"Pick up pick up pick up!" Artie said frantically as he dialled Rose's number once more. Ever since she'd run from Seth's house, nobody could get in touch with her. "Alex you try" Alex then got out her phone and dialled Rose's number but just like Artie, she got no response.

"No answer"

"Dammit where is she?!" Artie said frustrated as he paced the garden again. Seth called the party off and everybody went home after what happened. Harriet was escorted off the property by security after kicking and screaming at Seth who just ignored her. She'd gone completely mental and now Seth realised that all it ever was between Rose and Harriet was jealousy and hatred. Rose being the opposite of Harriet making her envious of everything Rose had. It was disturbing to think about but everybody was worried as Rose had gone missing.

"Where'd you reckon she's gone?" Alec asked worriedly as he looked at all of the others,

"I'm not sure" Danny replied, "Anybody know where she lives?"

"Her apartment of course!" Artie said, "We gotta go now"

"Okay then, Gary should still be waiting in the limo we'll just pile in" Alex said and then followed the gang out of the garden, through Seth's house and then out onto the front driveway.

"Seth you coming?"

"I've gotta get this place cleaned up, but ring me straight away when you find her" Alex nodded and then bid Seth goodbye before getting into the limo to go to house's apartment.

"Rose? Rose sweetie open the door" Alex called through Rose's door when she got no response from knocking. "We just want to talk to you, what Harriet said was complete lies" Alex waited but still no reply, "Maybe she's not there?"

"She has to be, her shrug was by the front entrance" Artie replied holding up the torn shrug where Harriet ripped it to pieces.

"Then why isn't she answering?"

"Maybe we should break the door down?" Danny suggested, "We need to check on her as she took off in such a panic"

"Alright fine, who's the strongest?" Alex asked and then moved aside when Artie came forward and began kicking at Rose's door. Eventually he got it open and they all burst inside and looked around.

"Rose?" Artie called as he looked around.

"Not in the bedroom" Alec said.

"Or the kitchen" Danny replied.

"Oh my god!" Came Alex's voice making everybody run into the living room to see what Alex was shouting about. What they saw frightened them, Rose lying unconscious on the ground surrounded by empty bottles of asprin.

"Oh man she didn't" Artie said as he sank to the ground taking Rose's cold hand.

"Looks like she did" Alec said, "Is she alive?"

"Barely" Artie said once he felt Rose's pulse, "Don't just stand there call an ambulance!"

"Right we're on it" Alex said pulling out her phone and calling an ambulance quickly. "They said they're on their way"

"What should we do in the mean time?"

"Try and wake her up"

"No put her in the recovery position!" Alec said moving the guys aside so he could roll Rose onto her side to prevent any choking if she woke up and vomited.

"Rose sweetie what have you done to yourself?" Artie whispered as he felt tears forming, "Nothing Harriet said was true"

"She's swallowed a lot of tablets," Danny said examining the bottles, "There's about 20 in each bottle"

"So she's choked down 60 tablets?" Artie said panicking as he looked back down at Rose's pale lifeless form. "Rose please don't die"

"I'm gonna ring Seth" Alex said dialling Seth's number waiting for him to pick up.

Seth was wondering around his gardens full of guilt and worry. He couldn't believe what he'd witnessed tonight, what Harriet had said and done was crossing the line. Nothing she said was true but Rose had run off in a state and now she was nowhere to be found.

"Please don't do anything stupid Rose" Seth said with a sigh as he stared down at his swimming pool, his reflection staring back at him. But Seth jumped out of his skin when his found vibrated in his pocket; he pulled it out and saw it was Alex.

"Have you found her?" is all he said.

"Yep we've found her alright" Alex replied with sadness in her tone.

"I don't like the sound of that tone, what's happened?"

"Rose has tried to kill herself"

"She's what?!"

"We broke into her apartment and found her surrounded by empty bottles of pills"

"Is she alive?!"

