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Chapter 4: Interesting Things Seemed to Have Happened
Alex paced around the waiting room back and forth. Practically making a rut in the floor.
Josh had driven most of the others home. He stayed there with Marco, Hazel, and Alex. None of them said anything as they all looked around at each other. What was there to say?
A nurse finally came through a pair of double doors with a clipboard in hand. "Everyone?" She said to them as she called them over. "Well we notified Paige's parents and they should be here soon. For now she is stable. Someone had given her an illegal drug that reacted badly in her system." The nurse said to them.
"Is she going to be alright?" Alex asked rather distressed.
"Yes, she'll be fine." The nurse replied. "A complete recovery if she takes the medicine and gets enough rest. She will have to stay here for tonight."
Marco and Hazel both exchanged relieved looks on their faces. "Can we stay with her?" Alex asked before any of the others had a chance.
Hazel only nodded as she sipped on a bottle of water. Her hands were shaking a little as she thought about everything. What could've happened if Alex wasn't with Paige?
"Fine, but we'll have to make sure its okay with her parents first."
Two people came rushing into the ER doors. "Is she going to be alright?" Mrs. Micalchuk asked as she panted obviously out of breath from rushing here.
"Yes." The nurse replied as she looked at them. "I just need you both to talk with the doctor and go over the bill. Follow me." She said as she led both parents through the double doors and towards Paige's room.
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"This wont' happen again!" A man said to the staff of 'The Strobe'. "I myself will see to it! Now get this place cleaned up and head home."
"Yes Sir Mr. Jameson." They all said in unison.
Deidra and Mina both went to sweep the floors and picking up the trash.
Jesse, Bruno, and David went to work and cleaned up the bar and took out the trash.
After she finished cleaning Deidra headed home. It wasn't too far of a walk. She opened the door and peeked her head inside. All of the lights were off and she could hear the faint noise of a television. "Kenny?"
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Josh watched Marco go up another floor. "Where's he…" He paused and went after him. He studied the floors and watched it go up to the fourth. He took the other elevator and followed suit.
Marco didn't mean to leave Alex, Hazel, and Josh. He just wanted to check on Dylan and see how he was. Hopefully he would be able to wake up soon. He hated seeing him connected to all of those machines.
Dylan's body lay motionless on the hospital bed. His chest going up and down as his breathing stayed steady. From the time he had been in the coma he had been experiencing horrific nightmares about everyone he cared about.
Marco paused at the door as he looked up at the numbers. He pushed it open slowly as he walked in and stood at his bedside. "Oh Dylan…" Marco said as he placed a hand on his pale cheek.
Josh saw a figure enter a room as the elevator doors slowly opened. He followed behind quietly as he stopped at the open door.
Marco leaned down and kissed Dylan's lips and rubbed a comforting hand across his cheek. "Please wake up…please."
Josh looked a little shock when he saw all of this. He knew Marco was gay but he had no clue that Marco and Dylan were an item of sorts.
Dylan muttered something, as his eyes still stayed shut. "N-…no." His voice so faint.
Marco looked down at him. His eyes shocked. Maybe there was hope after all. He pulled up a chair and sat next to the bed and kept watch once again.
Dylan began to tremble as the nightmare replayed over and over in his mind. His eyes opening slowly. The light penetrating the darkness he had been trapped in for so long. He finally opened his eyes to look around. Everything nothing but a blur to him as he tried to sit up but failed. His body felt so weak at the moment.
Marco jolted up when he saw Dylan move. "Dylan?!" He cried out as he kicked the chair out of the way and stood over him. "Speak to me…" Marco said as tears slowly poured from his eyes.
Dylan tried to speak as Marco helped him sit up. Though nothing came out. His mouth was terribly dry and it hurt each time he tried to speak.
Marco only embraced him as he cried on Dylan's shoulder. He didn't care that Dylan couldn't talk for the moment. He was just happy with him being awake.
Josh stood in the doorway awestruck as he watched the two. He turned and walked away. His sneakers causing a loud squeaking noise as he walked away.
Marco turned back and only caught a faint glimpse of who ever had been at the door. He turned his attention back to Dylan. He finally let go and filled a glass with some water and helped Dylan drink it. This was one of the happier days to Marco.
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Josh had decided to take the stairs and rejoined with Alex. "He's awake." He said to her.
"Huh what?" She paused and turned her attention to him. "Who's awake?"
"That guy..Dylan."
"Oh..OH!!" Alex replied as she looked at him. "What's wrong?"
Josh only looked at her for a moment. "Nothing."
"Come on, your all sulky and that's not you."
"I'm fine."
"Fine be an ass." She said to him as she went to go see Dylan.
