My love for Josh can wait, but not forever. I will fight for him without hurting anyone especially Ivy. What's important is that I have my friends back and we will have a fantastic winter break. But what I need to do now is go with my friends to a place that I can call home.
Or NOT. 8 hours after Sabine's attempt to kill me, we arrived at Easton. As soon as we entered the gates we noticed a LOT of flashing lights.
Police cars can be seen everywhere and the Crom was talking to reporters. They were all gathered outside the Hell Hall where all the school
administrators were also gathered.
"Oh, crap" Noelle said as soon as we entered Easton. All the students were gathered outside Billings as if waiting for us to come out. But when
they saw us, they suddenly whispered to each other probably about the incident last night. They all stared at me particularly. I can feel their
hot stares as we went to Billings.
I could feel my heart lurch inside me when Noelle said, "Don't mind them, their just being assholes. They don't have anything to do but whisper
to each other about us because their own life is so boring." that almost made me chuckle. God, I did really miss Noelle. She may be bad
sometimes but she always made me feel better. I would not know what to do if she wasn't by my side.
As soon as I entered Billings, I felt extremely at home. I suddenly felt tired and exhausted and wanted to go straight to bed. After all that
happened, my almost-death experience, my goodbye-for-now talk with Josh, and my happiness of being back to Billings, I deserve a nice, long
and peaceful sleep.
"Noelle, so where will Reed stay Reed stay tonight? There's no more room available. Sabine's room is locked up for investigation. Even Amberly
has no room to stay." Constance said after a while of silence. "Of course she can stay with me. Besides, I have a single; I can share it with her.
But for the others….." she stared at Amberly with a grin on her face "I have no idea where they can stay. But I think there is still one vacant
room in Bradwell.." Everyone else in the room stared at Amberly. Besides me, everyone has a smile on their face when they looked at her.
It is as if they never wanted her in Billings in the first place. I almost pitied Amberly for Noelle's behavior. Well, almost. After all she'd done to
me, you would think I should have laughed at her face when Noelle said that. But no, she looked sa done and crushed. She was about to cry
but she thought better of it and said,
"Well, Noelle, I was about to tell you something this morning. I was thinking of going back to Bradwell because I miss my friends there and I
think I'm too young for Billings. Maybe I'll just go back here on my Junior Year." Well, THAT almost made me laugh. As if she would trade being in
the best dorm in the campus just to be with her friends. She just said that to retain dignity.
But what Constance said had caught me off guard. Sabine's room was also my room before. Why did they lock it for investigation? What would
they find there? That was also the room where she put all those stuffs just for me to blame myself for Cheyenne's death. I just can't forget all
the things she did just to hurt me. My eyes were filling with tears again when Noelle noticed and said "Reed, it's almost Christmas, just forget
all about the things that have happened and move on. " When did Noelle ever care about Christmas? Then she faced all the other Billings Girls
and said "Girls, even before the incident last night, I have planned a vacation for us. We would all go to St. Bart's this winter and have fun. I
think that that is more necessary now because of all the trauma we experienced for the past weeks."
I stared at Noelle. After all that happened, she expects me to have a vacation and everything will be alright? But maybe she's right. We're just
teens and we can't let all these problems crush ourselves and not have fun. This was my chance to finally let go of all that has happened.
Noelle continued, "You could all bring one friend from Easton for us to have more fun." the girls agreed happily in unison. "And because the
doctor said that Ivy will heal in days' time, I will also invite Ivy and Josh to thank them for saving Reed." I almost protested but I knew better.
That wouldn't be so bad.
Even though I am still extremely in love with Josh and I am now friends with Ivy. I still need to thank them for saving my life. Even if it means I
need to see them together all the time. And I promised myself I would fight for Josh. Our trip to St. Bart's may be my chance of getting him
back. And I also promised that I would do that without hurting Ivy's feelings. Was that even possible? Why is my life always so complicated?
"Reed, would that be okay to you?" Noelle told me hopefully. "Of course, that would be great." I smiled half- heartedly. "Great. You could bring
one friend outside Billings. So who would you bring to St. Bart's?"
Thanks for the reviews!!! I really would like to know what you think of my version of Paradise lost!! I love JOSHREED and I really want them together. What do you think? Please review more!! :) ~Ftlouie24hollis~