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Chapter 38

Flashback

"come on Fergal catch up" the small six year old called out as she ran down the streets of Dublin. Her red hair blew in the wind as she laughed wildly at the small boy who ran after her.

"Rebecca. Slow down" Fergal called out

"Come on Fergal, I told ya not ta call me that" Rebecca yelled back, "Only adults call me that"

"But it's yer name...and everyone calls ya that"

"Only when they're makin' fun of me" the young girl said with a pout but Fergal was still running behind her so he couldn't see her face

The two were dressed in blue and white school uniforms with the small girl wearing a white button up, tucked into her blue skirt and a matching tie. While the young boy was in a blue suit jacket over a white shirt and blue tie with matching blue slacks. He struggled to keep up with the girl as they ran down the streets, turning corners left and right, eager to get to their foster home where snacks would be waiting for the lucky few that got home first. That's how it is a lot of the times, first come, first serve and usually these to were never first, but today. Today Becky had a good feeling, "Come on Fergal we're almost there"

"I told ya before. It's hard ta run in these pants"

"Fergal if we don' get there, all the stuff will be gone" Rebecca complained stopping slightly, allowing her friend to catch up to her before slapping him hard on the back of the head, "Come on pull yer head out yer arse"

The two began running again before they reached the old two story house. It was white with grey windows and had a wire fence around its large lawn and steps that led up to the front door. Rebecca smiled and quickly opened the fence door and ran up the steps to the front door. She opened the door and rushed in passed the living room where three older boys were sitting watching soccer and into the kitchen where a groups of kids, all older than Rebecca, were eating the plate of biscuits that sat on the kitchen island.

"Move Connor ya already had one"

"Ah! Hey Ava, ya ate mine"

"Stop pushing me"

Rebecca ran up and squeezed past the larger children and grabbed a biscuit before the plate empties and turned to Fergal who stood at the door breathing hard. The small redhead smiled and walked up to him, happily eating her biscuit, "See I got a biscuit"

The two turned and looked to where the group of kids was clearing out, revealing an empty plate. Fergal through up his hands, "That's the fourth time!"

"Yer too slow lad." the girl smiled

"Are ya gonna at least share Rebecca?"

"Not if ya keep callin' me that"

"Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca."

"Stop it"

"Ya know Rebecca means servant of God. It's usually a name given ta the most genuine an' beautiful women"

"How do ya know that?"

"I saw it in the library"

Rebecca looked at the boy before smiling and breaking the biscuit in half and handing part of it to Fergal, "Here"

"Thanks" The two sat down on the floor, with their backs against the island as they ate their shared snack, watching as kids ran in and out. Some people playing tag, skateboarding, running and talking loudly as they moved around the house, before a women came in and yelled at everyone.

"All of ya stop runnin' around like a bunch'a dopes" The woman was pale with red hair and she wore a tight green dress that came to her knees, "Fergal. There are people here ta see ya"

Fergal looked at Rebecca before the two stood up and looked at the woman, "Who is it?"

"That family that's been interested in ya, now come on...hurry along...don' keep 'em waitin' lad"

"Yes Ms. O'Brien" Fergal said before looking back to Rebecca, "I'll be right back...Rebecca"

"Who are you here to see?"

"Rebecca Helmsley" Finn said to the lady behind the front desk at the hospital, "I've told you that for the past...five minutes"

"Yes...of course, just give me a minute" the woman said before turning around in her chair as she went to a computer

Finn clenched his hands around the desk counter as he waited growing more and more frustrated. He was wearing a short sleeved, black, Polo shirt and tan khaki pants, "Can you call Dr. Finlay...he knows me"

"Finn! What are you doing here?"

Finn looked over to see Sasha standing not too far away from him. She was wearing a large black hoodie and a pair of leggings with her dark hair pulled back in a ponytail and she had dark circles under her eyes. Finn sighed and rushed over to her, hugging her quickly before pulling back and saying, "Where's Rebecca is she okay?"

Sasha was staring in shock at the boy, one, because he hugged her. The two were not close nor had they ever interacted other than in one class which they share without Becky and two, because Sasha didn't know how he knew where they were, "you hugged me"

"Oh sorry, my uncle works here...he told me what happened. You know I'm friends with Rebecca...we go way back"

"I know. She told me. That doesn't explain why you hugged me" Sasha said with a smirk

"... I uh. That's just what I do when someone's family member gets shot" Finn smiled and went to say more but stopped when he saw Bayley. She was wearing a long sleeved blue shirt and jeans.

"Finn hi" the young girl called out before running up and hugging the boy

Once she pulled away Finn looked at Sasha and smiled, "see, she gets it...how's Rebecca?"

"In surgery she was shot in the chest, the bullet was lodged in her lung." Bayley answered causing Finn to frown.

"Is she going to be okay?"

Sasha frowned, "She's already technically died twice...they were able to bring her back, but we don't know anything more."

"Our parents are waiting in her room with some others, but we don't know how long she'll be" Bayley added

"I can ask my uncle...see what he knows"

"I'll come with you…" Sasha suggested causing Bayley to nod

"Okay...I'll head back, you tell us if you find out anything and I'll do the same"

"Okay" Sasha said before Bayley walked off causing Finn and Sasha to turn back to the front desk.

