Abigail POV
"Morning." I mumble, taking a seat the kitchen table next to my mom, a steaming hot cup of coffee in my hand
"Abigail, it 3 PM, it's way past morning now." Mom says
"No it's not. I never sleep that late." I argue in disbelief
"Check your phone." Mom says
I press the home button to turn on the screen. 3 o'clock. Mom was right.
"How did I sleep so late?" I ask
"I don't know. What time did you go to bed last night?" she asks
"LATE." I reply
"What were you doing up so late?" she asks
"Brooke, Avery, Lilly, Hadley, and I were texting all night. Apparently Nick, Lilly's ex-boyfriend from Stanford is in town. His aunt lives here and he's considering moving in with her and transferring to our school. She was kinda freaking out about it and we had to talk her down. I think she still has feelings for him and wants to get back together, but she's still pretty pissed about the way things ended between them. He was total dick to her." I explain
"Watch your language, young lady!" Mom scolds me, "But did you guys really spend hours texting about Lilly's ex-boyfriend?" she asks
"Of course not. We're just like you, Emily, Aria, Hanna, Ali, and Maya when you guys get going." I laugh
"Are you seeing anyone?" she asks abruptly
"What? W-why you ask me something like that of course I'm not seeing anyone are you crazy? Why would I be seeing someone? Relationships aren't my thing. Boys are stupid. I don't want a boyfriend. Why would I want that?" I stammer on
"Abby, chill. It was just one simple question. Why are you being so weird?" She questions me
"I'm not being weird. Why would you say I'm being weird? You're being weird. You're the weird one in this family. I'm perfectly normal. Nothing about me is strange. I'm cool. I'm normal. I'm not weird at all." I ramble
"But you are a terrible liar. You're hiding something. Spill it kid." she says
"I have a cop and the ADA as my parents for Christ's sake. You'd think I'd be better under pressure and at lying but I'm not. You'd think I'd learn by having parents like you guys." I rant
"Abby just tell me!" she cries
"Ok fine. There's this guy. I really like and I mean really like him. He's cute, funny, smart, sweet. He's the total package. There's just one problem." I sigh
"Which is?" she asks
"He's really into Avery. I tell him all the time that she's just gonna dump him before the week's over but he's convinced he can change her. He thinks he can make her believe in love or some other stupid crap. He's always asking me for and advice and when I help him I tell him what I would want from him and I do a lot of not-so-subtle flirting with him and he still doesn't seem to get the message. When I told him I liked him he thought I was just giving him advice on how to tell Avery that he's into her. I'm falling in love with a guy who's falling in love with one of my best friends when she's made it perfectly clear she doesn't want to be anything more then just friends." I confess
"Honey, I hate to break it to you, but it sounds to me like there's no way this is ever gonna happen. You've never had a boyfriend and when you see him trying so hard to convince Avery to go out him and trying to show her how he'd be the perfect boyfriend, you want that. You're not falling in love with him, you're falling in love with the idea of falling in love with someone like him. If the mutual feelings aren't there, you just have to accept it and move on. I know it's hard and it sucks, but you have to have you heart broken a few times to find the for you." she says
"But you met Dad when you were 16 and you dated on and off until you guys eventually got married and had kids. The same goes for Aunt Hanna and Uncle Caleb and for Aunt Emily and Aunt Maya." I argue
"But your father and I dated many different people along the way. I had a brief fling with Aunt Melissa's first husband, Ian, and later with Wren. I dated this guy named Alex that I met at the country club, he worked there. Caleb and I even had a brief fling after high school. Your father was even engaged to another woman as was Hanna to another man while Caleb and I were together. As for Emily and Maya, well Emily used to be in love with Alison, in fact that was her first love and she dated several girls over the years. You can't compare your love life to that of someone else's." she argues back