Josh only sat there as he stared at the tiled floor. He shouldn't take advice from anyone anymore. Oh well he could always find someone else. Marco wasn't that special.
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"Got the stuff?" A man asked as he reached out, his hands shaking violently in the process.
Jay only nodded as he pulled a bag from his pocket. "Yeah but where's the money?"
The man frowned as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a wad of bills. "It's all their now gimme!" He said. His eyes were looking rather blood shot as he reached for the bag.
Jay took the money and handed him the bag. "Coke head…" He muttered as he walked away and placed the money in his wallet. God he hated doing this. But for now it was the only way he could make a lot of money. He applied for a few jobs and the only one that replied was one at a super market. He could deal with that. Just so long as Tim didn't find out about this. The one person who actually seemed to care about him now. He couldn't lose that, not now.
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Paige lay sprawled out on the bed in a deep sleep. The doctor's had to pump her stomach to get the drug out of her system.
Her parents both watched her as the doctor started to explain what happened and how she had an allergic reaction to it. As well as it drugging her system. Her mom sighed with relief as she hugged her husband. She didn't know if she could take both of her children being stuck in a hospital.
Hazel poked her head inside and slowly came in. "Um..Dylan's awake." She said to them.
Both parents turned and looked at her as if she had lost her mind.
"Come with me." She said motioning for them to follow.
Both parents only nodded and followed her up the stairs to Dylan's room only to find an overjoyed Marco, a disoriented Dylan, and a rather relieved Alex.
Dylan turned and looked at them. He was still lost but he was happy everyone was here. He just hoped they could explain everything to him. He wanted to know why he was in a hospital. The last thing he remembered was talking with Marco.
Marco moved out of the way and watched Dylan's parents practically go crazy. He suppressed a laugh as he looked over at Alex and smiled. He then frowned a little when he noticed Josh wasn't here. "Where'd Josh go?" He asked Alex.
"He was still downstairs." She whispered to him.
Marco only nodded and left the room. He was a little worried about Josh. He knew he had blown up at him earlier but he didn't mean to.
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Michelle sat on her bed at home. She fingered her belly button as she thought of something to do. It was about 3:00 A.M. when she looked at the clock. Where had her brother gone? She was just happy it was Sunday. This would give everyone a good chance to rest.
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Josh had bought himself a bag of chips while he waited on everyone else. Well who he had to take home anyway.
"Josh?" Marco called out to him as he left the elevator.
"What?" He asked as he ate on the chips.
"I was wondering where you went and-.."
"And?" He said back to him not really caring how he sounded now.
"Josh? What's wrong?" Marco asked as he came and sat down next to him.
"Nothings wrong."
"Yes there is and you wont' tell me." Marco whined as he faced Josh. Trying to see if he could figure out what was wrong by looking into his green eyes.
"Leave me alone Marco." Josh said as he got up and moved away from Marco.
Marco only stood and looked at the taller boy. Did he have some undying hate for him now or something? "Josh?"
Josh only turned and looked at him. His eyes determined as he pursed his lips and looked at Marco. He took the plunge and gave Marco a kiss. A rather chaste one as he pulled away and blushed.
Marco's eyes wide the whole duration of the kiss. "J-..Josh…I." He cut himself off and sighed.
Josh only walked away from him. He got that out of his system and just wished for everything to go away. Marco loved someone else and had no room for another in his heart. He could tell by looking into his eyes. He saw someone else.
Marco stood there as he watched him walk away. He felt a small pang in his heart as he turned and went to go back to Dylan.
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A little while later Alex and Hazel had bunked up in Paige's room, waiting for her to wake up. Both arguing about things here and there as they did not get along as well as Paige hoped they would.
"Whatever, well you know what you have split ends!" Hazel shouted over at Alex as she folded her arms and sunk back in her chair.
"Go screw yourself!" Alex retorted as she did the same.
Paige stirred a little in her sleep, which got both girls' attention. "Mmm…"
Alex stood and walked over. Brushing Paige's bangs out of her face. She only smiled and watched her.
Hazel came up behind and smiled also. "Sorry…" She apologized. Things were just really stressed right now for her and well Alex was the unlucky one she had unleashed her wrath upon.
"Me to." Alex replied, not looking away from Paige. "W-..we have to get along. For Paige's sake." She whispered.
"Yea."
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It was now the afternoon. Paige had been released from the hospital not too long ago. They kept Dylan for a little while longer before allowing him to go home. They had to make sure he wouldn't have any sudden relapses.
Josh had driven Hazel home and then himself. He had no idea why but jealousy burned inside of him. He wanted it to go away. He wasn't even sure if he harbored feelings for the other boy but they showed their true colors today. He hadn't spoken to Marco anymore that day. Truthfully he didn't want to.