"Have you called Dr. Finlay yet?"

"He's on his way" the woman said before rolling her eyes and turning to help someone else.

Finn rolled his eyes and turned to Sasha, motioning for them to go and sit down in the waiting chairs. Sasha sat slowly, holding her stomach as she grunted, which Finn noticed, "You alright?"

"Fine...just...just cramps" Sasha said holding her stomach before looking around, "and the smell of the hospital makes me want to puke"

Finn looked around before whispering, "How's everything going, with the whole… baby thing?"

"Oh right...I forgot you were there that night at the hospital." Sasha said remembering that she was treated by Finn's uncle, "It's fine...I just…"

"Have you talked to Seth? Have you told your parents?"

"I uh..yeah, I talked with him… and I've told my parents but I really don't know what to do."

"What do you mean?"

"I just...ha-having a baby is a big responsibility. I don't think I could do that. I mean, i'll have to miss a lot of school, and if you miss too many days they get to fail you. There's no way that I can have this baby and stay in school."

"I mean you could talk to the teachers...get them to make an exception and to let you take home your work and turn it in online or with Rebecca"

"If Becky wakes up" Sasha said sadly, "She's had issues with her chest before, she got really hurt and now that bullet...that bullet..."

Finn thought for a second, "how did it happen? My Uncle called me...he told me that he saw Rebecca brought in, but he didn't tell me how"

"She was in a fight against these three girls and one of the girls pulled a gun on her… they shot her"

Finn watched as Sasha wiped at her eyes with the sleeve of her hoodie as tears spilled out, "Hey..it's okay. She's going to be okay"

Finn slowly put his arm around Sasha and rubbed her arm, trying to comfort the girl, causing her to cry harder and turn into Finn, letting tears stain his polo shirt. The two stayed like this for a while, Finn smiling politely at anyone who looked at the two curiously while walking by, until Finlay walked over to them. Finn tapped Sasha lightly to get her attention before helping her stand, "Hey Uncle Finlay...how's Rebecca?"

"Well from what I've gathered, she's in surgery right now. She is experiencing traumatic pneumothorax because of the bullet wound which caused part of her right lung to collapse, so the doctors are working to remove that part of the lung through a surgery called a lobectomy." Finlay said slowly as Sasha gripped Finn's arm tighter at each word.

"But...she's going to be okay right?"

"Hopefully yes...but I don't want to sugar coat it. There is a high chance that she won't make it. She's already died twice on the way here and with the amount of blood she lost, it was very lucky for her to even get this far. Right now the doctors are being very careful because of the damage previously done to her ribs and lung from past injuries, but if something goes wrong, she could die from lack of oxygen, or the doctors will have to remove one of her lungs completely."

"What...doesn't she need that?" Sasha nearly shrieked

"Well, people can live with only one lung, but with her constant activity and history with lung and chest injuries I would suggest getting a lung transplant, but that could take weeks, to months if we put her on the waiting list. I mean, there aren't many people waiting for lungs, but there also aren't that many willing to give one either." Finlay said sadly

"What are her chances, I mean she can just get the lung removed if all else fails… but what are her chances of walking out of here?" Finn asked

"It's 40:60, right now."

"40:60, meaning she has a 60% chance of making it or…"

"Things don't look the best right now, all we can do right now is wait" Finlay replied instead causing Finn to nod before thanking his uncle, "I'll let you know if I hear anything else"

"Thank you" Sasha and Finn said before Dr. Finlay walked off and Sasha sighed deeply

"It's going to be okay Sasha. Rebecca will pull through from this. I've seen her handle a lot. She's strong." Finn said, hugging Sasha as she melted into Finn's chest, clenching his shirt tightly, "Come on...let's get ya back to your parents"

"Ca-can we just...walk around for a bit. I don't think I want to go back in there yet" Sasha said in a small voice

Finn nodded quickly, "Sure...uh have you eaten? We can go to the cafeteria and get something"

"Okay" Sasha agreed before the two walked in silence until Sasha spoke up, "So you and Becky? You were friends growing up?"

"Yes. We were raised in the same foster home for a short while before I got adopted, but Rebecca and i clicked right away" Finn said with a smile, not looking at Sasha as he spoke

Sasha raised an eyebrow at him, "Why do you keep calling her Rebecca? I mean I know that's her name but...you can call her Becky"

Finn laughed and scratched the back of his head, "yeah I know… I usually do but...when we were in Ireland I would call her Rebecca just to mess with her...she didn't like the name...at least until i told her about her name"

"What about it?"

"Well the name is given to the most genuine and beautiful women, and Rebeccas are usually adventurous and silly and have a playful and cute awkwardness about them. It fits her so perfectly, so I started calling her that whenever she was sad or scared, just to remind her that she is amazing" Finn said with a smile

"Do you love her?"

Finn paused before looking at Sasha, "As a sister… yes. I love her like she's family...she is family."

Sasha nodded at this before the two entered the mostly deserted cafeteria. There were a few people sitting in there eating, others rushing in to grab food and back out. Finn and Sasha walked up to the serving line, each grabbing a wrapped up sandwich which came with a pickle, chips and a cookie, before sitting at one of the tables. Sasha looked around before saying, "This place reminds me of school"

"Yeah, except for the crying mother in the corner and the unsupervised little kids" Finn joked, motioning his head behind Sasha where two young children were grabbing cookies and running around playing tag in the cafeteria.

