. "Before Marcus gets the cops to her place."