"Barely, the ambulance is on its way"

"Oh my god she tried to kill herself just because of what Harriet said?"

"Well we didn't exactly stick up for her did we! We just stood there looking like idiots!"

"I was just shocked"

"So was I but now she's done this and if she dies I couldn't live with myself!"

"Alex calm down"

"She's almost dead Seth! You can't see her! You chickened out on coming to help find her!"

"But-"

"If you loved her like she loves you you'd be here with us!" then Alex hung up the phone leaving Seth with tears in his eyes. It was true, he should have gone with them to help find Rose, but he chickened out. He didn't even stand up for Rose whilst Harriet had said all those cruel things!

"Oh man what have I done?" Seth said sinking to his knees, "Rose please don't die"

"Ma'am please step back so we can do our job," The paramedic said as they strapped Rose up to the stretcher.

"She's gonna be okay right?" Alex said panicking.

"We can't tell you at this point in time ma'am"

"So she's gonna die?"

"If we don't get her to the hospital right now then there's a slight chance she could"

"Oh god!"

"How long has she been unconscious?"

"We're not sure; we've only just found her"

"Was it a big overdose?"

"3 bottles of asprin"

"Well if we get her to the hospital quickly they can pump her stomach clean" Alex just sighed and wiped the tears away as she watched Rose being wheeled out of her room towards the ambulance.

"Are we all following her?" Alec asked.

"I'll go with her in the ambulance" Artie said, "You guys can follow behind or head home as it's late" he looked at his watch and saw it was reaching 2am.

"We promise we'll see her in the morning" Alex said hugging Artie, "Keep us up to date" then she headed towards the limo whilst Artie got into the ambulance which took Rose to the local hospital.

"Rose? Rose can you hear me?" the doctor said flashing a light into Rose's eyes but she was still unresponsive. The doctor then began getting things ready to start pumping her stomach, but her pulse was still low so she had to be wired up to machines.

Artie was told to wait outside in the waiting room which made him upset as he wanted to be with Rose. He couldn't live with himself if she died just because of somebody else's jealously. Harriet had done a brilliant job in humiliating Rose and now it led to all of this. He hoped she was proud of herself, getting somebody to try and commit suicide just because of jealously!

He sighed to himself as he stared down at the floor and thought about everything that had happened tonight. When Harriet was shouting at Rose she mentioned Seth and about how he'd never want her. He knew Rose idolised Seth, but was it more than that? Was she keeping her true feelings a secret? Then he thought about Seth, he'd done nothing but act peculiar ever since Artie started dating Rose. He was distant, moody and snapped for no reason whenever he saw them both together.

Had everybody been keeping secrets from him?

Artie thought he knew the truth but it turns out he hadn't got a clue what was going on anymore. Seth and Rose always seemed happy together and seemed to have a lot in common, they were laughing all the time and getting close and now it was becoming clear to Artie. Obviously there was something between them but both were too afraid to admit it.

"I can't stand between them," Artie murmured to himself as he rubbed his eyes out of tiredness. "If they're happy together I shouldn't get in the way" Artie sighed as he said that, as much as he liked Rose he couldn't continue this relationship if he wasn't what she really needed. It had always been Seth; he could see that now, right from the beginning he could see that Rose was hooked on Seth. Everything about him made Rose smile and they enjoyed each other's company, so he shouldn't get in the way of that. He definitely needed to speak to Rose about all of this, but would she be okay? The nurse hadn't come out to tell him any bad news yet so he hoped that she'd be all right and survive.

Nothing would ever be the same if Rose died.

"Artie? Would you like to follow me please," The nurse said as she spotted Artie staring at the wall looking blank. But he turned to face her and say "Is Rose okay?"

"She's fine now"

"So she hasn't died," Artie said relieved and smiled slightly.

"She's just resting now, the doctors have wired her up to some machines to monitor her heartbeat but she's fine now"

"Thank goodness for that"

"If you follow me I can take you to her" Artie then got up and followed the nurse towards Rose's room.

