JJ's biggest flaw was his recklessness, and his bad ideas. Honestly, that didn't seem that bad to Bexley.
Rafe's biggest flaw? Jealousy. Pure, uncontrolled jealousy.
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tw: mentions of violence, suicidal thoughts
"Why didn't you call us?" Kiara asked Sarah, as the two girls stood in the hospital waiting room, along with Pope and Topper. "Or you could've at least texted us. She's been here for hours, we should've been told."
"Bexley didn't want anyone else over here," Sarah tried to say. "All the cops have been making her nervous already. I think a lot of visitors would've overwhelmed her."
"So?" Kiara asked. "You could've at least told us you were okay. The boys were out all night looking for you guys."
Sarah apologized, "I'm sorry, okay? Everything just got really out of control really fast."
"Just a text would've worked," Kiara said, irritation obvious in her tone. She didn't like being out of the loop, especially not about this. They were all a team, and she didn't understand why there were any secrets happening.
"Lay off her, would you?" Topper told Kiara, coming to Sarah's defense.
Kiara looked at the boy and just snapped, "Shut the fuck up, Topper."
He scoffed.
"I'm sorry," Sarah said again. She ran her hands over her face. "Look...I was really out of it last night. Rafe jumped me too. He tried to drown me, I wasn't thinking clearly."
Kiara's face fell. "Oh shit, I didn't know."
"I was exhausted, and my phone got stolen, and I just wasn't in the right mind," she explained.
Kiara felt bad. She looked at Pope. "Maybe we should take Sarah back to the house. Let her get some sleep. Then we could just come back. JJ'll probably be in there a while anyway." She glanced down the hallway. "Hopefully he's not bothering her too much."
"You think you need to rest more?" Pope asked Sarah, sympathetically. "I wouldn't mind driving you back real quick. Bexley's not going anywhere."
Topper stiffened. He glanced at her. His voice was disappointed as he asked, "You want to leave?"
Sarah bit her lip. "Yeah, maybe I should."
Kiara nodded, understandingly. She took Sarah's hand, pulling her over so she stood with them instead of the kook. Pope then said to Topper, "If JJ comes out, can you tell him we'll be right back?"
"Sure," Topper threw out. But he wasn't really paying attention to Pope, just to her. "Bye, Sarah."
She didn't respond, she just glanced his way.
The three of them left the hospital.
Topper sighed loudly, and plopped down in the waiting room chair. He frowned as he looked ahead. He spotted JJ coming down the hall fast, looking around, like he was doing something wrong. Which he probably was, Topper figured, because he always was.
