An Array Of Dissapointments

Chapter 7

A/N : IM SOO SORRY I HAD SUPER BAD WRITERS BLOCK & A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED SO I STOPPED WRITING BUT IM BACK NOW GUYS.
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Jeremy's POV:
I can't think straight. This is my fault. How did I not know she was doing this? If I caught it sooner.. it wouldn't have been so bad. Fuck.
"OHMYGOD WHAT HAPPENED TELL ME EVERYTHING PLEASE.!" Nicole frantically said running towards me in the hospital waiting room.
"Let's try & go get something to eat. It'll be easier there." I told her shakily.
"Okay." She told me obligingly.
When we sat down at the little cafe down the street I didn't speak for 5 minutes. Nicole ended up breaking the silence & speaking the first word since I suggested going somewhere else to talk about this.
"So?.. What happened?" Nicole asked after the waiter set down some coffee & tea Nicole had ordered for us to drink,
"Well.." I said taking a deep breath while cradling the hit cup of tea in my hands & pulling my knees to my chest despite sitting in a booth.
"Disarray & I were going to have a sleep over tonight. You know, like we always do. & It was going great. We were picking up some stuff for Ezekiel at the store when you texted & said you couldn't make it. That's when we made the plans. So we ended up grabbing some junk food & other things to keep us stable through the sleep over. We left the store, she saw her mother, called the cops on her & hung up with the cops when we got to my house." I told her.
She waited while I took a shaky breath.
"Mom & dad left the house & we were in my room arguing about whether she would sleep in my room or hers. She was leaving my room when she.. she collapsed. It fell over." I explained while choking back my tears. There was a lump the size of a rock in there or so it seemed. It was getting hard to breathe.
"I tried getting her up thinking she was playing. She wasn't. I didn't know what to do so I called 911. They took her here & when they were putting her into her hospital gown, they-" I suddenly stopped feeling myself about to lose it. I saw Nicole was waiting for me & was on the verge of tears herself. I continued on because there was nothing else to do.
"They f-found deep gashes on her. All over. Arms, wrist, thighs, shoulders, stomach, legs. Everywhere. Her arms were unhealthily thin too. Her rib cage showed. They also found bruises on her & burns in some places as well." I choked out unable to contain myself any longer. Nicole slid next to me & gave me a tight hug in which she started crying into my shoulder & we just held each other for a while.
I wiped my eyes & looked down.
"Sorry. I started crying." I told Nicole.
She shook her head.
"No, don't be. We both needed it." She assured me.
I smiled at her softly.
"Have-have the doctors spoken their thoughts about everything?" Nicole asked me tenderly.
I took a breath & told her, "they suspect very much the gashes are from cutting, her thin body look is from not eating, bruises could either be hitting herself or abuse from someone at home & the burns are very well from herself too."
"Oh my god." She softly spoke,
"Yeah..." I told her barely audible.
We both jumped when my phone started ringing. I looked at the number & answered it immediately.
"What's going on?" I asked the voice.
"Where are you?" It asked me in return.
"Cafe down the street. Why? What is it.?" I asked impatiently.
"Disarray woke up. I thou-" the voice told me before I interrupted it saying "Nicole & I are on our way. Be there in 2." I said & hung up.
Nicole & I were already running down the street but I filled her in anyways.
"Disarray's dad.... called.... she's up..." I said breathing hard while running.
We both ran in & ran to the desk breathing hard.
"Disarray Anarchy. What room?" I told the receptionist without allowing her time to speak.
"Who are you?" She questioned.
"We're her best friends." I told her impatient when her dad walked through the doors from the hospital room section.
"Come on hurry up." He told me briskly.
"No! Wait! You can't go throu-" the receptionist tried calling out but was drowned out by us running towards Disarray's room.
Her Dad put an arm on Nicole.
"She wants to see Jeremy first."
Nicole looked surprised & was about to argue when she saw my face & bowed her head nodding.
"Go. I can wait."
I told her "Thank you" & walked in.
As soon as I opened the door both of Disarray & my eyes met each other. She looked down quickly.
"Disarray." I breathed.