Chapter 20
2 months have pasted and everyone was really good friends with each other. The girls decided to have a sleepover before Laiken went to New York for the weekend. They had kicked Jack out of his room and began their sleepover with gossip talk.
"Are you serious? She actually did that with him?" Jenna asked
"Yeah, right in the gym. I mean we actually sit in those bleachers." Kennedy replied
Laiken began to laugh "How can you do that in the bleachers though?"
"I guess they are very flexible." Jenna replied. Kennedy couldn't help but die out laughing
"Ok, so wait. Jen what is going on with you and Coop?" Kennedy asked
"I don't know. He hasn't called me in 2 days so I don't know what's going on with him." Jenna replied
"Well if he's going to be an ass then you don't need him." Laiken replied
"Yeah that's true. No one wants an asshole as a boyfriend." Kennedy replied
"I mean he's not mean, he just hasn't called." Jenna replied defending Cooper
"Well I think you should call him then and ask what's going on." Kennedy responded.
"Yeah, well what's going on with you and Jack?" Laiken asked
"Nothing, we are the same." Kennedy replied
"Is everything alright?" Jenna asked
"Yeah, it's great."
"Tell me about your man Laiken." Jenna replied
"He's awesome. I miss him so much. I can't wait to see him this next weekend. He's my everything."
Kennedy and Jenna were staring at her. She began laughing "I love him a lot." Laiken replied
"I can tell." Kennedy replied with a smile.
"Yeah, I just wish that he could have moved with us."
"Why didn't he?"
"Because my mom hates him."
"Oh, yeah well I know the feeling. My dad hates Jack with a passion."
"So you moved in with him?" Laiken asked
Kennedy looked over at Jenna "Well…" Kennedy began
"Did I say something wrong?" Laiken asked
"No, it's just that…." Kennedy began again but didn't know what to say. "You know hell with it. My dad use to hit him. When my mom died, that's when it all started. When I met Jack, my dad said he was nothing and trash and that he didn't want me hanging out with him. Well with Jenna and Jack being best friends and me and Jenna being friends, it was hard not to hang out with him too. So my dad found out one night and put me in the hospital."
"Is this some kind of joke?" Laiken asked smiling
"No, I am completely telling you the truth." Kennedy replied with a serious look on her face.
"Wow. Jack saved you?"
"Yeah, he saved me in many ways."
"Well then…."
"Jack's a great person." Jenna replied "I am so happy that he is happy now."
"Me too." Kennedy replied. They heard the door bell ring, but knew someone downstairs would get it so they continued to talk.
Jack heard the doorbell and got up to get the door. He saw a tall guy standing in front of him. "Yes?" Jack asked looking at him
"I'm looking for Laiken. Her mother said she was over here." The guy's deep northern accent sounded through his reply.
"And you are?"
"I'm Christian, her boyfriend from New York."
"Oh, I thought she was coming to see you next weekend."
"Yeah well I thought I would surprise her. Her mother said she was at a sleepover over here."
"Yeah, she's upstairs. Here come in and I'll go get her."
"Will you tell her that her mom is down here and needs to see her?" Christian asked with a smile
Jack laughed "Sure." Jack made his way upstairs and heard the girls laughing in his room. He knocked on the door.
"Yes, Mr... Mercer?" Kennedy asked opening the door
"Laiken's mom is downstairs. She said it was urgent that she speak to her." Jack replied
"Is everything ok?" Laiken asked appearing in the odor
"I don't know. She looked really worried so I would go down there." Jack replied
"I don't want too." Laiken replied. Jack laughed
"It'll be ok. Just go talk to her. You know how overdramatic moms can be, I'm sure its nothing."
Laiken smiled at Jack before moving past him. Jack turned around to Kennedy and Jenna and smiled. "What are you up too?" Jenna asked
"It's not me this time, I swear." Jack replied holding his hands in the air.
"Sure its not you." Kennedy replied. Jack smiled at her before wrapping his arms around her shoulders. They went walking down the stairs with Laiken
"Ok where is she?" Laiken asked turning back around to Jack. A guy came up behind Laiken and Jenna and Kennedy's eyes got huge. Laiken looked at them before turning around "Hey sweetheart." Christian replied with his northern accent. Laiken felt her body just gave way before she began to scream. Jack jumped back against Kennedy who was smiling as Laiken jumped in Christian's arms.
