Adopted by Heathers

Chapter 6 - Stay Alive

Barrett's POV:
I came off stage and to my dressing room to get ready for act two. Instead of Jess being there, Charissa was instead. "Wait, what happened?" I asked. "Where's Jess?"

"The stories in the group chat." Charissa replied, quickly getting her makeup on.

I unlocked my phone and went to the group chat and scrolled up a bit. Eventually I saw a message from Elle with some pictures attached. The message read:

Hey guys. So umm, Jess just stopped by my dressing room and shared this note that she found with me (note attached below). If you don't have time to read it, basically it's a suicide note from Claire.

Oh my god. What happened. Is Claire ok?

After a few minutes, it was places for act two and I went over to the stage.
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A little bit later, I went into my dressing room since I had a bit of a break.

When I entered, I saw Jess standing there with a panicked look on her face.

Is Claire ok?" I asked. "I-Is she dead?"

"I'm not sure if she's ok, but she's alive at this moment." She replied. I could tell she was holding back tears and I reached out and wrapped my arms around her. "It'll be ok." I told her. "You've got to have hope that she will be ok. That she will survive." I saw Jess nod. She was now full out crying. I pulled her closer and tried my best to comfort her till eventually, I had to go back on stage.

Jessica's POV:
Once I arrived at the hospital, I had to wait in the waiting room for a while. I checked my phone. the show would be almost over by now.

Eventually, the receptionist said I could go and visit her. I walked over to the room she gave me and went in to see Claire sleeping. I walked over to her side and whispered "Please don't die. I love you Claire."

I started to feel my eyes tearing up and I tried to stay strong for Claire. After a few minutes, I heard the door open. I turned around to see Elle and Barrett walking in. Elle ran over to Claire and whispered something to her and Barrett came over to me. "Are you ok Jess?" She asked me and I nodded.

Next thing I knew, I felt arms around me, pulling me into a hug. By then I was crying again and I saw that Elle was walking over to us.
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By now, a bunch more of the cast had come and gone. It was around 11pm, but Ryan, Barrett, Elle, and Alice stayed with me. I'm honestly not sure why Ryan decided to say, but then again, I can't tell you what's going through his mind.

I was currently leaning against the wall,  using my phone flashlight to read my book. We had turned the lights off so we could get some sleep. I looked over and saw that everyone but Elle and I were asleep. I couldn't tell exactly what Elle was doing, but if I listened closely, I could hear music playing from her phone.

I must have fallen asleep, because I woke up to Ryan shaking me. "What?" I mumbled tiredly.

"Sorry but I really had to wake you," He began, quoting Dead Girl walking. "See I decided I must go and get some donuts." I laughed at that, then remembering what happened, I quickly got up and ran over to the bed.

"I'm so sorry Claire." I whispered. "I feel like this was all my fault." I heard someone come up to me and say, "It wasn't your fault Jess. You had nothing to do with it."

"Well thanks Elle, but you still can't convince me that it wasn't my fault" I heard Elle sigh, then mutter something under her breath.
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I all of a sudden heard a big difference from the heart monitor. I heard the beeping start speeding up really quickly. The door opened and some doctors rushed in. The last thing I saw was them transferring Claire to a different bed, and taking her away.

A/N: Hope you enjoyed! Also, happy pride month everyone!!!
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