And Then We All Fell Down...[EDITING]

Chapter 8: Should've, Would've, Could've

Chapter 8: Should've, Would've, Could've

ALEXIS

I sat there crying for what seemed like hours. Stella still hasn't woken up from her coma. I prayed everyday that she'd wake up.

"Come on Stella.. Please wake up." I cried. My eyes were bloodshot red and my face was stained with tears.

I'd give anything to see my bestfriend again. As I put my head down and cried some more, I heard a voice.

"H-hello?" I heard a groggy voice

"Stella?" I looked up hopefully.

"Alexis? Where am I?" She said clearing her throat. Man she sounded horrible.

"Oh my god. You're awake!" I squealed jumping up and hugging her.

"O-ow.." She said.

"Sorry." I said quickly releasing my grip.

"That's okay. God my head hurts. What the hell happened to me?" She spoke rubbing her head.

"C-carter and his friend tried to kill you.." I said quietly.

"THEY WHAT?" I yelled.

"Yeah.. They got you pretty bad.. You've been in a coma for 2 weeks.."

" 2 WEEKS?" I continued yelling.

"Stella, you shouldn't be screaming. You're not fully recovered yet."

"I'm sorry. But hey look! I-Im fine. I feel great." She said as she coughed and then gave a weak smile.

But I knew she wasn't. She didn't look fine and I know for a fact that she didn't feel fine.

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After a couple days of making sure Stella was stable, it was time to take her home. As we drove home, she noticed my black eye.

"Hey, what happened to your eye? It looks horrible.."

I didn't want to tell her about how Carter and parker showed up to my house and punched me. She had enough on her plate. Instead I lied.

"Huh? Oh this is nothing. Just a bad incident with a door is all." I managed to stutter out.

"Uh huh.." She said suspiciously.

"How are you feeling?" I quickly asked changing the subject.

"I swear to god if someone asks me that question one more time I will lose it!"

"Okay okay im sorry!" I said chuckling. "Do you wanna get something to eat?"

Her eyes litt up when I asked. I don't even know why I bothered asking her.

I pulled up to the nearest Five guys and she jumped out the car before I could turn it off. I swear she could be such a little kid sometimes.

As we sat down with our food, I looked her and tears began to well up in my eyes.

"Hey.. What's wrong?"

"I'm so sorry Stella. I should've never tried setting you up with Carter."

"Hey.. Its okay! I should've listened to you when you tried warning me about him."

"I should've been your bestfriend and took it one step at a time, I would've prevented this whole thing if I hadn't just given him your number when he asked, and I could've prevented it if I hadn't given up so easily. I'm so so sorry Stella. I could've lost you and I wouldn't know what I'd do without you."

At this point I was softly sobbing. Stella sat on my side of the booth and wiped my tears.

"Look, don't worry about it. Its all over.. We're okay.."

I really hoped we were okay. I hope whatever Carters reason was for almost killing my bestfriend was fulfilled.

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Once we finished eating, I took Stella home. She had called her dad and let him know she was okay so we went to her house and watched movies the whole night.

Around 1:00 am, she got a call. Her mood instantly changed as she answered.

"H-hello?" She answered shakily.

"Glad to see your feeling better princess."

It was Carter. God he sounded so creepy over the phone.

"Wh-what do you want?"

"Oh nothing. I just wanted to see how you were feeling after your horrible horrible accident." I knew he had a smirk on his face.

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FUCKING FAULT! YOU PUT ME IN A COMA FOR TWO WEEKS! I HATE YOU!" Stella's fear quickly turned to anger.

"Aw princess.. Lower your fucking voice when you're speaking to me. I will kill you this time."

"Don't make promises you can't keep. Sweetheart".

With that Stella hung up the phone.

"Come on Alexis. We have a trip to make."

Before I could even ask where we were going, she was already in the car.

I already knew this wasnt going to be good.

Or was it?

Maybe it was time for Stella to get her fill on revenge now...