Sasha laughed at this before turning back to her food, "I'm actually really hungry"

"Do you want my pickle?" Finn asked as he watched Sasha tear into hers

The girl nodded, "please?"

Finn handed it over before offering his cookie too, "What about the cookie?"

"Ugh, is it chocolate, because that's been making me sick"

"It's sugar"

"Then yes please" the girl responded with a baby voice as she reached out for the cookie.

"So what was it like...growing up with your sisters?"

"Um...it was… hectic a lot of the times. I mean four girls sharing a bathroom, sharing a living space. Yeah sometimes things were great, you'd always have someone in your corner when there was a fight, and you always had someone to talk to if you wanted. It was usually Becky...and I mean yeah We'd fight and argue a lot too..well it's been a lot more common recently." Sasha shrugged, "Do you have siblings?"

Finn shook his head, "No. I always wanted one. I always considered Rebecca a sister, when we were younger"

Sasha gave a sad smile, "Becky is a good sister"

Flashback

"Ugh" a ten year old Sasha groaned as she laid out on the couch with a ice pack on her head.

She had been sick for the past few days and it caused for Hunter and Stephanie to keep her home from school, which meant that Sasha was going to miss the trip to the gold mine today. She had been wanting to go for the past month because the teacher said that they would get to mine and keep any gold they find. Once Sasha had found out that she was sick, she immediately tried to hide it but her mother heard her cough one to many times and made her stay home.

"DAD!" Sasha cried out

"Yes baby girl?" Hunter asked as he rushed into the living room, he was dressed in a loose black shirt and jeans

"Can I have ice cream?" Sasha whined

"No, your mom said that you can't have ice cream… but you can have some soup"

"Chicken noodle?" Sasha turned to look at her father behind the couch

"I'll see what we have" Hunter said with a smile before walking off to the kitchen to go look

"When is everyone coming home, I'm bored!" Sasha yelled to her father

"You know your sisters will be back in a bit and your mother will be home later" Hunter said from the kitchen, "And we don't have chicken noodle… we have vegetable soup"

"Ugh, only Charlotte eats that one." Sasha groaned, "I want chicken noodle!"

"Well you'll have to wait for your mother to bring some home" Hunter said as he came in to look at his daughter

Sasha groaned and sunk down into the couch before the door opened causing Sasha to shoot up and look at the door expectantly. Soon Bayley, Charlotte and Becky came in causing Sasha to immediately begin questioning Becky, "How was the mine? Did you get any gold?"

Charlotte, dressed in a grey hoodie and jeans and Bayley wearing her pink t-shirt and shorts, walked to the kitchen asking Hunter for food while Becky walked to the couch and pulled off her backpack. Becky was wearing a black shirt and jeans and she smiled at her sister and pulled out some things, "It was cool. I got ya some stuff too"

"You did?" Sasha asked confused

Becky nodded and pulled out a small glass tube with a piece of gold in it, "Here. I know how much ya wanted ta get a piece of gold, so i got it for ya"

"Really?" Sasha asked with wide eyes and Becky handed her the tube, "Thanks"

"I also got ya some snacks, cause I know yer sick and mom and dad won't let ya have junk food" Becky whispered as she handed her two bags of chips and some candy bars

"You didn't have to do that" Sasha said with a small smile as Becky moved to sit down on the couch beside her

"I know, but yer my sister...and I know how much ya hate being sick, especially since ya missed the field trip" Becky said with a shrug

"You're going to get sick sitting with me" Sasha said covering her mouth

Becky shrugged, "It's fine"

Sasha smiled and hugged Becky quickly, "Thank you"

"Don't mention it"

Once they were done with their food Finn walked with Sasha back to the room where everyone was waiting, each of them perking up as they say people enter, only to slump back down in realization that it wasn't Becky or a doctor. The room was fit for a single patient with an empty space in the middle, showing that they would wheel Becky's bed in here once she was done with surgery. Bayley was sitting in the bay window with her legs crossed as she wrote in a small journal she had and Hunter and Stephanie sat in the two bedside hospital chairs, even though there was no bed. While Dean was pacing back and forth, ignoring Paige, telling him to stop every time he walked past where she and Sonya were leaning against the wall.

As Finn entered Dean stopped and rolled his eyes, "What are you doing here?"

"Finn's uncle is a doctor here" Bayley said from the window causing everyone to look to him expectantly

"You're Finn?" Stephanie asked, having heard his name before from Becky as the boy she had known back in Ireland

"Yes ma'am" Finn answered before looking around the room, "Well I talked to my uncle and he says that Becky has a partially collapsed lung. While she's in surgery, the doctors are going to either cut of that part of the lung or take it out completely since you only technically need one."