"What are you doing here?" Laiken squealed
"I thought I would surprise you. I mean 2 months is a long time and I couldn't wait till next weekend. I had to see you now."
"Did you drive here?"
"Sure did. Parents are pissed. Your mom seemed kind of mad too."
"Yeah well they can get over it. I am so happy to see you. I can't believe you drove all the way here just to see me."
"Well I had too. I miss you liked crazy" he embraced her again in his arms. "I love you." He whispered.
"I love you too." She replied. "Oh, sorry." She replied turning around remembering everyone was behind her. "These are my friends, this is Jenna, Kennedy, and Jack."
"Hey thanks man for the help just then." Christian replied shaking Jack's hand
"You had something to do with this?" Laiken asked
"Of course he did. He's always involved in something." Kennedy replied with a smile. Jack smiled at her.
"No problem man." Jack replied
"It's nice to finally meet you…" Jenna replied not knowing his name
"Christian." Christian replied
"Oh yeah sorry. I guess I am just still in shock over you being here. I am so happy right now I could scream." Laiken squealed
"That's ok." Jack replied backing up. Kennedy laughed.
"I'm sorry that I interrupted your sleepover, but would you guys mind if I take her off your hands for a little while?" Christian asked with a gorgeous smile. Kennedy giggled as Jenna just smiled at him
"Sure, its not all the time someone's boyfriend comes all the way down here to see his girlfriend." Jenna replied
"Yeah I wish my boyfriend would do that." Kennedy replied looking at Jack.
"I'll come all the way downstairs for you one day ok." Jack replied looking at her. Kennedy couldn't help but laugh.
"Baby, why don't you and Jack do something tonight so I can finish hanging out with my friends. Tomorrow I am all yours." Laiken replied
"Yeah man, we could hang out down here and watch TV while they talk about us." Jack replied. The girls laughed
"True." Kennedy replied. Jack gave a fake laugh before grabbing Kennedy and hugging her. Kennedy gave out a scream.
"Ok, so I will see you in the morning." Christian replied kissing Laiken on the nose.
"Yeah." Christian looked at her with puppy dog eyes
"Don't give me that look, I promise tomorrow I will not leave your side for a moment. We have been planning this for a long time, baby." Laiken replied. She returned the look back at him
"That's not fair, you can't get me with my look." Christian whined. Laiken continued to do it. "Ok you win." Christian finally gave in. Laiken smiled at him before kissing him,
"I love you." She replied
"You better." Christian replied kissing her again.
"Goodnight baby." Kennedy replied to Jack.
"Goodnight, sleep good." He replied back "in my bed." He added. She laughed at him
"I'm going to miss you being in it with me."
"I am too."
"I love you."
"I love you too. I'll see you in the morning."
Jenna watched as everyone was saying goodnight to their boyfriends, as she began to become depressed. As she was walking back upstairs to Jack's room, she heard her phone ringing. She squealed as she heard the ring tone 'Ms. New Booty.' Playing. She knew immediately that it was Cooper.
"She has been waiting for that call for 2 days." Kennedy replied
"He hasn't called her in 2 days?" Jack asked getting mad
"Yeah, well…something must have come up."
"I bet." Jack replied
"Don't get all protective just yet, let's make sure everything is alright first."
Jenna comes running down the stairs "I have a date tomorrow night. Cooper called and wanted me to go out with him tomorrow." Jenna replied
"That's great!" Kennedy replied
"Why hasn't he called you?" Jack asked bluntly
"He said his dog died. His brother ran over it."
Jack began laughing, but stopped when he saw the look on Jenna's face. "You don't actually believe him do you?" Jack asked
"Yeah I do. I have too until I find out other wise." Jenna replied "Jack, you promised you would stay out of this."
"I know, but that was before he didn't call you for 2 days."
"Ok, so this party will be over in 10 hours so let's get this party started." Kennedy replied trying to prevent a fight
"Let's just talk about this tomorrow." Jenna replied. She moved back upstairs
"They are really going to talk about us now." Christian replied. Laiken and Kennedy couldn't help but laugh. Kennedy saw the look on Jack's face before embracing him in a hug. He placed his hands on her waist as she looked into his eyes. "It's ok to look out for her, but you have to let her deal with these things on her own."
"I know that." Jack whispered "I just don't want to see her hurt."
"Me either."
