Chapter 3
(A/N: I changed Ali's name to Miranda because that is her name on the show)
Celine stood outside of Michael's old apartment, facing Kendall and Erica.
"If you would like, you can stay at my house for awhile." Kendall offered Celine.
"Oh no thats alright, I can just live in the apartment with the police tape across it, wait a minute, was a crime committed there or something?" Celine asked.
She saw Kendall and Erica exchange glances.
"A horrible, horrible man was shot in that apartment." Erica answered.
"Why was he so horrible?" Celine said, beginning to get curious.
Kendall and Erica began to tell Celine about what happened to Bianca, but Celine was only half listening. Her eyes were locked on a rustling bush with the figure of a person squatting down in it.
"What in the world?" Celine thought.
To Celine's horror, a 38 hand gun poked out of the bushes, aiming for Kendall and Erica both.
Celine didn't have time to think. A million thoughts sped through her head, but each one a blur. She could see his finger slowly pulling on the trigger, and she knew that she could not let either Kendall or Erica die.
Celine gasped and was sure at any second, the trigger would be pulled. She threw herself forward and knocked Kendall and Erica out of the way, just as the man from the bushes fired the bullet. Celine stood, frozen, as she felt pain like she never felt before. Suddenly, she could feel herself falling, and falling......
Kendall heard the deafening sound of a gun being fired as she felt herself being knocked over by Celine.
"No..!" Kendall gasped, already knowing what had happened. She turned her head slowly to the right and could see Celine lying on the cobblestone ground, dark red blood staining her shirt.
"Oh God!" Erica sobbed.
Kendall knelt over Celine's body and picked her up. "We've got to get her to the hospital fast!" Kendall said.
"I'll drive!" Erica said as she and Kendall hurried over to the car.
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Maria walked out of the depressing room, out of the wing of the hospital, and to the front desk of the hospital.
"Help!" She heard Kendall scream as Kendall and Erica burst through the double doors of the hospital. Maria saw that Kendall was carrying a girl about the age of sixteen and gasped.
"Anita, get a stretcher!" Maria yelled to her sister Anita, just as she entered the room. "Kendall what happened!?"
"I don't know! One minute we were talking and the next.." Kendall cut off as tears sprung into her eyes.
Anita quickly wheeled up the stretcher and Kendall set Celine carefully down on it. Some male nurses ran up to the stretcher and brought it into the emergency room.
"What is her name and where did this happen?" Anita asked as she took out a pencil.
"She said her name is Monica, and this happened outside of Kendall's apartment." Erica replied as she strode up to the group after watching the chaos from the double doors.
"Okay," Maria said as she quickly wrote down the information. "Page Dr.Joe Martin." Maria shouted to the person at the front desk.
In minutes Joe Martin entered the chaotic room. "I've heard what happened, and I have tried to locate all of the doctors, all of them are tied up but you Maria." Joe Martin told her. "I need you to go into surgery if it is needed."
Maria took a minute to let the news sink in. "Are you crazy!? I can't do surgery, this girl can't die!" Maria screamed.
Joe was taken aback. He shuffled his feet uncomfortably. "Maria, I trust you. If she needs surgery then I want you to preform it." Joe Martin calmly commanded.
"But I don't trust myself.." Maria begged.
"Enough of that! I need to know how Monica is doing!" Kendall broke in. Nodding, Maria shuffled into the emergency room.
"I'll call Bianca.." Erica excused herself sadly and sat by the window.
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"Mom, where is Aunt Kendall and Grandma?" Miranda asked, flipping her waist length brown hair while her soft brown eyes remained glued to the window that over looked the road.
"I don't know, they should have been here an hour ago. I'll just call- -" Bianca said, cut off by the ring of the telephone. Bianca picked up the phone on the second ring. "Hello?" Bianca said to the caller. Erica's shaken voice filled her ear, "Bianca, oh my god, something terrible has happened and Kendall and I are down in the Pine Valley Hospital." "Oh my-- Is Kendall okay? Are you okay?" Bianca worried. "We are fine, will you please just come!" Erica pleaded. "I'll be there in a second." Bianca promised as she hung up the phone.
"Who was it?" Miranda asked as she turned away from the window to face her mother.
"Your Grandma.." Bianca replied as she snatched up her purse and coat and flew out the door. Miranda bewilderedly followed her mother's quick movements to the car.
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"Kendall, Bianca and Miranda are on their way." Erica told her as she slipped her cellphone back into her handbag. Kendall nodded slowly, although she would have rather them stay there.