"But, he suggests her getting a lung transplant later, if they do remove the lung." Sasha added on allowing everyone to take in the information

"Did he say what's her chances of making it?" Sonya asked, stepping away from the wall slightly to look at Finn better

"She'll be fine" He said, "the surgery is dangerous, but she has options. She's not a smoker and she doesn't really drink or do drugs so her lungs are okay. The only problem is how fragile her chest is from her previous injuries"

Everyone looked around sadly, letting the silence take over the room as time passed. Eventually, it had been four hours. Fours hours of surgery and by now it was almost midnight. Sonya and Paige had left and went home, while Dean and Finn refused to leave, Dean apologizing multiple times to Stephanie and Hunter for allowing this to happen. Hunter, of course, had been furious, after all he did trust the boy to get his daughter and bring her back safely, but he eventually realized that it wasn't his fault and forgave him, placing his hand on his shoulder and telling him that he didn't blame him multiple times. Now, he was urging the boy to go home and get some sleep, they had school tomorrow and he didn't want them to spend the night in the small hospital room.

"I'm not leaving her… I want to be here when she gets back" Dean protested as he stood up, slightly defensive, from his chair as hunter approached him

"Dean… go home. The surgery won't be over for possibly another two hours. Get some rest, then you can come back and visit after school tomorrow"

"But the doctor said 2 to 6 hours, it's been four, she could be back any minute" Dean said seriously

Hunter and Stephanie looked to each other before Hunter said, "From what Finn told us from his uncle, it will likely be 6 hours and it's already almost midnight. We'll let you know if anything happens, but for now… you should go home."

"But-"

"No buts…" Stephanie said in her motherly voice, "Go home… sleep. Becky would never want you to lose sleep over her. You can come back tomorrow, and it'll give you a chance to freshen up"

Dean sighed, letting his shoulders slump down as he turned to the empty space where Becky's bed would be put in once she was done with surgery before looking back to Stephanie, "Fine… but I'll be back as soon as I can"

With that Dean said his goodbyes and left, before Stephanie gave a pointed look to Finn, "you too."

Finn put his hands up to show that he wasn't going to argue, before saying goodbye to everyone. Sasha quickly stood and said that she would walk him out, causing the two to be alone again as they walked down the hospital hall, "You didn't have to walk me out. I'm here a lot I know where I'm going"

"I know" Sasha said with a smile, looking over at Finn, "But you didn't have to let my use your shirt as a tissue while I cried about… everything"

"You're right" Finn looked down at his shirt and wiped it playfully in disgust, "I'm definitely regretting that"

Sasha laughed and playfully pushed the boy, "I'm serious. I know you're Becky's friend and all, and you didn't have to listen to me rant about my problems"

"It's fine… Becky used to tell me that nobody's problem is too small, you just don't fully understand it. I may not understand what you're going through, but just know that you've got a friend in me now, and I'll be here if you need me."

Sasha blushed and hugged him quickly as they reached the front of the hospital, "Thanks Finn"

"No problem Sasha"

The next day Sasha woke up in a hospital chair beside Bayley who was leaning against her sleeping. Sasha looked around to see Becky had been wheeled back into the room, and was laying in the bed playing a game on Hunter's phone as he and Stephanie stood outside talking to the doctor quietly. Sasha shifted slightly, trying not to wake Bayley, but the movement was enough to cause Becky to look over and smile at her.

"Hey"

"Don't hey me" Sasha whisper yelled before placing her hand under Bayley's head to help her scoot out from under her. Once she was free she walked over to Becky's bedside and frowned, "you almost died"

"I heard that I did" Becky said with a smirk, "Twice"

"This isn't funny" Sasha said sadly

"You're right...it's only funny once"

"Becky!"

Becky frowned, "I know...I fine though...i'll be good as new and back to fighting before ya know it"

"Becky for god sake you were shot, you died. Part, if not all, of your lung is gone. You can not fight again...ever!" Sasha snapped causing Becky to frown and shift in her bed

The two sat in silence before Stephanie and Hunter came back in with frown, followed by the doctor and two police officers. The two officers walked up to Becky's bed, standing on the opposite side of Sasha, and one took out a notepad before asking, "Hello My name is Christian and this is my partner Edge. How are you feeling Rebecca?"

"Fine" Becky said shortly

"What is this about?" Sasha asked confused, "Why are you here?"

"We just want to ask Ms. Helmsley here a few questions about what happened last night" Edge said

"She was shot" Sasha answered quickly

"Sasha" Stephanie scolded

"Yes, we know she was shot, but three other girls were brought in and all of them were severely injured. We'd just like to get a better understanding of what happened" Christian said simply, ready to write down any information

Becky looked to her parents who nodded before sighing and looking up at the ceiling as she began explaining, "I was at this gym working out and then I got pulled out the back door and dragged into an alley by those three girls."

"Can you give us their names?"

"Uh..Marina, Jessamyn and Shayna" Becky said, struggling to remember, almost calling two of them Mary and Jessica, "They jumped me...but I fought back and then one of them shot me"

"You just fought back?"

"Yes"

"The three girls that came in before you, one had a shattered kneecap, one with bruised ribs and a broken nose and the other with a crack skull...and you're just telling me you fought back? What did you use?"

"A pipe"

"Tell us, play by play what happened, because what we've heard you continued to beat the three girls with the pipe, almost killing one of them."

Becky paused for a second as she saw her parents frown at the description of the two girls, "...they attacked me and I head butted one of the girls before they threw me into the wall. Then I grabbed whatever was around me and it was a pipe, so I...used it to get them to stop"

"Were they still attacking you by the time you cracked the girl's skull? Or the other's knee?"

