A/N: Here I am again! Here we enter the cliché part, but with Rachel alive... Things aren't going to be the same.
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WickDaLine: *fangirl me* Ahh, WickDaLine reviewed my story! Calm down...
*normal me* I'm going to watch a playthrough of BTS as soon as I'm able to. And yes, chapter 1 was set just the day before.
Let's go into it!
Chapter 2
"One more text... And here we go.", Chloe announced sending one last message to Nathan. "Now there's no way he's going to ignore me about this."
"I'm sure. How to ignore getting threatening messages every five minutes?"
"This is what we want anyways, right?"
The two girls were sitting in the Two Whales dinner, to have their breakfast as usual. Joyce came to them with a tray and laid the food on the table.
"I hope you don't make pranks over the phone or something?"
"Come on, phone pranks isn't our thing, you know that!", Chloe exclaimed. "Note that for some other time.", she whispered to Rachel.
"I heard that. To expect Rachel to pay for your breakfast?"
The bluenette rolled her eyes. She then pulled out some dollars out of her pocket. "No need this time."
"I'm impressed that you even got in the cope to do that. But you're lucky that I'll cover you both.", Joyce said turning away.
Chloe put the money in again. "We will need those. 15 plus the few thousand we get from Nathan. If the plan works."
"Oh, now you doubt?"
"Let's just say you never said that."
"Whatever.", Rachel chuckled.
They began eating, Chloe now and then glancing at her phone for any response from Nathan.
"Nervous?"
"No. Just want to make sure that our target's responding. In the meanwhile, let's review the plan, yeah?"
"We better do so. Because I'll be missing and it won't be that easy."
"Right. If Nathan agrees to the meeting, then we both go to the meeting point. He must think that I came on my own, so make sure you don't get spotted. Just stick around in case things go wild."
"If things do get this way, what am I supposed to do?"
"Just have your phone ready to call for any kind of help. Even... I can't believe I'm saying that... Step-douche."
"You must be desperate, to be determined to accept help from him. I warn you however, if David finds out what we are going to do, you will get in deep trouble."
"Umm, you mean 'we will get in deep trouble'"
"No, you."
"I don't get it?"
"He's your step father, not mine."
"But you're involved in all this. So, we, are in trouble."
"Come on Chloe, just kidding."
"I know.", Chloe laughed.
The bluenette turned to her phone, feeling it vibrate.
"I think we got a response.", Rachel said.
Chloe grabbed the device and checked out the messages.
'Today. After end of the lessons at Blackwell. Girl's bathroom.'
"Really?", she muttered, showing it to her friend.
"Ouch. The girl's bathroom in Blackwell of all places?"
"Uhh..."
"At least he agreed. And I have to go, before the lessons begin."
"Alright. See you later."
And with that Rachel left.
Chloe still stared at her phone.
"Really Nathan? The girl's bathroom?", she said leaving too.
Later...
Chloe parked at Blackwell, over two handicapped parking spots. She didn't come at Blackwell often, she actually kinda avoided it, for various reasons.
The bluenette spotted Rachel standing right next to the entrance. They nodded to each other as they neared.
"Nathan just went in the bathroom. Go for it.", Rachel said.
"It's showtime."
With that, both went inside.
Standing in front of the door, Chloe took a deep breath and tried to look serious and threatening. Hearing Nathan from inside talking to himself, helped her with that.
"Let's go for it."
Getting inside, Chloe saw Nathan leaning over a sink, on edge. He turned to her, fire in his eyes.
"So, what do you want?"
"I hope you checked the perimeter, as my step-ass would say. Now let's talk bidness.", the punk responded, looking over the stalls.
"I got nothing for you."
"Wrong, you got hella cash!", Chloe said walking back to him.
"That's my family, not me.", Nathan tried to defend himself.
Chloe was getting impatient with Nathan's plain answers.
"Oh, boo hoo, poor little rich kid. I know you've been pumpin' drugs and shit to kids around here. I bet your respectable family would help me if I went to them. Man, I can see the headlines now..."
"Leave them out of this, bitch!"
"I can tell everyone that Nathan Prescott is a punk ass who begs like a little girl and talks to himself!", Chloe shouted, getting into his face and shoving him away.
Things began to escalated very quickly. Nathan pulled out something out of his jacket. A gun.
"Nobody ever tells me what to do! I'm so sick of people trying to control me!", he shouted, pointing the gun at Chloe.
Chloe began backing up to the wall.
"W-what are you doing? Where'd you get that gun? Come on, put that thing down!", she exclaimed, seeing Nathan come closer.
"Nobody would ever even miss your punk ass, would they?!"
Chloe prepared for the shot, this would be the end. To die in a bathroom by a fucking bullet. However the bullet never came. At least not on her.
"NO!", a female voice from the other side of the room was heard.
Everything happened fast. In the blink of a eye, Nathan had turned around and pulled the trigger.
BANG!
The boy's eyes widen, seeing that he just shot a innocent girl. Cupping his mouth and nearly falling down, Nathan immediately made to leave the bathroom.
Chloe didn't even notice him leaving. She was still staring at the brunette girl. She knew her very well. The deep blue eyes. The freckled face. She was...
"Max?", Chloe chocked out in disbelief.
Max was just standing there in complete shock from the gunshot and the red stain on her T-shirt growing more and more. Eventually she collapsed, falling to her knees.
"MAX!", Chloe shouted, running to the falling girl. She was able to catch her, before she hit the floor and then laid her in her lap.
"Max? Max! Please say something! Don't you dare die on me!"
Max, struggling to stay awake, looked at the bluenette.
"Ch-Chloe?"
"Come on, look at me, look at me. Everything's going to be alright, you listen to me, you're going to be alright!", she said, tears running down.