"I'm not trying to compare my love life to anyone else's, I'm just saying I've got three examples of high schools sweethearts who are still married to this day in my family." I argue back
"Well what about Aria? She married her the guy she was dating in high school even though he was her teacher at the time the first started dating, divorced him, married Jason, after he died started dating Ezra again, broke up with him when she realized everything he'd done and eventually married Liam. Then there's Ali. Emily was in love with her for years and she secretly had some feelings for Emily they just weren't strong enough. Then she ended up marrying Andrew, a man who completely hated her in high school, divorced him and later married Lorenzo. And let's not forget about Adam Lane and Erin Lindsay. Adam has a child with his high school sweetheart and for years Lane could completely commit to Lindsay because he had a child with another woman and still liked to hook up with her from time to time. " she argues back
"I'm just to find the Ty to my Sophie. All my friends have been in relationships with the wrong people only putting them one step closer to finding the right one. I haven't taken any steps yet. Maybe this guy is the guy for me, but how will I know if I don't go for it? I need to do something to get his attention." I tell her
"Abby, you are beautiful, smart, funny, talented, and you have a heart of gold. Any boy would be beyond lucky to have you, but don't sell yourself short because you're convinced you've found the one. I promise you, he is not the one, you may wish he is, but he's not. They never are." she tells me
"So Brooke and Sophie are throwing a party tonight. Can I go?" I ask, changing the subject
"Absolutely not." she says
"But Brandon and Chloe are going! Why can't I go too?" I whine
"Brandon and Chloe are 19 and no longer live in this house. They can do whatever they want as long as it's legal. You're 16 and you still live here which means you have to abide by my rules." she says
"Aunt Hanna and Uncle Caleb are letting Brooke throw the party with Sophie in their beach house, knowing there will college-aged kids there. Lilly, Hadley, and Avery are all going. I can't be the only one not going." I argue
"I'm not judging my friends for choosing to let their children go to a college party, but the fact of the matter is I'm running for Mayor and I can't grant you permission to go to a party where you could easily get into some trouble. I can't risk it, Abs." she says
"But Brandon and Chloe can go? How is that fair?" I ask
"I don't want them to go for the same reason I don't want you to go but since they are legally adults and do not live in my house, I can't forbid they from going." she argues
"Mom, please, I'm begging you. Let me go to this party. How do you think it's gonna look if Brandon and Chloe get into trouble at that party but people find out you forbid me from going? It's gonna look like you don't trust me. It's gonna look like you're hiding something. It would be better if I went." I argue back
"Fine, you can go, just don't do anything stupid." she sighs
Later That Night
I take a deep breath as I nervously ring the doorbell to Brooke's family's beach house. I've never been to a party before, especially not one with college kids.
"Hey! You made it!" Sophie cheers, pulling the front door open
She's got bottle of beer in one hand and the other is wrapped around Ty's waist.
"I gotta say Abs, when Brandon and Chloe showed up without you, I was certain that you chickened out. You're just such a good girl, I didn't expect you to actually show up. I guess I owe Conner 50 bucks." Ty says
"Thanks. It's nice to know you bet against me." I thank him sarcastically
"Hey, this is a party! Don't get your panties in bunch!" Sophie teases me
"They're not in a bunch." I growl
"Lighten up! Have drink!" she says, holding out her beer for me
"I'm good for now, I'm not really a beer kind of girl. Maybe if I meet a guy I like I do a body shot off of him." I say, joking about the last part
"I know you're kidding, but I'd LOVE to see that happen! If you're nice, I might even let you practice on me first." Sophie says with a wink
"Ok, that's my cue to go find someone my own age who, hopefully, isn't drunk yet."
