A/N: Thanks so much for the reviews, you guys. They really keep me going.:) I'm really getting back into this story. SO. On with chapter 10!
Sidney sat in an ambulance being looked over by a paramedic. When Ghostface had jumped off the roof onto her, it had apparently bruised her right shoulder. I watched from next to the ambulance with Mom and Robbie standing next to me. Kirby was over by some newscasters trying to get on camera. She was waving her arms wildly behind some anchorwoman. I found it very weird that Olivia had just been brutally murdered and all she was worried about was being on camera. Hoss and Perkins were answering some questions for another anchorwoman (and by answering them, I mean pulling the old cop thing and responding to everything with those two annoying words: 'No comment.'). Judy had gone into a complete panic about Dewey and had rode to the hospital with him. Things really weren't looking good for him.
The paramedic said to Sid, "Nothing's broken. Your shoulder will hurt for a couple days, but it'll be fine. Just take a week or so off." He gave her a warm smile and walked away.
Mom rolled her eyes. "Can you believe that? 'Take a week or so off.'" Mom actually did a very good impression of him. "Taking a week or so off isn't gonna catch this bastard!"
"Kate..." Sidney looked down. "It's going to be fine." She smiled. "Don't worry. We'll get him before anyone else gets-"
"SIDNEY!"
We all looked over at a woman dressed in a business uniform. Two deputies were holding her back from the little road blocky thingy at the edge of the grass. Her long, dark, dark red hair ran down just past her shoulders. She had an iPhone in her left hand and a cup of coffee... or something... in her right. She had an annoyed expression on her face. She said to the deputy, "Excuse me, but I'm with Ms. Prescott."
"Yeah, sure," said the smaller deputy holding her back. "And I'm with Shania Twain. Get outta here, no press."
The woman pointed to the newscaster Kirby was pestering. "What do you call that?"
"That's need-to-know," the deputy replied.
The woman growled. "I'm not the fucking press! Let me in, I'm with Sidney! SIDNEY!"
Sidney walked over to the deputies and said, "It's okay. She's my publicist."
The deputy shrugged and let the woman through. She glared at him. "You're lucky I didn't get mad. You wouldn't like me when I'm mad."
The larger deputy chuckled. "Okay, Ms. Hulk."
The woman roleld her eyes and followed Sidney back over to us. Sidney smiled and said, "Jill, Kate, Robbie, this is my publicist, Rebecca Walters."
I held out a hand. "Nice to meet you, Ms. Walters."
Rebecca held out a hand. "Likewise... and it's Rebecca." She grinned at me, then moved her attention over to Robbie. "And I assume you're her boyfriend?"
Robbie nodded. "Yeppers."
"That's not something straight people say," Kirby said, walking over to us. She held out her hand. "And I am the Kirbilicious Kirbster, daughter of Lynn and Patrick Reed. Living on 429 Whispering Lane, I brought a little color to this town when I was born on June 12, 1994. I am a horror movie aficionado, like Tommy Jarvis in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, if you will, only a little older and MUCH hotter." She winked at Rebecca. "Did I mention I'm a lesbian that will have sex for money? So, if we could just-"
"Kirby!" I snapped. I looked over at Rebecca and Sid. Both had a horrified expression on their face.
Kirby looked at me. "Oh? Too much?"
Robbie rolled his eyes. "Just a little bit."
"Jill! You okay?"
I looked over as Evan appeared out of nowhere. I looked up at him. "Evan, where did you come from?"
"I took the shortcut through the woods," Evan responded. "It's all over the news. What happened? Is everyone okay? I heard something about the sheriff and some teenage girl." He looked over at Kirby and gasped. "And if she's still here, then that means..." His voice trailed off.
I nodded. "Yeah... Olivia." I looked down.
"They wouldn't put that on the news," Robbie said. "How'd you know about Olivia?"
Evan glared at Robbie. "It wasn't on the news. Some kid ran up to me and told me about it on the way over."
"In the woods?" Robbie challenged.
"No, it was before I went into the woods," Evan replied. Obviously he was getting annoyed by Robbie's suspisions. Actually, Evan was someone whom I really trusted.
I looked over at Rebecca. She was scribbling stuff down on a notepad. My eyebrow arched. "I thought you said you weren't with the press."
"I'm not," Rebecca said. "This is some juice for Sid's next book."
I saw Sid roll her eyes. Something about Rebecca didn't flow well with me.
I was really nervous as Mom drove Kirby, Sidney and me to the hospital. Robbie told me that he'd meet us there.
Dewey was a really great guy, and I would hate for anything bad to happen to him. At the very least, it was looking like he would have to retire.
I looked out the window, deep in thought, when my phone rang. I looked at it. Trevor. I sighed as hit "Ignore".
"Who was it?" Sidney asked, nervousness in her voice.
"My ex," I replied, "He's still trying to get back together with me."
Why'd you dump him?" Sid asked.
"Because I saw him making out with another girl about a month ago," I growled, "He won't take the hint that it's over."
"Does he know you're with Robbie now?' my mom asked, as she turned into he hospital parking lot.
