AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER THERE IS ANOTHER FAN ZONE POLL!
Thanks for the reviews guys. I'm really glad you guys love this story as much as I do.
Here are the current Jonas Poll results…
Nick is in the lead with about 13 or 14, Joe comes next with 7 and Kevin has 2. Again you guys suck! That was a joke, back to the story!
It had been three weeks since Stella and Nathan had moved in and the boys were really starting to like Stella. Their feelings towards Nathan though weren't the same.
Nathan had slowly eased off on taking Stella with him to school but there were still days he made her go.
Joe hadn't told anybody about what he had seen Stella do but he couldn't hold it in anymore.
"Kevin! Kevin I need to talk to you," he said as he burst through Kevin's door.
"What is it man?"
"It's Stella."
"What about her?"
"I saw her… I saw her injecting herself."
"What do you mean?"
"It was heroin."
"No way, she wouldn't do that."
"I saw it with my own two eyes Kevin."
"But she doesn't look like the junkie type."
"I don't think she does it for fun, something is driving her to do it."
"What?"
"She looked sad doing it, like she didn't want to do it. Then when she was done she said 'it'll be over soon Stella'. We need to help her Kevin."
"Yeah, of course but we can't just go up to her and tell her to stop. Maybe one of us should talk to her, like you."
"Me?"
"You're the one that saw her doing it."
"You're right. I will when she gets home."
"She's out with Demi right?"
"Yeah."
"Demi you have been so great," Stella said as she and Demi walked out of Jamba Juice.
"Me? I think you're the one that's been amazing."
"Thanks Demi."
Demi smiled her wide smile and they got into Stella's car.
Demi and Stella had been introduced to each other a couple of weeks back at a Disney movie premiere the boys attended. They took Stella and Nathan along and the girls hit it off from the moment they met.
Stella was glad to have a female friend and Demi promised to introduce Stella to Selena once Selena got back to California.
"I really can't wait to meet Selena. You've filled me in on so many awesome stories, she sounds so cool."
"You're going to be a great addition to our friendship."
"I don't want to impose. You guys have been friends since forever I mean…"
"Stella you won't be imposing, trust me."
Stella smiled and started to Demi's house.
"So will I be seeing you tomorrow?" Demi asked Stella asked they got to her house.
"Nathan has this thing about making me go to school with him on Thursdays so I don't think I'll be able to see you."
"Well maybe after school. What time does he get out?"
"Five."
"I'll call you then."
She leaned over and gave Stella a kiss that was dangerously close to her lips.
"Bye Stella."
"Um, bye Demi."
Stella waited for her to go inside before leaving.
When she got home she walked straight up to her room and planned to rest a bit but Nathan was in there.
"Where the hell have you been?" he asked rudely.
"I was with Demi."
"Why do you keep hanging out with that little Disney princess?"
"She's my friend Nathan."
"You didn't tell me where you were going."
"Last time I checked you weren't my father."
"Like he would have cared. You're dad was a loser, he did us a favor by dying."
"Take that back," she said sternly.
"Like you cared about him."
"Of course I did! He was my father!"
"Don't raise your voice at me!"
He shoved her against the wall.
Joe was in his room when he heard a loud thud against the wall connecting his and Stella's rooms. He quickly got up and ran over.
"Hey Stella are you ok?" he asked through the door.
"She's fine!" Nathan yelled.
"I wasn't asking you, Stella are you ok?"
"Tell him you are fine," Nathan said to Stella, pulling her hair.
"I'm fine Joe," she said in pain.
"You sure."
"I'm sure Joe."
Joe went back to his room even though Stella didn't sound ok. He was watching TV when he heard the same noise again followed by the slam of her room door. A few seconds later the front door slammed shut and he wasn't sure if it was Stella or Nathan that had left.
He took a chance and walked to Stella's room.
"Stella?" he asked.
"Joe?"
The room was dark but he could see her figure sitting against the wall. He turned her bed lamp on and looked down at her.
"Are you ok?"
"I'm fine, perfectly fine," she said, her voice cracking.
"Stella what happened? Why was I hearing those noises against the wall?"
She shook her head.
"I tripped."
"Twice?"
She sniffed back a sob.
He looked down at her and noticed her shirt was riding up enough for him to see her stomach and the bruise staining it.
"He hit you didn't he?"
"I told you I tripped Joe."
"That's why you're doing the drugs too."
Her eyes shot up at him.
"What?"
"I saw you Stella. I saw you shooting up that poison."
Instead of defending herself and making up some lie she leaned into his arms.
"It helps take the pain away."
"You can't keep doing it Stella, its going to kill you."
"I can't stop."
"I'm here to help you."
He placed his hand on her stomach.
"Stella? Show me, please."
She waited a second before lifting her shirt over her head. She stayed where she was though, lying in Joe's arms as he looked down at the bruises on her body.
"Oh baby," he said, his lip quivering.
How could Nathan do this to her?
Stella was the sweetest girl Joe had ever met and seeing her like this filled him with the dangerous combination of sadness and anger.
"He's not going to touch you anymore Stella," he said as he glided his hand over her body, touching each and every mark he had left on her. "I'll make sure of it."
"He owns me Joe."
"No, he doesn't. I'm telling my parents Stella, they have to know what he's doing to you."
"No, please Joe you can't."
"But Stella…"
"If he gets his hands on me he'll kill me. He's a monster Joe."
Joe pulled her up so they were face to face.
"Stella I promise he won't. You're not going to school with him anymore …"
"He'll make me."
"He won't. And you're breaking up with him."