"You can stay as long as you like, just press the button here (she pointed to a button on the wall) if you need anything and I'll come in"

"Okay thank you"

"And just to let you know, she'll be struggling to speak for a little while because of the tubes that had to be put down her throat to clean her stomach out"

"Oh"

"But she should be alright in the next couple of days"

"Okay I'll be sure to take care of her" Artie replied and watched as the nurse left the room leaving him alone with Rose. He turned to face her and instantly he felt his heart breaking, she looked so fragile wired up to machines. But at least she was alive!

"Oh Rose sweetie what did you do to yourself" Artie said as he walked over to her bedside and sat down on one of the chairs. He touched her hand lightly but jumped when she began to stir and open her eyes. She groaned in pain and reached up to hold her throat "Rose honey can you hear me?" Artie said and smiled in relief when Rose turned her head to face him. At first she looked relieved but then she stared down at her blanket looking blank.

"Rose please try and speak to me"

"Why?" Rose croaked out and then held her throat again.

"Here drink this" Artie said holding out a cup of water to her, she took it and drank it slowly, feeling the cold water soothe her throat.

"Better?"

"A little" Rose replied with a whisper as she set the cup down carefully on the table next to her.

"How are you feeling?"

"Pretty rough"

"Wanna explain to me what happened?"

"Not really"

"Why?"

"You heard what Harriet said"

"Yeah we all did"

"So you shouldn't be here, I'm nothing and worthless"

"Rose that's not true!"

"Yes it is, everything she said was true"

"It's not Rose, you've got it all wrong"

"I am nothing, my daddy left and mama wanted me dead"

"Rose nothing Harriet said was true; you're an amazing young woman with her whole life ahead of her. Look at what you've created...your own cartoon to be sent worldwide! You're amazing and you've got a lot to look forward too in your life. Don't ever throw it away just because of somebody else's jealously"

"But-"

"No buts Rose, Harriet has been jealous of you for years"

"Why?"

"Because you've got everything she hasn't, good looks, an amazing personality and your dignity and pride. She's thrown all of that away so now she wants to destroy your life as well. She's nothing Rose and you're everything" Rose just stared down at her blanket feeling the tears welling up in her eyes.

She felt upset and she also felt angry, "So why didn't you say anything at the party to help me?"

"Because-"

"You all just stood there and believed her"

"We were just stunned that's all"

"You made me feel so worthless"

"I'm so sorry Rose, we were just so surprised"

"Even Seth didn't say anything"

"He looked stunned that Harriet was even there"

"She's a psycho"

"But this brings me to my other questions"

"Oh" Rose said quietly as she sipped on her drink again to soothe her throat from the burning sensation. Artie cleared his throat and sighed, "I just wanna get this out whilst I can, I know that you and me are pretty close and we've been having a lot of fun, but every time I look in your eyes I can see that you're searching for something more. And every time we're around Seth you seemed to be happier like you've found what you're looking for. I know you idolise Seth but… is it something more than that?" Rose just listened to his words and stared down at the floor unable to put any words together. "I'm not angry at you sweetheart, I just need to know"

"I love him," Rose whispered as she wiped her face from the tears that slid down her cheeks.

"It's okay Rose"

"No it's not okay, I feel like I've just been stringing you along"

"But you haven't Rose, we've had our fun and we're best friends"

"We are?"

"Yes of course we are! You're amazing and I don't want to lose you"

"But I feel awful"

"You shouldn't, honestly its okay"

"But you must feel horrible"

"I think I've always known we should just stay as friends, we're comfortable around each other and have a lot in common"

"But-"

"Seth is the one you want Rose, it's clear to everybody back in the studios"

"It is?"