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"So, like, are Ty and Sophie a thing now? Like officially a couple and not dating anyone other than each other?" I ask as we watch the two grinding on each other to the music
"I doubt it. Sophie travels a lot and she's tried the whole long distance thing and it doesn't really work. That's why I broke up with Noah. Besides, my sister's a slut. She doesn't really do relationships anymore. We all know that when she's ready, it'll be him, but right now she's just being young and slutty." Brooke says
"Well I hope Ty knows that because he actually cares about her." Lilly says
"Please, Ty is so just using her for the same reason she's using him. Sex. They're nothing but friends with benefits. I'm sure they'll get married someday because they are Ty and Sophie, but right now they're nothing but bang buddies." Hadley argues
"Why are we talking about them when we could be partying? I need to find someone to hook up with. I haven't hooked up with a guy in months!" Avery complains
"Nick is here and I'm DYING to make him jealous. I need to find someone too." Lilly says
"Who's Nick?" I ask
"My ex-boyfriend from Stanford. The one we talked about for hours last night. Keep up." she says
"And I heard Ryan is here and I've been trying to get his attention for weeks. Maybe tonight is my night." Hadley says
"Jake Riley has been checking me out all night and I need to get a piece of that." Brooke says while smiling flirtatiously in his direction
"Hadley, I can talk you up to Ryan and make him seem like I'm having a good time with him and it will drive Nick crazy. He gets so jealous when I talk to other guys. Once I'm done with Ryan you can have him and I can get Nick back. While that's happening Brooke can her move with Jake and Avery and Abby can help each other find a guy and then we'll all meet up later." Lilly suggests
"Sounds good to me." Hadley agrees
"Me too. I'm going to talk to Jake." Brooke says, walking off
"Well there is this one guy's attention I've been trying to get and he told me he'd be here tonight. But I think I need to work him on my own. I don't want him to fall for Avery first." I tell them
"Well I heard what you said to Sophie about body shots. You can do that with him. That'll get him all hot and bothered and he'll be yours for sure!" Lilly teases
"You two should totally go skinny dipping in the ocean. It's so much fun. It's way more fun with a guy though." Avery suggests
"I'm not getting naked in the ocean!" I cry
"Fine, suit yourself, but if I don't have someone's tongue down my throat soon, I might actually die." Avery says
"She needs to get D-hydrated to cure her dehydration." Lilly teases her
"You're so immature!" Avery laughs, playfully smacking her arm, "But you're also very correct. I'll catch up with you guys later." she says
3 hours later
"Shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots shots!" everyone chants, dancing along to the music
"C'mon Abby! You've gotta do somebody shots! You can't come to a party like this and not do body shots!" Chad, the very sexy blonde haired, blue eyed, 19 year old college student, I just met shouts over the music
Things with Aiden, the guy I like who likes Avery, didn't work out so well. I told him how I felt and then I kissed him and then he pushed me away and said he was into me like that. I never imagined that's how my first kiss would go down. Sadly, it's a moment I'll remember forever.
I ended up crying in the kitchen after the awful encounter and that's when I met Chad. He invited me to do some body shots with him and his friends. Maybe I'll get blackout drunk and forget everything that happened with Aiden.
"Am I doing a shot off you or are you doing one off me?" I ask
"I'll do you first! Show you how it's done!" he says with a smirk
"Oh, I know EXACTLY how it's done." I say, smirking back at him
"Well how do you prefer to do it? Do you want me to put the salt on you, lick it off, do the shot and then take the lime from your mouth or do the Tequila straight from your body and then take the lime?" he asks
"How about you lick the salt off my neck, then pour on the Tequila on my body, lick the off, then take the lime?" I suggest, pulling my shirt off as I climb onto the table
"You don't strike me as the kinky type." he says
"You're in college! Is that really what you consider kinky?" I laugh, shaking the salt all over my neck
"No, but I can definitely show you kinky." he smirk
Ok, maybe I've already had a few shots, but nobody leaves a college party sober.
"What are you waiting for?" I ask
Chad hovers over me. He takes his time with salt, very slowly licking it off my neck, still lingering ever after it's gone. He reach for the bottle of Tequila slowly letting it drip onto my body before sucking off every last drop. He moves up to mouth, takes the time, quickly spits it out and presses his lips against, kissing me passionately. I pull away.
