SARA-LEE's POV
I gave Kiana and worried look.
Jessica had been drifting in and out of sleep a lot today.
She motioned me to follow her, I put down the cup of coffee and glanced over at Jess, she had a dazed look and was staring out the window, oblivious to the world.
I got up and followed her out to the kitchen.
I trusted Kiana, she's been a psychologist for 10 years. I always turned to her, she's been my friend since college.
"Do you mind if I take a look at something?" she asked carefully.
I nodded.
"Wait here." she said firmly, I sighed and sank down onto the kitchen's floor.
A feeling of dread sat heavily on my heart, something was up, I knew it.
I just didn't know what.
After a few moments Kiana came back.
"I'm not quite sure how to tell you this, Sara, I've kind of wondered about it for a long time. But I never knew how to go about asking. But now that it's been confirmed, there's something you need to see."
I gulped in fear and followed her back into the living room.
My heart sank and tears pricked at my eyes.
Jess was asleep, her face contorted in pain, her sleeves up, and her arms covered in crimson lines and scars.
Bruises and burn marks covered her arms as well.
How could I have not known?
A sob left my mouth and I fell into Kiana's embrace.
"I know this isn't something you want to consider, believe me, I pray it's not true." she began, I pulled away and looked at her. "I think we may need to take her to the hospital and have her stomach pumped." she whispered.
I took a step back and fear overwhelmed me.
"Remember my sister, Janey?" She began, I nodded, she had over dosed one day and no one knew why.
"This is exactly what happened before she passed over." Kiana whispered the last part.
My heart stopped.
No..... my little girl....
More sobs escaped.
"Let's go...." I whispered, even if it wasn't that, maybe they could at least tell me what's wrong.
JESSICA'S POV
My eyes fluttered open, I felt horrible. My body ached and my eyes felt so heavy. I was so tired.
I looked around the room and saw Mom and Dad in the room, a long with Chaz's mom.
They were whispering, mom looked like she had been crying.
I kept looking around, noticing that I was in a hospital room.
"She's awake." Dad whispered. They all turned to look at me.
Realization hit me...
Oh no....
Mom and Dad got up and came over, they each grabbed a hand.
"Why....?" Mom asked before beginning to cry.
My heart broke at the sight.
"This is why I didn't tell you." I whispered, feeling weak.
A doctor walked in and smiled.
"Oh good, she's up." He gave me a smile.
"Have you talked about the situation?" he asked mom and dad, completely disregarding me.
"Yes we have, and we've come to a decision." Dad spoke firmly, the harsh edge to his voice scared me, I gulped causing them to look into my direction.
"Let's talk in my office." the doctor motioned for them to follow.
Chaz's mom took a seat beside me and gave me a smile.
"Good morning, pretty girl." she squeezed my hand reassuringly.
I scrunched my nose up at the compliment.
"Oh dear, Jess, you're beautiful." she leaned forward, looking me in the eyes.
"I'm really not," I muttered.
Jess shook her head.
"Why do you think that?" she raised her eyebrows curiously.
"Uhm...." I started uncomfortably. "because it's true?" I looked at my fingers, avoiding eye contact.
"How did you guys know....?" I whispered forcing my self to look at her.
"I saw a glimpse through your sleeve when you came over for the first time, I've kept an eye on you ever since, I wasn't sure, but I looked, I'm sorry, I know it invades your privacy, but I love you. I was worried about you." she squeezed my hand again. "I figured if you did that, you may have wanted to die."
I looked away, part of me was furious, but part of me was so relieved.
But what was going to happen now?
