EARLIER CALLED "YOUNG, WILD AND FREE"
"I'm here for you, Always."
Always.
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There's a lot that can happen to a seventeen year old girl.
But this one's different. She's normal, just about as normal...
"Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no; it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests, and is never shake."
------------------------------------------------------------- *Important Author's Note at the end.*
I couldn't hear, I couldn't breathe, and I couldn't think. Tiana had cancer?
I fell to the floor, and noticed everyone looking at me, but I didn't care, I didn't care for anything in the world, except for the fact that she was ....unwell.
I suddenly stopped crying and looked at Rachel, and a wave of anger, of boiling fury washed over me. She knew. She knew about it all, and she didn't tell us. Us! We've been friends since we were in our freaking diapers!
I stood up, and walked over to her. 'You knew... You knew and you didn't tell us! Why would you do that Rachel? And you left her here alone with us, we were oblivious to everything the whole time! Do you have any idea what could have happened to her? Do you?!' I was now yelling, this wasn't me. I didn't yell, scream or freak out, but I needed to know what was wrong.
I had to find out for myself. I needed answers to something, anything.
'I'm sorry Gab, for hiding this from you, I really am. But that's the only thing I apologize for. I'm not sorry that I sent her here. I'm glad. Really glad.
I've been speaking to her every day, and this is the happiest she's been in a long, long time. She truly is .. happy. You girls make her complete. She was really sad back there, so I decided to send her here to you guys. Gab, she moved out of your place because she had to meet up with the doctor for frequent checkups. She was the one who told me not to tell you guys anything, because she knew you would throw your lives away, and do whatever it takes to be there for her. She knew it.
The day I told her that she was coming to you guys, she lit up. She was so exited.
I could see the difference in her when she sent me the first picture you guys clicked together. Her eyes had got their sparkle back, her cheeks were not as hollow as they were. She was radiating. She was... Beaming,'
Another tear slid down my already damp cheeks. I turned to Sarah and she was looking back at me.
I knew what she was thinking,"I wish I had known...I would have spent so much more time with her."
'Sarah, Gab, you guys have no idea about how much she loves you. You just have no idea. Trust me, I know. The whole world does. You do too... Deep inside,' she said, sniffing.
'We do,' both Sarah and I said at the same time.
I heard the doctor enter and call out to Rachel. She scurried behind her, and we were left to swim in our thoughts.
Sarah and I didn't speak. We just say there sharing a comfortable silence.
I don't know how much time we have left, and I'm gonna make every minute, every second count. Maybe she needed us, maybe she didn't, but I knew that we needed her, a lot.
It had now been three hours since the incident, and Tiana hadn't woken up yet, but we were waiting, and we knew she would get up.
Suddenly, the doors burst open, and I saw the one person I least expected to see. He stood there, panting, staring only at me.
He walked towards me, every step he took, echoed through the long corridors.
I turned to Sarah, but she was already sneaking out of the room. I couldn't believe her!
'Gab...,' he said, but I silenced him.
'Noah, now's not the time. I really can't deal with another fight right now. That's surely not on my list of priorities ,' I said, trying to get out of there as fast as possible.
'I know Gab, I haven't come here to talk about anything. I've come here for you. Sarah called me up. I'm here Gab. Even when you don't want me, even when you push me away, I'll always come running back to my best friend, because she needs me,' he walked towards me, and wrapped his arms around me.
I struggled, and pushed him, but he was too strong, or maybe I was too weak then. Giving up, I collapsed into his arms, the stress from the past week finally getting to me.
I finally realised how tired I was, not of all this, the feeling of not being able to do anything, to help myself, or anybody else, it really gets to you.
I realised that I was still hugging Noah, it felt good. I needed this. I felt him tighten his arms around me, and I realized that, maybe he needed this too.
I just realised that I needed to call Alex up. He had no clue about anything, he knew nothing about the kidnapping, the kiss, and Tiana. It felt like I had cheated on him, even thought it was Noah who kissed me, I still felt like it was my fault.
'Call him, ' Noah said. I snapped out of my thoughts and shot him a questioning glance.
'Alex. Call him,' he said, and I nodded, not understanding how he knew about what I was thinking about. I picked up my phone and walked out of the room.
I dialed Alex's number, and he picked up after two rings.
'Gab! Where were you? I tried calling so many times, but you never answered. You're OK right?' he said, speaking fast.
'Alex! Breathe. I know I haven't spoken to you, and there's a lot of stuff that I need to tell you, but now's not the time, can you call me later? I called you up to tell you that I'm safe, and I'm okay,'
I heard him shuffle about, and finally he spoke,' that's okay Gab, but make sure to call me later okay? Love you . Bye,' he said.
'Love you ,' I said and shut my phone off.
Somehow, I think those words were meant for me to remind myself that I was in love with Alex.
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AN Sooo This was mainly about the bond between everyone, Gab, Sarah and Tiana; Gab, Sarah and Rachel; to some extent Sarah and Noah; Gab and Noah; and Gab and Alex. So I actually wanted to express how close they all were, and this chapter is like a cobweb of connections.
Also, I wanted to let you guys know that I will be taking cover requests from you guys for any book!
There's another of my books that I published today, that tells you all about this, so go check it out on my profile! It's called Covers.
