AN: I am so sorry for not updating in so long! It's been like, what, two months? I hope I didn't disappoint my readers too much! Thanks to all the great reviews for my last chapter, hope you like this one!
Lauren-Sorry it took so long to update!! Hope you liked Raise Your Voice if you were able to see it, I thought it was really sad…Thanks for the review!
RiRiana-Thanks for the great review, I think it's important to acknowledge all my reviewers, because if I didn't get any reviews then I most likely wouldn't continue writing…Only that wasn't the case for not updating in so long, I just had writers block, and a long case of laziness…
Nosilla-Yup, there's some fluff in this chapter, lol. Thanks for the review, hope you liked this chater!
Beautyqueen321-Thanks for the review, sorry I left a cliffhanger, and now I'm sorry that I never updated. I hope you like this chapter, I personally don't think it's the best I can do…
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Xylem-Thanks for all the reviews, I'll try to answer most of them! I think Jesse McCartney rocks, and also Hilary Duff, but everyone has their own opinions I guess…Lol, I wish I knew someone like Jesse…Yea, one of the main characters in Raise Your Voice is Oliver James, who I think is like, also really cute. I'm not really fluent in French, I'm only in 8th, so I'm still learning and all, but there's this song called C'est La Vie, and I thought it would be a great title. Yea, and it means It is the Life. I should add a guilty person, but I think it's too late now…
Ok, hope I answered all your reviews completely, Thanks for all them, and I hope you like this chapter!
Degrassichick92-Sorry for the cliffhanger and the long update! I thought Raise Your Voice was an awesome movie, and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD. That's cool that we have so much in common, and isn't Maine Squeeze such a good book? Lol, hope you like this chapter, and thanks for the review!
Fiona12690-Glad to hear you like my fic, so sorry for the long update!! Hope you like this chapter!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Holes or any of the characters and such in it…
Recap: 'The last thing she heard was Squid, he was brushing the hair off Blush's forehead, and he was saying, "It's okay, you'll be okay…" Then her world turned black…'
Chapter 10
Blush wouldn't wake up. Every once in a while she would open her eyes and mumble some incoherent words, but that was it. The D-Tent boys tried everything to wake her, from pouring the nasty water on her to yelling that there was a yellow spotted lizard by her. Only that caused Zigzag to freak and he ran off into a hole for a while. They didn't know what else to do, it's been about 10 minutes since she passed out, and they were getting antsy.
"Maybe she has that…stickitoo..man..osis thing?" Squid said, frowning down at Blush. Caveman sighed a very disgusted and annoyed sigh.
"Uh…Squid? That's not a real disease…it's just a joke," Caveman told Squid. Squid's eyes widened.
"What?!? You're freakin kidding me, right?" He said. Caveman shook his head no.
"Look guys, stop the bull already, we have to get Blush to the warden's cabin, I don't know what's wrong with her," X-Ray told the bickering Caveman and Squid.
"I'll carry her," Squid automatically said.
"Oh no you wont, you'll drop her," Armpit said, "remember that time you were hauling that huge rock out of your hole and you dropped it on your foot?" Squid blushed slightly.
"Let Zigzag carry her, he's the tallest," Magnet said. Zigzag looked suspiciously at the passed out Blush.
"Will she try to take over my brain with her evil girl powers if I touch her?" Zigzag asked.
"No Zig, she won't, now hurry up, we have to go back quickly," Caveman said.
Zigzag scooped Blush up as Squid watched enviously, and they headed back towards camp. Just their luck, they had the farthest digging spot from the Campsite, so it was going to be a long walk back.
"You doing okay Zigzag?" Magnet asked, and Zigzag looked behind him. Bad idea.
"Zigzag watch out!" Caveman yelled, only it was too late. Zigzag tripped and fell into a hole, bringing Blush down with him.
"Holy crap, are you okay, how's Blush?" Squid said, running up to the hole Zigzag fell into. He peered down and saw Blush lying on top of Zigzag, who was trying to stand up, only was failing miserably. "Zigzag, carefully pick Blush up and boost her up to me, and I'll carry her back," Squid said. Zigzag did as he was told, and Squid held Blush securely, as if she was so fragile that any wrong move could break her. D-Tent followed Squid, while scowling Zigzag, who hung his head in shame. Not, he was trying to hide his smile, he fell into that hole on purpose so Squid could carry Blush, only no one knew it.
