Ch. 2.

I jumped out of bed sprinting towards my open window. I reached over the edge to feel the familiar twisted branch of the tree. I swung out off the branch and landed on the red bricked driveway swiftly. Luckily, no-one heard me, so I ran to the car and raced to Beck's place. Tori lay quietly on his bed thick soupy blood streamed from an open wound on her shoulder and her foot was almost falling off. Her eyes were squeezed shut and she was shaking. Her usually tan skin was pale and freezing. I shut my eyes slowly and told beck to call the hospital to tell them to hold open the O.R and a room. Beck picked her up and instructed me to hold her foot.

"Don't tell me what to do!" i screamed at him.

"Just do it! I know how much you hate agreeing with me but its for Tori!"

"I don't even like Tori!"

"Jade! Snap out of it! This thing is going to get all of us so we might as well help while we can!"

My long black hair slid to one side as the car spun across the driveway and into the open road. We drove restlessly to the hospital. The nurses were waiting for us at the loop. Cat was also there in her wheel chair. She covered her mouth and squeaked when she saw Tori's condition. Her foot was almost completely off when we carried her to the nurses. The nurses murmured quietly and took her away. She had her foot completely taken off and replaced with hard wired stitches. She had the same plastic oxygen mask on as Cat did. We all stood at the door for a few minutes.

"Well Cat, I think its time to leave.." I said quickly. Se shook her head furiously.

"Cat! Lets go!" I nearly shout at her. She shook her head again. I sighed and turned around leaving her staring through the thin rectangular window watching for hours. I looked once more at her before leaving. The next day, I went back to visit. Cat wasn't in her room. I ran to Tori's finding her sitting up on her bed laughing and making videos for the slap. Tori laughed and pointed at me. Cat giggled and pulled me over to be in the video.

"Hehehe and this is Jade! Say hi jade!"

"Hi." I mumbled unhappily. Tori laughed uncontrollably until she started coughing violently. Blood streamed from her ears. I pulled Cat back and out of the room when the nurses ran inside shutting off the camera and pulling Tori into the OR. I sighed and pulled Cat back into her room. Cats eyes began to water and tear up. I hugged her thinking about Tori. The nurses told me it was Cat's bed time and I was welcomed to stay I just couldn't keep her all rowdy. I nodded and read Cat a bed time story. She slowly dozed off into a deep sleep. I quietly crept out of her room to check on Tori. She lay on her bed crying and holding her chest. I sat down next to her.

"Hey whats up?" I asked.

"Well i just had blood drained from my lungs and ughhh!" she screamed.

I jumped at the sound.

"Sorry and it really hurts!" She complained. I nodded.

"Jade I'm really scared! What if it comes after me again! What if it gets everyone else!"

"It won't. I swear." I promised hoping that it wouldn't. I went back to Cat's room once again. She was flipping over on her side then her back, then her stomach. I hoped that she wouldn't lay on her arm and stick the IV further into her other wise the whole hospital would wake up with her screaming. She mumbled quietly at first but gradually began to get louder until she woke up with a scream. She kept screaming and crying until i grabbed her shoulders and shoved her against the bed telling her to be quiet or else the nurses would come in and give her more shots. She stopped screaming and tried speaking.

"It came! It-it was in my-my dreams!" she sputtered. She kept talking until her words turned into restless mumbles and she finally dozed back off again. My thoughts turned to Tori. What if she's right? What if it multiplies! What if it won't ever stop! My thoughts began to get clouded as i fell into the same restless sleep as Cat. As exhausted as I was, I didn't sleep as well as I hoped. I had nightmares of It again. I talked to me. Telling me that Tori got lucky. Telling me that it wouldn't stop. I woke up from a shuddered sigh from Cat. Her bandage was soggy from tears and she was clutching her chest wheezing and crying out pints of blood. I screamed for nurses and began to tear at the bandage allowing the nurses to check her eyes. They shoved me out the room and told me to go visit Tori in the other room. I scowled at them and walked to Tori's. She was inspecting her stitches on the stiff and stubby remainder of her ankle. She jumped when I walked in. I murmured a Hello and told her what was happening. She sat up further and spun her legs around to try to get up. I caught her arm and pushed her lightly back down. She struggled and began to grab at the open air trying to get something solid to grab to pull her up. I forced her down again.