"Do you want me to tell her to bring a new shirt?" Erica said as she eyed the blood-covered shirt.
Kendall for once noticed the shirt, but really didn't care. "No, no thats okay." Kendall answered quietly, looking at her red stained hands.
Shouts from the emergency room met Kendall's ears and she snapped her head towards the door to see Maria fly out of the room with a nervous expression on her face. "She is loosing blood more fast than we expected! She needs surgery to get the bullet out!" Maria told them.
"Maria, you are going to do it, right?" Kendall asked.
"I'm going to have to, otherwise, she will die. There are no other doctors with free time." Maria said. On the outside, Maria looked confident. But on the inside, Maria felt so nervous, she was holding on the side of the front desk to keep from shaking.
Erica pulled Maria aside. "Maria, I am sorry for all of the horrible things I have done to you in the past. Could we put that behind us?" Erica apologized sincerely. Maria took a second to reply, wondering if she should except the apology.
"It's okay." Maria decided to accept it.
Anita's head poked out of the silvery doors to the lobby. "Maria, It's time." Anita said, motioning her to come in. Maria flew to the door, glancing back at Kendall's eager face, then went into the room.
Kendall stared at the metal doors until her eyes watered. Kendall felt someone place their hand softly on Kendall's shoulder.
"Kendall what happened?"
Kendall whirled around to see Bianca staring at her, and Miranda planted at the doorway. Bianca's eyes snapped down to Kendall's blood covered shirt and gasped.
"Oh my God! Kendall, are you okay?" Bianca asked as she turned pale.
"I'm fine. A girl Miranda's age was shot near my condo, taking the bullet for me.." Kendall cut off when fresh tears threatened to pour down her cheeks. Kendall pulled Bianca aside and told the story in a whisper, so Miranda wouldn't hear.
"Oh My God!" Bianca said in horror, after hearing what Kendall had to say.
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"Grandma, whats going on?" Miranda asked with a confused expression on her face.
"Honey, a girl got shot, it's nothing for you to worry about." Erica answered, trying to sound as if it weren't a big deal.
"Will she be alright?" Miranda worried.
"I don't know. I'll run down and get some coffee for Kendall.." Erica excused herself.
~~~
Greenly made her way past the crowds of people in the hospital, searching for Pablo. She pushed a woman with black hair and said, "Watch it!". The woman turned around and it was none other than her "mother", Mary Smyth.
"Darling! I heard about the wedding, it must be awful!" Mary said in her fake concerned tone that Greenly was used to. Greenly knew she was referring to Jack and Erica's wedding.
No actually, Jack is happy." Greenly answered, annoyance flooding her voice.
"No I mean Erica being your step mom, she has to be the most horrible mother on the planet." Mary said.
Greenly smiled to herself. It was getting more and more easy to get Mary to say something stupid lately. "No you are the worst mother on the planet, now excuse me!" Greenly made a move to leave, only to be stopped by Mary.
"Just because you two are related now, it doesn't change matters" Mary told her.
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Erica had been watching the feud from the elevator entrance, looking for a chance to break in. She had never been one to share things with Mary, and she wasn't going to start now. Erica casually strode up the the two, slipping her arm around Greenly's waist.
"Yes it does Mary, Greenly is my daughter now and I will treat her no other way." Erica said, pretending not to notice the confused looks that Greenly was shooting her.
"This conversation is between Greenly and I." Mary told her.
"Correction, it was between you and Greenly." Erica shot back.
"I'm not finished talking to her." Mary's face turned red with fury
"Well I'm sure finished talking to you!" Greenly walked towards the coffee stand followed by Erica. "What was that back there?" Greenly asked, with a confused expression on her face.
"The truth." Erica answered simply.
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Kendall tried her best not to cry in front of Miranda, but a few tears escaped her eyes. It felt like seconds had turned to minutes, and minutes turned into eternity, but Kendall's watch showed only twenty minutes had passed.
Unexpectedly, Anita burst out of the room. "The surgery was successful, the bullet it out.." Anita gave the good news first.
Kendall smiled for the first time since the "accident".
"But, she has lost a lot of blood. She needs a blood donation, and fast!" Anita hurried.
Kendall pondered this for a moment. "So what are you waiting for? Test me!" Kendall said.
Anita took a needle out of her lab coat pocket, swabbed Kendall's arm, and drew blood. Anita then disappeared behind the heavy doors of the testing room, only to reappear minutes later. "This is amazing!" Anita hinted.
(Teasers: Will the seceret about Celine come out? Will Erica and Greenly make peace?)
