OMG GUYS! i'm so sorry it took me so long to update, i've been sooo busy! i've been doing school stuff and christmas shopping as crazy, this chapter is kind of a filler it wasn't as good as i expected it to be. But i didn't want to have you guys waiting so.. here it is, i'll be updating in a couple of days

-Sophie

DISCLAIMER: I do not own private, Kate Brian does!

Croton?, I'm coming back to Croton, Pennsylvania??, just when I thought things were going to be perfect dad comes to my room and tells me that I'm not coming back to Easton. It's nothing official, he hasn't spoken to headmaster Cromwell, yet.

I have to do something to stop him, I can't do it by myself but maybe my friends even my brother could help me.

Yesterday as soon as dad told me his "brilliant" idea, I kicked him out of my room, what it is with my parents never wanting to see me happy, first it was my mom who kept making my life miserable, and now dad?!. It makes my decision of coming to Easton worth all the drama, I can't say that I don't miss my parents, because I do, I love them, but we have different ways of thinking.

I was so angry at my dad that I couldn't think properly, I was tired, I needed to sleep, but I couldn't, I couldn't rest knowing that after everything that I've been through I'm going to give up and go back to Croton, technically it's not me who is giving up, but it's going to look like it!

So today I've figured out a plan to make my dad change his mind, and it involves a certain group of people. The Billings Girls.

I started my plan by texting Noelle, she'll definitely know what to do.

Noelle I need ur help now!

I was waiting for her answered but nothing happened, it was 2:00 in the morning maybe she decided to be a good girl and go to sleep early.

2:30 ,2:50. God!! Maybe I should wait for the sun to come out and text her again, somehow thinking of this managed to get me tired enough that before 3:30 I fell asleep.

Dreaming, that's what I was doing, I was dreaming of how my life at Easton will go on, how everything would be this year, how… A beeping noise woke me up. What is it? Was it one of the machines attached to my body?. But then it beeped and vibrated one more time. My iphone! It was Noelle's text!.

Eager to see what took her so long, I grabbed my phone and read her reply.

Reed! Happy 2 hear from U, I'm at Dash's = I'm busy

"NO NO NO, Ok Noelle you're awake, I don't care what your doing I need you now" I typed Noelle's number on my Iphone. It went directly to her voice mail. No!

"Come on! One more time" I called her again, it's working, I was waiting for her to pick up the phone, when it went right to her voice mail.

"Crap!" I murmured, I decided to call her again.

Everything was working so far, then I heard when she finally answered my call, it seemed like she did answered my called but was she planning on leaving me hanging on the line in order to stop listening to my annoying phone calls.

"Noelle, come on! That's rude" I heard Dash in the other line.

"Ok, sorry, I'll be right back" Noelle said to Dash, I listened as she stood up from bed and opened a door.

"Noelle!" I said as fast as I could before she said something about me interrupting her.

"Ok, Reed I was busy, but seems like you've taken care of that!, what's the big emergency?" Noelle said, clearly annoyed. Two days ago she was all nice and helpful, now she was back to plain Noelle, but it was good for me. In my opinion nice Noelle was kind of scary, at least she wasn't treating me like some mentally ill patient like some of the other Billings Girls were doing.

"Reed I'm waiting! Or did you just wanted to hear my voice?" she chuckled on the other side of the line.

"Ha-ha. No. But I do need you for something" Ok how do you say something like "help me my dad wants to take me back to Croton" to someone who is about to throw the phone at you?

"Then, make it fast, I don't see what the big deal is, do you want me to bring you something to the hospital tomorrow, because if you do. This is not the right time to let me know"

"No" I interrupted, "That's not it. I know you don't have time, but you need to help me my dad is not letting me come back to Easton after the holidays, he said that it wasn't safe, and I that was better off at Croton!" my voice broke at the last sentence..

"Noelle? Are you there??" nothing, the line was not dead but Noelle wasn't talking or doing anything that would let me know she was there.

"Reed... we need to do something. But I don't know what, I was never expecting this, I thought your dad wanted you to be happy!" so did I.

"Yes, but he thinks he is doing the right thing by taking me to Pennsylvania."

"Has he spoken to Cromwell?" she asked me.

"No, I don't think so, but tonight I was pretending to be sleeping and I heard him talking to the doctor. The doctor says I'm recovering amazingly well , so dad is insisting on taking me to Croton on Saturday."

"Wow, what's the rush. Is he planning on taking you out of here without saying good bye to anyone of us, I mean there's no way he'll have you out by Saturday. When are they going to get your stuff out of Pemberly if today is Thursday?"

"I don't know, could you talk to Cromwell or something , I don't want to leave, or" I didn't want to say it in front of Noelle, I never talked about my financial issues in front of her "Or lose my scholarship, Noelle I can't afford losing any of this just because my dad decided to be overprotective" I sounded desperate, I wasn't even breathing. Oh god, I could really use on of Noelle's spa trips, but that was going to be gone now, I should better get use to it.

"Reed" I've never heard Noelle hesitating before, she really did not know what to do.

"How serious was our dad when he said all of this?" i could listen to Dash at the end of the line "Noelle what's wrong?, come on baby take my hand"

"VERY serious" I told her.

"Ow! What's going on with Reed, can I talk to her?" Oh noo, Dash, wanted to talk to me, we haven't even cleared things out since the legacy.

