A/N: The last part of this rewritten fic is finally here! I would like to thank those who have reviewed!











Val, Jamie and Tyler rushed into the ambulance and turned on the siren. Jamie drove quickly and sped down the street and turned onto Caitie's block. He had no idea what was going on but he had a feeling it was something horrible. Val was seated in the back of the ambulance, nervous and worried. Tyler sat silently next to Val.

The three trained EMTs raced up the stairs to find Caitie passed out on the floor.

Jamie quickly picked up the bottle. "It's sleeping pills. . ."

Val panicked and tears emerged from her eyes. Tyler picked up the phone and quickly called the hospital. He let the hospital know that they were on the way, and should be prepared to perform a stomach pump. Caitie remained motionless on the floor.

Jamie took Caitie into his arms. "Caitie? Cait? Caitie? Answer me?"

He began to shake Caitie like his force could awake her. He cradled her in his lap and kissed the top of her forehead. "Oh Caitie. . . "

Tears fell from Jamie's eyes. He couldn't believe it. He knew he should have stayed earlier . . .he was just feeling so jealous and neglected lately.

Tyler broke Jamie away from his thoughts. "Jamie. . . come on."

Jamie quickly rose to his feet. He lifted Caitie and carefully placed her onto a stretcher. The three EMTs headed back towards the ambulance, on their way to the hospital.



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Caitie had her stomach pumped and the three EMTs were waiting outside her room for what seemed like forever. They all sat silent until Jamie realized something.

"Hey Tyler . . . how did you know that Caitie needed help?" he asked questioningly.

Before Tyler could answer, Jamie stood up as he saw the doctor leave her room.

"Is she all right?" he asked the doctor.

The doctor responded to the dark haired boy. "She had an enormous amount of prescription pills in her system. You guys were lucky to get her here on time." A look of relief spread across the face of the teenagers.

"She's finally awake now," the doctor added.

"Can we go in and see her?" Val asked hopefully.

Doctor reluctantly agreed. "All right, go ahead."

Caitie was clothed in a hospital gown and looked sickly pale. She had no energy but seemed pleased to see her friends in her room. She began to cry. Val and Jamie rushed up to the bed. Both took each of Caitie's hand in their own.

Jamie kissed her soft pale skin. "Caitie . . ."

Val smiled, trying to send encouraging thoughts into her best friend's head. Caitie looked away from her. Tyler stood in the back of the room, the only other person knowing the truth of the whole ordeal. He felt guilty, for not telling Val and Jamie earlier. He believed this all could have been prevented.

"What . . . happened?" Jamie asked cautiously.

Jamie was nervous because he didn't want to upset Caitie. He desperately wanted to demand the truth, but he knew that she was in an unstable state. He felt his heart rip slowly as he saw the IV strapped to her thin pale arm.

"I couldn't sleep . . ." She tried to keep a light tone, but did not carry out as planned.

"That's not funny . . . you could of died!" Val yelled as tears rolled down her face.

Tyler looked at Caitie and she returned his look. She wanted to tell them what had happened, but she couldn't.

"I . . . um . . ." Tyler's voice was shaky but powerful.

Caitie pleaded, "Tyler . . . don't."

Guilt and concern covered his features. Tyler proceeded to speak, intent on revealing the truth.

"They need to know Caitie. You almost . . . ", tears welled up in his eyes. He took a breath and continued. "You almost . . . killed yourself . . . that's not healthy. You need someone right now . . ."

Caitie looked away averting the intense looks from her concerned friends. She slightly nodded her head knowing that regardless of what she says or does, the truth will surface.

Tyler began to speak. "Caitie almost got raped last night . . ."

Val held on to Caitie's hand, soaking it with her tears. Jamie tried to contain his anger best he could . . . he wanted to kill the guy that did this to her. He just kept Caitie's small hand in his. He wouldn't let go.

The story was soon concluded. Tyler took a deep breath. "That's all I know . . . but Caitie . . . is the only one who can tell us what happened afterwards."

The room was enveloped in silence for a long time . . .until Caitie began to speak.

"Well, I couldn't look at myself. I feel . . . responsible . . . and. . . If Tyler wasn't there . . . I ," Sobs and whimpers were uttered between her words.

Val squeezed Caitie's hand. "Sweetie, it's not your fault."

"And I was in the shower . . . trying to clean myself from all that dirt . . . and no matter how many hours I stayed in there . . . I couldn't help but feel dirty. I woke up not knowing what had happened . . . or where I was . . . I lost control . . . and. . . at that moment, I felt like I lost myself . . . I just . . . wanted it all to end. I couldn't bear to think about tomorrow . . . or the next day, if it feels like today, or yesterday." Caitie's pain was heartbreaking.

Jamie cleared his throat. "Caitie, I will be here for you always . . .we can face tomorrow together . . ."

"We will always be here for you . . ." Val added.

Tyler smiled. "That goes for me too."

Caitie knew that those simple words spoken by her friends were genuine. "Thanks."

On that final note, the room remained silent.





A/n: Okay. This was my first fan fiction. How was it? As I was rewriting it, I did realize some of the characters were slightly out of character and it overall probably could have been written better. We all can improve by writing so I shall try to do so. If you all have a chance, please remember to read my other stories as well! Somehow my other stories seem to all come back to this one. I think I'll go rewrite the sequel to this.

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