Reunited: Chapter 7 – The Accident: Part 2

Marissa walked into the main office and sat down in a chair until her name was called. Once it was called, she got up and walked up to the front desk.

"Hi, my name's Marissa Johnson; I was paged earlier." She greeted the secretary, Ms. Smith.

"Oh, yes. Marissa, here you go." Ms. Smith said, handing Marissa a slip of paper with a phone number and a note. It read 'Marissa Johnson to call back;

Important.' Marissa recognized the number as her friend Alyson's cell phone number. "May I use the phone?" Marissa asked Ms. Smith.

"Of course, it's right over there." Ms. Smith said, pointing to a phone in a corner of the room. She called Alyson, and on the second ring, she picked up.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's me."

"Oh, Marissa, I'm so glad you called. I need to tell you something." Marissa detected the seriousness in her voice and became worried.

"What, Aly you're scaring me. Tell me."

"Meg… Megan and Chris were in an accident." Megan was Marissa's all-time best friend in Kansas, and Chris was Megan's boyfriend, who was also friends with Marissa.

Marissa was shocked at the news and sat down in the chain by the table the phone was sitting on. "They're okay, right?" When Marissa heard no response, she said, "Right?" again, only in a higher tone.

"Marissa, Megan died before the paramedics could get there, and Chris is in a coma." No, this can't be happening. Marissa thought. She dropped the phone and it caused a loud smack against the table, which caused the secretary to look up. Marissa's face turned pale, and she felt sick.

"Is everything alright, dear?" Ms. Smith asked Marissa, but she didn't answer, she just ran out of the office and out of the building. She ran to the pathway where Bradin said he would meet her, tears coming at full-speed down her face. When she arrived she saw Bradin standing in the sand waiting for her, she sprinted faster towards him.

"Hey, I was getting worried." Bradin said, not noticing she was crying. Marissa threw her arms around him and sobbed into his chest.

"Megan……Chris……Accident." She said in a barely audible voice, still sobbing. Bradin had never felt anymore confused in his life, but just held her tight, hoping for the best. He lowered them so Bradin was sitting on the sand and Marissa was sitting in his lap. Bradin was scared to death as to why she was in so much pain. All he could do was comfort her. Marissa continued to cry in Bradin's arms for over fifteen minutes, with Bradin rocking her back and fort gently to calm her down.

"Baby, what happened?" Marissa shook her head.

"Okay, we can talk whenever you want." Bradin said soothingly, and kissing the top of her head.

A little while later, Marissa finally stopped crying and looked up at Bradin.

"Let's go home, we'll talk about it later." Bradin suggested, and Marissa nodded. Marissa was too weak to walk, so Bradin carried her home. On the walk home, Marissa had fallen asleep. Poor Marissa, she cried herself to sleep. What could have happened? Bradin thought. When they arrived at the house, everyone was in the living room, wondering why Marissa was asleep in Bradin's arms. Bradin gave them a look, which meant to be quiet. Bradin carried her up to the room she shared with her sister and Nikki, laid Marissa down on her bed, and placed a blanket over her. He kissed the top of her forehead before leaving the room. He walked downstairs to see everybody chatting probably about what just happened, but the conversations stopped when Bradin sat down on the couch next to Jay. Marissa's dad spoke up.

"Bradin, what's wrong with Marissa, is she okay?"

"I honestly have no idea. I was waiting for her after school and she came running up to me and sobbing." Bradin started. "I couldn't understand what she was saying and I asked her if she wanted to talk about it, but of course she didn't want to. I'm really worried, I've never seen her this upset in her life."

"I have, when mom died." Lindsay added.

"Well, we'll just wait until when she wakes up to learn what has happened." Ava said. Everyone nodded in agreement.

The phone rang, and Nikki got up to answer it in the kitchen. On the phone was Alyson. She explained to Nikki what had happened and to tell everybody else.

Nikki hung up, and walked back into the living room where everyone was still seated. She cleared her throat to get everyone's attention.

"I know what's wrong with Marissa." Nikki said, sitting down next to Cameron. "Her best friend from Kansas and her friend's boyfriend were in a car accident back in Kansas." Everyone let out a sigh when Nikki finished.

"Oh my god." Bradin said. "She can't catch a break. First her mom, then the eating disorder, now this. I can't believe so many horrible things can happen to a person at once.

"I know, this is horrible. Who's going to talk to her first?" Johnny asked. Everyone looked at Bradin.

"Okay, I will. I was planning on it anyways."

It was now 11:00 p.m and everyone was fast asleep except for Marissa who had just woken up. She walked downstairs to Bradin & Cameron's room and walked over to Bradin's bed. She gently shook him to wake him up.

"Marissa?" Bradin asked groggily. She nodded.

"Come on." Bradin said, flipping the sheets back, and moving over so Marissa could join him. She cuddled up to him and Bradin kissed her on the head. He rubbed her back until she was asleep, and a few minutes later, he fell asleep also.

There's part 2. We hope you liked it! Before we typed and posted it, we let my (Marissa's) sister read it and she said it was really intense and dramatic, so we hope it wasn't too intense & dramatic. Also, Lindsay wrote a story that has Jesse McCartney in it. If you want to read it, just send your name and your email address to Marissa, at Please remember to R&R!

Marissa & Lindsay