Hey Dolls! I'm back and I've missed you. I know ya'll have either

A. Gotten super mad at me and completely ditched the story all together

B. Completely forget it existed

Or

C. Stayed 100% faithful and have been anxiously awaiting the return of Zach, Cammie, and Olivia. Right? Not likely huh? Haha it's okay! I understand. (:

BUT! I hope that now I'm back we can all be option C! So let's get to it. I present to you….Chapter 10 of Life Goes On!

Chapter 10

"Hey Bex.." I cautiously walked up to her, but didn't even think about hugging her. She would probably rip my head off.

"Don't 'Hey Bex' me Zachary! I know you have a cell phone. Shoot! The hospital has a phone. You could have called me."

"I'm sorry Bex! I got here and Cammie came out and she was hurt and I didn't think after that…I just knew I needed to take care of her. Then I found out Olivia was in surgery and I freaked out. I told myself there would be no distractions…that my mind would be 100% with Cammie while she needed me. So…I'm sorry."

She looked around with a hesitant look on her face then she looked back at me. "Okay. I'll forgive you…this time. But understand this, Goode…if this ever happens again I better be called as soon as you find out. Better yet? This better NOT happen again. You better take care of my best friend and he little girl. Got it?"

"Of course, Bex. Now would you like to go see Olivia and Cammie?"

Bex started to head to the elevator muttering, "What a stupid question…"

I just shook my head and ran after her.

I quietly knocked on the door in case Livvy was sleeping, but knew she wasn't when I heard her little voice say as loud as it could, "COME IN!"

I opened the door slowly and peeked my head in to see my love and my favorite little girl beaming at me.

I pushed the door open and was about to shut it when a hand popped up and stopped it. That was when I remembered Bex was still in the hall.

I looked back to see Bex glaring at me as she mumbled, "Watch it Zachary…"

I didn't get a chance to reply because Cammie piped in.

"BEX! What are you doing here?"

Bex looked at her like she had three heads. "Um…Cam? Did you hit your head too? My best friend and niece are in the hospital!"

"Yes, Rebecca, I am well aware of that."

Cammie narrowed her eyes at her best friend. Bex narrowed hers right back. They had a little stare of before they both grinned and Bex ran over to Cammie. I knew they were about to hug and Olivia was still in Cammie's lap. I knew that Livvy would get stuck in the middle if she wasn't moved, so I leaned down and grabbed her just in time for Bex to wrap her arms around Cammie. They both fell back onto the bed and started laughing.

Livvy just giggled at her mom and aunt before looking up at me and whispering, "D'ack?"

"Yes, Livvy?"

"Where's my milk?"

I looked around and tried to remember where I put it. I found it on the table beside bed. I grabbed and opened it before handing it to Olivia.

"One strawberry milk for my favorite little princess!"

She giggled and I started beaming because if she was laughing then she wasn't hurting. I knew the pain would come to her in a little while though and that made me want to hurt the cab driver even though I knew it wasn't his entire fault.

I was broken out of thoughts when Cammie asked me what the other plate was for. I put Olivia in Bex's waiting arms. I grabbed the tray and put it on Cammie's lap.

"This is for you. I know that you haven't eaten since this morning so eat. Now." She glared at me, but I just winked at her and watched her blush and duck her head. I laughed and grabbed my tray and started eating. When I looked up at her I saw she was digging into her food. Knew it!

I finished eating the barely edible cafeteria food and noticed it was getting really dark outside. I looked at Cammie to see her holding Livvy, who was fast asleep, and talking to Bex.

All of a sudden I realized how tired I was. I guess my adrenaline finally crashed and I could feel my eyes start to drift shut.

A few hours later I woke up to see that Bex had gone home and Cammie and Olivia were asleep in the bed.

They both looked so peaceful that I tried not to disturb them when I got up to pull the blanket over them. I carefully tucked them in and kissed their foreheads gently before I walked over to my jacket and picked up my phone. I turned it on to see what I missed and found 18 missed calls from Grant, Bex, Liz, and Macey, and 14 texts from the rest of our friends.

I shook my head and told myself I would read them in the morning, but for now I was going back to sleep. I went and laid back down on the uncomfortable couch and pulled my coat over me.

I looked back over at my girls once again to check if they were okay and when I knew they were safe I drifted off back to sleep.

So I'll be the first to admit…I'm a little rusty, but I hope you guys still liked it and are glad the story's back. I'll try and get the next chapter up soon, but I'm in my second semester of freshman year and I'm pretty sure my biology and English teachers' are going to kill me. So…if I'm not 6 feet under I'll try to update!

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Love,

Pieces Of My Heart