When they were about half way there, Blush slowly drifted back into conscious. She heard a soft beating sound, and when she peeked her eyes open, she saw Squid's worried, yet determined face, and she realized that it was his heart that she heard. She was about to speak, only then she passed out again from dehydration, and weakness. Squid didn't notice, he was thinking. Thinking hard…something he hardly did because he couldn't focus well on what he was thinking about. Only this time it was something he wanted to think about. He was thinking about Blush.
'I can't believe that Haylie is in my arms, so close to me. I hope she's okay…damn, she's so light she's like a freakin stick, what is up with that? How the hell did Zig fall into that hole with her, she could've gotten hurt. I woulda killed Zigzag if she got hurt…but she's okay now. Now I have her, and I'll never let anything happen to her. I never liked a girl this much, and it's crazy. It's stupid, I'm falling for a girl I don't even know. I think I've been hanging around Zigzag too much,' Squid thought to himself as he walked back to camp. He looked down at Blush. 'God, she's so…hot. I should've made a move on her before, now I may never get the chance…
When they finally arrived at camp, they headed towards the warden's cabin. Caveman knocked on the door, and the Warden came to the door.
"What are you boys doing here, did you finish digging your holes yet?" The warden said, scowling at the boys. Then she noticed the limp Blush in Squid's arms. "What's the matter with her?" she asked.
"We don't know, she just passed out and she wouldn't wake up we tried everything like pouring water on her to throwing dirt, but she wouldn't get up so then Zigzag carried her a lil ways back to camp only he fell in a hole with her so Squid took her instead and now were here and we don't know what to do," X-Ray rattled on, running out of breath. Then he saw the annoyed look on the Warden's face and shut up.
"Excuse me?" she said, raising her eyebrows.
"There's something wrong with Blush…er…I mean Haylie, and we don't know what it is," Squid said. The Warden stared down at Blush, then finally said,
"Bring her in here and go find Dr. Pendanski and Mr. Sir right now."
"Yes ma'am," Squid said and carefully brought Blush into the cabin. He gently placed her on the sofa, then looked down at her peaceful face. He crouched down and gently kissed her on the cheek, then he stood back up and left, glancing behind him one last time.
'I kissed her I kissed her I kissed her I kissed her…'
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Blush thought she was dreaming. She felt like she was in a very fast moving car, and she even thought that she heard a siren. When she opened her eyes, first all she saw was a really bright light, but as her eyes focused, she saw a white ceiling instead. Then she saw a nurse and…Squid? Yea, Squid was sitting next to her, dozing off. She noticed that there was an IV in her arm, and then she passed out again…
When Blush passed out again, she had a very weird dream.
She saw herself, as if it was an out of body experience, and she saw herself lying down on her cot in D-Tent. Squid was sitting on the edge of her bed looking down at her, and it looked like he was crying. She had a peaceful look on her face, and her eyes were closed. As a tear ran down Squid's cheek, and dropped into her hair, she noticed that she heard music. It was coming from her CD player, and it was one of her favorite songs. It was that song, C'est la Vie…it is the life. And this was her life, and she was going to live it.
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"I'm sorry, but you are going to have to wait out in the waiting room…but first you should go over to that lady right there behind the desk and get a change of clothes from her, okay?" the nurse told Squid while looking at his orange jump suit that was filthy. Squid mumbled a 'whatever' and headed towards the lady that the nurse pointed out to him. He got a change of clothes, which was a pair of gray sweat pants and a white tee shirt, then went to change in the bathroom. After thinking it over, he rolled his jumpsuit into a ball then chucked it into the garbage can. He wasn't going to be needing that anymore. He sank down into one of the seats in the waiting room, and thought about all that happened today. It was a long day.
Flashback
As Squid left the cabin, the memory of his lips on Blush's soft cheek was all he could think of. Then D-Tent came and surrounded him, burying him in questions and comments. As he tried to stay focused and give his friends the info, he just couldn't get that image of Blush lying there, looking so helpless. Caveman must've noticed the uncomfortable look on Squid's face.
"C'mon guys, lets go to the wreck room and let Squid be alone," Caveman said, and headed towards the wreck room. The rest of D-Tent looked warily at Squid, then followed Caveman. Squid fell down onto the dirt and just sat there. In the middle of the campground. Alone and worried. Then he heard voices, the Warden's, Pendanski, and Mr. Sir's voices. He looked behind him at the cabin and saw through the little window the Warden, Pendanski, and Mr. Sir all huddled in a circle talking. Squid scooted closer to the cabin and listened in.