Deidra had found Kenny tied to his bed and a sticky note stuck to his forehead.
Thanks for the fun time hun. Love, JubiShe only laughed when she found the boy. She also noticed a variety of interesting objects beside him and wondered what they could have possibly done with those.
Kenny only gave her a smug look and begged for her to untie him. "Just let me out dammit!" He yelled as he struggled with the ropes.
"This is too funny." Deidra said as she ran back to her room and pulled out a camera. "Say cheese!" She started to take pictures of his naked form. "This is so going on the internet!!!"
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Paige sipped on a glass of water as she watched Hazel and Alex both look at her. "Really you guys I'm fine."
Alex only sighed as she remembered the previous events. Could Paige have really wanted to be with her? Or was it just the drug. She only sighed and put on a fake smile. "We know we just like creeping you out."
Hazel wasn't sure what was going on between them but she was determined to find out. "So Paige do you remember anything that happened at the club?"
"Well sort of…a lot of it was just a blur though." Paige said to her. "I remember making out with somebody before everything went black."
Alex tensed up a bit when she heard this. "Do you know who it was?" She asked.
"Some girl I think…" Paige said as she drifted off and tried to remember.
Hazel looked a little shocked. "A girl?" She said to her. "Paige are you feeling ok?"
"Well you know the drug made me want to screw who ever was in sight." She reminded her.
"Oh." Hazel said to her. "For a minute their I thought you were-"
"She was what?" Alex said rather annoyed.
"Gay."
"What's wrong with that?"
"It's just…I dunno weird." Hazel retorted with a role of her eyes.
"Whatever." Alex said as she folded her arms.
"You two seriously need to like calm down." Paige said as she tried to play peacemaker.
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Ellie sat up and looked around. "This isn't my room." She said as she stared down at the bed. "Huh…" She poked the figure sleeping next to her. "Um…hello?"
"Lemme sleep…just two more minutes." The figure replied sleepily.
Ellie's face lit up in horror as she realized who was next to her. She quickly gathered her things that she could find and rushed out of the room. Her mind was a total blur at the moment. She couldn't remember anything from the previous night. Maybe she was just drunk or something. She knew she liked Spinner but she didn't want things to go that far.
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Monday at School
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Marco sat alone outside during lunch. The day had been awkward. He hadn't spoken to Josh at all about anything. Frankly he really didn't want to. The only question that really boggled his mind was why all these guys wanted him at the same time. The whole thing with Tim was in the past. He had no clue his new found friend had it for him. The only thing was that Marco felt Dylan needed him.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Ellie asked as she sat near him and poked his shoulder.
"Hey El." Marco replied as he stared down at the concrete.
"What's wrong?"
"Everything…it's all just too weird."
"Well if you want to talk about it-"
"No I'm fine." Marco said quickly. He then put on a fake smile and looked at her. "So what's been going on with you then?"
"Regretting some things."
"Like?"
"Let's just say It's something I remember but I don't' remember how we came upon it."
Marco gave her a questionable look as the sentence registered in his mind. "Wait we?"
"Yes we." Ellie sighed and stared up at the sky. She herself wondered how she had become so different than she was before. Before when she was younger she could careless about how she looked. Always dressing in the usual black and all the piercings. Then things went downhill with her mother and that whole fiasco. Now she was more sought on getting a boyfriend. Oh how she had changed so much over the years.
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Aaron sat alone in the bathroom staring at the floor. He had fallen asleep in class and the nightmares came back. Those horrific nightmares. It scared the crap out of him and he ran out of class like some maniac. He rolled up his sleeves and stared at the many bruises that had formed over time. His chest and back looked much worse. His face was obviously avoided so no one knew the pain he felt.
No one knew all the things that had happened. He couldn't blame his mother. Aaron knew she was too weak to do anything. He had to get through school for her and himself. Once he got out he could finally move from this hellhole.
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Josh had decided to leave school early. He got a few calls from his sister and one from Paige. He had driven out to the beach. It was sort of empty. He sat at the shore and stared at the water. It always soothed his mind and helped him think well. A small blip was heard from his phone. It was a text message from Marco.
We Need To Talk, Meet Me At The Dot After School
Josh only stared at the message. Great he really didn't feel like talking to anyone let alone Marco.
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Dylan sat at home with a huge grin on his face. He was recovering pretty well and Marco wanted to be with him again. This was just great. He vowed to himself to never hurt Marco again.
Paige had gone home as well. The school said she didn't have to come for a few days after her parents had brought up a doctor's note and instructions in case if something happened. "What are you so cheery about?" She questioned as she sat on the couch next to him.
"Everything." He replied with that same sickening grin.
"Everything as in?" Paige shook her head as she questioned him.
