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Next morning came shining in through the curtains of the hospital windows. Lauren was still sound asleep and Riker had woke me up.

"Come on, you gotta get home before they wake up", Riker kept on smacking my shoulder. I gave up. "Stop hitting me, you'll wake Lauren up", I gritted and turned to him. He rose his hands up in surrender and made space for me to get up.

"When does her parents come?", I asked, grabbing my extra clothes and towel. "Soon, they're driving here. I'll be here. Ryland's picking you up. He's down at the basement in another five minutes so, hurry up", Riker pushes me to the bathroom.

I quickly showered for a while and put on my clothes.

I quickly showered for a while and put on my clothes

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"Good, you're done. He's downstairs and her parents will be up soon", Riker have my backpack and I kiss Lauren's head for a final goodbye before I leave.

I rush down to the basement and bumped into Chris and Taylor. "Hey guys, Lauren's in room 134 on the fourth level. I gotta rush so, I'll see all soon later at night", I smiled at them and they wave to me.

I went down to the basement and saw Ryland with Ally standing outside the jeep for me. "Morning guys", I greeted them. "No time, for greetings. Soda needs you", Ryland pushed me into the jeep and I sat behind.

The ride was silent and the radio was the only thing playing. Ally decided to speak up. "How's Lauren doing?", she asked. "She's better. She'll be there for one more week and she has a scar on her head that will be permanent. Doc says to cheer her up and not bring her self esteem down by talking about the scar. She has a broken ankle and a cracked ribcage but doc said it'll heal in a few months so she said no dancing during tour", I answered with a monotone voice.

"How's Sarah holding up?", I asked and Ally sighed. "She's okay now. She's staying strong for Alessia and blaming herself for all this", Ally said sadly. "Soda however is a wreck. He went out drinking and was completely drunk when he came back. Luckily, Rocky was able to put him into bed", Ryland said while keeping his eyes on the road.

He soon pulled over to our driveway and we went inside. The house still seem normal and I saw Dinah cuddled with Rocky with Tyler and Normani on the coach. Ally tapped my shoulder and gave me a chocolate bar with some asprin for Soda and I.

I went up to his room and could smell beer as I entered. I sat on his chair as I tried to wake him up. "Soda, Soda wake up. I need to talk to you", I shake him and he groaned. "Not now Rachel", he turned his body and suddenly shot up once he realised I was there.

"Rachel! Oww... My head stings", he shot up and felt the hangover coming. "Here", I pass him the asprins and a glass of water. "Tell me your side of the story", I demanded calmly.

Soda looked at me and put the water away as I bit on on the chocolate bar. "Well, your brother said something about Sarah liking Alessia and I became a little protective. I mean Alessia mean a lot to me, right? And I love her much", I nodd in understanding.

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