(A/N: I changed Ali's name to Miranda because that is her name on the show)
Celine stood outside of Michael's old apartment, facing Kendall and Erica.
"If you would like, you can stay at my house for awhile." Kendall offered Celine.
"Oh no thats alright, I can just live in the apartment with the police tape across it, wait a minute, was a crime committed there or something?" Celine asked.
She saw Kendall and Erica exchange glances.
"A horrible, horrible man was shot in that apartment." Erica answered.
"Why was he so horrible?" Celine said, beginning to get curious.
Kendall and Erica began to tell Celine about what happened to Bianca, but Celine was only half listening. Her eyes were locked on a rustling bush with the figure of a person squatting down in it.
"What in the world?" Celine thought.
To Celine's horror, a 38 hand gun poked out of the bushes, aiming for Kendall and Erica both.
Celine didn't have time to think. A million thoughts sped through her head, but each one a blur. She could see his finger slowly pulling on the trigger, and she knew that she could not let either Kendall or Erica die.
Celine gasped and was sure at any second, the trigger would be pulled. She threw herself forward and knocked Kendall and Erica out of the way, just as the man from the bushes fired the bullet. Celine stood, frozen, as she felt pain like she never felt before. Suddenly, she could feel herself falling, and falling......
Kendall heard the deafening sound of a gun being fired as she felt herself being knocked over by Celine.
"No..!" Kendall gasped, already knowing what had happened. She turned her head slowly to the right and could see Celine lying on the cobblestone ground, dark red blood staining her shirt.
"Oh God!" Erica sobbed.
Kendall knelt over Celine's body and picked her up. "We've got to get her to the hospital fast!" Kendall said.
"I'll drive!" Erica said as she and Kendall hurried over to the car.
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Maria walked out of the depressing room, out of the wing of the hospital, and to the front desk of the hospital.
"Help!" She heard Kendall scream as Kendall and Erica burst through the double doors of the hospital. Maria saw that Kendall was carrying a girl about the age of sixteen and gasped.
"Anita, get a stretcher!" Maria yelled to her sister Anita, just as she entered the room. "Kendall what happened!?"
"I don't know! One minute we were talking and the next.." Kendall cut off as tears sprung into her eyes.
Anita quickly wheeled up the stretcher and Kendall set Celine carefully down on it. Some male nurses ran up to the stretcher and brought it into the emergency room.
"What is her name and where did this happen?" Anita asked as she took out a pencil.
"She said her name is Monica, and this happened outside of Kendall's apartment." Erica replied as she strode up to the group after watching the chaos from the double doors.
"Okay," Maria said as she quickly wrote down the information. "Page Dr.Joe Martin." Maria shouted to the person at the front desk.
In minutes Joe Martin entered the chaotic room. "I've heard what happened, and I have tried to locate all of the doctors, all of them are tied up but you Maria." Joe Martin told her. "I need you to go into surgery if it is needed."
Maria took a minute to let the news sink in. "Are you crazy!? I can't do surgery, this girl can't die!" Maria screamed.
Joe was taken aback. He shuffled his feet uncomfortably. "Maria, I trust you. If she needs surgery then I want you to preform it." Joe Martin calmly commanded.
"But I don't trust myself.." Maria begged.
"Enough of that! I need to know how Monica is doing!" Kendall broke in. Nodding, Maria shuffled into the emergency room.
"I'll call Bianca.." Erica excused herself sadly and sat by the window.
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"Mom, where is Aunt Kendall and Grandma?" Miranda asked, flipping her waist length brown hair while her soft brown eyes remained glued to the window that over looked the road.
"I don't know, they should have been here an hour ago. I'll just call- -" Bianca said, cut off by the ring of the telephone. Bianca picked up the phone on the second ring. "Hello?" Bianca said to the caller. Erica's shaken voice filled her ear, "Bianca, oh my god, something terrible has happened and Kendall and I are down in the Pine Valley Hospital." "Oh my-- Is Kendall okay? Are you okay?" Bianca worried. "We are fine, will you please just come!" Erica pleaded. "I'll be there in a second." Bianca promised as she hung up the phone.
"Who was it?" Miranda asked as she turned away from the window to face her mother.
"Your Grandma.." Bianca replied as she snatched up her purse and coat and flew out the door. Miranda bewilderedly followed her mother's quick movements to the car.
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"Kendall, Bianca and Miranda are on their way." Erica told her as she slipped her cellphone back into her handbag. Kendall nodded slowly, although she would have rather them stay there.