"Me being better, Marco coming back to me, and yeah."
"You know why he came back to you right?" Paige said pointing something out to him. "He was the last person you talked to before everything happened and he felt bad and started to blame himself for it. So this is his way of making up for it."
Dylan only glared at her. "No! He loves me that's why!" Dylan didn't want to hear anything else she had to say. She was lying and he knew it. "Just go away Paige!"
Paige only gave him a smug look. "The truth hurts hun." She said before she went up to her room.
Dylan sat there thinking. 'Could Marco really be pitying me?' The question lingered in his mind. He left his thoughts when he heard the doorbell ring. Since he was quite as mobile as he wanted to be he just told them to come on in.
Alex entered the house and gave him a small greeting. "Where's Paige, I need to talk to her."
Dylan pointed up the stairway and went back to watching Television. He was quite angry with his sister now. How could she say such a thing like that to him?
Upstairs
Alex entered Paige's room and sat next to her. "How ya feelin'?"
Paige only shrugged. "I'm fine why is everyone so worried?"
"Well we just care but I wanted to ask you something." Alex's tone was serious now.
"You remember you said you were making out with a girl at the club right?"
Paige only nodded.
"Well that girl was…" She swallowed hard. "Me."
Paige gave her a sort of shocked look. "And you let me do that!" She blew up. "Alex I thought you were my friend and you took advantage!!"
"Paige no..I-"
"I don't want to hear it get out!" Paige screamed as she ordered Alex out of her room.
"Wait Paige!" Alex spoke up before she was pushed out of the room.
Paige slammed the door and locked it. 'How could she…? I thought…' Paige sighed and rubbed her temples. This couldn't be happening. She never thought Alex would take advantage of her like that. The only sad thing was Paige actually liked it. She didn't want to admit it but, she couldn't tell anyone that.
Alex stood outside of her door. Her eyes were filled with tears as she slowly went down the stairs and decided to head home. Not even glancing over at Dylan.
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Hazel nodded as she pulled down a few ingredients from the cabinets. She was going to make dinner for her and Jimmy. She held the phone with her shoulder to her ear and listened intently as Paige went on about what happened a few hours ago. "Well Paige, you have to do something. Hating Alex isn't the best thing."
"I know but still that was just…"
"Just what? Not how you want things to go?" Hazel said to her as she heated up the stove and started preparing the stir-fry.
"Hazel what are you talking about." Paige said sounding rather peeved.
"Only the truth, Paige if you liked it you liked it end of story. Just tell her it was a one-time thing and you didn't mean to blow up on her. I mean if you like girls that's…-"
"I don't like girls." Paige cut her off.
"Well obviously there's something going on between you and her."
"Whatever Hazel Bye." Paige said as she hung up.
Hazel took the phone from her ear and placed it in her pocket. Jimmy was going to be over in a little bit and she still had to get herself ready. Hopefully he wasn't being all whiney and bitchy again. "I wonder…if guys have periods to?" She chuckled to herself as she finished cooking the stir-fry and headed toward the bathroom.
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Marco sat in a booth at the dot waiting for Josh. He had told Dylan he was going to be gone for a few hours.
Josh walked in and looked around. He then spotted Marco and reluctantly sat down.
Marco only looked at him for a moment, unsure what to say. He tried to find words but nothing came out.
Josh looked at him for a moment and sighed. "Well?" He asked, breaking the awkward silence between them.
"Josh, I…I wanted to talk to you about the...kiss." He said to him as he stared down at the table. The last thing he wanted was to get lost in those green eyes.
"So talk." Josh said to him rather coldly.
"Do you really like me?" Marco stammered as he said this.
"Maybe so…why?"
"Well I just…I'm with Dylan and…"
"And you felt guilty about what happened. Marco you can't be with him just because he put himself in a coma. It was his fault for drinking and driving. Don't blame yourself."
"But I was the reason why he went off and did it!" Marco said rather loudly causing a small stir in the crowded restaurant.
"Marco you blame yourself too much." Josh said to him. "It wasn't your fault and he's better now so why are you still with him. I mean the asshole has cheated on you twice." That angered Josh when Paige had told him about it.
"I know but I just…I can't leave him." Marco sighed and stared up at Josh's eyes. He was looking for an answer. But to what question he didn't know.
Josh sighed and stood up. "I'm leaving." He said as he left the booth and headed outside.
Marco gritted his teeth and headed after him.
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A/N: Well I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Dylan is awake and well yeah. Anyway I may write chapter 5 in first person I'm not really sure but it's worth a try. Sorry it took me so long to update. I've been kind of busy and no inspiration. Anyway I'll try to update soon and don't worry Paige will realize sooner or later.