Becky sighed, "No…"

"But they attacked her first...So that's self defense" Sasha said as she crossed her arms defensively

The two officers looked at each other causing Becky to groan and lay back in her bed looking up, "No Sasha it's not… i think i want a lawyer"

Christian closed his notepad and looked to his partner, "We'll be back Ms. Helmsley"

With that the two officers excused themselves and walked out along with the doctor who showed them out, leaving the family. Sasha was confused and Bayley sat up, now awake, "Why isn't it self defense they attacked you first?"

"If a person keeps hitting someone after they've stopped attacking you it's no longer self defense. If that gun was registered they could press charges on me" Becky said in a annoyed tone.

"But you dont think they actually will? Right?" Bayley asked

"I dont know. Probably" Becky sighed before Stephanie placed her hand on Beckys shoulder

"Don't worry we'll get our lawyers and sort this all out"

"yeah, why would those girls want to hurt you?" Hunter asked confused

"The one that shot me...I beat her in a fight and she and her friends weren't happy" Becky said frustrated as she moved to sit up but stopped as Stephanie placed her hand on Becky's shoulder and ushered her to lay back down

Stephanie sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose before she began pacing, "I'm going to make a few calls, Hunter can you take the girls to the house and get them freshened up for school?"

"What we still have to go to school?" Sasha asked, "our sister nearly died!"

"Yeah… why say my dog ate my homework when you can say my sister died twice in the hospital...b-but don't worry she's fine. She's completely good besides the fact that she is missing a lung. Oh no she didn't need it, she'll-"

"Becky" Stephanie said, cutting off her daughter's ranting, "enough...

Hunter.. The kids"

"Right. Come on, let's go kids. I'll be back later to check on you kiddo" Hunter said, placing a kiss on Becky's forehead while Bayley waved goodbye and Sasha stood by her sister's side for a second more.

"I'll be back okay?"

"Okay" Becky smiled and slowly lifted her right arm up to Sasa for a fist bump causing Sasha to roll her eyes before bumping her fist against Becky's and walking out

"Try not to die anymore okay?"

"No promises" Becky shouted after her sister, smirking to herself while Stephanie pulled out her phone and began texting her lawyers.

There was a quick knock at Charlotte and Dana's door to which the shorter of the two answered quickly bouncing across the room to open the door, stopping slightly as she saw a group of boys standing there.

"Hey Dana, is Charlotte here?"

"Yeah, she is. Can I help you?" Dana said confused

Charlotte rolled her eyes as she turned over in bed to see her friends standing at the door, all dressed for the day, "Ugh, guys it's too early"

The boys smiled at her before pushing into the room around Dana and walking over to Charlotte's bed. The each brought up a chair and sat around her bed, with Braun standing at the foot, all smiling down at her, "It's morning"

"Yes I know Jeff, and usually I like to sleep until much later" Charlotte said, turning in her bed to go back to sleep

"Aw come on Charlotte, it's not that early" Cesaro said with a smirk

"And what are we going to do about breakfast?" Braun asked

Charlotte groaned before sitting up to stare at the boys. They were all wearing T-shirts and jeans, Jeff in a light blue one, Sheamus and Cesaro in soccer jerseys, Braun in a black shirt with the sleeves ripped off and Matt in a red polo shirt. Charlotte wiped her eyes before commenting, "There's cereal in the cabinets...help yourselves"

"But we don' want cereal...yer cookin' was amazin' and we were wonderin' if ya'd make us breakfast" Sheamus said causing all of the boys to smile at her, even Braun who Charlotte admits looked ridiculous with a big grin on his face.

"Please?" Cesaro added

"Pretty please" the brothers said

"With a cherry on top" Braun said causing Charlotte's eyebrow to raise before she sighed

"I guess I can't say no to that...fine, fine. Let me get ready"

"Thanks Charlotte"

"Yer the best"

"Yeah, yeah, now get out" Charlotte said sleepily, motioning for the boys to get out of her room

Once the door was closed Charlotte slowly pushed herself out of bed and walked over to her closet as Dana said, "I never knew you were so popular"

"It just sort of happened" Charlotte responded as she pulled of her shirt before looking through her closet for another outfit.

Dana moved to her bed and sat down watching Charlotte carefully, "How?"

Charlotte felt Dana's eyes on her as she pulled on a long sleeve grey top, pulling it down to her volleyball shorts. She turned to see Dana quickly look away causing Charlotte to raise an eyebrow before saying, "I can cook, and boys love food. So now I'm going to go cook breakfast for ten"

"There was only five of them"

"Have you ever seen Braun eat? He eats like a football team" Charlotte joked before slipping on a pair of shoes and pulling her hair into a ponytail, "You can join us if you'd like"

Dana smiled and quickly agreed before following Charlotte to the kitchen where the boys were all sitting talking and joking, "Ah, there you are we were starting to get hungry"

"Yeah whatever, quit your whining" Charlotte said as she entered the kitchen while Dana took an empty seat

"I'm thinking waffles, french toast, eggs, omelettes, bacon, fruit, pancakes" Braun listed

