Warnings: Mature Language, Drug Addiction, Mentions of Overdose, Mentions of Alcohol Misuse, Mentions of Sexual Assault, Denial, Scheming, Drug Withdrawal, Crying, Sexual References, Insecurities, Mentions of Eating Disorders- this goes into some detail!
Dorota and Alex in this chapter <3 Also not proofread xx
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𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚 faint beeping sound as I sluggishly rolled around in the bed. My eyes blurred open to see that I was in the Ostroff Center attached to an IV drip. I rolled over, my head pounding, my throat dry, my vision was blurry. "Hey, Alex, can you hear me?" Blair's voice softly asked, I groaned softly as I rolled over to face the voice and tried to adjust to the light. I saw Blair, Serena and Nate all in the room looking at me with concern and slight relief. But where was Chuck? "What happened?" I croaked out. I noticed Blair had tears in her eyes, Chuck looked worried- even for him, Serena looked a bit anxious and Nate's brows furrowed with worry. Blair held my hand and took a second to breathe, "You had an overdose A, it was lucky Serena found you or else.. God I don't know what would've happened." Blair tearfully said whilst Nate handed me some water which I slowly yet carefully gulped at. "Why am I back in this stupid place? It was just a minor incident." I croakily complained.
"The doctors said that if you had anymore drugs in your system you might've not made it. It's a miracle you even did." Chuck sternly said walking into the room, I gulped softly. "We're worried about you Al." Nate chimed in, his voice much softer than Chuck's. "Why's she here?" I asked with furrowed brows as my eyes fell onto Serena. "I can leave if you want me to. I just thought you could lose a friend." Serena sheepishly admitted, I nodded to her and sipped my water. "Can Serena and I talk, alone please?" I asked, looking between the four of them. I wanted to talk to Blair too, but thought the talk with Serena would be more challenging. Nate and Chuck nodded walking off and Blair squeezed my hand, softly saying, "We're just outside if you need us, if you need me. Okay?" "Thanks." I croaked before they walked off.
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"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 saving my life." I said to her, rubbing my forehead. "It's okay, I know you would for me. As long as you're okay." Serena replied gently. "Look, can we just-" I went to say then sighed. I didn't wanna fight with her anymore. I was tired of fighting. Serena didn't say anything, clearly waiting for me to talk. "Sorry for what I did with Dan and the way I behaved. It wasn't fair on you and I regret ruining our friendship over a Humphrey." I sincerely said to her. "I'm sorry too for all the scheming, the games and the horrific things I said too. I never meant to drag you further down, well, not like this anyway." She apologised to me and I opened up my arms allowing her to weakly hug me.