"Yep, even Alex can see it"

"She was the one who got me to admit it in the first place"

"Yeah she's good at spotting these things"

"I'm so sorry Artie"

"Don't be, I'm fine Rose. Just grateful that you're alive"

Rose sighed and said, "I just needed to escape"

"What ever possessed you to do such a thing?"

"It was just what she said that hurt"

"It wasn't true Rose, so many people love and care about you"

Rose just stared up at the ceiling and said, "How did you even find me?"

"We all came after you once you'd ran away"

"What about Seth?"

"He stayed at home" Rose frowned then and just rubbed her eyes, "He would have come but he needed to watch the house and clean up"

"Did the party carry on afterwards?"

"Nope Harriet got escorted off the property and Seth just sent everyone away"

"Oh"

"He seemed pretty pissed"

"So why didn't he come after me?"

"I don't know Rose"

"He obviously doesn't love me"

"I think he does Rose, but now that I've thought about it I've realised he was keeping his distance because we were together"

"So he was jealous?"

"I'd say he was yeah"

"But you two are best friends and I'm not coming in between you and making you hate each other"

"Rose I couldn't hate Seth; even if he started dating my mother or sister I couldn't hate him"

"Really?"

"Yeah he's been there for me throughout the last 7 years and I couldn't ever hate him"

"Oh"

"He's the most genuine down to earth man I've ever met, I remember when I said I'd never watched Star Trek before and he was stunned. Next thing I know I've got the whole box set sitting on my desk as a gift from him"

"That sounds nice"

"It was he's incredible, he'll take care of you"

"But Artie this doesn't feel right, you seem so calm about all of this!"

"Honestly Rose it's okay, I know we were dating but you know as well as I do that we were both too scared to do anything"

"But I thought you've had a relationship before?"

"I have and I know what to do and how to charm a woman but with you it was different"

"Different in a good way?"

"Yeah of course! It was just you made me so nervous, I felt to afraid to kiss you as I feared I wouldn't be good enough for you"

"That's silly Artie"

"I know but that's just how you made me feel. You've got the ability to light up a dim room Rose, whenever you're at the studios its fun, we have a good laugh and do things we've never done before"

"Like what?"

"Well I don't think there's ever been a water fight there before, plus nobody has ever been able to get Seth to laugh during voice recordings"

"I was only standing near the door watching him"

"Rose you were pulling faces at him!" Rose smiled and Artie smiled back, "See there you go, you're smiling again"

"But I still feel rough"

"I still can't believe you did that though, Rose what if you'd have died!"

"I don't know, I wouldn't be missed"

"Rose you've got it all wrong, Alex was in floods of tears when she found you and do you know who the first she called is?"

"No"

"Seth"

"Why?"

"Because he was worried sick about you"

"Again he didn't come after me so why bother with him?" Artie sighed and knew he wasn't getting anywhere with this. Both Seth and Rose were too stubborn or too afraid to admit their feelings to each other. But Rose did have a point; Seth didn't seem interested in chasing after Rose when she ran off. He was too interested in looking after the house yet he had maids and housekeepers there cleaning up the mess.

"See you can see my point too" Rose said when she noticed Artie looking lost in thoughts.

"Yeah I guess I can"

"So there's no point in admitting my feelings towards him if he's just gonna be like that"

"I'm sure there's an explanation for it, I'll speak to him about it"

"When?" Artie looked at his watch and saw it was just heading up to 8am; Seth wouldn't be at the studios yet.

"I suppose now is as good a time as any"

"You're leaving now?"

"If you don't want me to I'll stay"

"No it's alright, you look like you need sleep and if you're in work you better get cleaned and changed"

"Okay then but I'll be sure to come visit you later on"

"I'll still be here don't worry, the nurse said I'd be here for a couple days to rest"

"Well I'll be back later then; I might even have Alex with me"

"Sounds great"

"I'll see you later then" Artie then got up from his chair and pulled Rose into a gentle hug, "I'm sorry Artie" Rose whispered again as she clung to Artie. "It's alright Rose I forgive you, just focus on getting yourself better" Artie then pulled away and looked at Rose and smiled slightly, "Hey don't look so down about things, you'll be alright" he then touched her nose lightly and then headed out the door to exit the hospital to head home.