"No pancakes" Sheamus said

"We hate pancakes" Cesaro added

"How about french toast, bacon and eggs" Charlotte said as she began cooking. Charlotte felt eyes on her as she moved around the kitchen, working on the food as she listened to Sheamus and Cesaro argue about soccer while the Hardy brothers talked about tricks the could do when the pool freezes over from the cold weather. Once Charlotte was done she placed three plates full of pancakes and a tray of eggs and bacon, "There we go...all done"

The boys quickly thanked Charlotte before digging in, grabbing plates and cups before they began eating. Charlotte smiled at them as they all talked about how good the food was, "Wow this is amazing"

"Yeah, Charlotte I didn't know you could cook like this" Dana said with wide eyes while Jeff nodded

"Yeah Charlotte here is the master chef"

"Like that show" Matt said causing everyone to laugh while Jeff slowly nodded at him

"Yeah Matt...like the show"

"Charlotte" everyone turned their heads to see Ivory standing at the entry way with her arms crossed, "I need to speak with you for a second"

The boys slowly 'ooohh' as charlotte wiped off her hands and went to leave, turning quickly to say, "Clean up for me guys… and save me a few pancakes Braun"

"No problem lass" Cesaro said with a thumbs up causing Sheamus to hit him as he mocked his accent

Charlotte followed Ivory down the hall to her office before sitting down in the chair across from the woman's desk. She looked over Ivory's face as the woman sighed and brushed down her white button-up top, "Uh..is something wrong? I mean I haven't done anything"

"Your father called"

"He did...about what?"

"I have him on hold right now...he says it's urgent, it's about your sister" Ivory said sadly as she picked up the phone that sat on her desk and lifted it for Charlotte to take.

Charlotte's eyes widened and her hands nervously began to shake as she took the phone and took a deep breath, "hello?"

"Charlotte? Hey"

"Dad...what's wrong? What's happened?"

"It's Becky. She's in the hospital"

Charlotte stopped and sunk down in the chair, "Wait… what? What happened? Is she okay?"

"She was shot, she just went through surgery. She's awake, but… she'll need a lung transplant. She only has one right now and she was put on the waiting list for a transplant."

"so wait...who shot her?"

"these were girls she fought before"

"Like when she was fighting at gyms?"

"Yes"

"And they attacked her and shot her?"

"Yes"

"Where are they now?"

"Still in the hospital" Hunter said causing Charlotte to sigh, "Do you think they would try to attack her again?"

"From what the police said, I don't think those girls will be coming for here any time soon" Hunter explained causing Charlotte to nervously bite her fingernails

"What are you and mom going to do? I mean...if they file a lawsuit against Becky, she could face some serious time."

"Stephanie is already talking with the lawyers now, we'll figure something out… do some digging" Hunter said causing Charlotte to sigh, "Don't worry. How's things going for you? You alright?"

"Yeah...yeah dad I'm fine" Charlotte said with a small smile, happy that her father was asking about her, on her call days she always talked to her father and her siblings, her mother was always 'busy', "I'm good. I've been doing better."

Charlotte looked up to see Ivory smile at her before she heard her father respond, "Well that's good Princess, I'm proud of you"

"Thanks dad" Charlotte said before Ivory stood up from her desk, "Uh..I have to go...I'll talk to you guys this weekend. Tell everyone I said I love them okay?"

"Okay I will. Love you sweetie"

"Love you too. Bye" Charlotte hung up the phone before she immediately felt her heart begin to hurt and beat rapidly as she worried for her sister. She had always been there for her siblings when they were injured and Becky had always been there for her in return when they were younger. Charlotte and Sasha always argued and Bayley was too young to understand what Charlotte was going through so she had Becky had been close growing up. Becky was always there when she needed someone to make her laugh, or someone's shoulder to cry on. She felt bad that she wasn't there for her now, she felt bad that she wasn't there for her family, if she hadn't of been so obsessed with drugs, and if she hadn't of let roman distract her she could of been there. She would be there to help her siblings, she would be able to play volleyball, which she desperately missed, and she would be able to go to regular school instead of taking classes with a bunch of recovering addicts. Charlotte took a deep sigh as her mind began to think back on her memories of Becky.

Flashback

A twelve year old Charlotte sat in the dark on the front porch with her knees up to her chest as she cried. She was wearing a dress and her hair was braided back as she had been stood up by this kid for her seventh grade dance. This kid named Mojo was supposed to take her but he didn't show, so now the blonde was crying on the front steps. She soon heard the front door open and close before footsteps sounded behind her.

"I don't want to talk about this mom" Charlotte said through her sobs as she wiped her tears quickly while someone sat down beside her. She slowly turned to see Becky quietly eating Ben & Jerry's ice cream. The red head was wearing a long grey shirt and shorts and her hair was pulled back into a ponytail as she slowly ate and stared out at the cars driving down the street, "What are you doing out here?"

"The sky's really pretty tonight" she said offhandedly pointing the chocolate covered spoon to the stars that was showing, "I never get ta see the stars anymore"

"Becky go away...I don't wanna talk" Charlotte said in an annoyed voice while Becky ate another scoop of ice cream

Becky twirled the cup around for a bit before looking to Charlotte, "Ya look really pretty"

Charlotte scoffed, "Shut up"

"Okay"

The two sat in silence for a while as Becky ate the ice cream and Charlotte slowly stopped crying, more focused on her sister's presence beside her than the fact that she was stood up, "What are you doing out here?"