"That last part is not a part of the game." I tease, pushing him off of me
"Then let's take this to the next level and go find a room." he says
"That's probably not such a good idea." I warn him, climbing off the table so the next pair can take their turn
"Why not? Are you a virgin or something? I can slow things down if that's what you need. Do you want me to take it slow?" he asks, leading me away from the rest of the group
"I lied about how old I am. I'm not 18, I'm 16." I confess
"That's only a 3 year age difference. There's 20 year olds marrying 90 year olds. I think we'll be ok." he laughs
"My dad and uncle are both cops and my mom is the ADA. That age difference will matter to them and you could go to prison for statutory if they find out." I tell him
"Then don't let them find out. We don't have to continue this any further then tonight if you don't want to, but if you felt something during that kiss, you'd be willing to enter a secret relationship with me. You don't have to tell anyone." he argues
"I don't plan to, but in my family, secrets have a way of getting out. My mom is running for Mayor. It would ruin her campaign if a 19 year old got sent to prison for sleeping with her 16 year old daughter. I can't risk that. I'm sorry." I tell him
"I'm sure your father won't arrest you for drinking tonight since you're only 16." he argues
"But you're not his kid. He won't hesitate to arrest you." I argue back
"Don't you have an older brother? Brandon. Do you think he'd arrest him for hooking up with a girl your age." he argues again
"Like I said, you're not my dad's kid and if he found we hooked up, he thrown your ass in prison because killing you would look even worse for my mom's campaign." I argue back
"Well I like you Abby. I'm willing to risk it." he says
"No, you just want to get in my pants." I correct him
"I wouldn't be trying so hard if I wasn't into you. There's plenty of drunk girls here who would be happy to hook up with me but I don't want any of them because I want you. Even if it means we don't go all the way." he says
"Are you seriously willing to wait a year and a half for me? Do you really want to waste your time dating someone who's still has two years of high school left?" I question him
"I wanna get to know you better and I know you wanna get to know me better too. And we both know we felt something during that kiss." he says
"I will admit, I've never been kissed like that before." I confess, feeling a blush cover my face
Hell, I've never been kissed at all before that awful kissed I forced on Aiden earlier.
"Then let's do it some more." he smirks, pressing his lips up against mine
This is the greatest night of my life.
2 hours later
It's about 1 AM and the party is still in full swing. All of our parents keep calling but we all swear that the party is over now and we're just trying to clean up, but in reality, we've each got a guy all over us. We convinced our parents to let us crash here so they won't find out we've been drinking. I guess Mom really was wrong to trust us, but she can never know that.
Chad and I sit out on the beach, drunk, laughing our asses off about some dumb joke he just told.
"I'm going to regret every decision I made tonight very soon. I can feel it." I groan
"Even me?" he asks
"Ok fine. Every decision except for one." I smile, kissing him on the cheek
"This the first time you've been drunk?" he asks
"Nope. My friends and I come up here all the time on the weekends. Sometimes we have parties but it's usually just the 5 of us here because our parents are a bunch of workaholics who barely notice we're missing. We come on Friday's, play some music, do a few drinking games, watch stupid movies as we take turns throwing up in the bathroom. We have a horrible time but we always keep coming back. Tonight was WAY different though. I've never had so much fun in my life. Or been this drunk. I still can't hold my alcohol very well, but I'm getting better." I ramble on
"Invite me next time. I'll make things a whole lot more interesting." he says, kissing my neck
"It would be the perfect cover up actually. My parents would never find out." I say
"Just out of curiosity, what would you say if they asked if you had a boyfriend?" he asks
"Aiden owes me for being a total ass tonight. I would just let my parents think I was dating him. Once they met him, they'd approve. He's the type of guy you hope your daughter falls in love with. He's one of the good ones." I explain
"What about me?" he asks
"Not someone I could take home to Mom and Dad right now under the circumstances, but if I were 3 years older or you were 3 years older, I'm sure they'd come around to you once they moved past everything we did tonight." I tell him
"If they ever found out about all the things we did tonight, they would NEVER move past it, but once they got to know me, they'd see I'm a decent guy who cares about their daughter." he says
"Think you'll ever make it to that point?" I ask
"I hope so. I really like you Abby." he says
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By the time 3 AM rolls around, the rest of the party guests are clearing out, leaving us to clean up the mess.
