Chapter 7
NOEL'S POV
I was alone in our tent...It was dark outside and everyone was outside of the tent around the fire talking and reminiscing over everything that had happened in our lives over the years. But I couldn't bring myself to participate. I was writing in my journal. And if you're wondering; Yes... I; Noel Kahn do have a personal journal. I was cold, and I wasn't talking about my temperature. I was having flashbacks about my sister; and it was killing me. I wanted to break down so badly; but I couldn't. I wasn't supposed too. I was Noel Kahn.
"I've called dozens of charities and stuff and they have a waitlist for stuff like this…" I said panicking. My father and brother weren't able to get here because they were stuck in London.
"Noel...Its time to stop now." The female doctor said to me, she was holding my barely living sister in her arms on the hospital bed.
"Maybe if we just go to the airport they'll let us in, I mean she's a sick kid with a dying wish. People do things like that for kids all the time." I said; trying to look through papers to fulfil Alexi's dying wish of going to the Eiffel Tower.
"Noel." She said more seriously this time.
"No! I can't stop. Please don't make me stop." I said tears now running down my eyes.
"Noel I know okay, I know. But Alexi is terminal. In a few minutes her heart is going to stop beating completely. I can pump medicine into her, I can do a whole lot of things, but even with all that she is going to die." She said softly to me. "Who do you want to be the last person to hold her hand Noel? Me her doctor? Or you her brother who she loves very much, and looks up too. You don't want to miss this. This next part she'll need her brother." She said to me.
"Noey?" My little sister said weakly, her eyes barely open. That was her nickname for me. "Are we going to the Eiffel Tower?" She asked weakly. I could feel my chest start to ache. Its like everything in me had just died. I slowly moved towards her and the doctor transitioned out of the bed. I got in the bed with Alexi and held her in my arms tightly, as if she was going to slip out of my arms any minute...which she was.
"Yeah, we're going to the Eiffel tower. We're gonna eat tons of pastries, and dress up like mimes. We're gonna make endless stacks of French Toast…" I paused to take a breath because I was sobbing now. The kind of sob that would hurt anyone who witnessed it. The sky is gonna be so blue, and the clouds are shaped like little bunnies and dogs. We're going to the Eiffel Tower...just you and me. There's not gonna be anymore doctors or nasty medicine or hospitals. Just you and me." Her breathing slowly became heavier.
"Noey?" She asked weakly.
"Where's daddy?" She asked me.
"He's here...You just can't see him. But he's here. And so is Eric. We're all here." I said sadly the tears just flowing out of my eyes now.
"Noey?" She asked her voice getting so weak it was barely a whisper.
"Yeah?"
"Am I gonna see mommy?" She knew she was dying, and it tore me apart from inside. She knew that she wouldn't ever see me again, she knew she wouldn't see Eric, she knew she wouldn't see dad again.
"Yeah, you're gonna see mommy. And you'll see me and Eric, and daddy in no time I , you'll see Rocket." I said, referring to our dog that had died. I chocked on my own tears.
"Okay." She said, I small smile crept on her face and I smiled at that. It was then that I heard the long dead sound of the monitor going 'beeb.'
I was bawling, and I couldn't stop myself. Hot tears were flowing out of my eyes and I was going batshit crazy. My heart hurt. Alison actually told me that sometimes the only way to stop people from hurting your heart is to act like you don't have one. And that had worked really well until know, I had been strong for way too long. And it was my time to break down, because if I didn't break down I was going to break someone else.
ALISON'S POV
We had all quieted down outside of the tents because we heard Noel sobbing inside of the tent. We were trying to decide if we should do anything. "What do you think is going on with him?" Aria asked.
"I have no idea." I said honestly.
"He's obviously hurting a lot. Someone needs to go in there." Caleb said.
"I'll do it." Emily said standing up, and heading towards the tent zipper.
"You sure?" I asked her. She nodded in response. She slowly zipped open the tent and went inside before zipping it up again.
EMILY'S POV
The crying and sobbing boy in front of me broke my heart. I had never seen Noel cry. He was up against the other side of the tent with his knees hugged against his chest. He looked so broken and fragile. I could see that his upper body kept spasming and jerking. As I moved closer to him I barely heard the loud whimpering sounds and saw that his face glistened with freshly shed tears. I slowly bent down next to him and he just collapsed into my arms. I could feel his tears slowly dripping onto the crook of my arm. My heart ached for him, even though I had no idea what was wrong.
"She was just a little girl...kids..kids aren't supposed to die." His voice was shaking violently, and he was stuttering and what he was saying was barely audible between the loud sobs. What was he talking about? What was causing him this much distress?
"What happened Noel?" I asked him softly. I didn't want to push him for an answer, I knew myself how uncomfortable and angry that could make someone feel.
"My sister...she died. Alexi was so nice, and sweet and then she just fucking died!" He yelled. I could tell he was upset. I brought him into my arms.
"Its hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember. Your sister is okay; she's happy...Its your turn to try to be." I said to him, he sniffled, and I wiped one of his tears away. Everyone outside our tent started yelling, and moving around a lot. We both exited, to see them running towards the ocean. We saw a body. Noel and I both ran towards the shore. We all helped them pull the body out of the water.
"Oh my god Jake!" Noel yelled. He started giving him mouth to mouth….Now thats a real man. Jake started coughing up water.
"Are you okay?" Aria asked sinking down to him.
"No! I'm really wet…" He said, shivering.
"Thats what she said." Noel said, we all laughed Now there's the Noel we all know and love. Jake was back...that meant he didn't get help...We were all going to fucking die. I stormed off angrily.
"Emily wait!" Alison yelled after me. I ignored her and kept walking. I needed some alone time. Someone grabbed my wrist and it was Ali. "What's wrong?" She asked me.
"Everything is wrong Ali!" I snapped. Everyone else was slowly making their way over to us. Which made me angrier. "We're stuck here! We're all stuck here! No fucking planes or helicopters fly over here! And its my fucking fault that all of this happened. I was using my cell phone when the crash happened! It probably caused interference or some shit." I continued ranting, it was all my fault...I don't know why I was yelling at them. I was just angry. Aria stepped forward and shoved me hard, knocking me back a little.
"This is your fault! You let Jake go out there in the fucking ocean, it should have been you!" She yelled. Alison's eyes, looked at Aria and I've never seen her so angry. She definitely had some fire in her eyes. She grabbed Aria by the collar.
"Don't fucking touch Emily you twig!" She yelled at the smaller girl. Spencer pulled Alison off of Aria roughly, causing Alison to punch Spencer in the neck. Toby stepped forward and grabbed Alison by the wrist roughly. Caleb stepped forward and pulled him back.
"Get your hands off of her man!" He yelled. Toby pushed him down onto the sand.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Toby yelled at Caleb, causing Caleb to get up and tackle him straight to the ground. Toby somehow ended up on top of Caleb, Hanna jumped on Toby pulling his hair. Ezra maneuvered Hanna off of Toby, with her kicking and screaming, she accidently kicked Jake straight in the balls. He fell onto the ground clutching his groin obviously in pain, Ezra put Hanna down, and thats when Noel socked him right in the jaw, obviously thinking Ezra kicked Jake in his nutsack. Everyone was fighting...and it was all my fault.
I was probably better off dead.
The crash is back! And there's some serious tension. There will definitely be some more serious tension next week. Plus Jake is back! A lot of people requested him to come back, so I brought him back. And what do you guys think about Noel breaking down, and that whole group fight that happened? To the guess who said this was boring...go tell that to the 13,634 viewers…
-Angel
