Oh dear. Spring break is over already! This chapter took a little longer than expected, but whatever. Enjoy!

When the goal is to get rid of all evidence and links to a situation, it is to one's best interest not to attract any attention.

But of course, that is easier said than done. Especially for a girl like Alicia when her supposed two best friends wanted to rat her out.

"Alicia, Kristen and I both think that it'd just be better if you went to the police. They're eventually going to find out the truth." Claire said, fidgeting and tugging at the hem of her skirt. "You know that." The three girls were currently sitting on a bench right outside Central Park with drinks in their hands.

"No, I will not be turning myself in," Alicia hissed, glaring at her best friends. "And neither will you guys. Don't forget I have dirt on both of you."

Claire and Kristen glanced at each other uncertainly.

"Yes, you know what I'm talking about." Alicia turned towards Claire as her eyes narrowed dangerously. "Does the name, Allie Langston, ring a bell?" Alicia enjoyed watching Claire's face pale.

"You swore you would never tell anyone." Claire's voice trembled slightly as she threw Alicia a glare.

"Let's see…ah, yes. I still remember that night clearly." Alicia smirked and took another sip of her drink. "You were drunk outta your mind and accepted a dare from Zoe Templeton. Remember?"

Claire looked away in shame.

"And if I remember correctly, you were supposed to slip some cough medicine into a random stranger's drink. But instead, you slipped it into Allie Langston's drink who we hated at that time and still hate." Alicia laughed, "Poor girl, after ten minutes, she completely dozed off and who was to blame when she woke up and found herself half-naked and on the couch in some freak's house." Alicia winked at Claire. "You wouldn't want that to get out, would you? I mean, something like this could just accidentally slip out when I'm talking someone."

Kristen snickered and was glad she never told Alicia about the things she did. Besides, it's not like those things were ridiculously bad.

"Kristen." The single word that came from Alicia's mouth shut her up. "Although you haven't done anything as horrible as that, you've definitely done something so scandalous that if the word got out that you cheated on your SATs, all the private and ivy-league schools will kick your name off their list in less than a heartbeat. Why did you even cheat? I have no frickin' idea, you're the smartest person at school and you have nothing to worry about." There was a slight pause. "Well, now you do."

Now it was Claire's turn to snicker but she stopped as soon as she realized they both were being blackmailed. Sometimes, she wished she was never friends with Alicia. Despite all the advantages of being BFFs with Alicia Rivera, the disadvantages sometimes actually outweighed the advantages.

"So I trust you guys will keep this secret? Cause I'd hate to see your little secrets exposed and your life ruined." Alicia smiled, pleased with herself for handling the situation so well.

Kristen and Claire glanced at each other for a brief moment before nodding.

"Great, now that we've got that settled, it's time to move on to the next problem-Massie Block. She likes to snoop around a lot. I've noticed her hanging around a little bit too much when Cam and I are talking. I think she may know something about the incident. Luckily for us, Massie's in the hospital at the moment. Something about getting a concussion and setting the kitchen on fire. I don't really know. Cam was practically going crazy over that."Alicia said, rolling her eyes because she didn't understand why Cam had made such a big deal out of that. People got hurt all the time, so what? "Anyway, that means Massie's temporarily off our backs for a little while. But when she gets back, I want the two of you to make sure she doesn't get any further in her little "investigation", you got it? Stop her by any means possible."

Kristen frowned. Massie Block? She hardly seemed like the type of person who would be investigating things.

"Meanwhile, I need to find a way to make Cam stop seeing her." Alicia muttered to herself. 'Get them to break up somehow…" She stood up and threw away her empty cup. She started walking away but turned back to say one last thing.

"Don't disappoint me."

-xoxo-

"Mom, seriously, I'm fine." I repeated for what seemed like the fifteenth time already. "I'm better now. My head doesn't hurt."

My mom peered at my anxiously, holding onto my hand as it for dear life. "Honey, you've been through a lot. Are you sure you're totally okay?"

I sighed and nodded. "Yes, seriously. I've been stuck here long enough and I want to leave as soon as possible. I should be able to leave by now, right? I've mean, it's been practically a week already. And I've missed out on too many things." Like finding out more information on that car accident.

"Yes, but are you sure you don't want to stay for an extra couple of days? It'll do you some good." My mom persisted.

"Mom," I gave her a You're-really-annoying-me look and said, "If you don't get me outta here today, I'm going to walk out of this hospital myself and call a cab home." I watched as the expression on my mom's face tense. "Or I'll call Cam to come rescue me from this god forsaken place." It's not like I hated staying at the hospital. My stay at the hospital was rather pleasant although the food could've been better. Not needing to wake up so early everyday, lying in bed basically doing nothing was pretty relaxing. I was almost glad I had this accident. Cam had apparently visited me everyday at the hospital, except I didn't know that until recently because I was unconscious or sleeping most of the time.