"Well what are we gonna do, she's practically unconscious, we cant just leave her here and die," he heard the Warden say.
"Well we're just going to have to call the paramedics to come and get her and bring her to a hospital," Pendanski said.
"Paramedics? By the time they get here it'll be tomorrow," Mr. Sir barked. He heard the Warden sigh.
"It's the only thing we could do, Haylie Paige comes from a rich family, and they would definitely be suspicious if they don't hear from her in a while," the Warden said.
"Rich family? If they're so rich then why couldn't they hire a better lawyer to defend Haylie?" Pendanski said.
"I don't know, just go get the phone already before it's too late," the Warden said. Squid could tell that she was annoyed, but worried about losing her camp.
As their voices faded away, Squid got up and started walking. He didn't know where to, he just wanted to get away from everything…
The D-Tent boys were in the wreck room, trying to focus on playing pool, but it was pretty much impossible. "Man, this sucks," X-Ray said, "we gotta go find Squid and see if he knows what's up!"
A chorus of yeas was heard in the background, so they headed out of the wreck room. They started out across the site, looking for Squid, only little did they know that Squid had walked himself right into a hole. he decided that he didnt have the strength to get up, so he just sat there. The rest of D-Tent gave up and headed back towards their tent. They all just hung out, and Squid just sat in the hole...until he heard the ambulance sirens.
Squid jumped out of the hole faster than he even thought he could, and the boys from the tents came running out. They were all curious to why there was an ambulance out here, only of course only D-Tent were worried because they knew why it was here.
The paramedics rushed into the Warden's cabin with a stretcher, and came rushing out with Blush on it. They lifted her up and put her in the back while hooking her up to an IV. That's when Squid stepped forward.
"You have got to let me come too," he said, with a desperate look on his face, "this girl…I think I love her." He realized that he was telling the truth, and his face grew red.
"Ask the warden, kid, its up to her," one of the paramedics said to him. Just then Pendanski came out of the cabin.
"Mum, can I please go with Blush, please," he asked, and Pendanski nodded. "Just behave, and you will be coming back here you know." Squid nodded and hopped into the back of the ambulance. He sat next to Blush, and stared down at her.
"It's okay…Haylie, you'll be okay. I promise."
End Flashback
And now he was here in the waiting room, thinking about Haylie once again. He wondered if he would ever get to talk to her, hear her singing, or just see that smile. That's when he overheard a couple talking to the receptionist at the desk.
"…yes, I got a call from the camp counselor, they said my daughter Haylie was here…"
'Haylie? That must be her parents." Squid thought to himself. He got up and walked to the worried mother.
"Uh…'scuse me? Hey, I'm Squi-I mean Alan, I'm from Camp Green Lake, with Haylie."
"Ohmygosh, you know her! Is she okay, what happened to her? What room is she in? Has this ever happened before? How do you know Haylie…is she your girlfriend?"
"Uh…" Before Squid could answer, the doctor that was treating Haylie interrupted them.
"Excuse me Mrs. are you the mother of," he looked at his clipboard, "Haylie Paige?"
"Yes, where's my baby, what happened to her?"
"Haylie is going to be okay, she passed out from lack of food, dehydration, and too much sun. All she needs now is some rest and a lot of liquids…you can go one at a time to visit her, but only five minutes each, she needs her rest."
"I'll go first," Haylie's mom said while looking at her husband, who nodded. She followed the doctor down the hall, while Squid headed back to his seat. He heaved a sigh and closed his eyes, drifting off into a much needed nap…
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AN: I am so sorry for not updating in the longest time! I have been so busy with school and everything that I just didn't have the chance. I appreciated all the reviews I received, and I hope you all enjoy this chapter! I'm halfway through with the next chapter, so hopefully I'll update much sooner!
I just have to say, I watched the best movie the othert night, it's called Searching for David's Heart, with Danielle Panabaker and Ricky Ullman. Did anyone else happen to see it? I thought it was wonderful! Thanks for all the great reviews, and please review this chapter!!!
Also, Happy Holidays to everyone, and also Happy New Year. I hope that I'm able to update b4 that, but just in case…