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight." She kissed him before grabbing Laikens hand and going back upstairs.
"You alright?" Kennedy asked Jenna who was sitting on the floor next to the bed.
"Do you think I am wrong to believe him?" Jenna asked
"I don't think so. He could be telling the truth." Kennedy replied sitting next to her
"I just wish we were younger, boys were so easy to deal with then," Jenna replied. Kennedy saw that she had been crying
"Yeah they all had cooties." Kennedy replied with a laugh. "I miss being young too."
"Yeah, when my parents were still together. Those were the days, we always had family outings and did almost everything together. Until the day my dad walked out on my mom. She had been accusing him of cheating and he always swore he wasn't, I guess he just gave up one day and decided to leave." Laiken replied staring at the floor "I would give anything to be back in our townhouse in New York. Where on New Years, you could hardly move in the streets because they were packed with people ready to celebrate. Or Christmas, with all the parades and the trees were beautiful at night time." Laiken could feel her eyes get wet.
"I miss it too." Kennedy replied. She didn't want to get into it, she actually never talked about her mother's death anyone. She never really coped with it because she was never able to talk to anyone.
"Ken you alright?" Jenna asked looking at her friend
"Yeah, just remembering." Kennedy whispered
"Talk to us Ken." Laiken replied.
"My mom, she was the most gorgeous woman I have ever seen in my life. She had this glow about her every time she would walk into the room. I remember one night my dad was stuck at the court house late at night and I had a nightmare. My mom came rushing in there and held me in her arms and sang me a lullaby until I fell asleep in her arms. But you know how most parents are they just lay their kids back down and go back to their own room, she wasn't like that. The next morning I woke up with her and my dad in the bed with me. They had slepted with me just in case I woke up again. I can still smell her scent to this day." Kennedy wiped the tears from her face and brought her knees up to her chest.
"What happened?" Laiken whispered
"I was really sick one night and my grandmother was with me. She said that I was bleeding from my mouth as I threw up and she didn't know what was wrong me. She was so scared at the she was going to call the hospital, but instead called my parents. They were at a dinner for my father's boss, a dinner he couldn't miss. It became a horrible storm, one of the worst in California that year. My grandma called them in a panic, causing my mom to panic. They got into the car and my dad was driving. She kept ushering him to go faster and get home so she could see what was wrong." Kennedy began crying. "My grandmother ended up taking me to the hospital because it was getting worse. She knew my parents would meet us there. So I agreed to go. I guess I passed out or something because the next thing I knew, I had tons of people gathered around me, but none of them were my parents. I kept begging them and begging them to tell me where they were but no one would answer me. All they said was that its' going to be ok. It was later that week that they told me my parents were in a serious car accident. My mom didn't make it and my father was in critical condition. He had pulled her from the car as it began to burn. She was there in my sight for just a moment, then it felt like someone just ripped her from me. My father hated the sight of me after that. He wouldn't even look at me for the longest time. The funeral, she had the most gorgeous flowers around her grave. Her picture was right next to the casket. I can still see her smiling at me and assuring me that the monster under my bed isn't going to get me." Kennedy couldn't control her sobs by that point. Jenna and Laiken had tears streaming down their faces as the moved over to Kennedy and wrapped their arms around her.
"She would be so proud of you right now Ken." Jenna replied
"I just want her to be here with me right now. I miss her so much. After the accident, I would see her face every where. I could have sworn I saw her walking down Rodeo Drive one day and I took off running after her, only to find out it was some woman. I thought I was going crazy. Then I found out we were moving here and my world just lost it. I feel like it's my fault everyday for her death." Kennedy could feel her body go numb
"It is not your fault." Jenna declared "She was being a good mother rushing home to see her daughter her needed her."
"Did you ever find out what was wrong with you?" Laiken asked wiping her face
"I had a stomach ulcer." Kennedy whispered.
"Ken, you are going to be alright, you hear me?" Jenna replied grabbing her hand "You have the most wonderful boyfriend in the whole world, and not to mention 2 of the greatest friends ever." Jenna replied smiling. Kennedy couldn't help but smile. "You know Evelyn loves you like you are her own daughter and she would do anything for you." Jenna replied putting a piece of Kennedy's hair behind her ear. "Maybe, she can be your mom now."
Kennedy looked up at her before smiling. "Come on you guys lets really make this a party." Laiken replied jumping up.