Seth was sat at his desk nursing his coffee; he hadn't been to work this early in a long time, especially being hung over! But everything that had happened in the past few hours kept his brain from shutting down so he couldn't even think about sleep. So now he was tired, cranky and worried shitless about Rose, what if she had died during the night? What if the nurses couldn't do anything and pronounced her dead? That thought scared him; a world without Rose wasn't worth living for. She meant everything to him and if she had died then he wouldn't want to face living either.

Sighing deeply to himself, Seth started gathering up some papers to try and refocus his brain into working. But as it was only 8:30am he couldn't quite manage to convince himself to work. He hadn't sleep for nearly 24 hours now and he needed some rest, plus he needed to pay everybody who had cleaned his house last night. They'd worked throughout the night getting it back to normal and he was grateful of their help.

The orchestra had left their equipment there and said they'd come and pick it up later today, then everything had to be put back into place and then hopefully his house would be normal again. So then he could go to bed without being disturbed by anything.

"Need sleep," Seth mumbled to himself as he pulled out another piece of paper to start drawing on, but all he was drawing was Rose. He wanted to know if she was okay but the thought of going to the hospital creeped him out, he hated places like that. And to walk down the corridor to be told that Rose was dead was a frightening thought, so he opted against it. He sighed again but jumped when his door suddenly burst open,

"Alex" Seth said surprised as he watched Alex storm into his office.

"Seth" Alex replied coldly.

"What can I do for you?"

"Don't you dare act innocent!"

"I'm not-"

"Do you even know how Rose is?"

"Is she-?"

"She's alive Seth"

"Oh thank god!"

"But if you loved her like you said, you'd have known that by now!"

"What do you mean?"

"You chickened out on coming to the hospital with us!"

"I had to look after the house"

"Bullshit Seth! Complete bullshit"

"But-"

"You had maids and housekeepers who could have looked after it whilst we searched for Rose, you didn't see the state she was in!"

"But-"

"Why Seth? Why? Why didn't you come with us? Rose needed you!"

"She does not need me, she's got Artie"

"You've got it all wrong Seth"

"Okay, fill me in then"

"Rose loves you"

"Stop lying"

"I'm not lying! That's what she was going to speak to you about"

"When?"

"When you'd finished singing on stage she was going to pull you aside to tell you, but then Harriet came" Seth frowned deeply, so now Rose loved him? Yet she was dating Artie? That was just mixed up and nonsense.

"Don't make things up Alex, she doesn't love me"

"Yes she does! She's head over heels for you!"

"Then why was she was Artie!"

"She was afraid to leave him for you, you two are best friends Seth and Rose was terrified of hurting both of you and she didn't want you to fall out over it!" Seth just looked at Alex trying to find any traces of her lying to him, but he couldn't find anything. "She told me the truth at the party, that she loved you and that you were her idol"

"I knew I was her idol but I never thought she'd love me"

"Well she does Seth, and if you love her then what's the problem? What's stopping you from going to the hospital to see her?"

"I just can't okay? Seeing somebody you love wired up to machines keeping them alive" Alex sighed and looked at Seth who looked beside himself, he was still dressed in his tux was last night and looked tired.

"You should go home Seth to change and rest, you look awful"

"Thanks Alex"

"I'm just saying that's all. Plus it's not right finding you here at such an early hour on a Saturday morning"

"I just couldn't sleep"

"Why?"

"Because of everything that has happened!"

"Okay easy, don't yell"

"Sorry"

"Just go home and rest okay? You'll feel better later"

Seth sighed and felt himself giving in. "Okay I'll go home and rest"

"Good"

"Alex?"

"Yeah?"

