Chapter 4

Naomi POV

Effie appeared in the doorway of the bathroom we were in with two paramedics. They rushed into the room and the male paramedic immediately began to attend to Katie as the other one, the female one, began to pry Emily from Katie and calm her down. I immediately moved to Emily. I could tell that the paramedic was having trouble calming her down and so I just wrapped my arms around Emily and she turned into me and cried on my shoulder. I turned to look at the paramedic and froze. I'm Emily must have felt my entire body tense but she didn't show it if she did. The paramedic was her, I was sure of it. 10 years. It had been 10 years since I had last seen her and yet now she was here helping my girlfriend's sister. Even though it had been so long I could tell it was her. Her eyes where the one thing that I had remembered so clearly since she left. They where the colour of emeralds. The green of them never failed to leave people speechless and staring into them like they were the only thing that mattered in the world. She stared back at me. The look on her face showed that she recognised me as well.

"Hannah. Let's get her out of here."

That's all she needed. She turned from me and helped to get Katie onto the stretcher. The guy began to wheel Katie out of the house and towards the ambulance. Hannah stayed and approached us. She placed her hand softly on Emily's shoulder making her turn around.

"Would you like to come with us in the ambulance to the hospital? Your sister will need a familiar face their if she wakes up in the ambulance. "

Emily looked at me, asking for permission to go with her sister.

"Don't worry about it. Effy and I will head straight to the hospital and meet you there. We won't be far behind. Now go with Katie."

I watched as Emily went to leave with Hannah. Just as they got to the door Hannah turned and looked at me one last time. She made a small nodding motion with her head, indicating to me that she would look after Emily as well as Katie. With that small motion I new that even though we hadn't seen each other these 10 years she was still my sister and was willing to do anything to help me now and she always would be. Effy tapped me on the shoulder breaking me out of my reverie and together we made our way to the bus stop and the hospital.

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Emily POV

Naomi didn't think I had noticed when her body had tensed up when the paramedics had entered the room to treat Katie. And I have to admit, it had worried me when it happened, but as the paramedic turned to go to Katie she immediately relaxed and so I choose to leave it for the time being. When I thought back to the moment I knew that it wasn't the male paramedic that had made her tense up so suddenly and that scared me more than the whole tensing thing.

"Hey. Are you ok?"

The voice of the female paramedic broke my train of thought.

"Yea. Considering the circumstances I think I'm doing pretty well thanks."

"You're doing great in these circumstances. Usually family members are freaking out so much the strangling us without knowing it. Hell, where lucky we don't end up in the hospital sometimes. "

"How's she doing?"

"Great actually. She's stable. The doctors will have a proper look at her when we get to the hospital. Our job is just to get her to the hospital alive and ready for the doctors. That's it."

"You don't seem too worried."

"I haven't been a paramedic for too long but working in Bristol I've seen my share of teenagers suffering the effects of alcohol. Compared to some of the people we treat your sister doesn't seem nearly as bad. The doctors will be able to give you a proper analysis but if you ask me their shouldn't be any immediate problems as a result of tonight. They will probably advise her not drinking though, and probably advise some sort of alcohol anonymous group. Should be fun for her."

"Katie should really enjoy that then. I feel sorry for the person who has to tell her to give up alcohol."

"She that much of a drinker is she?"

"You bet. Like nothing you have ever seen before. Drinks more than the majority of my friends but together."

"Ouch. Well, were here. Come on, let's get her out of here."

With that the doors opened and the other paramedic helped to get Katie out the ambulance. They rushed her into the hospital and I ran beside her the entire time. When we reached the rhesus area the paramedic lead me out of the room.

"Their treating you sister now. There's a family waiting room just down the corridor. I can take you their if you like."

"Yea. Thanks."

When we reached the waiting room she sat me down in one of the chairs and went to leave.

"Someone will come and fetch you when you can see your sister."

"Wait. What's your name?"

"Hannah. Hannah Campbell"

"I'm Emily"

"Ok. See you around Emily."

Then she left. Her last name didn't even register with my brain until she had been gone for a while.

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Katie POV

To say the ride in the ambulance had been a bumpy one was the understatement of the century but my body's decision not to move meant that I couldn't find a more comfortable position to lie in. I knew something was wrong with me. My brain felt fuzzy. I could hear to faint voices. They could have been right next to my ear but I couldn't tell. To me they sounded as if they were far away. I recognised one as Emily's but the other one I didn't recognise at all. They were talking but I couldn't make out the words. Sleep pulled at me again and I felt my consciousness start to slip away even though their hadn't been a lot of it there to begin with. I'm Emily would fill me in on everything that happened when I woke up again.

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If anyone happens to be wondering why the chapters are so short this is the reason. I hate it when I start to read a story and the chapters are really long. When I have been reading a chapter for over 15 minutes then I feel like I'm not actually getting anywhere with the story and this is why I like to keep my chapters short.

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