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Calum's POV:
I set Chris on her bed and make her comfy. She is really pale and it's worrying me...
Rebecca walks in and stands at the end of the bed.

Her face is tearful

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Her face is tearful. She's scared I can tell.
I stand up to leave Chris and Rebecca looks at me. Her lips quiver. "Can I stay with her?" She asks. I nod and smile. "Call me if there's any change..." she nods and pulls Chris' chair up to her bed. She holds her hand. I leave the room.

Ashton's POV:
I finish my class and let everyone go out. I head down to Cals office.
I head straight in but he's not there. Mr Tial, one of the maths tutors walks past whistling. "Hey where's Cal?" I ask. "He called in a sub. Something about an emergency?" I thank him and quickly check my time table. There are 2 more lessons and I don't have any classes so I can go home. I need to know what's going on...

I go to the receptionist and sign out. As I get into the car park and climb into my car, I attempt to call Calum. No answer. What the fuck is happening? I try to call Rebecca, no answer. Okay! Chris always answers her phone to me or Cal.
I call her...no answer. That's it! Something's definitely wrong. I need to get home! Calum was looking for Chris, did he find her?
He said he was going to tell me what was going on...
I start the car and drive out of the school campus. I can't deal with fucking Chicago traffic. I make my way through the traffic and eventually reach my apartment block. I grip the steering wheel tight.

I quickly get out of my car and run inside. I'm starting to panic. What could have possibly happened? She left my class because she was ill, she looked really pale. I was worried.
But this...this is a new level of worry. Last night when I got home from I thought everything was fine but no, I was ignorant to even realise what was happening.

I'm starting to shake. I reach the hallway of which I live on and run to my door, quickly entering. I see Calum on the sofa shaking and crying.

 I see Calum on the sofa shaking and crying

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My face drops. I look towards Chris room but I don't run like I did yesterday. "What's going on? Nobody answered their phones" Cal just stares lifeless. He can barely move or talk. His breathing seems to be hitched. But he just breaks. I run to sit next to him. I wrap my arm around him and pull him into my chest. "Calum I'm going to need to know what's going on mate" he looks up at me and tries to contain himself. He can't. He's mentally and physically broken. I pull him back into a hug. He pulls away and looks at me. "When we took Chris to the hospital last night they gave her 3 injections. They were 3 doses of the same thing. Apparently. But they weren't. Only 1 dose was the one she needed. The hospital poisoned her. They said for her to rest. And uhm the doctor said that she could die" as he finishes his sentence he breaks again. I'm in shock...
A tear slices through my eyes, I can't. I can't process what he just said.

"Can I see her?" I ask he lifts his head and nods. I grab his face gently and put my hands either side of his face. I wipe his tears. I stand up and go to walk. I watch him rub his eyes and his nose.
I walk down the hallway and open Chris' door. I see Rebecca quietly singing and gently playing with her hair. She's holding her hand. I make myself known that I'm in the room and she looks at me and gives me a sad smile.
I kneel down beside Chris she looks so sick.

Chris' POV:
I feel someone stroking my hair and someone caresses my cheek. I open my eyes as much as can; I see Rebecca, she's crying, a lot. She's sniffling. But her face slightly lights up when she sees my eyes open. "Hey" she says in a slight whisper. Ashton looks up and he slightly smiles. Ashton gets up and walks out of the room but suddenly Calum runs in. "Oh my god..." He caresses my face and I can see he's been crying really hard. "What happened?" I whisper followed my a rough cough. Rebecca continues to stroke my hair. "The doctor gave you 2 doses of the wrong thing so you'll be quite ill for a while... Doctor said best to rest" Calum explains I nod and look at him. "Am I going to die?" I ask. He puts his head down slightly. "We don't know. But I can't loose you. Not ever! You're a fighter!" I smile sadly. "I wanna go into the living room..." I say. Cal nods and stands up. He gently lifts me off the bed and I watch Rebecca take my duvet and my blankets out of the room. Cal walks out of the room and places me on the couch where all my blankets are. I grab my phone. God I feel so sick. There's a bucket beside me just in case. Ash comes over with a glass of water and some sandwiches. He smiles.
"I'm gunna go pick Tom and Lila up Cal you coming?" Ashtons states putting on his shoes. Cal looks at me and I nod. "Bec will be here" I smile. She smiles back at me.

As they leave Rebecca comes and sits down by me. "This is really scaring. When I saw him with his hands around your throat, I didn't know what to do...but you mouthing 'I love you' I just had to get him off you. I hope the fall killed him." She strokes my hair. "I can't believe this is happening, why didn't you stay here?" She asks curiously.
"My father made me stay at home because if I didn't he'd find me and kill me. So Ash and Cal they have therapy, it goes on for hours. They go Wednesday to Sunday. So I stay on a Monday and Tuesday. My dad was fine with that...I'm afraid to be alone..." I explain. The guys missed yesterday's therapy but they explained that something happened. I don't think they should miss another one.

Calum's POV:
We pick up Tom and Lila and begin to drive. But Ash knows exactly where I want to go. He pulls up at my fathers house and nods at me. "Don't get killed." He says, in which I nod.
I get out of the car and walk down the driveway I instantly go inside and see my father. "You bastard!" I yell. Ashley walks in as well. "Shut the fuck up Calum!" She yells. "He nearly killed Chris!" I yell back at her, she just laughs.
I go over to my father who is stood with a drink in his hand. "Would've been worth it, you were all worthless children!" He says. I throw his drink at wrap my hand around his neck. "I'm not like you...so you still get to live!" I let go. "Stay the fuck away from her" I yell but he scoffs.
I walk out slamming the door and I get into the car, instantly putting my seatbelt on. "Did you kill him?" Ashton asks. "I'm not like him..." I reply quietly. I explain to Tom and Lila what happened and they begin to cry. I give them a sympathetic look and out my hand back to them. I don't know why I did but I did. When Ashton reaches a red light I quickly give them a hug.
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