"Hello Reed, what's going on, I've never seen Noelle stressing out like this" Dash concerned voice said.

"It's just that, I'm going back to Pennsylvania" I was about to have a major break down, when Noelle finally snapped out of her shock, grabbed the phone from Dash's hands and talked to me.

"Ok, Reed, this is what we are going to do, act very mature about the whole Croton idea with your dad, make him think that you've given in. Do not worry about The Crom , I'll pay your entire tuition if I have to."

"My dad is probably going to be at Easton tomorrow, how are you going to.."

"Reed, remember who you are talking to?, well , I'm going to be there, making sure Cromwell will not let you go"

I woke up, around 10 in the morning, it was a sunny day. I could tell the doctor has already been here, he had re-attached my bandage and it was so tight it was hard to breathe.

I stared at the little window by the door, when I saw a very familiar blonde and curly haired boy walk by, followed by a knock on my door. It was amazing how after a terrible night , the fact the Josh was right out of my door had me smiling from ear to ear.

"Come in" I said, I was so excited, this was after all the first time we were really by ourselves in my room, and I have missed him so bad.

"Hello Miss Brennan" Josh said smiling.

"Hello stranger" I replied, "I've missed you!"

"I know, I haven't seen you in whole day!, do you know how hard that is for me?" Oh god how much I loved him, I had the stupidest grin in my face by only listening to his voice. He sat on my bed his strong arms hugging my weak bandaged body, I pulled my head up and stared into his eyes, I could tell the love we both shared has gotten stronger after this…accident.

"Josh.." I hated to break our silence, but there was something in my mind, o question that needed to be out.

"What happened to Ivy? She has been here a couple of times but, are you guys just friends now or what? It's just that you haven't said anything about it" Ivy Slade, the girl who lived next door to my room in Pemberly, one of the girls I hated the most at Easton, the girl who was Josh's girlfriend after the whole legacy/ Sabine incident. And the person who helped me discover Cheyenne's killer real identity, Ivy ended up being a really cool girl, and even though she had stolen Josh away from me I kinda liked her now.

"It's complicated, she could tell that I still had feelings for you, I didn't know how strong they were. But when Sabine shot you, she told me that I should be with you, that you needed me. Just like she could tell I still had feelings for you, I could tell she still had feelings for Gage. We both realize that we should be with the ones we really love, because you know, you never know when you're going to lose them." He gave me a soft peck and whispered "I love you Reed, more than anything".

You never know when you are going to lose them

How was I supposed to tell Josh that my dad was talking me back to Croton?

"Josh" I said, my voice so low it came out almost as a whisper.

"Yes Reed?" I couldn't! I just couldn't face josh and tell him I'm leaving, that I'm going to lose him one more time.

"There's something you have to know"

Suddenly the door burst open, and Scott came in carrying something that looked a lot like empty boxes. Oh no

I could see Josh's confused expression, it pained me so much to think about leaving Josh, leaving everything behind. It was almost noon and I haven't heard anything form Noelle either.

"Hello Sistah!, hello" Scott stared at Josh's hold on me "Hello "guy who stalks my sister" Nice one Scott! Really nice "I'm sorry Reed it is just that I've seen him around almost everyday. Are you guys like dating or something, if that's the case, when are you going to introduce us?", he dropped the boxes to the floor and came to where we were.

"Sorry, Scott this is Josh, Josh this is my brother Scott" My face was burning red, leave it to Scott to make me feel akward infront of the boy I love.

"Anyways you're probably wondering what am I doing with those boxes, well you'll see, I've been trying to get dad to reason, but he is so stubborn, he wants you come back so I'm just doing what he told me to do. I'm packing all of this gifts and taking them to the car. You know I'm on your side right? Don't get mad at me or anything, I know you girlfriends are going to help you out, I'm telling you when I met that Noelle chick I noticed that she has more connections than the president. She'll figure something out" I didn't want to see Josh reaction to what Scott just said, I couldn't.

"Hmm Reed?" Scott asked me

"Yes?" I said looking to the window, anywhere but Josh's eyes.

"What's wrong with my brother in law?" SCOTT!!

"Reed" Josh said, his voice filled with sadness and hurt.

"Josh.."

"Is that what I "needed to know"? That you are going back to Croton because your dad thinks you're no longer safe at Easton? " I could tell his voice was about to break.

His hold on me grew tighter, and with my new bandage it was even hard to sob.

"Josh I'm…Josh's I wanted to tell you… I'm leaving on Saturday, Noelle is taking care of it, she is going to make everything that's possible to change my dad's mind"

"He didn't know? Reed you could have said something to him! Shit! I should better go" Thank you Scott.

We were both crying now, I couldn't let go of him, and he couldn't let go of me.

"Right now I'm so glad that you are friends with Noelle" Josh said in between sobs.

"Why?" I wasn't expecting this, was there some point he was getting to?
"Because I know she'll work this out, at least I think so. Lets just not talk about it ok? What if we just go back to our old subject, before your brother broke into the room.."

"Josh, I just want you to know that I'm not giving up, my dad may take me to Croton for the rest of the Holiday, but I'll come back, for you. I don't want to lose you ever again."

"Me either Reed, I know what it's like to lose you, if you go to Croton, I go to Croton!!"