"Just keeping you company" Becky said with a shrug

"Why?"

"Why not?" Charlotte stared at her sister causing her to roll her eyes before smiling, "Fine. Bayley an' Sasha are watchin' that stupid movie with mom again"

"The Wizard of OZ?" Becky nodded, "You hate that movie"

"Yeah...dumb dog" there was paused before Charlotte busted out laughing causing Becky to smile, "I'm glad I got you ta laugh...I mean I had a whole plan B and everything"

"Oh yeah... What was it?"

Becky smiled and lifted up the half eaten cup of ice cream, before turning it and looking inside the cup before saying, "I got a little hungry though"

Charlotte rolled her eyes and grabbed the cup from her sister causing Becky to smile and pull out another spoon from her pocket and handed it to her sister and smiled, "Thanks"

"No problem, it was yers anyway, mom got it for ya a while ago." Charlotte scoffed and pushed her sister slightly causing them both to laugh before Becky smiled and said, "Well...thanks to whoever stood you up… now I get to hang with my favorite sister"

"I'm your favorite?"

"Not a chance" Becky laughed causing Charlotte to roll her eyes and punched her repeatedly, "ow. Ow. I'm kidding, stop it."

"No" Charlotte wrapped her arm around Becky's head and began to rub her fist into Becky's hair, "Say I'm your favorite"

"Never"

"Say it"

"Ow, okay you're my favorite now get off me you jerk" Becky said pushing herself free from her sister's grasp, "You suck"

"Yeah but you love me"

"I know" Becky smiled, "you were too good for Mojo anyway...he had stupid hair"

Charlotte laughed and agreed, "Yeah"

"Besides you can do much better" Becky said as she took a bite of ice cream

"Oh yeah?"

"For sure, don't let some random guy mess with your head. Just because he missed out doesn't mean you aren't worth so much to everyone else" Becky said looking out at the stars, "I mean you're worth a whole lot to me and everyone else. You're super smart, and strong, and you're a really good sister and You're like the female Thor… you can do anything, and if mojo can't see it than he's stupid"

Charlotte smiled, "Thanks"

The two sat in silence, passing the ice cream back and forth until Hunter drove up in the driveway and greeted them, "Hey kiddos what are you two doing out here, it's getting late. Charlotte… what are you still doing here?"

"I uh… I just had, better plans. Me and Becky were hanging out for a bit" Charlotte said, bumping her sister who was eating the last of the ice cream and smiled

"Alright...we'll lets go head on inside, it's getting cold" Hunter said helping the two girls up and in the house.

"Charlotte?" Ivory called out, "Charlotte are you alright?"

Charlotte quickly cleared her head and nodded, "Uh...yeah, yeah I'm good. I have to go."

"Charlotte you know that you have a therapy session in a few minutes" Ivory said as Charlotte stood up to stand face to face with the woman

"Yeah, I know...I'll head over there I just need a few moments" with that Charlotte quickly turned and left

Bayley was sitting in the auditorium laying on her back as she tossed grapes up in the air and tried to catch them. Alexa had been called in for a meeting during lunch so Bayley decided to come to the auditorium because she knew it would be empty and she could just chill and think. She had seen her sisters in and out of the hospital her whole life, but Becky...Becky had actually died...just thinking about the yelling and beeping of the machines made Bayley's eyes water. By the time she and her family had gotten to the hospital they were wheeling her back. Stephanie, Sasha and Bayley had run up as nurses and doctors crowded around Becky, giving her oxygen and an IV, while blood spread across her chest. She had just barely witnessed over the shoulders of nurses as they electrocuted Becky back to life the first time before she and her family were ushered away. She loved Becky, she was always a good big sister, they rarely fought other than when Becky was angry that one time and yelled her about her thing with Carmella, but other than that Becky was the best. Becky was always her protector when Charlotte wasn't there and she was the only one who let her play with her when they were growing up.

Flashback

"Hey Charlotte...can I play with you and Sasha now?" A six year old Bayley asked as her oldest sister peppered a volleyball back and forth in the backyard.

"Bayley you can't...you're too little" Sasha said as she bounced the ball to Charlotte

"You always say that"

"That's because it's true"

"Charlotte!"

"Sorry bayley, we're busy, and we don't want you to get hurt" Charlotte said as she grabbed teh ball and held it before turning to Bayley, "Go back inside"

"Ugh" Bayley groaned before turning and walking back into the house where Becky was sitting on the island counter eating an apple

"Hey Bayley"

"Hi Becky" Bayley groaned before sitting down in one of the chairs and slamming her head down on the counter causing Becky to raise an eyebrow and rub Bayley's back

"What's wrong Bay?"

"Sasha and Charlotte won't let me play with them"

"You wouldn' want ta play with them, I can see they're very competitive"

"Yeah, but I still wanna play"

"Why don' we watch the Telly?" Becky suggested before hoping off he counter and pulling Bayley with her, "Come on...you don' need ta have their approval, besides ya can always hang out with me"

"Really?"

"Of course"

With that the two walked to the living room and began flipping through the channels until they stopped at the Voice, "Oh stop..I wanna watch this"

"What is it?" Becky asked

"It's a singing show" Bayley explained before the two began watching the show. This became their show, they always watched it over and over again much to Bayley's pleasure as they always watched it and excluded Sasha and Charlotte, allowing the two to bond over something her other sisters didn't.