"Brandon, Chloe, Conner, Ty, and Sophie, you take the living room and me, Avery, Hadley, Lilly, and Abby will take the patio and anything else downstairs and we'll all do the upstairs." Brooke orders
"Can we do it tomorrow? I'm both drunk and hungover and I honestly have no idea how I'm still awake let alone standing." Avery groans
"No one cleans up as soon as the party's over. You always do it the next morning while you're hungover and feel like dying." Lilly says
"Ty and Sophie aren't even in here." Chloe chimes in
"They're probably upstairs doing it. The last time I saw them they were on a mission to do it in every room of the house and on the patio and beach. You should have seen them going at it in the kitchen. Those two are freaks!" Conner laughs
"You do realize he's our cousin, right?" Avery asks him
"But I'm not related to Sophie and that girl is HAWT! I'd love to be Ty right about now. That girl is a real freak! She likes to take charge!" he laughs
"Dude, seriously! That's my sister!" Brooke whines, making a face
"Conner can be a real perv when he's drunk. I try to ignore it the best I can. I usually just pretend he's not even here and that I can't hear a single word he says." Avery says
"And I don't wanna know what she was doing to my brother." Lilly says
"I think I speak for everyone when I say that I don't want any of the details of their sex life. That boy is my cousin but like my brother and my parents are Sophie's godparents so she's like my sister in a way. I don't need to know what they was doing." Brandon says
"I'll second that." Chloe chimes in
"Since they probably don't plan on stopping to cleaning up anytime soon, can we please just go to sleep now?" I whine
"Fine, but nobody go in a room alone. If someone chokes on vomit in their sleep, we're all screwed." Brooke sighs
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"Oh my gosh! Call 911! Someone call 911!" Ty cries, bursting into the room where the girls and I are sleeping
"What's going on?" I mumble
"Sophie and Chloe! They're not breathing!" he cries
"Oh my gosh!" Brooke gasps
I grab my phone off the floor and quickly dial 911.
"911, what is your emergency?" the operator asks
"My sister and our friend stop breathing! We were having a party and the got really drunk and I'm not sure what happened but neither of them are breathing! Please send ambulance now!" I cry
"What's your location?" he asks
"4300 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, California." I tell him
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The ambulances arrive soon, give the girls CPR to revive them. The cops show up right before the paramedics leave. Dt. Lindsay and Dt. Lane have since relocated to the Long Beach area and happen to show up.
