An Alternative Ending to Revelation

Previously:

"Reed! Oh my God! No!"

The sirens swelled. Josh shoved Gage aside and leapt towards me. Sabine closed her eyes and pulled. The shot went off, as deafening as a blast of thunder.

And then, everything went black.

Chapter One- Noelle Lange's POV

I was pacing in the hospital waiting room. We had been here for an hour and a half and there was still no news. I was the only one who was still awake, and I couldn't understand how the others could be asleep at a time like this. I thought back to what got us here:

The pre-party was going great. Everyone was having a good time, getting wasted before we even left for Kiran's party. I looked over to the door and saw Reed pushing her way through. After her speech last night, I wanted to talk to her, and see what she had to say. After all, why would she humiliate herself in front of the whole school if she didn't want to grab my attention? I grabbed her hand, but she pulled away and slipped into the crowd. I was shocked; did she not want my forgiveness? Ivy was trying to get past the security, but there was no way that I was letting her in.
Suddenly, everyone seemed to gather on the dance floor. Reed was standing in front of Sabine, holding something up. Reed was shaking; I could see it from near the door. Everyone was looking at them confused. I slowly walked towards them; I needed to hear what was happening.

Reed snapped, "The girl tried to kill me! Tell me how you know the psycho bitch!" It was obviously the wrong thing to say, as Sabine got right up in face, snarling and hissing about how Ariana was her sister.
Things all seemed to click into place. Sabine had caused all the problems this year. How had I not seen it? I knew that Ariana's dad got re-married, and I knew that the new wife had a daughter. I should have known that she would be crazy as well.
We were all gathered around the two of them now. Reed had confronted Sabine about Cheyenne, who hadn't denied it. Reed told the boys to let Sabine talk and she snapped again. Although I was proud of Reed for what she was doing, she needed to be careful.

Sabine admitted all that she had done. Drugging Josh, killing Cheyenne, torturing Reed. She was clearly insane. I stepped up to Reed and grasped her arm;
"You're out of your mind, Sabine" I couldn't help but hiss at her. She had put Reed through hell this year, how had I not seen it? I had promised myself that after Thomas, I wouldn't let any more harm come to Reed. I failed her so badly.
Sabine was talking to me, about how I was acting as Reed's friend, I was confused, we were friends, almost sisters. She brought up Dash and I nearly snapped at her. Reed defended her and my heart squeezed. After all I'd done to her, she still stood up for me. I was such a terrible friend.

Sabine seemed proud to announce that she had given Dash and Reed ecstasy that night at the Legacy. My blood ran cold, Reed hadn't betrayed me, she hadn't even known what she was doing. I was stood behind Reed, "You psychotic, snivelling little bitch".

Sabine turned on me, and yet again Reed stepped up. I hadn't heard what she said, but I heard the sirens coming quickly out of the distance. Josh and Trey grabbed Sabine, and then backed away slowly. She was pointing a gun at them. I panicked and backed away from Reed, I know it was cowardly. I could hear most of the party-goers screaming and running for the door. Reed wasn't moving, the gun was pointed directly at her.

She begged her not to shoot. Took a step back as Sabine unstably looked towards her, unshed tears threatening to pour over. "But unlike Ariana, I am going to finish this"

I froze, she was going to shoot any second now, and there was nothing I could do. Someone screamed, "Reed! Oh my God! No!" It sounded like Josh and then I saw him shove Gage out of the way. Sabine fired the gun, and Josh was too late. The bullet hit Reed in the chest, catapulting her backwards onto the floor, her head crashing hard onto the cold concrete.

Sabine dropped the gun, an insane smile plastered on her face, as a cackle burst out of her mouth. She didn't react as Gage and Trey forced her to the floor. Her face smashed down onto the floor, but she didn't care; she had done what she'd wanted to do. She shot Reed and that was all that mattered to her.

I looked over to Reed; blood was spilling out from her chest surrounding the floor around her. Her eyes were closed and she didn't seem to be breathing. Josh was hovered over her, hysterically calling her name. She wasn't responding to him. Was she dead? All feeling left me in that moment. Reed may be dead and I'd never had the chance to apologise to her. I felt myself fall to the floor, tears were pouring out of my eyes. Noelle Lange did not cry, but Reed Brennan seemed to be the only person who could bring it out of me...

So now, I'm in the waiting room of the hospital, waiting for any news, good or bad. I prayed for good news whilst looking around at the others who came with me. Josh was sat alone by a window, with dried tear tracks covering his face. Ivy had stormed out about half an hour ago, after a heated discussion with Josh. Trey and Gage came in from the police station only recently, having to give their witness statements so that the crazy bitch could be sent to live with Ariana. The rest of the Billings girls were scattered around the room as well as some girls from Pemberly. They were obviously people that Reed got on with when we forced her out of Billings. I can't believe that I forced her out of my life, and without even listening to what she had to say.

Someone from the hospital had called Reed's family. They'd only arrived about 5 minutes ago. I recognised them instantly; Reed's father had the same colour eyes and it was obvious where Reed got the colour of her hair. They both had tear streaked faces and puffy eyes, whilst her brother's face was devoid of colour. They had instantly rushed past all of us, not even glancing in our direction. I half wanted to go with them, to pretend I was part of the family and just find out anything. I needed to know if she was even still alive, if she was going to make a full recovery.

One Hour Later

I was sat in one of the standard hospital chairs, finally dozing off, when I felt someone shake my shoulder. I wiped my eyes and looked up to see Reed's father staring down at me, red-eyed. I immediately stood up,

"Is she alright?" He looked at me with sad, tired eyes and sighed. He looked as if he couldn't work out how to explain it to me.
"She's in a medically induced coma. It took two hours to get the bullet out, there were some complications. They think she will make it through ok, but she lost a lot of blood and they're not sure how it will affect her."
I could only stare at him, not blinking. Reed was in a coma? He turned away from me slightly, expecting no response. "Can I see her?" I managed to blurt out.

He turned back towards me. "I don't know if that will be such a good idea. I mean, I know you were close before, but I heard about your fight. I don't know if she would want you to be in there." My eyes filled with tears. I knew he was right, but at this moment in time, I wasn't above begging. I would honestly do anything to check that she was alright.

I was re-reading revelation the other day and was wondering what would have changed if Reed was the one who got shot, not Ivy. This is what I came up with, I hope you all liked it.

Thanks to anyone who is reading this, it would be great if you reviewed. I might carry it on dependent on reaction.

Thanks very much.
Loren