Chapter 11: Having Faith
Mr. Anderson, or Thomas's hair was messed up and his shirt was torn. His face was red and he had blood splattered all over his white shirt. His arm was bleeding also. It looked as though Zack had cut him with a knife.
"Stop it!" Shyana yelled at Mr. Anderson. He turned and looked at her. Then all of a sudden his face softened and he dropped the gun. Then he looked back at Zack and a wave of sympathy overcame him.
"Oh my, are you . . . okay?" He reached for Zack but Zack just scooted back and yelled for his father to stay away from him. The police had just arrived. They had received the phone call from Janice also. Tricia and Shyana ran to Zack to try and help him when Janis ran to the spot where Mr. Anderson was standing.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." Mr. Anderson kept saying over and over again as the police locked him into the car.
Janis was standing there, grinning like a lunatic. Then she walked over to Zack.
"Are you okay honey?" she had stuffed something into her purse then she watched as the medics strapped Zack to a stretcher then packed him into the ambulance. All three girls rode in the ambulance also, with Janis grinning all the way to the hospital.
* * *
Landon had just gotten home and was having a small snack when his cell phone started ringing again. It was Shyana.
"Landon, can you come to the hospital, as quickly as you can? Zack's been hurt badly."
Landon quickly finished his snack and jumped in his car. He drove to the hospital very fast. But there was traffic because of a car crash. So Landon couldn't get there as fast as he had hoped. It took him about three hours to get there.
While Landon was struggling through the traffic, Shyana was playing over history. She sat beside Zack in the hospital room. He looked up at her as she sang to him a sweet song that she had heard one day.
"Love, I long for you with all of my heart. I wish for you to come and stay and I'll sing to you this song, if you'll just stay with me for one last day."
As Shyana sang the last verse Tricia had just remembered where the song had come from. It was from a really old singer that Shyana had told her about. The sad thing was that was the exact song that was playing in the elevator when Tricia was going to Shyana's hospital room after the car crash.
Janis couldn't stand it. As she sat in a chair on the other side of the hospital bed that Zack was in, and as she watched Shyana stroke his head gently and sing to him, she couldn't stand how obvious it was. That Zack really did love her; he was dumb-love-struck. She sat there, without Zack or Shyana noticing her existence. Only the other girl would glance at her every five minutes.
But Janis had an idea. Before the police had come to search for the weapon that was used to harm Zack, Janis picked it up. Later on she planned to use it on Shyana if Zack didn't stop falling in love with her. If Janis couldn't be with Zack . . . no one could.
Landon finally got out of the traffic by taking a back road. It was twice as long but at least no one else was on the road. He drove over the speed limit and was on the brink of losing control but he wanted to make sure Shyana wasn't harmed at all and also that his best friend, Zack, would be okay.
He ran into the hospital, ignoring the commands from the head nurse screaming at him to stop. He ran to the elevator, but the door closed right in his face. He punched the button, hoping it would come down again, but all it did was bust the surrounding metal to the button of the elevator.
So he ran up the stairs, and looked inside each room. Then he heard singing. It was coming from a room down the corridor, so he turned left and ran into the third room on his right. Shyana, surprised, had stopped singing. Zack looked over at the door, squinting from the pain.
Landon ran to Shyana and gave her a big hug. Zack turned on his side so he wouldn't have to see it. Janis was standing now. She had opened her arms also thinking that Landon had come for her. But he kept hugging Shyana and wouldn't let go, no matter how long Janis stood there. Her arms were still open but her expression had changed, instead of that pretty innocent blonde girl, she had become somewhat of a jealous monster.
She sat back down, pouting, and scheming of how to kill Shyana. She had stolen both her men's hearts without even knowing it.
'Soon enough,' Janis thought 'be patient, soon enough . . . she'll be dead.'
Mr. Anderson, or Thomas's hair was messed up and his shirt was torn. His face was red and he had blood splattered all over his white shirt. His arm was bleeding also. It looked as though Zack had cut him with a knife.
"Stop it!" Shyana yelled at Mr. Anderson. He turned and looked at her. Then all of a sudden his face softened and he dropped the gun. Then he looked back at Zack and a wave of sympathy overcame him.
"Oh my, are you . . . okay?" He reached for Zack but Zack just scooted back and yelled for his father to stay away from him. The police had just arrived. They had received the phone call from Janice also. Tricia and Shyana ran to Zack to try and help him when Janis ran to the spot where Mr. Anderson was standing.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." Mr. Anderson kept saying over and over again as the police locked him into the car.
Janis was standing there, grinning like a lunatic. Then she walked over to Zack.
"Are you okay honey?" she had stuffed something into her purse then she watched as the medics strapped Zack to a stretcher then packed him into the ambulance. All three girls rode in the ambulance also, with Janis grinning all the way to the hospital.
* * *
Landon had just gotten home and was having a small snack when his cell phone started ringing again. It was Shyana.
"Landon, can you come to the hospital, as quickly as you can? Zack's been hurt badly."
Landon quickly finished his snack and jumped in his car. He drove to the hospital very fast. But there was traffic because of a car crash. So Landon couldn't get there as fast as he had hoped. It took him about three hours to get there.
While Landon was struggling through the traffic, Shyana was playing over history. She sat beside Zack in the hospital room. He looked up at her as she sang to him a sweet song that she had heard one day.
"Love, I long for you with all of my heart. I wish for you to come and stay and I'll sing to you this song, if you'll just stay with me for one last day."
As Shyana sang the last verse Tricia had just remembered where the song had come from. It was from a really old singer that Shyana had told her about. The sad thing was that was the exact song that was playing in the elevator when Tricia was going to Shyana's hospital room after the car crash.
Janis couldn't stand it. As she sat in a chair on the other side of the hospital bed that Zack was in, and as she watched Shyana stroke his head gently and sing to him, she couldn't stand how obvious it was. That Zack really did love her; he was dumb-love-struck. She sat there, without Zack or Shyana noticing her existence. Only the other girl would glance at her every five minutes.
But Janis had an idea. Before the police had come to search for the weapon that was used to harm Zack, Janis picked it up. Later on she planned to use it on Shyana if Zack didn't stop falling in love with her. If Janis couldn't be with Zack . . . no one could.
Landon finally got out of the traffic by taking a back road. It was twice as long but at least no one else was on the road. He drove over the speed limit and was on the brink of losing control but he wanted to make sure Shyana wasn't harmed at all and also that his best friend, Zack, would be okay.
He ran into the hospital, ignoring the commands from the head nurse screaming at him to stop. He ran to the elevator, but the door closed right in his face. He punched the button, hoping it would come down again, but all it did was bust the surrounding metal to the button of the elevator.
So he ran up the stairs, and looked inside each room. Then he heard singing. It was coming from a room down the corridor, so he turned left and ran into the third room on his right. Shyana, surprised, had stopped singing. Zack looked over at the door, squinting from the pain.
Landon ran to Shyana and gave her a big hug. Zack turned on his side so he wouldn't have to see it. Janis was standing now. She had opened her arms also thinking that Landon had come for her. But he kept hugging Shyana and wouldn't let go, no matter how long Janis stood there. Her arms were still open but her expression had changed, instead of that pretty innocent blonde girl, she had become somewhat of a jealous monster.
She sat back down, pouting, and scheming of how to kill Shyana. She had stolen both her men's hearts without even knowing it.
'Soon enough,' Janis thought 'be patient, soon enough . . . she'll be dead.'
