A/N: Bolded Italics are flashbacks and italics are thoughts. There is swearing in the chapter…what can I say there's an angry Roger! I think this chapter makes up for the lack of updates recently.
February 24, 2011
Christi POV
I gaze into the water not thinking about what I'm about to do. The events of the day come flooding back to me:
Flashback
I walk into my bedroom here after taking a shower. I quickly change into a faded pair of jeans and a plain white zip up hoodie. Making my way down stairs for breakfast I decide to see if anyone else is awake. Going by Brad's room I notice it's empty, thinking that he's probably already downstairs waiting for me I walk down into the family room. It was deserted with a few plates still scattered around from last night's dinner. I keep walking to the kitchen passing the couch in the hallway. There sits Brad and Brooke, her arm snaked around his neck and her mouth, basically suctioned, to his. I clear my throat to get their attention and Brad pulls away quickly.
"Christi, this isn't what it looks like." He starts to say.
"It looks like you're screwing around with my cousin." I yell at him.
"Just listen to me." Brad says grabbing my arm and trying to get me to look at him.
That's how I ended up here. Mom and dad won't mind they have the baby…it'll be easy to replace me. Remembering that I have a package of extra strength Tylenol in my pocket and pull it out, I take as many as I can dry. At least this way I'll be successful. I take my hair out of the hair thing that was holding it in place and look in to the water. I take a deep breath in a let myself fall forward into the water.
Roger POV
It takes a couple minutes for it to register in my head that it's Christi. "Holy shit that's Christi," I yell out in my empty car. I get myself out of the car only to see she's already submerged herself into the water. Without thinking I run to the dock and rip off my coat and shoes than dive into the water after her. She was no longer floating on the surface but was close to the lake floor, I'm able to grab onto one of her arms and start to pull her up. Gasping for air I reach the surface, Christi in tow, and paddle towards the dock. I hoist myself up onto it and than pull Christi on to it. "Roger?" She murmurs softly. I wrap my coat around her, slip on my shoes and pick up the belongings that are on the dock trying to figure out what to do next.
Christi POV
I can feel myself drifting in and out of consciousness. I can faintly make out Roger putting his coat on me. It's around that point that I completely blank out.
Roger POV
I run and put everything in my car and than check on Christi. Her lips have started to turn blue, lifting her arm to feel her pulse I can feel it weakening quickly. "Shit Christi, Shit!" I yell out. Picking up the young girl I carry her to my car and lay her down in the backseat. Still completely soaked I climb in the drivers' seat, find the nearest hospital on the map and rush there. Once at the hospital I pick-up Christi from the backseat and carry her into the ER. My hearts pounding quickly as I go up to the front desk.
"I need help here!" I tell at the receptionist.
"What seems to be the problem?" She asks calmly.
"What do you mean what's the problem? She's fucking dieing and you're not doing anything!" I exclaim startling more than a few people.
"Please calm down sir, what happened?" She asks in the same calm demeanor.
"She tried to drown herself!" I yell.
"Is that all?" I'm asked by the nurse.
"I'm not sure I just saw her floating in the water," I tell her.
"So you don't know the young lady at all?" She questions.
"Fucking hell! Are you going to help me or not?" I yell angrily.
I see the nurse press a buzzer and a doctor comes out and takes Christi away, I'm handed a clip board with sheets.
"Fill these out please." The nurse asks.
I fill in all I can on the sheet and hand them over to the nurse.
Walking over to they pay phone I pull a few quarters from my pocket and dial Mark's parents house.
Lauren POV
"Where could she be?" I sob into Mark's shirt.
"I'm sure she fine just calm down." Mark soothes stroking my back softly.
"But what if she isn't, what if she's hurt some where or what if she's dead or what if she was kidnapped?" I wail loudly.
Out of the corner of my eye I see Brad come into the room. I pull away from Mark and lunge up at Brad.
"You…It's your fault my baby girl's missing!" I scream at him.
"You don't mean that Laur, this is just hormones." Mark tells me calmly.
"Hormones my ass, it's this little punks fault that Christi's missing," I snap at Mark.
"Calm down this can't be good for the baby," Mark tells me sternly.
Brad just backs out of the room scared.
Roger POV
I hold the receiver to my ear and listen to the dialtone…beep…beep…beep. C'mon Mark or Lauren pick up the phone! Shivering I rub my arms trying to warm up. Suddenly I hear a voice on the other line
"Hello," I hear Mark say.
"Mark, I'm here at the hospital…with Christi I don't know what's going on," I tell him.
"Which hospital Roger?" He asks.
"The Scarsdale one," I say.
"Lauren and I will be right there." The phone line goes dead.
I get the change that the phone gives me and phone Maureen. Her being the drama queen she is started to break down in tears on the phone, I end up having to tell it to Joanne who promised they'd make it there as soon as possible. Sitting down in a chair I look around at the dreary surroundings. After a couple minutes I see Mark and Lauren rushing towards me.
"What happened?" Mark asks.
"Where's my little girl?" Lauren asks at the same time.
"I don't know where she is, the doctors took her some where. I was driving here, the loft was just too quite, and I see this girl on a bridge…it's Christi it takes a minute to hit me that it's her but by the time I get to here she's already at the bottom of the lake. I checked her pulse and it was weak and she wasn't responsive so I brought her here." I tell them shivering slightly.
"Here," Mark says handing me his coat which I gladly accept, "thanks Rog."
I just nod in response. I sit back down in my chair, Mark and Lauren sit in the ones opposite to me, Lauren sobbing into his shoulder.
"I already called Mo and Joanne, they're coming," I say to Mark. "What made her like that?" I ask.
"Brad," Lauren says in between sobs.
"What did he do now?" I ask annoyed.
"He was kissing my niece Brooke and Christi saw them." Mark explains.
I rest my head in my hands, sometimes I can't believe how much of a screw up Brad can be at times.
I look up when I hear foot steps resonate through the other wise silent waiting room. It's a doctor.
"Mr. and Mrs. Cohen?" He asks.
Mark and Lauren nod their heads.
"Your daughter Christi is…"
A/N: Oooh cliffhanger! I promise I'll try to update more often until I go away end of July. Remember to leave a review because that inspires me to write more!