That moment the door opened and Rachel entered. The blonde stays with mouth agape, looking at the scene. Blood was everywhere and her friend was crying over a dying girl.
"Rachel! Call for help!", Chloe said, but that moment, David burst in the bathroom.
"Never mind."
"Chloe, Rachel, what's going on?!", the security officer asked and then saw Max in his step-daughter's lap.
"David! You got to help us! I'll explain everything later, but we got to save Max!"
The man looked at them and gritted his teeth. He never thought that something like this would happen in a school.
"Listen, lay her on the floor and press the wound to reduce the blood loss. I'll call the paramedics. Now!"
Chloe was a bit hesitant to leave Max, but they had to save her life... As David went outside, the bluenette let her down carefully and then pressed hard.
"Easy Chloe, try not to make it that hard.", Rachel said, seeing Max' pained expression.
"I know what I'm doing..."
"I... I made it...", Max weakly muttered. "You're... Both alive..."
"Yes, thanks to you, Max. Now you better don't talk, save your energy.", Rachel advised.
"Dark Room... Prescott..."
"What are you talking about?", Chloe asked confused.
"We are losing her, Chloe!"
"Max! No no, please stay with us..."
"Find... Stop him...", Max said, her eyes fluttering closing.
"Max! Who to stop!? Max!", Chloe shouted but to no use.
"Fuck, she's out cold."
"No, no, no... Max, wake up! Wake up!", she began shaking her with her other hand.
"Stop, it won't help, just keep pressing down. It's our only chance to save Max."
Chloe sighed. "Come on David, where are you?..."
The next few minutes seemed like an eternity. Luckily the sirens of the police and ambulance were heard.
"You'll make it, you'll be alright. Stay with me, I just found you, I can't lose you. Not again."
The door opened again, the paramedics charging in. Chloe didn't even turn. She was silently sobbing, not realising what was happening around her.
"Chloe, we have to go...", Rachel said dragging her friend away. The bluenette unwillingly let go and just watched as they loaded Max on a stretcher and carried her away.
Later...
Chloe paced around the waiting room and Rachel watched her as she did so. They had both reported to the police about what happened, everything from their plan to blackmail Prescott to the shooting. The good news were that they weren't considered guilty. Not yet at least.
Once free, Chloe couldn't help but go to hospital and see what's going on. It wasn't long until a doctor appeared.
"How's Max? Tell me she's ok!", she told him and Rachel got by her side.
"I'm sorry, but we can't share such information till her parents come here."
Chloe towers over him. "Listen, I got hell of a day. I got under the threat of a fucking gun. My best friend is one who got the bullet. I nearly got arrested for this. Do you want to mess up with someone who's that fucked up?"
"Sorry for Chloe's behaviour, just you see, Max is her best friend and she wants to know."
The doctor looked at her, pretty surprised. "Alright...". He then cleared his throat.
"The damage from the bullet was severe, both liver and part of the stomach were hit. We made it and repaired most of the damage. A lot of blood was lost, if it wasn't for the first aid, she would have died."
"So she will make it?", Chloe asked hopeful.
The man sighed. "Maybe..."
"W-what do you mean with 'maybe'?"
"It happened near the end of the surgery... Ms. Caulfield went in a coma. We don't know when or if she wakes up."
"In a coma? Might not...", she muttered, eyes glassy. "Can I see her?"
"I'm afraid that no. We got to wait until her parents come here. I'm sorry."
Chloe was getting angry. She wanted to shout, to beat him down, till he let her see Max, but was there any point in that? She and Rachel just were set free from the police, they would get in again, for beating a man who was at no fault about what happened? It was better to wait.
The punk just left, emotions were getting way too intense to handle.
"Chloe! Wait!", Rachel called out, but when she got out of the hospital, Chloe was already gone.
About half hour later...
Rachel had just reached the trail leading to the lighthouse. The truck was near by, so Chloe was here, without any doubt.
Walking up the path, she tried to process what happened that day. Everything happened so fast. From the morning in the Two Whales to the conversation in the hospital a while ago, it was a blur. It didn't go as planned, that was sure.
Rachel found Chloe sitting on the bench, staring at the sunset. She sat next to her.
"Chloe, are you ok?"
Chloe turns to her. She looked annoyed and the verge of tears.
"What do you think? It is every day your best friend from five years ago appears and takes a bullet for you. No Rachel, I'm not ok!", she burst out leaving her friend speechless.
A few moments of silence follows. They both gaze at the horizon.
"I can't believe she was there.", the bluenette said, not even looking at Rachel. "When in the Two Whales, I was listening to the others and they said something about a girl named Max in Blackwell. I didn't want to believe it was my Max. It's just been so long, I wasn't ready to face her yet.
I never imagined our reunion to be like that. Max made hell of a hero's appearance. She just came out of nowhere and took a fucking bullet for me. Do you believe it?"
Rachel was silent all this time.
"Max took that bullet and saved my life. But in what cost? Nearly losing her own. Because of my selfish desires, I put us in danger. Because of me, Max is now in a coma. She might never wake up again, it is my fault, Rachel!"
Chloe avoided her friend's gaze.
"It should have been me..."
Rachel narrowed her eyes.
"You did not just say that. Chloe, no. Noone, but noone, deserves to be shot. Not you, not me, not Max, not anyone."
"Yes, but most of all Max."
"That's why we're going to avenge."
Chloe turned to her, and Rachel placed her hand on her shoulder.
"We're going to find Nathan and make him pay for what he did."
A/N: Oof that was nearly 2000 words.
That's right people! A hospital ending. That's why I said it's going to be something cliché.
Now there might not be new chapters soon, because I have to write for other fanfictions as well.
Constructive critism is welcomed.
See ya!