"This place looks pretty trashed. I'm guessing there was a party here." Lane says
"There was." Brooke sighs
"All 8 of you are very clearly either drunk or hungover and this place just reeks of alcohol and vomit. Before we call your parents, do any of you wanna explain why two girls nearly died in their sleep tonight?" Lindsay asks
"They probably just drank too much." Conner lies
"Dude, they're gonna do all sorts of tests at the hospital. They're gonna find out so just tell them." Brandon whispers
"Ok, fine. I may or may not have invited a friend who may or may not have brought drugs." Conner confesses
"What kind of drugs?" Lindsay asks
"Coke, Molly, Ecstasy, Heroin, Oxy, various types of pills, the works. I'm not completely sure, I just called him because I knew some people who were looking to get high. I never actually bought drugs from this guy, I just know what he sells." he says
"Molly and Ecstasy are the same drug, kid." Lindsay reminds him
"Did Sophie or Chloe take any drugs last night?" Lane asks
"I saw a few people doing lines of Coke in the kitchen, people played games where they put a bunch differents pills in a bowl, took one at random, and waited to see what would happen. I think I saw some people putting E in their drinks but I don't know if anyone did any Heroin or Oxy." Brandon says
"Girls, do you know anything?" Lindsay asks
"I didn't see them very much. I was hanging out with my friends then I was hanging out with my not-so-ex-boyfriend." Lilly says
"I didn't see them much either. When I wasn't when the girls, I was with a guy." Hadley says
"I saw my sister a few times but I never even saw Chloe last night. If I wasn't with my friends I was dancing, or playing beer pong, or doing body shots, or making out with this guy that had been checking me out. Me and Sophie did go skinny dipping, but that was before she even did shots and got really drunk. She was fine the last time I saw her." Brooke says
"I was either with my friends or hooking up with various guys. I'm the slut of the group and I have a reputation to maintain. Besides, neither of them really like me despite the fact that Chloe and I are cousins." Avery says
"And I spend the first part of the night with them, played wing woman for Avery, danced, played beer pong, did body shots, made out with a guy named Chad, went out on the beach and hung out for a while, passed out, did more shots, and then the party was over. I only saw Sophie when she opened the door to let me in and I never saw either of my siblings until the party was over. Chloe seemed perfectly fine then. You should ask Ty. Him and Soph were together pretty much the whole night and Chlo butts in whenever she possibly can." I tell them
"Ty?" Lane asks
"The three of us played a game. We got five cups. One was rum and coke (the soda). One was gin and tonic. One was Vodka soda. Two were coke (the soda) with Molly. We closed our eyes while someone else moved around the cups and one by one we chose a cup at random and took a drink with our eyes closed. We weren't allowed to say which drink we had. We did this a few times. I made sure the game was rigged so I wouldn't end up taking any Molly . I've got a drug test in about a week and I couldn't take anything or I'd get kicked off the swim team." Ty confesses
"Chances are that they each got at least one coke and molly." Lindsay sighs
"And we may or may not have snuck back downstairs to play again after everyone went to bed. They could hardly make it back up the stairs. I thought they were just really drunk, I didn't even think about the drugs." he says
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About an hour later the 8 of us are escorted into the hospital by Detective's Lindsay and Lane, each of us with or tails between our legs. Our parents all waiting for us in the waiting room, furious about last nights events.
"Brandon Tobias Cavanaugh!" Dad shouts
"Abigail Charlotte Cavanaugh!" Mom shouts
Bubba and I nervously walk closer to them. Both of their faces are covered in looks of disappoint, anger, worry, and a hint of relief.
We stop in front of them, both of us hanging our heads in shame. I suddenly feel my mother's arms wrap tightly around me. Dad does the same to Brandon and then we switch. After they each hugged us and say how relieved they are that we're ok, we each get a smack to the head.
"How could you kids be so reckless and immature? We trusted you and you broke that trust! Abby, you're grounded for 6 months and Brandon, don't count on leaving anytime soon because you're grounded too!" Dad shouts
"Yes sir." we sigh
As our parents continue to yell and scold us, the other parents do the same to their own children. I block it out the best I can. I hate the feeling of letting people down. It's killing me to hear all the anger and disappointment in everyone's voices. If I wouldn't have been thinking about stupid Aiden, I could have called my dad and told him to shut things down. I could have prevented all this.
