Before I forget

Chapter Five

Cara froze. Did she just say that she was raped?  That can't be true.  It just couldn't.  That could never happen, can it?  It's not fair.  Why her?  What did she ever do?

Just then the ambulances doors swung open and two men took Amy's stretcher out.  Cara followed behind quickly as they rushed Amy into the hospital.  They were almost in the operating room, when two nurses grabbed both of Cara's arms.

Cara struggled for a while trying to break the grip the nurses had on her, but after a while she gave up.  One of the nurses went to get Cara a cup of water while the other nurse guided Cara to a chair in the waiting room.  Cara put her face in her hands and started sobbing.

Cara was in deep sob when she heard a familiar voice yelling at a nurse at the front desk. 

She looked up to see Mark standing there with his hands on the desk and bent a little over the desk, so he could get closer to the frightened nurse.

" I don't care!!  I need to know if she's OK!! "

Cara let out a little, " Mark? " and Mark turned to face the weak girl sitting in the very uncomfortable chair.  Without even realizing it, Mark and Cara were in each other's embrace.

Cara began to cry even harder, letting her teardrops stain Mark's black T- shirt.  She could even hear Mark give out a few sniffles.

" I'm so sorry " Mark quietly whispered stroking Cara's hair.

" Why did.... it have....to happen....t-to her? " Cara spat out in between sobs.

Mark thought for a while, a tear in his eyes.  " I don't know.  I just don't know. "

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After a while Brendan, Jessica, and Amy's mom showed up.  They all waited nervously to hear how Amy was.  Every time a nurse walked out of the room Amy was brought to, they would all look up at him wide eyed and watch him for a while, but they were always disappointed.

After hours of waiting, a nurse finally walked out into the waiting room and looked around.

" Is there a Ms. Staninghold in the room? " the nurse boomed.  Amy's mom quickly stood up.  " That would be me. " Amy's mom quickly walked over to the nurse.

Cara smiled when the nurse said Amy's last name.  Amy hated her last name.  She always said it was stupid and who ever had that last name first should have been eaten by a dinosaur or something.

Amy's mom came back after a while with a smile on her face.  She cleared her throat and said, " They just told me that Amy will be fine.  She just woke up. "

The group all let out a breath of relief.

Amy is going to be ok.

Amy's mom started talking again.  " They also told me that she wanted to see Cara. " Everyone looked at a wide eyed Cara.  Cara stood up and followed Amy's mom to her room. 

Once they got to the hospital room Cara was in, Ms. Staninghold faced Cara and put her hands on her shoulders.  " Make sure my baby girl is safe, ok? " Cara just shook her head yes, staring at the ground.  Amy's mom took her hands off of Cara's shoulders. " Good."

She then opened the door and pushed Cara inside.  Cara stumbled a little, but caught herself as Ms. Staninghold slammed the door shut.

Cara looked up to see a beaten up Amy laying in the hospital bed.  She walked over to a chair beside the bed and sat down.  She then picked up Amy's hand and placed it under her own chin.

Amy then opened her eyes and smiled at Cara.  " Hi. " she squeaked.  Cara smiled back, " Hi. "

They both giggled.  Cara finally said, " How you feelin? " Amy took a deep breath.  " Well for some reason everything hurts, but I can't figure out why! " Amy said sarcastically.

Cara rolled her eyes then half smiled.  " Looks like you haven't changed!! " Amy just smirked. 

Cara suddenly put a serious face on and said, " I'm glad your alive.  I don't know what I would've done if you died. " Amy's eyes teared up.  " You know I won't leave that easy.  Plus, I'm always here for you no matter what, your my best friend.  And even if I did die, I would come back as a ghost to haunt you. " They both bursted out laughing.

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Three days went by and Cara still refused to leave the hospital.  She just had Mark or Brendan her school homework.  Amy even convinced Mark to sneak in some pizza. 

Cara was waiting to ask Amy one specific question.  She was waiting to ask her about what she told her the day Amy was beat.  She wanted to ask about who raped her.  She was waiting till Amy was more cool about the whole thing. 

They were both sitting on the hospital bed watching tv when she decided that she was going to ask her.  She cleared her throat and said, " Hey Amy?  I need to talk to you about something really important. "

Amy turned herself so that she was facing Cara and said, " What's up? " Cara looked down and played with her thumbs. "          Do you remember what you told me before we  came here? "

Amy thought for a while.  She finally answered, " Not really.  It's kind of a blur. "

" Well you told me that........um......you think that you were.....raped. "

Amy looked down with a frown on her face.  " Oh, you mean that thing. "

Cara was confused.  " So you do remember? "

Amy shook her head yes quickly.

" What do you mean by that? "

Amy sighed.  " First I have to start at the beginning.  I was at some dumb party with Drake( Amy's boyfriend ) and he told me to get him a beer.  So I made my way through a crowd of people and got him a beer.  When I made my way back to the spot we were at, I saw him making out with some random girl.  I shook the beer and opened it while pointing the can at them.  They immediately broke apart and gasped.  I then started pushing my way through people until I got outside.  I guessed he followed me the whole way, because I only made it a few blocks when he grabbed me and turned me to face him.  He started yelling at me and he shook me, but I tried to break free.  He finally lost it and started beating me.  The last thing a remembered was a sharp pain in my head until everything went black.  When I woke up, I was bleeding, weak, and in pain.  My cloths were to the side and my hands were tied. " Amy finished with tears quickly rolling  down her healing cheeks.

Cara's vision was also blurred by tears.  Cara suddenly sprung forward and met Amy in a tight embrace.  Amy hugged back right away.

All that Cara could get out was a, " I'm so, so sorry this happened to you. "

They both drifted off to sleep in each other's arms.