"What are you talking about?" Jenna asked getting up.
"You'll see," Laiken replied with smile, helping Kennedy up from the ground. The girls laughed as they followed Laiken.
The next morning Jack walked into his room and found the girls knocked out all over the place. Kennedy was in his bed, Jenna was in the floor, and Laiken was in his chair, all asleep. He laughed at the sight and went and got Christian to come look. Christian saw Laiken asleep on the chair and slowly walked over to her. Jack slowly walked over to Kennedy and climbed in bed with her. Christian picked Laiken up in his arms. She moved but didn't wake up. Christian couldn't help but laugh. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was off the ground and started freaking out. "Whoa!" Christian yelled trying not to drop her. "Its ok, I got you."
Laiken looked up at him "I didn't know what was going on." She replied
"I was going to take you downstairs." He replied. He leaned and down kissed her "You're all mine tonight remember?" he asked
"Yes I remember and I can't wait." She replied. She looked over and saw Jack in bed with Kennedy who was still asleep. "You want to go now?"
"Yeah, just go get ready and we will head out and do whatever you want." He responded.
Kennedy stirred and turned over to see Jack staring at her. She smiled.
"Hey beautiful." He whispered
"Hey, what are you doing?" she asked yawning
"Nothing, just watching you sleep."
"I see that." She smiled.
"Did you guys have fun last night?"
"Sure did."
"Well you want to do something tonight?"
"Of course I do." Jack leaned down and kissed her. "Where is everyone?"
"Laiken and Christian just left, and Jenna is still on the floor sound asleep." Jack replied
"She got in the floor?"
"Yeah."
"I probably kicked her or something last night." Kennedy smiled. She leaned up and looked over the bed and saw Jenna curled up in a ball. "Well at least we are going out tonight."
"Yeah, I heard its suppose to be a bad storm though so maybe we can go rent a movie and just watch here." Jack replied
"Yeah sounds good. I'm not a big fan of storms."
"I love them, but we can cuddle on the couch and I will keep you safe."
"Ok Romeo, Juliet lets take this somewhere else." Jenna replied leaning up towards them. "I am trying to sleep here."
Jack and Kennedy laughed before Kennedy threw a pillow at her. "Where's Laiken?" Jenna asked laying back down
"Her and Christian left a few minutes ago." Jack replied. "I'm sure they aren't coming back for a while."
"Well I need to go get ready for my date with Cooper." Jenna replied jumping up
"We still need to talk about him." Jack replied getting out of the bed.
"I already told you Jack." She replied walking towards the bathroom with Jack on her tail "There's nothing to talk about." She shut the door before Jack could respond.
"Jack!" Kennedy yelled "Leave her alone! Come get back in bed with me." Jack laughed before going back into his room. He saw Kennedy laying there as she held out her arms. He smiled before moving over and climbing back in bed with her. "What movie do you want to rent?" Jack asked laying is head on her chest.
"Lets get something scary."
"Great a storm and a scary movie, are you sure you want to do that?"
"I can take a scary movie."
"Yeah right. You and Jenna about freaked during 'The Descent', I mean you were in my lap and Jenna was practically in yours."
Kennedy laughed "Well didn't you want me in your lap?"
"Sure, but not cutting off the circulation to my hand while you are at it."
"Lets just get something good. I don't care what it is."
Jack smiled at her.
Evening came and Jenna was finally ready to go on her date with Cooper. It had began to rain as she stepped outside. "You guys be careful ok, its suppose to be a bad storm tonight." Kennedy replied.
"Yes mom." Jenna replied with a smile.
"Don't worry, I'll bring her back safe and sound." Cooper replied as he held the umbrella over their heads.
"Good, no later than 9 please." Kennedy began playing along
Jenna laughed "You guys have fun." She replied. Cooper opened her car door for her before he climbed in the driver's seat. Jenna waved as they pulled away from the house. Kennedy looked up at the sky and saw lightening and shuttered. She quickly shut the door and walking into the living room. "You ready for that movie?" Jack asked
"Yeah."
Jack walked over to the TV and put in 'The Hill's Have Eyes' and sat down next to Kennedy as she cuddled up to him. He wrapped his arms around and pulled her close. She smiled up at him as the movie began. As they got into the movie, the storm became worse. Kennedy looked out the window and saw the rain coming down hard.
