A/N: Hey guys. I hope you like this chapter. It's a little...different...but that's what's great about me, you don't know what to expect. Anyways, I really hope you like it.

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Chapter Seventeen

I heard Simone's faint voice beckoning for me to wake up. I tried to open my eyes but they were so heavy. I decided to just go with the flow. This whole blackness thing wasn't so bad. At least no one could hurt you. I felt Simone place my head on a pillow and then heard her call the ambulance. When she slammed the phone down she wrapped a blanket around my body. I thought she would then leave and wait down stairs for the ambulance but instead she picked up the phone again.

"Hi, may I please talk to Ray? Thank you very much Mr. Brennan." I noticed the long pause. I was drifting off into silence when Simone spoke again. "Ray! I'm so glad you're there, you have to come over...yes now, when did you think I meant, tomorrow around five? Just get over here and fast!" Simone hung up and once again picked up the phone.

"Hi Mrs. McGrath, is Robbie there? This is Lily's sister Simone." Just like before there was a pause followed with the sound of Simone screaming into the phone. "Robbie! Get down to my house now! Lily just passed out...Travis called earlier and when I told her what he said she went unconscious...just hurry okay? And bring your car!" Thank God!!! The last of the annoying calls. Now I can finally get some real sleep. Dang it!!! Why is she picking up the phone again? Who is she calling? Who's left to call? Oh no. I felt my stomach tie into knots as I realized 's number she was dialing.

"Hi Rachel, is Travis home...can I talk to him? It's about Lily...Travis! It's Simone, you have to get over here now!" Simone paused and I heard her let out a frustrated sigh. "Travis, this has nothing to do with her wanting to beg your forgiveness, she passed out right after you called." I heard the phone slam down on his side of the phone and then the dial tone. I tried my hardest to yell for her to just be quiet but I couldn't even move my lips. It was like I was in a glass shell. I could hear everything around me but I couldn't see it our talk to anyone else.

"Everything's gonna be okay Lily. The hospital doesn't have any ambulances available so Ray, Robbie, and Travis are gonna come with us." Simone's voice continued to break. I heard her open her mouth but she was cut off by the sound of the doorbell. She up and run down the stairs and open the door for the three boys. I heard the pounding footsteps rush up the stairs. Someone sat next to me and grabbed my hand. Ray, it had to be Ray. But then I heard him speak and I realized it was Travis.

"Lily, wake up! Please wake up? Lily please I..." I heard his voice break off and then felt tears hit my face. Wake up!!! I want to wake up! Let me wake up NOW!!! I stopped screaming to myself when I felt Travis pick me up. I knew it was him because I could smell his cologne. I slightly bounced as we went down the stairs. This is so weird. I hate not being able to see where I'm going. It's so confusing. A few minutes later I was resting on Travis in the back of Robbie's KIA SUV. After what I guessed was ten minutes, we arrived at what I could only assume was the hospital. I was set on a stretcher and taken into a room where they gave me an IV and I received the medicine that would finally let me rest.

Here's a preview of chapter 25, the most eventful chapter yet! Here's that last paragraph in that chapter:

----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Half an hour later I turned left on 7th street and headed toward the small ice cream parlor. As I walked past an ally-way I stepped in something wet. I looked down and saw that the liquid was red. Blood. Panic filled my body. I walked down the dark and cold ally and found the cause of the blood. A gasp escaped my lips. A dead body lay at my feet.

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Trina