Bayley shook her head of the thought and sat up, looking down at her tray of food. A sandwich, grapes, milk and a cookie. Bayley smiled, it was chocolate chip so she would save it for Alexa. Speaking of Alexa, Bayley pushed herself up and began walking around the stage. The auditorium was huge with two flights of seats and a large stage that reminded her of the symphony. There was also a large piano on stage behind the open curtains and a bunch of other instruments as the band was setting up for the winter concert later in the week.

"You gonna sing something Helmsley!"

Bayley quickly looked out into the audience as a spotlight hit her causing her to squint and look before it moved revealing Ember standing on the second story beside the stage light, "Hey Ember"

With that the girl smiled before running down to the stage to greet the girl with a tight hug, "Hey Bayley"

"What are you doing here?"

"You know I'm in the AV club right. I handel the lights and everything. They told me to practice the spots for the winter concerta dn talent show and I usually come here during lunch just to chill… but I see you've discovered my secret spot." Ember joked. She was wearing a black sweater and jeans which made her orange braids stick out more, "What are you doing here?"

"Uh...just came here to practice my song"

"The one you are writing for your girlfriend?" Bayley nodded, "Well, then you're lucky I'm here. I told you I could help you with some of the lyrics"

"Right" Bayley said, "I could use some help"

"Well that's what I'm here for" Ember said with a big smile while Bayley pulled a journal out of her notebook and walked over to the piano with Ember not far behind.

The two sat down and Bayley opened the book to a page where words were already scribbled down, "So uh...I wrote this about me and Alexa"

"Really I thought you were going to sing a song to your girlfriend about animals" Ember said sarcastically

"Alexa actually loves animals" Bayley said in a quiet voice which Ember didn't hear as she took the notebook and placed it between the two, opening it fully to see the words and the notes that Bayley had written down

"This song is on piano right?"

"Yes"

"You do know that these aren't the actual notes on a piano" Ember noted looking at the small symbols that Bayley used

"I never learned how to right them and I usually don't remember them so i write them like that. I mean I know the scales and all that but this helps me better"

"Okay...you're the musician" Ember said with her hands raised slightly before saying, "what do you have so far?"

Bayley cleared her throat and rolled up the sleeves of her blue hoodie before she began playing a few chords.

(Bayley singing) (Ember singing)

I don't need you to sell me on reasons to want you

I don't need you to search for the proof that I should

You don't have to convince me

You don't have to be scared you're not enough

'Cause what we've got going is good

I don't need more reminders of all that's been broken

I don't need you to fix what I'd rather forget

Clear the slate and start over

Try to quiet the noises in your head

We can't compete with all that

So what if it's us?

What if it's us

And only us

And what came before won't count anymore or matter?

Can we try that?

What if it's you

And what if it's me

And what if that's all that we need it to be

And the rest of the world falls away?

What do you say?

I never thought there'd be someone like you who would want me

Bayley looked over in surprise as Ember started singing the word she saw on Bayley's notebook, before smiling and listening as she kept playing. She had no idea that Ember could sing, but it was good, she started singing Bayley's words and adding a few of her own as the two sang and played.

So I give you ten thousand reasons to not let me go

But if you really see me

If you like me for me and nothing else

Well, that's all that I've wanted for longer that you could possibly know

So it can be us

It can be us

And only us

And what came before won't count anymore or matter

We can try that

It's not so impossible (It's not so impossible)

Nobody else but the two of us here

'Cause you're saying it's possible ('Cause you're saying it's possible)

We can just watch the whole world disappear

'Til you're the only one('Til you're the only one)

I still know how to see (I still know how to see)

It's just you and me

It'll be us, It'll be us

And only us

And what came before won't count anymore

We can try that (We can try that)

You and me (you and me)

That's all that we need it to be (That's all that we need it to be)

And the rest of the world falls away (And the rest of the world falls away)

And the rest of the world falls away (And the rest of the world falls away)

The world falls away (The world falls away)

The world falls away (The world falls away)

And it's only us (And it's only us)

As the song came to an end Bayley played out the song on the piano while ember watched her carefully. Once she was done Bayley gave a small laugh, "Wow that was amazing, I didn't know you could sing like that, and those lyrics they-"

Ember quickly cut Bayley off by kissing her quickly, taking Bayley completely off guard. Bayley quickly pulled away and stood up from the piano bench, stepping away from her Ember with her hands raised defensively, "Bayley wait"

"Why did you do that? I have a girlfriend"

"I'm sorry" Ember apologized as she stood while Bayley grabbed her notebook and rushed over to her stuff, shoving her book into her bag, "Bayley please stop"

Ember walked over to Bayley and grabbed the girl's shoulder causing Bayley to pull away and turn to face Ember, "I'm sorry...I have a girlfriend who I love. I have to go. This was a mistake"

"Bayley!" Ember called out as Bayley quickly jumped down from the stage and ran out of the auditorium.

A/N: thanks for reading make sure to follow, favorite and all that good stuff so you can be updated on the next chapter. Also the song in this chapter was called Only us from Dear Evan Hansen