"You guys ok?" Angel asked walking into the living room
"Yeah, just watching a movie." Jack replied
"Well I am going to go call Jerry and see if everything is fine over there. Where's Jenna and Laiken?"
"On dates." Kennedy replied
"They don't need to be out in this weather." Angel replied
"They should be back soon." Jack replied.
All the sudden a loud thunder sounded, causing Kennedy to jump and then the power went out. "Um…." Jack replied.
"I'll get the flashlights." Angel said sounding annoyed.
"What the hell just happened?" Bobby yelled at the top of the stairs.
"Jack, I'm really worried about Jenna and Laiken." Kennedy responded with a little fear in her voice
"I'm sure everything is ok. They are probably safe inside somewhere." Jack reassured her.
"I have just have this feeling." Kennedy replied. Jack wrapped his arms around her and held her in his arms. Soon after the lights went out, the power came back on. "Jack, lets just call them ok. I will feel so much better if I knew they were ok and I could hear their voices."
"Baby, are you alright?" Jack asked lifting up
"Please." Kennedy begged
"Ok, we'll call." He got off the couch and grabbed the phone in the kitchen and brought it back to her on the couch. She nervously dialed Jenna's number first. "Jen!" Kennedy yelled excited to hear her voice "Is everything ok?"
"Yeah why?" Jenna asked
"I was just wondering. This storm is getting pretty bad and I was just checking to see if you were ok. Are you ok?"
"Yeah we are just at this coffee shop right now trying to wait out the storm."
"Ok good, stay there. Don't go anywhere until the storm settles down."
"Ken are you alright?"
"I think so." Kennedy replied "I just had a bad feeling, but I am going to call Laiken ok. I'll see you when you get back."
"Ok, calm down. I'm sure everything's fine with her too."
"Ok, I will. Talk to you later." Kennedy hung up the phone and looked over at Jack. "Jen's fine."
"See I told you, everything is fine."
Kennedy began dialing Laikens number "Laiken! Hey I was just checking to see if everything was alright with you guys."
"Yeah everything's good. We are on our way to the movies right now. This storm is bad though."
"Hey Laiken I don't think you should be driving right now. Its getting bad. The power just cut out on us and the rain is coming down pretty hard."
"Ken, are you still there?" Laiken yelled in the phone
"Yes I'm here. Laiken!" Kennedy yelled
"Ken, we are almost there ok….." then all Kennedy heard was static.
"Laiken…" Kennedy asked
"OMG!" came a scream then the line went dead.
"Laiken!" Kennedy yelled into the phone, "Laiken answer me!"
"What's wrong?" Jack asked. Kennedy looked over at him with tears in her eyes.
"Jack, something's wrong." Kennedy held onto her stomach.
"Come on lets go. We are going to find them." Jack replied getting off the couch
"What's going on?" Bobby asked coming down the stairs
"Something happened with Laiken. I think she was in a wreck." Jack replied. Kennedy got off the couch and wrapped her arms around her legs, as she brought them to her chest. "We need to go find them and make sure everything is alright." Jack replied
"You cant, its too dangerous out there." Bobby replied "You will get yourselves killed"
"Bobby, something happened. I heard a scream on the other line."
"I don't care Jack. This storm is getting worse by the minute. You aren't leaving this house."
"She could be dead for all we know Bobby!" Jack yelled
"You will be dead if you go out there. The wind is blowing really bad and the lightening is horrible."
"Bobby, I have to know that they are ok."
"No…"
"I don't care what you say, we are going to find them. I don't care if I have to walk."
"Jack, you cant do this." Bobby yelled "Do you want me to beat the living hell out of you? Because I will."
"Your threats don't scare me right now, I am more scared for my friends." Jack moved over to Kennedy. He saw on the floor with her head in between her legs. "Ken, you ok?"
"I cant go. I cant go." She kept repeating.
"We need to see if they are ok."
Kennedy shook her head "Jack, don't make her go with you." Bobby demanded "You two aren't going out there in this weather."
"Bobby!" Jack yelled "Stop! Ok, I need to see if they are alright. I cant live with myself if I don't go check."
"Call them, see if they pick up, but do not go out that fucking door." Bobby replied.
Jack moved to the phone and began dialing Laiken's cell phone. It just kept ringing until her voice mail came on. Jack left her a message, but continued to call.
"Jack…." Kennedy cried "Are they are ok?"
"Yeah baby, they are going to be fine. We just need to go find them."