"Tori! Stop! Stop!" I screamed. She began to sob trying yet again to get back up again. I sat down next to her after she had calmed down and asked her if she wanted anything. She said that she wanted Beck and her family. Her family had already visited and had left hours ago so I wouldn't bother them anymore but I did call Beck. He finally came. He knocked at the doorway and walked in carefully. Tori bursted into tears struggling to sit up to hug sat on the bed pulling her into his lap. She wrapped her arms around him. Beck bear hugged her back. Tears filled my eyes longing for the same hug from him. I missed him. I missed him allot. I turned around to go check on Cat. Suddenly, I remembered about Tori's little sister, Miranda. Miranda is 4 years old and is a complete angel. Even I like her. She is the most beautiful little girl. Tori and Miranda look almost identical to each other, their wavy brown hair, chocolate eyes, and sweet personalities are the same. Unlike me and my little sister Lily. Lily has straight brown hair and olive eyes with a soft personality. I on the other hand, have jet black hair with blue highlights on the back of my head my eyes are dark pools of ink that blaze with fury when I'm mad enough. I thought of Cat and her brother are different. Cat has cherry red hair with soft warm brown eyes that constantly sparkle, her brother has messy brown hair that cover his eyes with a spazzy personality. Beck doesn't have siblings, and his long dark hair is one of a kind, his dark eyes are kind of like mine except mine have no personality showing at all. His are lively and inviting. I ran to Tori's house, picked up Miranda and ran back. Miranda was hanging off of my shoulder by the time we reached the hospital.

"Woah! You ran fast!"

"Well yea! Your sisters laying in a hospital bed longing to see you!" I spit out angrily.

She giggled and pulled on my highlight. I swatted at her had and ran up to the elevator. The elevator stopped and arrived at the right floor. I ran out of the elevator with Miranda still slung over my shoulder. I shot down the hall and made a sharp turn almost into the wall. I gasped when I was the nurses and doctors crowd Tori's room.I heard Cat screaming and nurses trying to calm her down. I watched in horror as a tear stained beck pulled cat out of the room solemnly. I ran to him, faster than I did before. His eyes shone with fear when his eyes moved to Miranda.

"Why did you bring her!" He snarled. The small girls eyes widened and she began to tense up sensing the anger in his voice.

"Because Tori wanted to see her!" I snapped back.

"Tori can't see anyone right now." He mumbled. I looked into his eyes. There wasn't a joking look to them. I turned around and pushed through the nurses and doctors to find Tori. Her skin was back to being pale cold. Her eyes beginning to shut and her breath was slowing down. Miranda's small face poked behind my hair allowing Tori's eyes to open wider and sparkle with happiness.

"Miranda!" She coughed. Miranda slid off my shoulder and onto her bed.

"I missed you!" She whispered.

"I missed you more!" Tori rasped. I stood off to the side watching the moment.

"Don't go!" Miranda cried softly.

"Its not the end of everything!"

"Yes it is!" she said a little bit louder.

" No its not. I love you." Tori rasps got quieter.

Her wheezing breaths faded into nothing. Tears streamed down Miranda's face. A nurse picked her up and put her back on my shoulder. She stuffed her face into my neck and cried. Nurses pulled the gurney away from us quickly and into the OR.

"Clear!" One doctor shouted as he gave tori shocks of electricity to burst her hear up again.

"Clear Clear Clear!" He shouted over and over again.

He looked at us through the window and shook his head. A burst of sadness shot through my spine causing me to fall against the wall. Miranda screamed and jumped off my shoulder and ran through the now opened door into Tori's cold body. Her little hands wrapped around Tori's arm. She wrapped her arm around Tori's body hoping that some how, she would wake up, but she didn't. She wouldn't. And she couldn't. I tried to find the courage in myself to walk up to Miranda and tell her everything was going to be ok but I couldn't. I saw beck walk pass me and pick up little Miranda. She wrapped her legs around his waist and hid her face in his long hair. She tried not to cry but she couldn't help it. Tori was almost like a mother to her. Tori helped her with what little homework she got. Tori helped her out with bullies. She read her bedtime stories and brought her to all of her plays. She sang Miranda songs and taught her little story's about life and love. Tori was Miranda's life. And now she was gone. I watched sadly as beck carried Miranda to Tori's parents standing by the door. Trina rushed over taking Miranda into her arms. Miranda looked into Trina's eyes searching for some kind of resemblance to tori but all she could find was Trina. Nothing else. The Vega family walked to the window. Tears filled mrs. Vegas eyes when she saw her daughter laying quietly on the table. She longed for one last conversation. Mr. Vegas eyes were also filled with tears, but he insisted on not showing it. Trina sat quietly in the corner holding Miranda's hand tightly. Cat wheeled herself out into the hall. She saw everyone crying and immediately asked questions.

"What happened? Jade what happened!" She screamed. I shook my head sadly.

"Is-is it t-tori?" She asked quietly. I nodded solemnly. She squeaked and covered her mouth again. Her cherry red hair covered her eyes. She saw Miranda in the corner. Miranda turned her head to see cat crouching down with open arms.

"Oh cat! Cat! It's tori! She-she didn't make it!" She cried. Cat picked up the small girl and held her close. She felt her hot tears run down her back and disappear into nothingness. Her mind drifted back to all the slap videos she had made with Tori. All the times they had made The Funny Nugget Show. All the sleep overs and fun times they had. All the times where they went surfing together or even just hang out and tackle each other. All those times were gone. Gone forever.