CHAPTER 6: Finding Cammie....
The drive to Cammie's apartment was totally silent. Violet sat in the backseat twirling her hair, which she always does when she gets nervous. Zoey sat next to her and just stared out the window hoping and praying that her friend was safe. Lil sat in the front seat playing with the radio knobs so she wouldn't have to think about what might have happened to one of best friends. Rachel was thinking about everything so hard, that her head started to hurt and she could hardly see the road straight. Twice she ran a red light, and once she rubbed onto a parked car.
"Rach, you want me to drive?" Lil asks politely.
"NO!" Rachel snaps. "We have to get there now!"
Cammie's apartment was only about six blocks from the bar, but it seemed much, much longer.
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Finally at 5:56 AM, the four girls reached Whitewater Estates. Cammie had roomed with Rachel for two years, but last year she had finally saved up enough money to buy her own apartment. She had, however, been having a tough time paying the rent because Al would steal all of the cash that she had been making at the bar.
"Okay, let's go!" Rachel shouts, as she jumps from her car onto the pavement.
The other girls quickly follow Rachel's lead. They all run through the apartment doors and up to Room 324. Rachel grasps the doorknob. It's so cold that it sends chills throughout her entire body. Rachel takes a deep breath, and opens the door. A wave of smoke fills her lungs, as she and the other girls enter the room.
"CAMMIE!" Rachel screams, as loud as she can.
"Do you see her?" Violet asks quietly.
"Not yet...." Rachel begins to say. "OMG AHHHHH!"
"WHAT?" Zoey yells, frightened.
"CAMMIE, PLEASE BE OKAY. OMG! OMG!" Rachel kept saying over and over as she ran into the kitchen.
Violet and Lil gasp, and Zoey just stares in shock. Rachel's scream sounded like someone was torturing her, only 10 times worse. It was the worst scream that Violet had ever heard. It terrified her.
Rachel ran into the kitchen, and falls to the floor. Laying beside her is the helpless, little body of the one person in the world that actually meant something to her.
"Is she still breathing?" Violet asks, her lip quivering.
"No." Rachel answers, trying not to cry, which she claimed that she has never done her whole life. "Her heart is still beating though."
"Zoey, go call 911! HURRY!" Lil orders her.
Zoey continues to stare at Cammie's frail and bruised body, without moving a muscle. All of a sudden she loses control and runs out of the room.
"OH MY GOD! WHERE IS SHE GOING!" Rachel screams.
Lil doesn't answer, but instead runs to the phone and calls for help, while Violet rushes to the other side of Cammie. Violet looks at her face, which is filled with numerous bruises, bumps, scraps, and scars. Her right leg is twisted, and her stomach and neck are caked with blood. Her beautiful blonde hair is tangled in a mess or knots, and her hands are swelled up and turning blue.
"It looks like she's....." Violet begins to say.
"NO! JERSEY SHUT UP! I HATE YOU! CAMMIE PLEASE! TALK TO ME! COME ON CAMMIE! LET'S GO EAT BREAKFAST AT THE DINER LIKE WE ALWAYS DO! CAMMIE! WAKE UP! I CAN'T LOSE YOU NOW! NEVER! I NEED YOU CAMMIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Violet eyes Rachel, who is giving her an evil and hurt look. Rachel's make-up seems to be running, but as Violet looks closer, she can see that Rachel is crying. Rachel claimed that nothing in this world could ever make her cry, but she can't help it.
All of a sudden, Lil hears the ambulances pull up outside. A few seconds later, they rush in with a stretcher. They load Cammie onto the stretcher, and roll her away. Lil rushes to Violet's side, and gives her a hug. Violet opens her mouth in shock, because she cannot believe that this just happened. Her eyes begin to sting with tears, and she bursts into sobs. Lil's eyes begin to tear up as well, as she hold's Violet close.
As Violet's head is buried into Lil's shirt she keeps whispering to herself, "This is a nightmare! It's not real Vi! IT"S NOT REAL!" Violet closes her eyes tight and opens them again. She pulls away from Lil, and notices Rachel laying on the floor sobbing. "NO!" she screams as she runs out to the car in tears.
Lil is trying to keep herself together, but is having a tough time doing so. She rushes to Rachel's side, and helps her up. "Let's go to the hospital, Rach."
Rachel nods. "Okay, but if she's dead, I will just kill myself."
Lil swallowed hard. Rachel says stuff like that all the time, but this time she sounded like she meant it.