The Kidnapping

Ch. 11: Doctors

A/N: I'm sorry I haven't updated for a while it's just I've been really busy with the end of school and everything! My bf and me broke up so that put me back too! Anyway I hope you like it!

Matt was surprised to hear her say yes. "Really, or are you just saying that so I can add stood up to my list?" Matt said, laughing as she pondered the question for a minute. "I guess you'll have to be there at 8 to find out now wont you?" Anna said, getting up and skipping out the door. 'Ok, honestly, how can you go from Miranda to Anna in a matter of like two seconds?' He asked himself, getting up and realizing how weird it was that he had just asked out a girl he barely knew. 'But she's funny and she really gets me! And she doesn't care what other people think about her!' he convinced himself, smiling. He walked through his front door and into the kitchen to find his mom crying as she attempted to scrape the charcoal casserole out of the pan. "Mom, do you want me to order some pizza?" Matt said, quietly, having never seen his mom cry over a burnt dinner. "Yes, honey, that would be wonderful!" She said, faking a smile before putting her head on the table sobbing. 20 minutes later, as Matt ate his last piece of pizza, having changed before he ate, walked out the door to his car. As he drove a thought occurred to him, 'What if they never find Lizzie, will are family stay like this, suppers consisting of me sitting all alone eating pizza, listening to mom crying in her room?' As he stopped at a red light he questioned his motives, 'Why am I going out and having fun when Lizzie is still missing, maybe even dead! Maybe dying at this very minute!' He thought as he turned.

Miranda and her mom walked out of the store each carrying two bags each containing chips, drinks, candy, ice cream and popcorn. Everything you need for a party except the alcohol. Occasionally, Miranda would look down at her mom's belly and wonder how she hadn't realized her mom was pregnant. Thinking her mom thought she was a horrible daughter. "Mom, I'm so sorry I didn't realize that you were pregnant!" She said, once they were in the car. "Sweetie, its ok, its not like I just had the baby and you didn't notice." Her mom said, trying to make her feel better about everything. "I know, but you must think I'm the worst daughter ever because I'm to involved in my life and with guys to realize something so important in you life!" Miranda said, watching her mom as she pulled out of the parking lot. "Honey, you're a teen your suppost to be involved in your life, not mine!" Her mom said, rubbing her daughters back to show her it was ok. "Are you sure its ok?" She asked, as they drove by the hospital, which suddenly made her feel bad. "Mom, is it bad that I ditched Gordo when he really needed me for Rory?" Miranda asked, looking down at her hands. "Well it depends why, you have to ask yourself that!" Her mom said, hoping she knew what she meant.

As Gordo got out the doors, he breathed in a deep breath. Already he felt better after having breathed in hospital air al night. He got into Ethan's car, waiting for him to come out. 5 minutes went by and Gordo was starting to get inpatient. As he waited he watched an ambulance speed into the emergency doors. He watched as they rushed a person into the doors. 'I wish that were Lizzie so that I'd know that she is ok! If anything happens to her I don't know what I'll do! I'll regret not tell her everything!' A woman got out of the ambulance, a tall blonde woman, from a distance she looked like she had been partying. 'Maybe someone ODed or maybe choked on their on barf.' 'Who knows maybe the person was so drunk they fell out a window!' Gordo thought as the blonde women went in the doors. 'Why am I think about other peoples problems when I've got enough of my own?' He turned on the radio, and listened to the end of Hero, one of Lizzie's favorite songs. Another 15 minutes went by, and Gordo pulled out his cell, dialing Ethan's. "Hello?" Ethan answered, sounding scared. "Where the hell are you?" Gordo yelled into the phone. "I'm sorry man, I can't take you, Kate's in here! I need to stay with her, make sure she's ok!" Ethan said, somebody crying in the background. "Well then, I'm taking your car!" Gordo said, moving over into the driver's seat. "Ya, ok, whatever you need! Go save you woman!" Ethan said, sounding distracted. "Wait, don't do anything that will get you, Lizzie or my car killed! And I mean it!" Ethan said, trying to encourage his friend as much as possible. "Thanks Ethan, I owe you big time!" Gordo said pulling out of the parking lot. "No, now were even!" As Gordo started down the street, Miranda's mom past in their mustang.

