As The Rain Falls
Chapter 3
Silent Scream
"Come on, Zoey. Chris said, taking her by the hand. "We're going to get you to the doctor."
"Okay." Zoey said, still sniffling a little, and she and Chris walked out of the door.
"Way to go, fella." Chase's friend who also worked there, Miles, said, patting him on the back.
"Yeah, thanks, Miles." Chase said, and he stood there, watching Zoey walk out of the door.
No One POV
Same Night
Restaurant
Chase stood there, speechless. He couldn't believe what he had just done. He had lost one of his best friends. He let his anger get the best of himself. He lost the one he truly loved. 'Clean up the glass.' he heard his boss yell at him several times. Chase couldn't . He was to upset. He felt bad for Zoey. For making her bleed; for making her cry. For everything. Most importantly, he wanted to be the one to hold her. He wanted to be the one she kissed. The one she went with to dances. The one she loved. He felt like he would never be that person though. Thirty minutes passed, and Chase still stood in the same spot. He couldn't believe himself for hurting Zoey. He could barely breathe. He couldn't move. He felt like his stomach was going to fall out of his butt. Customers came and went, and the whole time they stayed, they stared. They stared at Chase. And he didn't even notice.
"Chase, we're about to close up." Miles yelled to him from behind the counter.
It was 10:00. Chase had been standing there for over and hour and a half. Tears in his eyes, He went to take his apron off.
"You really blew it, didn't you?" Miles asked him in the staff room.
"Yeah, yeah I think I did." Chase said, putting his apron in his backpack.
"You...you like her?" Miles asked, not wanting to sound nosey but still wondering.
"Yeah, I have for about four years now." Chase said, feeling a little strange about talking to Miles about his personal life.
"Look, man, I've got to get back to PCA. Come by my dorm if you need to talk. You know the room number." Miles said, getting his backpack and standing up.
"Alright, see you later, man." Chase said, and he got his bag and left too.
Hospital
Zoey and Chris went to get in the limo. They drove to the hospital. That was two hours ago. Now Chris was still in the waiting room. Waiting. He hated it. He didn't have to do it too much, though. He was used to being served on demand. But this was different.
"Umm...sir, are you here for a Miss Zoey Brooks?" A female's voice said above Chris.
"Yes, yes I am." Chris said, impatiently.
"You can't go in and see her yet, they're still doing tests on her, but right now, she's fine. Just some scratches." The nurse said, and she went back to a family of red heads.
Chris walked down the hallways. As he looked in some of the doors, he saw some seriously sick patients. They had tubes running up and down their bodies. This made Chris shiver. It scared him to think that could be what Zoey looked like. Chris stopped. He looked inside a room and saw a little girl screaming. She was shaking and screaming. Several nurses tried to hold and calm her down. 'Shhhhhhhhh.' They said. A nurse looked up and saw Chris. Her brown eyes narrowed, and Chris could tell she wanted him to go. He stayed. He walked in the room and sat down on a chair next to the little girls bed. Suddenly, she stopped screaming and shaking and turned to Chris. The nurses looked up at him, shocked. He shrugged his shoulders, and looked at the girl. Her bright blue eyes stared into his, and he could see a tear come out.
"Would you mind staying in here with her while we clean up?" A nurse with bright blonde hair asked him, taking off her gloves.
"Sure." Chris said, staring up at the nurse and then at the girl.
The nurses all left and the girl let out a whimper.
"What's your name?" Chris asked, trying not to let her scream again.
"S- Sarah." She said, breathing loud.
"I'm Chris." He said to her, watching her play with her fingers.
Sarah shut her eyes. She opened them again. When Chris looked at her, he did not see the beautiful blue ones that used to be there. All he saw was white. She closed them again, opened them, and her eyes were back to normal.
"Stop screaming at me." She said, terror in her eyes, and fear in her voice.
"What?" Chris asked, startled to see anyone like that.
"No! Daddy, don't hit me! Don't hit me!" She screamed, louder and more frightened than ever.
"Somebody? Help! Help!" Chris screamed, scared for Sarah.
A nurse ran in the room.
"What's wrong?" She asked.
"This little girl, Sarah. Something's wrong with her. She keeps telling me not to hit her and to stop screaming at her." Chris said, his voice full of panic.
"Go away, now. Just get out of here, child." The nurse said, pusing him out the door and shutting it.
Chris waited out in the hallway. He wanted to know what was wrong with Sarah. He knew about Zoey, but they would've come to get him if they needed to tell him anything. Fifteen minutes later, the nurse came out.