"Alright, dear," My mom said, "Let me go find the doctor." She squeezed my hand and got up. 'I'll be back soon."

I smiled and settled back comfortably against the pillow. But now since there was no one to talk to anymore, I picked up the TV remote and turned it on. The TV was on a news channel and they happened to be talking about the hit and run incident again. I turned up the volume and listened closely.

"It was just about a week ago that the body of David Thompson was found on the side of an uncommon road. Now there are more details as to what exactly could've happened. " It was the same reporter as last time. "The police have found some flecks of paint on the man's body and some shattered glass. They have been sent to the lab for further testing."

A knock interrupted my focus and I was forced to turn the TV off. I pushed myself up straight against the pillow and said, "Come in!" Maybe it was Cam here to visit me.

But the door opened to reveal Derrick Harrington and his face lit up when he saw me sitting up and awake. I reached up to quickly comb my hair with my hand. Why oh why didn't I make sure I was decent looking enough before? I was pretty sure I looked like crap right now.

"Hey, there," Derrick said quietly, coming in and sitting down in the chair next to my bed. "How are you feeling?"

'I'm feeling great," I said. "I'm a lot better now."

"You're finally awake. All the other times I came to visit you, you were still asleep. These are for you," Derrick sheepishly handed me a bouquet of pink lilies. He looked at the ginormous base of red roses that Cam had sent me. "Well, it looks like you've gotten enough flowers already."

"No, not at all." I smiled and took a sniff of the lilies. "They're gorgeous. Thank you." I set them down next to Cam's roses.

"Listen, I feel responsible for what happened that day. I was stupid and irresponsible." Derrick started to say. 'It was all my fault."

I waved him off. "No, it wasn't your fault at all. It was mine, silly. I was the one who attempted to stop a fire and used my bare hands to open the oven and take the cookies out. Don't worry about it."

He shook his head. "But I should've been keeping my eyes on the cookies. I completely forgot about them and none of this should've happened."

"Okay, just forget about everything that happened." Trying to change the mood, I smiled. "So how did your sister react? Did she get mad that you ruined her cookies?"

Derrick cracked a smile. "Surprisingly, no. I was sure she was going to cut my head off. She gets super serious about things like that. In fact, she just texted me that she's coming now to visit you and she just arrived at the hospital. She feels bad about what happened to you."

Sure enough, about thirty seconds later, Dani bursted in. Although she appeared slightly out of breath, her shiny blond hair was still perfectly in place and this time she had a sparkly purple barrette attached. "Massie!" She rushed over to give me a hug. "Sorry, I was just at this convention thing but I just had to come when Derrick told me that you were finally awake!"

I laughed. "That wasn't necessary. You didn't have to come visit me. "

"Oh, but I did." She pouted. "I feel so bad about what happened to you. It was all my stupid brother's fault!" She turned towards Derrick and slapped him on the back.

I giggled. "Oh, come on, you guys. You guys have to stop worrying about this. Let me say it for the last time. None of this was your fault. Why can't we just forget about this whole incident?"

Dani sighed and shook her head. "But we can't. Don't worry, we're going to make it up to you. I've got the perfect thing planned!" She nudged Derrick's knee and stared pointedly.

"No, get your own chair." Derrick scooted closer to the bed. But he winced when Dani kicked his shin. He scowled and gave up. "Fine, you can have the goddamn chair. Geez, no need to get so violent."

Dani smirked triumphantly and sat down. I smiled at the sight of Derrick being bossed around by his younger sister. "So, like I said before, I have the perfect day planned out for you." Dani began. "And Derrick."

"Wait, and me?" Derrick sputtered, wondering if he'd heard right. "Why does it have to include me? Why don't you just go with Massie since you planned all this?"

"Because," Dani sighed, exasperated with Derrick. "I'm not the one who screwed up and caused this to occur. And besides, this is your way to make it up to Massie. Be grateful that I came up with this. I know you could never think of something as elaborate as this."

Derrick's face turned slightly red and he fell silent, waiting for Dani to go on. She turned back towards me. "So you wanna know what it is?"

I nodded. "Of course, tell me!"

"Well first, I've arranged for the two of you to have brunch at Audrey's. You know, the adorable little café near Bloomingdale's. And please, don't just order coffee or something like that. There's a reason why Audrey's is named the number one café in the whole frickin' state. I don't want to find out that all you guys ordered were some lame drinks. Afterwards, you guys will hit the new science museum that's going to open in a couple of days. I heard they have the biggest aquarium on the East coast and there are lots of amazing species of plants and animals. For lunch, you guys will be-"

"Wait, it's going to be the whole day?" Derrick asked, coming over to sit down at the edge of the bed. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Derrick, shut up before I go home and throw away your soccer cleats." Dani narrowed her eyes for a moment and then the smile returned to her face. "As I was saying, you guys are going to be spending lunch at The Silver Dot. They have this amazing view of their beautiful garden. Almost every ingredient is grown right there, except for the meat of course."