"Well, he should," I said, thinking. It's been about a week, and with all the gossips in our school, he should know.
I sighed; no one was allowed to have any secrets at our school. If you were dating a boy at the prep school on the other side of town, but wanted to keep it low-profile, good luck. If you were going to have a big surgery in a couple weeks, you would get a LOT of sympathy cards from people who you didn't even know. And if you started a new relationship with someone at school, well, everyone would be talking about it within a couple days.
"If he doesn't, I'll be happy to tell him," Kirby said, maliciousness in her voice.
I smiled; Kirby would be able to get Trevor off of my back, that's for sure.
I just couldn't believe that jerk. He calls my friends, asking for help to win me back, and then he asks me if I know where Jenny is. What the heck? Did he think he could have TWO girlfriends? Life doesn't work that way, pal. Especially since one of them was recently killed.
The four of us exited the car and walked into the hospital. We were worried we wouldn't be allowed in, but apparently the receptionist knew who Sidney was, and why she was there.
5 minutes later, we were right outside Dewey's room. We could hear sobbing coming from inside…
I burst into the room, followed by everyone else. Gale sat by Dewey's bed, crying her eyes out. Mascara was running down her face. She looked up at us. "Hi..." she sobbed.
"How is..." Sid's voice trailed off as she looked over at the bed... a blanket covered Dewey. You know what that means...
She fell down to her knees. Mom grabbed her wrist and tried to help her stand back up. "Sid... Sid..." she whispered.
I covered my mouth. Poor Dewey! My knees went weak and I looked down at Sidney, who was coming completely undone. I felt so sorry for her and Gale. But I couldn't lose myself now... if I really was the new generation's Sidney, I had to keep it together, and the only way I could do that right now was leave the room.
As I walked out of the hospital room, I was surprised to see Robbie was stopped a few doors down. I also saw he was talking to none other than…(Sigh) Trevor.
I saw a (GRAY TRAY OF STUFF LIKE CLIPBOARDS, BLOOD, NEEDLES, ETC…NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED) and ducked behind it. I caught most of their conversation:
"Well, I would never do that to Jill. She's a treasure," I heard Robbie say, confirming my suspicions that Trevor was confronting Robbie about he and I being a couple.
"Yeah right. I'll bet you'd dump her in an instant when someone else comes along."
"I'm not you, Trevor. I respect Jill. I HAVE Jill."
"Oh, so you own her now?"
"No. You're twisting my words. What I'm saying is that she's with me now, so you have to get over her."
At that moment, the door behind me opened and someone bumped into me. I let out a surprised, "Oof" before I felt the person almost fall on me. I'm guessing he was walking out of the door backwards, as though saying one last goodbye to the patient inside.
Not wanting my ex or current to notice me, I quickly caught the guy and pulled him down next to me. It was Robbie's Cinema Club Pres, Charlie Walker. He looked surprised to see me. I was surprised to see him, too.
I then looked up by the door and saw that "Marissa Walker" was on the door of the room he had just come out of. Obviously his mom or grandma.
Charlie was about to ask me what was going on, but I raised my finger to my lips to motion for him to be quiet.
I then turned my attention back to the conversation Robbie and Trevor were having:
"You need to understand that you hurt her. Sure, she normally brushes you off, but that's because she knows that if she gets upset in front of you, it'll be easier for you to get her back."
"Duh! That's how girls work. When they're hurt, it's time for us men…and you, I guess…to swoop in and comfort them. Then, we get a little rewar…IIIEEEE!"
Charlie and I both peeked over the (cart-thing) and saw that Robbie had kicked Trevor where the sun don't shine.
Suddenly, Trevor looked our way and said (in a high voice), "Look, she's already with your friend. She's moved from one nerd to the next. Over you."
Robbie then looked where Trevor was looking (at Charlie and me) and raised his eyebrow curiously.
After a few moments of awkward silence (in which Kirby, Sidney, and my mom joined us) I explained that I had eavesdropped on their conversation. Mom, who was right behind me, pinched the back of my neck, but I ignored her.
Kirby then asked what Charlie was doing with me.
"I bumped into Jill after I left my grandmother's room," Charlie said, pointing to the room he had come out of, "She pulled me down, and well, now I see why."
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear about your grandma. What's wrong with her?" I said, as Trevor was finally able to stand. Before Charlie could answer, Trevor scoffed as though he couldn't care less about Charlie's grandma (truth be told, none of us REALLY did, we just felt sorry for Charlie).
"What? Does da big nerd worry he's gonna wose his gwammy?" We could all see tears form in Charlie's eyes as he clenched his fists, was able to mutter "Bye" to us, and walked away. Despite the fact that Charlie was really annoying, I felt sorry for him.
"Now you see why I broke up with you!" I snapped at him.
"What? Only little girls like Robbie care about their grandparents," Trevor said, rolling his eyes.
Out of the blue, Sidney asked, "What are you doing here, anyway? If you're not with Jill anymore, then why would you come?"
A/N: Thanks so much to the awesome Samtastic for helping me finish this chapter out! Please, guys, tell me what ya think. We make an awesome duo, eh? :)