"Thank you"

"It's alright sweetie"

"I'd be useless without you"

"Well if you play your cards right, Rose will be the one to take care of you in the future" Seth smiled slightly as he thought about that, having Rose as his girlfriend sounded perfect. "Anyway sweetie you should go home and rest, call me when you feel a little better" Alex said and smiled when Seth nodded and rose from his chair. But both turned their attention to the door when it suddenly flew open again to reveal a very tired looking Artie.

"Artie, my god where have you been?" Alex asked surprised.

"At the hospital all night with Rose"

"Is she alright now?"

"She had her stomach pumped and she was wired up to machines"

"Is she awake?"

"Yeah I spoke to her this morning"

"You don't sound happy"

"That's because I'm not"

"Oh"

"Alex can you please leave me and Seth alone for a few minutes? It won't take long"

"Err sure, Seth remember what we spoke about" is all Alex said before she quickly left the room leaving the two men alone.

"So" is all Seth said as he looked at Artie, "Rose is okay?"

"Yes she's fine"

"Good"

"But if you cared for her then you would have gone to see her"

"Oh, well I-"

"She's somebody you're close too"

"Yeah but-"

"And you have a lot in common with her"

"Artie I really-"

"She'd be glad to see you"

"Artie I hate hospitals okay!" Seth replied feeling his temper rising, it was a rarity to see him angry but now he was tired and cranky, not a good mix.

"It's gotta be more than that Seth"

"I just couldn't go"

"Why not?"

"Because how would you feel if you saw the woman you loved wired up to machines keeping her alive!"

Artie was stunned at Seth's anger outburst but said, "You love her?"

"Yes I do Artie"

"Well why didn't you chase after her at the party?!"

"Because I was too stunned about what Harriet said"

"So you believe it?"

"No of course not!"

"So why didn't you come after her!"

"Because I was a coward okay! I couldn't face it!"

"Seth that girl is in love with you! You've broken her heart by not being there for her!"

Seth was surprised at Artie's words, "What?"

"She's been in love with you for weeks!"

"But-"

"It wasn't me she wanted and it never will be, it's always been you"

"But you were dating-"

"Me and Rose could never be together, yeah we've got everything in common but she's always been searching for something more, and that lies within you"

"Me?"

"Yes Seth, you"

"But-"

"She only stayed with me because she didn't wanna hurt me, she hates hurting people"

"You seem so calm"

"I was a little angry and confused when I put it all together and worked it out, but now I'm over it"

"You are?"

"Seth I could never be angry with you or Rose"

"Why?"

"Because you're my best friend, Seth we go way back!"

Seth smiled a little but then said "You've gotta be angry though, it's too weird watching somebody be calm about this"

"Honestly it's alright, I'm happy for you two"

"She really loves me?"

"Yeah she admitted it this morning"

"You sure it wasn't the drugs?"

"Nope" Artie replied with a small smile.

"But this is all messed up; she probably won't even talk to me anymore"

"You've just gotta try Seth"

"But she's so stubborn"

"Still gotta try" Seth sighed and looked down at the floor, Rose loved him? He should be happy about that but he was too tired to think straight. "Seth please go home and sleep"

"You should too"

"I guess we all look terrible this morning"

"It was one heck of a night I'll give you that"

"Well Seth you are famous for throwing wild parties"

"I just can't believe that happened though"

"Harriet's always been full of jealously"

"Yeah I figured that out a couple days ago"

"You did?"

"Yeah it's always been jealously from Harriet towards Rose. Any time her name was mentioned Harriet went crazy about it"

"Damn bitch"

"Tell me about it"

"Anyway we should go and get some sleep" Both men stood up and looked at each other, unsure of what to do. But Seth extended his arm and said "No hard feelings?"

"No hard feelings" Artie replied as he shook Seth's hand and then they both hugged.

It had certainly been an emotional night for everybody, Seth now knew that Rose loved him, but what would he do about it?