"Do you want me to tell her to bring a new shirt?" Erica said as she eyed the blood-covered shirt.
Kendall for once noticed the shirt, but really didn't care. "No, no thats okay." Kendall answered quietly, looking at her red stained hands.
Shouts from the emergency room met Kendall's ears and she snapped her head towards the door to see Maria fly out of the room with a nervous expression on her face. "She is loosing blood more fast than we expected! She needs surgery to get the bullet out!" Maria told them.
"Maria, you are going to do it, right?" Kendall asked.
"I'm going to have to, otherwise, she will die. There are no other doctors with free time." Maria said. On the outside, Maria looked confident. But on the inside, Maria felt so nervous, she was holding on the side of the front desk to keep from shaking.
Erica pulled Maria aside. "Maria, I am sorry for all of the horrible things I have done to you in the past. Could we put that behind us?" Erica apologized sincerely. Maria took a second to reply, wondering if she should except the apology.
"It's okay." Maria decided to accept it.
Anita's head poked out of the silvery doors to the lobby. "Maria, It's time." Anita said, motioning her to come in. Maria flew to the door, glancing back at Kendall's eager face, then went into the room.
Kendall stared at the metal doors until her eyes watered. Kendall felt someone place their hand softly on Kendall's shoulder.
"Kendall what happened?"
Kendall whirled around to see Bianca staring at her, and Miranda planted at the doorway. Bianca's eyes snapped down to Kendall's blood covered shirt and gasped.
"Oh my God! Kendall, are you okay?" Bianca asked as she turned pale.
"I'm fine. A girl Miranda's age was shot near my condo, taking the bullet for me.." Kendall cut off when fresh tears threatened to pour down her cheeks. Kendall pulled Bianca aside and told the story in a whisper, so Miranda wouldn't hear.
"Oh My God!" Bianca said in horror, after hearing what Kendall had to say.
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"Grandma, whats going on?" Miranda asked with a confused expression on her face.
"Honey, a girl got shot, it's nothing for you to worry about." Erica answered, trying to sound as if it weren't a big deal.
"Will she be alright?" Miranda worried.
"I don't know. I'll run down and get some coffee for Kendall.." Erica excused herself.
~~~
Greenly made her way past the crowds of people in the hospital, searching for Pablo. She pushed a woman with black hair and said, "Watch it!". The woman turned around and it was none other than her "mother", Mary Smyth.
"Darling! I heard about the wedding, it must be awful!" Mary said in her fake concerned tone that Greenly was used to. Greenly knew she was referring to Jack and Erica's wedding.
No actually, Jack is happy." Greenly answered, annoyance flooding her voice.
"No I mean Erica being your step mom, she has to be the most horrible mother on the planet." Mary said.
Greenly smiled to herself. It was getting more and more easy to get Mary to say something stupid lately. "No you are the worst mother on the planet, now excuse me!" Greenly made a move to leave, only to be stopped by Mary.
"Just because you two are related now, it doesn't change matters" Mary told her.
~~~
Erica had been watching the feud from the elevator entrance, looking for a chance to break in. She had never been one to share things with Mary, and she wasn't going to start now. Erica casually strode up the the two, slipping her arm around Greenly's waist.
"Yes it does Mary, Greenly is my daughter now and I will treat her no other way." Erica said, pretending not to notice the confused looks that Greenly was shooting her.
"This conversation is between Greenly and I." Mary told her.
"Correction, it was between you and Greenly." Erica shot back.
"I'm not finished talking to her." Mary's face turned red with fury
"Well I'm sure finished talking to you!" Greenly walked towards the coffee stand followed by Erica. "What was that back there?" Greenly asked, with a confused expression on her face.
"The truth." Erica answered simply.
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Kendall tried her best not to cry in front of Miranda, but a few tears escaped her eyes. It felt like seconds had turned to minutes, and minutes turned into eternity, but Kendall's watch showed only twenty minutes had passed.
Unexpectedly, Anita burst out of the room. "The surgery was successful, the bullet it out.." Anita gave the good news first.
Kendall smiled for the first time since the "accident".
"But, she has lost a lot of blood. She needs a blood donation, and fast!" Anita hurried.
Kendall pondered this for a moment. "So what are you waiting for? Test me!" Kendall said.
Anita took a needle out of her lab coat pocket, swabbed Kendall's arm, and drew blood. Anita then disappeared behind the heavy doors of the testing room, only to reappear minutes later. "This is amazing!" Anita hinted.
(Teasers: Will the seceret about Celine come out? Will Erica and Greenly make peace?)