"I cant do that. I cant go through that again."
Jack looked at her and sighed. He wrapped his arms around her "You listen ok. They are going to be ok. I'm sure the cell phones just don't work right now because of the storm. I need you to calm down though ok. Don't get worked up over this."
"Jack, come here." Bobby replied keeping his eyes on Kennedy. Jack walked over to him "What's going on with her?" he asked
"Her mom died last year in a car accident because of a storm. Bobby, you have to let us go find them."
Bobby looked over at Kennedy who was staring at them with tears streaming down her face. "I don't think she's going to be able to handle this Jack."
"Bobby, we need to know."
"Ok, just please be careful. Ma would kill me if you end up dead on the side of the street somewhere." (Haha I think this line is funny, because you know in the movie he does die on the side of the street. RIP Jack! I love you! Ok back to the story. Sorry.)
"We'll be fine. Just tell her I hit you."
Bobby laughed at his statement. Jack walked over to Kennedy and helped her to her feet. "We are going to go ok. I swear Kennedy, I am not going to let anything happen to you ok. You are going to be ok." She nodded her head and wiped her face. "Go get your coat and grab an umbrella."
She moved slowly over to the stairs and went to Jack's room to find her a jacket. She grabbed her umbrella from the closet and just looked out the window. The rain was coming down pretty hard and she already knew something was wrong with Laiken and Christian. She moved back to the door and went down the stairs. Jack grabbed the flashlights and moved towards her.
"You guys be careful. I'm not joking Jack. If it gets really bad you get your ass back here. I don't want to have to go look for you. Keep an eye on her ok." Kennedy gave a soft smile to Bobby before Jack grabbed her hand and they went out into the storm. They got into the car and drove towards the movies. "You alright?" Jack asked holding her hand
"No." she admitted. "I am scared shitless right now."
"Everything's going…" as they were driving they saw Christian's escalade flipped upside down in the ditch with the tail lights on.
"OMG!" Kennedy replied through her hands as she brought them to her mouth. Tears began streaming down her face again.
"Stay here." Jack replied quickly getting out of the car. He soaked within minutes but didn't care. He had to know if they were ok. Kennedy waited in the car, she grabbed her phone and dialed 911. Through her sobs and stutters she finally told them where they were. She closed her eyes and prayed that this was just a nightmare. She opened the door and heard Jack screaming.
"Christian!" he yelled. He rushed over to a body. Kennedy slowly walked over to them and saw that Christian was talking to Jack. She smiled a little and rushed over to him.
"Christian, are you ok?" she asked
"Laiken." Christian whispered. Kennedy quickly got up and began looking around.
"Where is she Christian?" Jack asked "Is she hurt?"
Christian didn't answer him. "Call 911." Jack yelled to Kennedy.
"I already did." She whispered. She was still looking around.
"Kennedy, did you hear me?" Jack yelled again
"I already did!" she said louder. She turned her head and noticed something on the ground. She put her hand to her mouth and slowly walked towards the object in the road. "Laiken." She whispered. She saw the body move and rushed over to it. "Laiken!" Kennedy screamed.
"Ken, is Christian ok?" she whispered
"Yeah, he's fine. Laiken, are you hurt?" Kennedy sobbed
"I cant feel my body."
Kennedy lifted Laiken up and placed her in her lap. "You're going to be ok, ok. I called 911 and they are coming to get you ok."
"Kennedy, I am so scared." Kennedy saw tears coming out of Laiken's bruised face. Kennedy was trying so hard to keep it together.
"Me too." She admitted. They sat there in silence for a minute until Kennedy noticed Laiken begin to close her eyes "No, no…open your eyes ok. You have to stay awake."
"My head hurts so bad." Laiken sobbed
"I know that, but you need to stay awake and talk to me ok. I cant lose you Laiken ok. You hear me? I lost my mom this way and I cant lose you too." Kennedy had totally lost all control and was sobbing. "Please don't do this to me." She whispered. Laiken closed her eyes "Laiken!" Kennedy screamed "Open your eyes. Don't die on me ok. Please God! Don't do this!" she yelled towards the sky "Don't take her too. Laiken!" Kennedy began shaking her trying to wake her up. Kennedy began sobbing as she leaned forward and just laid her head on Laiken's chest. "I'm sorry." She replied "I'm sorry." She sobbed. She looked up and saw lights flashing in front of her. She hadn't noticed that the ambulance had pulled up next to her. She felt hands wrap around her trying to move her from Laiken's body. "Noooo!" she screamed "She needs me!" she yelled trying to get back to her friend. "Laiken! Wake up!" she screamed was fighting trying to get back to her friend. "Save her!" she yelled. She heard Jack's voice as he ran over to her. He wrapped his arms around her soaking wet body as she began to sob in his chest.