"You didn't do anything to her." she said to Chris as she walked out.
"What's wrong with-" Chris started.
"She has seizures. And her dad abused her. She was left in here in our care. The orphanage definitely doesn't want her. Her mother drank and wrecked when Sarah was three. She died on the spot. Her dad thought it was Sarah's fault since she went to go buy her diapers when it happened. He started abusing her and she ended up here." The nurse told him, tears in her eyes.
"Wow." Chris said, amazed. He felt awful about everything.
"Yeah, I know. Well, if you don't mind, you need to go back to the waiting room now." She told him.
"Okay." Chris said, and he walked back to sit down.
Chris sat there for over an hour. He was bored out of his mind. He even read Seventeen magazine. Finally, a nurse came up to him.
"Are you here for Zoey Brooks?"
"Yes, I am." Chris said, sounding really nervous.
"Well, she's on the third floor in room 13C. You can go see her now. You'll be able to take her home tonight." The nurse said, and she walked away.
Chris walked. He walked to the elevator and got on. There were too many people on it. A fat man scratching his butt. An old woman smoking a cigarette. A thin woman talking on her cell phone to fast to breathe. It was hot, sweaty, and stinky in the elevator. Chris felt like he would never survive. DING. The first floor; the thin woman got out. DING. The second floor; the old woman got out and Chris heard a nurse yelling at her, telling her she wasn't allowed to smoke. DING. Third floor. Chris walked out of the elevator and went to find Zoey. He saw her when he got to her room. She was reading a magazine.
"Hey." He said, walking in.
"Hey!" She said, looking up from her magazine.
"Are you feeling better?" He asked her, relieved to see she looked okay.
"Much." She said, and she got up.
"Are you allowed to get up now?" He asked her, narrowing his eyes.
"I hope so." She said, giggling. "Yes...I really am."
"Okay, good." Chris said, and he grabbed her hand and walked out the door.
"Bye Miss Brooks." A nurse said from the desk.
"Bye." Zoey giggled.
They went in the elevator. Lucky for Chris, no one else was in there. They walked to the limo and got in.
"I'm sorry about tonight." Chris said looking into her chocolate eyes.
"Don't worry about it." Zoey said, blushing. "Chase gets kind of jealous. He's like a big brother."
"He wants to be more." Chris said.
"Yeah. I just don't want to be. He doesn't really know, though. He's liked me for a long time. He just doesn't know I know." Zoey said.
Chris chuckled.
"Chris, I like you a lot now." Zoey said.
"Really? You hardly know me." Chris said, surprised.
"I know, but, I don't know...when I was with you tonight, it felt so right. This sounds so weird. I know it does. But, I just like you." Zoey said, sighing. "You probably think I'm nuts now."
"No, I don't. I really like you too. Um...do you want to be my girlfriend?" Chris asked, smiling.
"Yes." Zoey said.
"Umm...we're back at PCA." Chris said.
"Yeah." Zoey said.
"Can I walk you to your dorm?" Chris said.
"Yeah! That'd be great!" Zoey said happily.
Chris and Zoey walked for five minutes. They finally reached Zoey's dorm.
"Well, we're here." Zoey said.
Chris leaned in. He kissed Zoey on the lips. She wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed more passionately. The door opened.
"Well aren't you two love birds?" Logan said in the doorway.
Zoey blushed and walked in the room after telling Chris bye.
"What are you doing here Logan?" She asked him sitting on her bed.
"I'm here because Nicole is going nuts." Logan said, pointing to the corner.
"Oh no! What happened to her!" Zoey asked very fast.
"I came here to borrow a pencil and she was trying to cut herself with a razor. I tried to stop her, but—"
Zoey cut him off.
"Logan shut up. Just leave and I'll handle this okay?" Zoey said, her temper rising. "Did you even call an ambulance or Coco?"
"No...I didn't think..." Logan started.
"Didn't I say to leave?" Zoey yelled.
Logan left the room sprinting, with a frightened look on his face.
Zoey walked over to Nicole. A tear ran down her cheek.
"Nicole, what happened?" Zoey asked.
"I...don't...know." Nicole said, and she passed out.
To Be Continued...
Its hard to look outside my door
With all the news reports and more
Yet I would do my part and stay alive
For all the kids out there who are getting hurt
It could have happened to me
Can you make me believe
This could have a happy end
Cause I am one of them
-Aly and AJ...I am One of Them
What'd you think? I liked it...but I'm the writer, so I should. You'll see more about Sarah. I OWN HER! Don't take her unless I allow you to.
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