Kim's POV
"Tell me what room Rachel Harmon is in now" I shout at the receptionist when we arrive at the hospital.
"I'm sorry Ma'am but that is strictly confidential"
"Do you know who we are? We're–"I got cut off by a hand going over my mouth and an arm going around my waist pulling me backwards. I watched how Grace went up to the receptionist and started talking to her.
"Sorry about her, she's just really worried. We're in a band called The City and Rachel is in our opening act. We got a phone call from one of the band members – Luke – telling us that she was in hospital and we need to get down here as soon as possible. Please will you just tell us what room she is in?"
The receptionist looked hesitant but nodded anyway and typed something into the computer. "Down the hall, turn right and it's the first door on the left. Room 13B" I wiggled out of Jack's arms and ran to where the receptionist told us Rachel's room was. I opened the door but stayed stood in the doorway, not quite ready for the sight. I gasped looking at a beaten and unconscious Rachel on the hospital bed. She had bruises and cuts all down her arms and on her face and she had a cast on the right arm. I nearly cried at the sight but stayed strong for everyone else. Josh was sat on the side of the bed, holding her hand with silent tears running down his face.
"What happened?" Jerry asked as he went and sat down next to Emily who was quietly sobbing into Luke's chest, the latter having unshed tears in his eyes.
"Rachel's Dad is an alcoholic and sometimes uses Rach as a punching bag when he gets angry. He was drunk when she got home to pack and beat her up when he told him she was going on tour. Josh and I went round to see where she was after she didn't answer her phone. We found her unconscious and called an ambulance and the police. Their looking for her dad now" Lauren told us. We all stayed silent for a couple of minutes, not really knowing what to say.
"Josh?" we heard a quiet moan coming from the bed in the middle of the room.
"Rach. Rach, can you hear me?" Josh shouts
"God stop shouting, you're hurting my ears" Everyone laughed and watched Rachel open her eyes.
"How are you feeling?" Luke asks.
"Like Shit. Pink really? They gave me pink?" she says when she notices her cast.
"You don't like Pink?"
"No. It's the worst colour ever. Black and purple are much better" I gave her a high five. She was right, black and purple are way better than pink.
"What am I going to do about tour?"
"Well, we were thinking that we could finish the west coast of America which is only two more states before coming back here to get you before we go to Europe. That way you have time to heal" Milton tells the group from where he was stood next to Lauren.
"Thank you guys, So much"
"No problem Rach. Listen, we've got to go catch our flight but we'll see you in a couple of weeks" I tell them, giving them all a hug but being very careful when I was hugging Rach.
"Text us about how you're doing Rach" Jack says, also giving Rach a careful hug.
"Bye" when we left the room, I finally let the tears flow. "I knew we should have gone with them. I told you something bad was going to happen" I wept, sliding down the wall in the corridor.
"Kim, it's not your fault. Calm down" Jack crouches down beside me and makes me look into his eyes. "it's not your fault, yes you thought something bad was going to happen and it did but you couldn't stop it so don't blame yourself. Now come on, we need to get to Ohio" he put his hand out to pull me up, when I stood back up, I wrapped my arms around his waist and gave him a hug.
"Thanks Jack" I whispered against his chest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Time Skip ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Hello Ohio!" I screamed into the microphone "Now this first song is for a good friend of mine, Rachel. She was recently in hospital so we wrote this song for her"
This is a story that I have never told
I gotta get this off my chest to let it go
I need to take back the light inside you stole
You're a criminal
And you steal like you're a pro
All the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed, so confused
I was broken and bruised
Now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again
Out of the ashes, I'm burning like a fire
You can save your apologies, you're nothing but a liar
I've got shame, I've got scars
That I will never show
I'm a survivor
In more ways than you know
Cause all the pain and the truth
I wear like a battle wound
So ashamed, so confused
I'm not broken or bruised
'Cause now I'm a warrior
Now I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me
There's a part of me I can't get back
A little girl grew up too fast
All it took was once, I'll never be the same
Now I'm taking back my life today
Nothing left that you can say
Cause you are never gonna take the blame anyway
Now I'm a warrior
I've got thicker skin
I'm a warrior
I'm stronger than I've ever been
And my armor, is made of steel, you can't get in
I'm a warrior
And you can never hurt me again
No oh, yeah, yeah
You can never hurt me again
We carried on with the rest of the show and before we knew it we were back on the tour bus travelling to Pennsylvania for our next show.
HELLLOOO! Sorry I haven't updated but here it is. I'm also sorry this is short but I promise the next one will be longer. On the plus side, I've nearly finished the next chapter so that should be up this weekend sometimes. Please review. I'm one reviewer away from 50. Plus, the more reviews i get, the faster i will update.
Disclaimer: I do not own Kickin It or 'Warrior' by Demi.