"We didn't mean for this happen." Ty says, a tear rolling down his cheek
"I knew there be drinking but I didn't plan on doing it and I never thought things would get so out of control." Hadley says
"I tried to keep an eye on Chloe and Abby the best that I could but I also just wanted to have fun. I didn't think things would turn out the way that they did." Brandon says
"I'm so sorry guys. You trusted us, all of you trusted all of us and we broke that trust. Now Chloe and Sophie are fighting for their lives. We all are to blame for this. Any one of us could have made the decision to shut it down before it even began, or even when things starts getting crazy. We were just all caught up in having a good time, doing something crazy, and breaking the rules. I'm sorry on behalf of all of us, including Chloe and Sophie. I'm probably the most mature out of the group so I'm going to be the first to try and make things right. I'm sorry I didn't try and put a stop to things." I apologize on behalf of the group to each of the parents
"Are we going to get arrested since none of us are 21 and we were all drinking last night?" Conner asks
"Toby, none of them were drinking, were they?" Lorenzo asks my father, giving him a look
"Nope. Breathalyzer came up clean." Dad says, sharing that knowing look with him
"And Sophia Rivers and Chloe Cavanaugh were both drugged without their knowledge. As soon as Conner gives us the name of the dealer, he'll be arrested for his crimes." Lindsay chimes in
"So none of us are getting arrested?" Brandon asks
"None of you did anything wrong and if you did, it would kill my campaign. No one's going to jail and no one's going to have a criminal record because of tonight's events. If that happened, I have to kill you for ruining this opportunity for me. It's a good thing no one broke any laws tonight." Mom says, that same look in her eye that Dad, Lorenzo, and Erin all shared
We all nod understandingly.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cavanaugh?" A female doctor says, approaching my parents
"It's Mrs. Hastings-Cavanaugh and Lt. Cavanaugh." Mom corrects them
"Sorry about that Ma'am. I'm afraid I have some bad news. Your daughter had an underlying heart condition. Her heart began failing months ago. She was one the transplant list. Last nights events coupled with her condition were just too much for her body to handle. Her heart further weakened, as did her liver, and kidneys. She went into cardiac arrest. We did everything we could, but unfortunately, she didn't make it. I'm so sorry." the doctor says
"Thank you." Dad chokes out
"Is there anything I can do?" the doctor asks
"My sister is dead! There's nothing you can do unless you developed a new technique to bring her back during the last 15 seconds!" Brandon snaps
"Please just go. This is very hard news for all of us. We we're all family. She is, was, my sister. So please. Go." I beg, my arms folded across my chest
The doctor turns to leave as Mom starts to sob heavily into Dad's chest. Brandon and I hug each other tightly, desperately trying to hold back our tears.
"Wait!" Caleb shouts
"Yes?" The doctor asks, turning around and making her way back to the group
"Our daughter, Sophia Grace Rivers, is she ok?" Uncle Caleb asks
"She's in the ICU. She still a little unstable, but she's getting better as time goes by." the doctor says
"Can we see her?" Aunt Hanna asks
"I'm sorry, but she's not stable enough for visitors right now. Someone will come and get you when she more stable." the doctor says
"Thank you." Caleb says
Our group falls mostly silent in the noisy waiting room. Mom is still sobbing, but everyone is crying silent tears over the loss of my sister. No one knows what to say in this situation. Chloe died, but so far, Sophie's still hanging in there. It's a bittersweet moment, even though Sophie's fate is still unknown.
Vrr! Vrr! My phone buzzes in my back pocket.
I unlock my phone to reveal a text from an unknown number.
"What does it say?" Brandon whispers
"You get what you get and you don't throw a fit! -A" I read only loud enough for him to hear
We share a worried look.
"Who the fuck is 'A' and what does this mean?" Brandon asks
"I don't know, but I think they killed our sister." I sigh
Dun Dun Dun. Ok so I just need to say one thing about this final scene. Spencer called Abby, "Abigail Charlotte Cavanaugh", and I just want to the let the record state that I named her that in the prequel to this story, All Grown Up, and I named her that before all the Charlotte DiLaurentis shit went down but I didn't want to change her name because I like it. So yeah. There's that. I'm so glad I finally got this thing written because I was so stressed out about how I was gonna go about this and I wrote several different drafts and then this happened and I liked it so I went with it. I hope you guys like this chapter and continue to read this story because I'm really excited to get to start a new story. Until next time.
~Stay Weird