"Laiken!" she screamed in his chest. Jack kissed the top of her head as he walked her to the car.
"Will you two follow us to the hospital? We need to get information." One of the EMS people asked
Jack nodded. Kennedy continued to sob into his chest as she placed her in the car. He let go of her to run to the driver's side. "Wake up!" she yelled looking out the window towards the ambulance. Jack looked over at her "Don't die!" Jack started the car and drove as fast as he could to the hospital. He carried a sobbing Kennedy into the emergency room as he saw them bring in Laiken's body on the stretcher. Kennedy saw her lifeless friend laying there and hit the ground. "Laiken!" she sobbed. She reached towards her but felt her body not being able to move.
"Its ok." Jack responded kneeling down to her. He wrapped his arms around her as he reached in his back pocket and got his cell out. He dialed his house number, then heard a screaming Bobby yelling in the phone. "Bobby, come to the hospital. We need help" Jack replied before hanging up. He could hear his voice cracking. He tightened his grip on Kennedy's body as he began to feel her shake. Jack looked towards the door and saw his family come running in. Bobby was first. At the sight of Jack, Bobby took off and embraced his baby brother in his arms. Jack tried so hard not to break down and cry. Kennedy looked towards the door and saw Jenna come in with Laiken's mom. Kennedy looked away. "Where's Laiken?" Cindy replied looking around. Kennedy looked down at the ground as tears streamed down her face. "Where is she?" Cindy demanded looking around.
"There was an accident." Jack replied softly. "Laiken's….dead" Jack replied. Kennedy felt like her heart had been ripped out of her as she heard the words 'dead' come out of Jack's mouth. She still couldn't look up from where she was sitting on the floor. Cindy began panicking.
"Where is she?" she screamed. Jenna kneeled down to Kennedy, as Kennedy slowly lifted her head.
"I tried." Kennedy began to sob. "We were too late." Jenna nodded her head before wrapping her arms around the shaking Kennedy. Cindy could feel her body become numb, before she hit the floor.
"I don't believe you." She replied as Evelyn rushed over to her. "She has to be ok. She's just 18. She's too young to die."
Kennedy looked up at everyone standing around. Bobby was still hugging Jack, cussing at him for leaving the house and not calling him. She could tell that Jack just wanted to break down. She looked over at Angel who was embracing Sofi, who had tears streaming down her face. Kennedy's glance moved over to Cindy and Evelyn, who were on the ground sobbing. The feelings of her mothers death seemed to come back into her life as she watched all these people begin to cry. Kennedy closed her eyes and prayed that Laiken was still alive and that the doctors helped her to wake up. Jack looked over at his girlfriend who was in daze staring towards the door where they took Laiken and Christian. He knew that if Laiken died that it would break Kennedy and maybe turn her away from him for good.
Author: Ok, so this is probably the saddest chapter I will write. I hope it made everyone cry, because it sure made me cry when I wrote it. I know I killed Laiken, but you will see where I am going with this. Please review and tell me what you think about this chapter! Thanks to everyone who did review! You guys are awesome!
Ryo Wings: Thanks for the review! I'm glad that they are together too! YAY! Hope you like this chapter.
Cheetah girl 15: awwww that's should be a good story, because its two of my favorite movies! I cant wait to see how you put them together! Thank you for saying that my story is one of the best! It really means a lot to me! You made my day! Yeah Jack is a sweetheart, but that might all end. I hope you liked this chapter! I am going to be getting into the movie soon, so hopefully I can put Kennedy in there somewhere! Thanks for the review!
Skye Mercer: Awww yeah I know how brothers can be. I have 2 and they annoy the hell out of me. But you gotta love them! Yeah I wanted to make Jack the best boyfriend in the world, but there is always his opposite side too! I love Jack a lot! He just makes me melt every time I read that chapter! I hope you liked this chapter, he's being a good boyfriend in this one too. Thanks for the review! It really means a lot!