Band aids don't fix bullet holes (Rachel

10-telling the others

Colleen POV

After yesterday's incidents I'm now stuck with the responsibility of telling my family and Rachel's friends what happened. I decided the best thing would be to talk to everyone at once because it's a lot easier and less stressful. So in a few hours:
-mom
-dad
-Trent
- Chris and jess
-kory
-Shane
-Jenna
-Julian
-Hannah
-Mamrie
-grace
-Lilly (superwoman)
And Tyler, are meant to be coming round so I can explain everything. I'm so scared and I think Gabbie noticed as she came and hugged me whilst telling me to take a deep breath. Oh this is going to be a long day.

-one hour later-
So an hour has passed and everyone has arrived. Whilst people were talking to one another my mom came up to me.

"Where's Rachel honey?" Oh no here we go(!)

"That's why everyone's here I was about to explain everything." I said as calmly as possible.

She nodded and went back to my dad right let's get started no turning back now.

"Guys?" I said. They stopped talking and turned to me Gabbie knew what I was about to do so came up to me and held my hand.

"So if you haven't already noticed Rachel is not here." I started.

"Don't worry she IS in a safe place. And that place is a mental hospital on suicide watch." Gasps spread across the room most people in the room were balling.

"If your wondering what happened I'll explain, basically, many months back Rachel decided to be romantic and make her and Matt a nice civilised meal. When going to buy the ingredients Matt bought really strong beers. During the meal Rachel was punched and kicked due to the alcohol effect on Matt. The next day she came to my place and I saw a huge bruise on her face she said she had hit something and me being stupid and gullible believed her. A few days later I get a call from Rachel saying that she needs to go the hospital but can't because she can't drive due to the pain. She claimed she was knocked off a bike which was bs and I knew it so when I went to confront her she was not letting her lie go so I got Gabbie involved." I stopped and started crying. So Gabbie continued,

"As I got to the house I could hear whines so my first instinct was 'oh they're making out don't want to intrude' then I heard a scream so I went to the window and saw Matt beating up Rachel. Matt saw me and pinned me up against the door strangling me saying that if I don't keep it a secret he'll kill Colleen AND Rachel so I kept it a secret until the day before yesterday when I went to check on her and Rachel was so skinny and was beaten up to high hell so I told her that we need to go to the hospital but she refused to go so I stayed and hugged her and assured her she is perfect the way she was and that she needs to break up with him and I thought she did until yesterday when.... everything happened," her voice cracked at the end so I squeezed her hand and I continued.

"When I woke up Gabbie was looking  at me with a look of worry she said she had a feeling in her stomach that she hated so we went to Rachel's house and I saw her...holding a knife above her chest. I froze so Gabbie ran and snatched the knife out of Rachel's hand, she screamed at Gabbie for interfering but Gabbie calmed her down whilst I found a note near where Rachel sat so I read it. It was a suicide note explaining everything and how she's been hiding her emotions. So whilst we comforted her Matt came in and so me and Gabbie got protective of her so Matt lunged at Rachel with the knife but Gabbie moved her so it was her who got hit with the knife if anything happened. Which did but it's nothing just a little scratch. And so I called 911 and they said she'd have to be took to a mental hospital to see a therapist for her anorexia and depression she gained during this event." It was finally off my chest. So what better to do then to uncontrollably sob into my lover's chest.

After 10 minutes everyone was calmer and started to leave surprisingly Jenna and mom took of the hardest. Was Jenna closer to Rachel than I expected?

A/N Hell yeah I'm adding plot twists 😂 also I don't know why but I get more inspired at night again why is beyond. Next chapter will be more focused on Rachel's new however long. Quick question how many chapters do you want Rachel to be in the hospital for because I don't know how long and you're the one who reads this not me I write!! So ye how long leave your answer in the comments until then
G'bye
Lucy
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