"I can't do that Joe." she stood up. "You say these things like there's nothing to it but you don't know the situation I'm in. If I lose Nathan and his parents I'll have nobody. I have no home, no family… I don't have anything and Nathan never lets me forget it. He owns me and I can't do anything about it."
"Stella?" they heard Nathan call.
"Well I can," Joe said with a look of intensity in his eyes.
The door opened and Nathan stared at the two.
"What the fuck are you doing to her?" Nathan yelled, pushing Joe against the wall and keeping his hand on his neck.
"Nathan let him go!" Stella yelled.
"Have you been going behind my back and fucking my cousin?" Nathan let go of Joe and turned his attention to Stella. "Have you been fucking around with all of them slut?" he grabbed her by her neck and lifted her up. "I thought you loved me." he tightened his grip. "You lied to me." again he made it tighter. "You fucking whore!" he screamed before throwing her across the room. She hit her mirror and fell to the floor with a loud crash.
Nick and Kevin ran into the room followed by Paul and Denise.
"What's going on?" Denise asked.
"Oh my god Stella!" Nick yelled.
He kneeled down next to her, quickly jumping up when he felt the glass cut into his skin.
"Nathan what did you do to her?" Paul asked.
"It was Joe!"
"What? Dad it wasn't! He's lying!" Joe launched himself at Nathan and they started fighting while Denise called a rescue.
Paul pulled the boys apart and told Kevin to hold Nathan back.
"I don't have to time to hear this now because Stella is seriously hurt but you two have a lot of explaining to do later."
"Rescue is on its way," Denise said.
Once the two boys calmed down Kevin ran to a hysterical Nick and pulled him away from Stella who was clearly unconscious.
The paramedics soon got there and everyone watched as they picked Stella up and carried her down to the stretcher. They had to place her face down because of the glass sticking out of her body and worked quickly, trying to keep her heart beating.
"I'm going in there with her," Nathan said.
"No you're not," Paul said.
"We can take two," a paramedic said.
"I'm going," Nick said.
Paul nodded and they jumped into the rescue.
"Come on, I'll drive, Kevin grab Frankie."
Kevin ran inside and came out with his youngest brother and they left to the hospital.
"This is Rescue 37 on our way with an eighteen year old girl with severe glass wounds, glass still present in body. Three broken ribs and possible head trauma," a paramedic said, alerting the hospital of what they were bringing. "Current state is unstable and the patient is unconscious."
Nick listened to the paramedic and everything around him started going white. The voice became muffled but at the same time distinct.
He couldn't lose Stella. She was the most amazing girl he had ever met and he was in love with her.
As Denise pulled up to the hospital she saw them rushing Stella in. She parked where she was and they ran into the hospital.
"Dad what happened? How is she?" Kevin asked.
"She's badly hurt and she slipped into a coma on her way here. I need you guys to tell me what happened in there!" Paul said to Joe and Nathan.
"Joe hit her!"
"Me? Dad I heard loud bangs against my wall and when I walked to the room I found Stella on the floor. Nathan has been hitting her dad. Her body is covered with bruises and she showed them to me. When Nathan walked in he lost it and pulled her up by her neck then through her across the room. Stella crashed into the mirror and now… now she's here," Joe said in tears.
Everyone turned to Nathan.
He was in shock. Nobody had ever known of what he did to Stella and now everyone did. He didn't know how to explain himself but he was going to try.
"He's lying!"
Nick marched up to Nathan.
"How could you? Stella might be dead and it's all your fault!" Nick pounded his fist onto Nathans face and Nathan stumbled back, blood spewing out of his nose.
Kevin held Nick back before he could take another swing and pulled him aside.
Nick collapsed into his older brothers arms.
"Kevin I'm in love with her. She can't die!"
"She's going to be all right Nick. She's going to make it."
"You weren't in there Kevin. You didn't see how they were working on her."
"Please Nicky stop crying."
Kevin kissed his brothers forehead.
"She's going to be ok; we need to pray for her ok?"
Nick nodded into Kevin's shirt.
Denise walked over and took Kevin's place while Kevin joined Joe. Paul was on the phone, and had Nathan sitting in front of him.
"Joe?"
The younger boy stayed silent.
"Joe?" Kevin asked again.
"You should have seen the bruises on her body man." Joe looked over at Nathan. "He did that to her and he didn't care." Joe turned to Kevin. "She doesn't deserve this."
Kevin put his arm around his brother.
"Nobody does."
"Then why is this happening to her?"
"Look this is affecting all of us but Nick… Joe he's in love with her."
Joe looked at Nick who was still crying hysterically. He was looking up at Denise and shaking his head as he spoke, the tears never stopping.
"I'm going to kill him Kevin."
"Joe don't say that."
"He did this to her and he's going to pay."
Joe pulled away from Kevin and walked across the waiting room and sat down alone.
All they could do now was wait.
Fan Control Zone
Jonas poll
*Which boy would you like to see Stella with?
Kevin
Nick
Joe
Stella condition
*What should be Stella's current hospital condition?
Coma
Dead (you have seen my other stories. You know I'm not scared to kill the main character…)
Girl love
*There is a possibility there will be some femslash in the story so I want to know which girl you would rather see Stella with.
Stella and Demi
Stella and Selena
Stella and drugs
*Should Stella still be using drugs or should she ditch the drugs?
Keep them
Ditch them
Keep them for a while
Drug habits
*Who is going to sink into a drug pattern? PICK ALL THAT MAY APPLY!
Joe
Nick
Kevin
Stella
Demi
Selena
Nathan…
*What should happen to Nathan as of right now?
Get kicked out of the house
Kept under watch by Denise and Paul
Involve the police
Think it over and cast your votes. Again thank you so much for reading and the next chapter will be up soon.
Love,
Catrina