"That sounds like a date," Derrick said, butting in once again. "Massie's got a boyfriend, you know."

"Did I say this was a date?" Dani scoffed and turned towards me. "Boys can be so stupid sometimes. I don't know how we can tolerate them."

Derrick slapped Dani's arm and she scowled. "Anyways, after lunch, it's time to spend some time at the amusement park. I'm sure you guys can keep yourselves busy for at least four hours. And when you're hungry, I was thinking you could come over to our house for dinner. I've already asked my mom and she thought it was a great idea. She really wants to meet you and thank you for saving our kitchen. I'm pretty sure our whole house would've burnt down if it wasn't for you."

I nodded. "Sure, that sounds great."

Dani beamed. "Perfect! Well, now you guys know the plan and I need to get back to my convention otherwise my friends will fall apart without me. Let me know if you have any questions!" She took out her notebook and ripped a piece of paper out. She quickly jotted her number down and dropped it on my lap. She opened the door to leave and waved. "See ya!"

Right when Dani left, Derrick said, "Sorry about that. My sister sometimes goes a little over the top when she gets excited."

I laughed. "That's cool, maybe she should be a party planner or something when she grows up. It definitely suits her."

Derrick chuckled. "Yeah, maybe. But as of right now, she wants to be a lawyer."

I opened my mouth to say something but my mom chose this time to barge in. "Honey, I just spoke to the doctor and he agreed with me that it was best for you to stay here a little longer." She then noticed an unfamiliar blonde boy who was sitting down on my bed. "Oh, hello…" She obviously didn't know who Derrick was because she'd never met him before. She looked back at me and mouthed, Who is this boy? A new friend? Her gaze traveled back to Derrick.

"Mom."

"Uh, right. Sorry, Massie." My mom shrugged. "There was nothing I could do. You have to listen to the doctor's orders."

I frowned. I couldn't help but think that my mom had something to do with the doctor's decision to make me stay here. She probably took forever persuading him. I grumbled and gave her a look, hoping she would get the message that I wanted her to leave now.

"Okay, I'll leave you guys alone now. I'll be back to check on you later."

When my mom left, I sighed and leaned back against the pillow. Great, I was now stuck here for even longer. As if staying in the hospital for a week wasn't bad enough already. An idea suddenly popped up in my mind. "Derrick, how did you get here?"

He looked confused and answered, "I drove here…why?"

"You want to do me a huge favor right now?" I grinned mischievously, knowing he would agree because he still felt guilty. After getting the conformation nod from him I said, "Help me get out of this horrible place. I can't stay here a day longer. I need to get out now."

"But you heard what your mom and doctor said." Derrick protested, "Your doctor said you have to stay here for a couple more days."

"Derrick, please." I begged. "Please just get me out of here. It won't even be that hard. I can get changed in less than five minutes and all we have to do is to get past the people in the hallway and then we're clear."

A look of doubt clouded Derrick's face but then he sighed. "Fine, I'll help you 'escape'. But you have to promise me we won't get into any trouble!"

I cracked a smile. "I promise! Thanks, Derrick!" I flipped the covers off, stood up and gave him a hug. Okay, go wait outside the door and I'll come out when I'm ready."

Derrick nodded and obediently waited outside. I threw on my clothes, ran my hands through my hair a couple of times, and slipped on my favorite pairs of Converse. I grabbed my black duffel bag and opened the door. I tapped Derrick's back and grabbed his hand, leading him down the hallway and out the door.

The fresh burst of air instantly cleared and brightened my mind. Derrick lead me to his car and we quickly got in. He started the engine and soon enough, we were off. I had never felt this good in a while.

-xoxo-

Cam Rivera walked down the hallway with a fresh bouquet of red flowers. He was overjoyed that he finally got to visit his girlfriend when she was finally awake. He reached her room and quietly knocked on her door before opening it.

But he was not greeted by his beloved girlfriend. He spotted the new bouquet of lilies on the table and went over to inspect it. He picked up the little yellow card that was stuck in the middle of the bouquet.

I'm so glad you're better now!

Love, Derrick

Cam's hand tightened momentarily as he crumpled the little note and let it flutter to the ground. No, he wasn't greeted by his beloved girlfriend. He wasn't greeted by anyone but the sight of a wrinkled bed and two bouquet of flowers.

Wow, so this chapter was around 3,000 words! It's probably the longest chapter I've written yet! I actually really enjoyed writing this chapter and I hoped you enjoyed it!

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