"She starting to wake up a little, her arm is really bad, you will have to bring her in ASAP to get it looked at! If she doesn't there is a huge possibility she will die in the next 2 days! Right now she might be able to stay awake for a while, maybe talk a little. I have her on these painkillers, she will have to take 1 an hour! She is in really bad condition!" A doctor that Rory's family was old friends with had agreed to make a personal and confidential visit. "So for right now she won't die?" Rory asked, a little confused. "I'm not saying that because there is a possibility that should could any minute but she has a better chance then she did before. Not much but a little!" He said, sitting down on the couch opposite Rory. "Eric, thanks, I really owe you!" Rory said, letting out a sign. "If you don't mind me asking, what happened to her that you can't take her to that you can't take her to the hospital?" Eric asked, staring intensely at him. "Its nothing, she fell and asked not to go." Rory said, looking away not liking lying to the guy that was like him older brother. "Fuck Rory, that's not nothing her arm might be screwed forever! I'm dong you a huge favor by not telling, not you! If anyone finds out my life is screwed over so bad!" Eric yelled, before Rory could answer, the Eric's emergency pager went off, making him storm out of the building.

As Kate started to wake, she realized that she wasn't alone in her hospital room. She heard the voices of her mom and another guy having a conversation. "Do you know why she did this?" The guy asked, concerned coating his voice. "Probably because I'm such a bad mom!" Her mom wailed, way over doing it. Kate sat up suddenly, her eyes shooting open when she heard this. She lay back down because of the shooting pain in her head and well, the aching pain though out her body. She looked down as she realized the guy was Ethan. The only thing that caught her eye was her heavily bandaged wrists, which she immediately hid under the covers. The first to break the awkward silence that filled the room was her mom. "Oh sweetums, I'm so glad that you're ok! I was so scared!" She said, running over to her bed and hugging her. She noticed her mom wasn't wearing the same clothes she was that morning, she was wearing a more 'mothering outfit'. "Hey Kate, are you ok?" Ethan asked, shyly as she pushed her mom off. "Ya, how did you get here!" Kate said, putting her wrists under the blankets, ashamed that Ethan was seeing her like this, so weak. "Kate, don't be so rude, Ethan saw me as I was heading out to go back to the house, I told him you were up her. He told me about Jack. So sad, you guys made such a cute couple, but of course you couldn't make it work! The doctor said in two days or so you will get sent straight to rehab!" Her mom said, sitting back down beside Ethan. "What! I don't need to go to rehab! Why would I need to got to rehab! Kate yelled, surprised as well as scared. "Because you a cutter!" Her mom said, frowning.

'I hope he comes!" Anna thought, running her fingers through her blonde hair. "I mean, I know that I just met him but I really like him and it's a bonus that he doesn't know about my past or what happened to dad. Maybe moms right this can be my new start!' She sat down on a bench outside the theatre. 'He also doesn't know about Cammy and me. Mom says that I shouldn't tell anyone about anything that happened. That I should just pretend we a normal family, that she's a single mom and that nothing unnormal has ever happened to us. That the reason dad died was because he was in a simple car accident. I hope I can pretend that and maybe start to believe it. I have to stop pushing people away, stop being scared. That's why I said yes to Matt, he might be my new star he likes me, I like him. Simply as that, my life might be ok, normal, maybe even perfect. I'm not going to mention dad dying again. I saw that look everyone gives me, in his eyes, that pity look. I don't want his pity, I want him to like me for me!' "Hey! Are you ok? Are were you as scared as I was of being stood up?" Matt asked laugh, breaking thought her thoughts.

A/N: Im sorry it was so rushed but the next chapter is going to be the last one its going to be all about Gordo. I have to finish this story before July 4 that's when Im leaving for the summer! So I hope you like it! Shyane