My relief was short lived because we had to cross jagged rocks through a pond to get to the beach. "Liz, your leg!" I glanced down and saw alot of blood. I covered my eyes. "I'd rather not look." He nodded and grabbed me to help me from wobbling. We started crossing them. "Statistically walking over these sharp rocks are harder." "I'm on the ground I'm fine." We continued walking and I almost fell. "Don't slip cuz, if you fall I'm not gonna rescue you." "Oh come off it, of course, you would. You couldn't resist the chance to be a hero." Max smirked and shook his head. "So do you think Noelle will get away with it?" I asked curiously. "No." Guilt flooded into me. "Shit, I didn't even think about the punishment, I was only focused on finding out what happened to my cousin. I didn't think about what would happen." "Liz, You didn't make her do anything, she chose to your only exposing the truth. Besides, she's only 17 the punishment for attempted murder is up to 5 years. She'll still only be 22 and have her whole life ahead of her." "True." But I still felt uneasy.We walked the rest of the way in silence. We reached the sandy beach. We toppled into a big hug. "You did it." He said beaming. I squeezed him, "I did! With your help though." At that point Max looked as if he was going to kiss me. "Good work Max." I jumped and saw Max's dad. We tried to separate as swiftly as we could, but we ended up collapsing in a heap. He shoved me off and I landed in the sand. "Max go home and check on your mother." "Yes, dad." Max disappeared. Wow thanks Max. I hoisted myself off the ground but Almost fell because of my leg. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?" My eyes narrowed. "I wanted to figure out what happened to Andi. None of this would have happened had you investigated properly." "NOW THIS IS MY FAULT?" I smirked. He went on to lecture me on how that was dangerous. I reached the Ambulance. "Lizzy, Noelle is in there, she thinks you're dead. You need to get her to confess to attempting to kill you." He whispered. I nodded. "Hey, Noelle!" I said grinning even though I felt like passing out. "You, your, your alive?????? How? I shoved you off a cliff for god's sake! They said you were dead!" Noelle's voice kept going higher. "Thanks, Lizzy!" I closed my eyes. "Noelle Fox, you are under arrest for the attempted murder of Elizabeth Johnson. You do not have to...'' I was given some anesthesia as the paramedics started to address my wounds. I drifted off. I woke up to my hospital room cover in get-well cards. I saw one from my father. It wasn't even written by him. His girlfriend wrote it! I was pissed. I threw the card away and my mother walked in. "ELIZABETH MARIE JOHNSON DO YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE TO BE ALIVE?" "Mom, I know." She was angry and then had tears streaming down her face. "Belle told us what you had been planning. We were all looking for you. Max and his father reached the point first. Nobody saw you. We thought you died!" I smiled sadly. "You're still stuck with me."She rolled her eyes and then hugged me. "Mo- Mom, Your suffocatting me." "Sorry!" She sat there for a bit and then sent Carissa in. "Oh, Lizzy thank you so much. I now can live knowing that I was a good mother. Thank you!" She gave me a hug. Over the course of the day, the flow of the visitors was steady. Wilson came and gave me roses. But the one person I wanted to come didn't. Max. Max's father came though. "Don't think I didn't see you and Max wrapped in a hug. You will not be near my son let alone date my son. His mother is dying, he doesn't need any distractions." "Wouldn't he want moral support?" "Certainly not from you," Bradley said bitterly. "Does this have something to do with my mother?" Bradley huffed and left. The next visitor was Kalie. "I didn't know, I swear." She said crying. "You still set it all up. Had you not bullied her and made her run she would still be alive." "You can't try and blame me, we didn't make her run." "Uh yeah you did." "No I didn't. Don't think I won't try and beat your butt even if you are in a hospital bed." "Oh, I'm terrifed." I said sarcastically. "Oh frick y-" I pushed the help button and a nurse appeared. "Yes?" "I'm sorry this girl, is bothering me and is disrupting my recovery could you escort her out?" "You little b-" "That's enough." The nurse said and practically had to drag her out. HA
YOU ARE READING
The Key To Andi
Ficção AdolescenteLizzy's Mom was dragging her to France to visit her aunt, uncle and cousins who she has never met in the 17 years of her life. Her cousin had just died and Lizzy was the splitting image of Andi. Something had happened at the cliff where Andi died an...
