A/N: Here is the rest of the Chapter. Sorry for being soooo slow lately. Distractions Distractions..got out of summatives and exams, plus trying to find a job. And now I'll be away for five days. I'll possibly have another update this weekend. Cross your fingers.
Chapter 28- Back Tracking Part Two
"If you say so," Soda said hesitantly. He turned and started for the fridge in the kitchen. The beer can was in Soda's hand; he had a firm grip on it, but not firm enough to crush the can. Reilly took side glances at Two-bit sitting in the arm chair then got up slowly and started after Soda without being obvious.
"We need to get Two-bit to the hospital. Now." Reilly said quietly but sternly. Soda looked at her and at the look of seriousness in her eyes. He nodded slowly agreeing. This look of seriousness Reilly was giving convinced him she was right, and told him she knew what she was doing. It was a look of seriousness he didn't usually see in her.
"Alright. Let's go." Sodapop said. He put the beer in the fridge even though it would probably end up being gone by the time they got back from the hospital. Soda took another glance at Reilly. 'She knows what she's doing. This has to do with alcohol…' Soda thought to himself, sadness overcoming him with the thought of Reilly and her situations with drinking in the past.
Two-bit looked at the pair dumbfounded. The looks they were giving each other, the looks they were giving him, the seriousness in their voices and on their faces. He was surprised he was able to pick up on this. "Where are we going?" Two-bit asked slowly. He winced as a sharp pain over took his side for a second. It cleared up a second later and felt normal again.
"Come on." Soda beckoned. Two-bit wouldn't move though. Reilly already had her keys and was at the door with her jacket and her shoes on ready to go. Two-bit asked again where they were going. Sodapop didn't want to tell him the hospital because then he definitely wouldn't go. "Come on." Soda repeated.
Two-bit got up slowly, his stomach was killing him. He followed Soda and Reilly outside onto the porch; he wished they would tell him what was going on. Reilly had run down to get her car, and Sodapop was leading him down to the road like he was a baby. He wasn't a baby. Looking up, Two-bit could see headlights coming closer. In seconds, Reilly's car pulled up and Two-bit was shoved into the back of the car, while Soda jumped in the front.
"So…where are we going…?" Two-bit decided to ask again.
Soda looked up at Reilly not knowing what to say. Soda started to mumble stuff including that they were going to the hospital. Fortunately, Two-bit didn't catch what Soda had said. "Wait and see." Soda finally said hoping he would stop asking.
Two-bit just kept on asking. Like a child who wanted to know when they would be there yet. He sounded like a broken record asking over and over again. Reilly sighed heavily once they came to a red light, she wasn't going to be Dallas and drive through it. "We are going to a magical place where all of our problems are solved." Reilly commented in an annoyed tone.
Two-bit blinked just before sighing; he was getting no where with this. He stared at the window trying to ignore the slight stabbing pain occasionally in his sides and stomach area. The car started moving again as the light turned green, at a quick speed too. Quicker then Reilly would normally drive anyway. Before Two-bit knew it the car had stopped. Had he zoned out? Or is he just tired? 'I must be tired.' Two-bit decided rubbing his forehead.
"We are here." Reilly said pulling the keys out of the ignition.
Two-bit hoped out quicker then expected, nearly knocking Soda out of the seat in the process. Though Two-bit was quick to frown. "The hospital?" Two-bit asked. He looked at Sodapop and Reilly. "Why'd you hide that we were coming here if we are visiting Dall'?"
Soda and Reilly looked at each other. "We aren't here to see Dall', Two-bit." Sodapop said slowly.
Two-bit stared at the pair of them and then said, "Why are we here then?" Two-bit asked just before he felt a surge of pain in his side. "Wait! We're not here because of me are we? Golly guys I'm perfectly fine. Perfectly fine." But Two-bit wasn't perfectly fine. Seconds after that he fell unconscious and nearly hit the cement of the parking lot, but Soda managed to catch his fall before he hit the ground.
"Fuck. We need to get him in through emergency." Reilly said helping Soda lift him up.
Reilly sat in a chair in the waiting room silently. She hated hospitals. Soda was still giving the women at the desk Two-bit's information. They had rolled Two-bit in on a stretcher to some room in the building. He'd be getting his stomach pumped. Reilly was surprised when Two-bit had passed out she was able to stay calm and get him inside. This wasn't exactly the easiest thing to be doing right now. As far as she knew, Two-bit might not be alive right now. The alcohol could have been too much. Maybe Reilly was just being paranoid. Maybe not. After all it was expected for her to be a little paranoid in this situation. Being able to witness what she herself went through, by seeing what they were doing to Two-bit.
Sodapop walked over and sat beside Reilly with a sigh. "He's going to be a while." Sodapop said quietly. He stared up at the ceiling and around at the people in the waiting room. Then from hearing no response from Reilly slowly reverted his eyes to her. As Sodapop expected she was tensed up, twitchy almost, and the thoughts of her own previous drinking problem was going through her head. Soda smiled weakly and started moving his hands through her dark hair. "I reckon this ain't makin' anything easier for you…"
"Not at all." Reilly said plainly. She slowly looked down at Soda from the corner of her eye. "Did they say he would be alright?" Reilly asked. She didn't really want to know the answer. She didn't want to know if her friend was going to die of alcohol poisoning.
"They said, from how it looked and what I told them, that he would be fine after his stomach was pumped. Any later and we might have had a different situation." Sodapop said. He sat up and looked at Reilly. "I know this is hard…"
"I got to witness what I must have looked like when I had alcohol poisoning, of course it's hard. God damn it, it's terrifying. I never thought I'd see that, I never wanted to." Reilly muttered, trying to stop herself from breaking into tears. Why was everything she felt two years ago suddenly rushing back over the recent events. She never thought much about them for a year, but now everything was rushing back like it had happened recently. "Too much has happened to me because I was an alcoholic. I almost died that night and it still didn't stop me from continuing. Because I didn't care. I just don't want to see Two-bit get hurt; it's too much to watch."
Soda wrapped his arm around her, continuing to run his hands through her hair. He kissed Reilly's forehead and asked, "Then why did you start caring when that soc….hurt you?"
Reilly paused and looked up with a frown, "Because he took one of the only things I did care about. That I did still have strong morals for." Reilly said slowly but strongly. "And considering what the consequences could have been, and since Chris and I weren't planned…I realized I was walking down my mothers path. I wasn't being my own person."
Soda opened his mouth to respond but a nurse came up to the two clearing her through. "Excuse me, but Mr. Keith Mathews is asleep and doing well. His stomach has been pumped, and he should be out of here in a few days." The nurse said happily. It was a little much to be happy at this time, but Soda and Reilly smiled none the less.
Unfortunately, Sodapop and Reilly had to leave because Two-bit was asleep. And it was best for him to sleep. Reilly didn't feel that up to driving home so she let Soda do it. Reilly thought back on her own situations with drinking. The only reason they knew it was a soc that raped her was because of the first clue, the cologne the guy had been wearing, and that three other male socs had walked into the party that night according to Skylar and Christian. Reilly had a feeling, with the way things had been going, and had been catching up with her, she was yet ready to move forward. She had been avoiding what happened and was now back tracking to where she had been emotionally after the events. Reilly didn't think it would be the last time she'd hear about those four socs and what happened at the party. After all, that soc was still out there.
