Disclaimer: The only thing related to the OC that I own is a box-set of DVDs.
A/N: This really just came into my head while doing my summer reading so here I am giving you a new, Kirsten-centric (of course), fic.
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The bullet was heard by almost all of Newport. The chatter and the laughter of the party came to a stand-still when the bullets were fired from somewhere towards the beach. It was in a split-second after the piercing noise filled the air that two bullets sank deep into Kirsten Cohen's skin.
She had been enjoying the party at her father's house, chatting with Julie Cooper when the bullets were fired.
She now looked puzzled with a shocked expression on her face. It took her a few seconds before her knees began to give out on her. She was shaking, the pain almost numbing. She wasn't focused on the pain; she was focused on her husband who was crouched on the ground with the rest of the guests. Her knees finally gave.
On the ground she began to slowly faint away, she was hoping not to her end.
Now she had a bullet only a few centimeters above her heart and one in her hip.
She could hear the shots around her being fired and the screaming of the other guests but her world was going black. She could hear Julie Cooper screaming her name and putting pressure on her wounds.
She then heard the most angelic sounding words she could have. Sandy was clutched next to her, hand in hand. Shots were still sporadically being fired from different angles. She tried to move her arm to motion him to get lower but her arm wouldn't budge. She wanted to scream but she didn't have the voice.
It was then that she heard, above all the din, something terrifying.
Ryan had been laughing with Seth and Luke, who was back visiting Newport. The three had been caught up in a talk about video games and what their high-scores had been when stabbing ninjas and what-not. The first two shots were fired and the scream from the other side of the party told them that a woman had been hit. More shots were fired as Ryan screamed for everyone to get down. As he was ducking down himself a bullet lodged itself in his leg.
He couldn't believe that he had been hit. He fell back on his butt after the shot and grabbed his leg. Luke took off his jacket and put pressure on the wounds. He listened as shots were fired all around him. He looked nervous as one tear escaped his eyes. He was getting dizzy from the loss of blood; he looked around and saw his one blood on the ground. In a moment, he passed out.
"DAD!" Seth screamed from across the patio, "RYAN'S BEEN HIT!"
Kirsten's world was now completely black as she faded into her dreams.
Summer had been talking to Marissa, talking about how lame the party was. She was trying to convince Marissa that the party wasn't lame at all. It was just made for old people. The two's laughter had immediately stopped when the first bullets were fired. The awful crack of the gun caused Summer to let out a little squeal and cover her ears. She couldn't hear the squeal of Kirsten going down. The two ducked and Summer faced the house, not the beach. More shots were fired and the party was crazy. Suddenly Summer felt something sink into her shoulder. She didn't scream she just gave Marissa a look.
She never suspected that she would be hit. She clutched Marissa's hand as Marissa called out in a panic. Summer could feel hot tears streaming down her face. Marissa didn't know what to do. She knew that blood was covering both of them. Summer lay on her stomach and watched as the world started to come to her from another dimension.
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The normally calm hospital was bustling with activity after word of the shooting had spread across town.
Seth and Sandy Cohen sprinted through the hospital doors and into the crazy waiting room. Most people in the waiting room were wearing fancy clothing and sitting nervously. How they had beaten them to the hospital puzzled Sandy, but he didn't worry about it.
Sandy walked up to the main desk, asking about information on Kirsten or Ryan, "Hi, my name is Sandy Cohen, I was wondering if you knew the conditions of my son Ryan Atwood or my wife Kirsten Cohen?"
The nurse had bleach blonde hair and was smacking a piece of gum. When she popped the gum, Sandy thought of the movie Chicago that he and Kirsten had been watching just the night before, "Was she involved in the shooting?" The nurse asked uninterestedly. Sandy really just wanted to reach out and shake her and tell her that she was not being very professional.
"Um…yes she was," he told her, looking down at his feet. The shiny black shoes didn't help ease his racing mind.
"Then no," the nurse suddenly gave him an unexpected smile, "None of the victims conditions have been released yet." Sandy politely thanked the nurse and walked back to where his son was sitting and biting his fingernails while Julie Cooper scolded him,
"You know that's really bad for your cuticles!"
"Julie," Sandy began, worried about his father-in-law, "Where's Caleb?" She lifted her head and looked at Sandy as if she was confused.
"He's working things out with the police…" she rolled her eyes, "Even if a bullet had gotten near him he's like, invincible." Sandy sat down next to Seth and took his hand; Seth looked at him funny and finally just wrapped his arms around his dad and let a tear trickle down his cheek.
"Dad?" he asked hoarsely as if he was afraid to speak too loud, "What exactly happened to mom, where'd she get hit?"
He hesitated for a moment and then answered, "In the hip and right above the heart, what about Ryan?"
Seth gulped and answered, "Right in the lower leg." The two held on to each other for a moment until they noticed a distressed Marissa run into the waiting room.
"Marissa?" Seth called out, "What's wrong?" Seth's legs suddenly froze. Her mom was in here, her dad was in Hawaii, her boyfriend was already in the ER and…what about Summer?
"Summer…" Marissa began as Seth squeezed his father's hand tightly, "she got hit."
Seth felt his tears starting to flow down his cheeks; his mother, brother, and girlfriend were all fighting for their lives.
"Where was she shot?" Seth asked quietly, staring at her with deep, sad eyes.
"Her shoulder," Marissa told her, "I think she'll be OK…hopefully." Then Marissa froze. She remembered the rest of the Cohen's, "Where is Kirsten, what about Ryan?"
Seth and his dad exchanged glances, "They both were hit." Marissa took a step and sat next to her mom. She felt her tears glazing her cheeks and falling onto her mom's arm. She curled up and set her head on her shoulder. She looked around at all the other fancy dresses, wondering who else could have possibly been hit. She and Seth exchanged looks and both curled up next to their parents.
She was jealous at how close Seth could curl to his father, how great a connection they had. Marissa rested her head in her hands and prayed for the mother, brother, boyfriend, girlfriend, and best friend that were fighting behind the two doors that said, Authorized Personnel Only.
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A/N: I thought that was one of my better pieces. Review please because I love you.
This chapter is dedicated to OClover1 because I like her. She's nice and my LJ buddy.
The story is dedicated to Kandy4eva because she's my best reviewer…
Chapter 2: We find out what's wrong with them…