Chapter 3: That's What Friends Are For (Josh's P.O.V)
Why did I just walk out? Why didn't I just let her explain everything? I guess I do have to get back on my pills. Am such an idiot! I have to make it up to her, I cant just leave her here with my parents. But what could I do? Ok Josh think, call Noelle!!
"Oh honey is she asleep?" my mom asked me
"Umm, yeah she is." I couldn't tell her that I just walked out of there like that, she would probably kill me.
"Well am sure she will wake up soon. In the mean time I called parents already and explained everything and they are on a plane on their way here. They sounded really nice, but were also extremely worried. They really love her." she said
"Yea am sure they do, I mean its their only daughter. I am going to make a couple calls to the Lange's and everyone to tell them what happened, they are probably really worried too." I told her.
"Josh are you feeling alright, you don't look that great." she asked me.
"Really? I feel fine." I told her. That was a complete lie, of course am not alright, the love of my life is in the hospital and I haven't taken my meds in a couple weeks.
"Bye. And could you call me if she wakes up, I really need to talk to her. Thanks." I said as I was walking away.
"Ok I will, and tell the Lange's I said hello." she yelled back to me.
I got into my car, and pulled my pill box out of the glove department and took them. I had to be real, and not raw next time I talk to her. So to the Lange's house. Man this place is huge, I haven't been here in a while. I parked the car and sat there for a while, I was really thinking I must have lost track of time, because next thing I know Noelle is knocking on my window and asking why I have been sitting there for the last 30 minutes. Finally I got out of the car.
"If your looking for Reed, I haven't seen her since last night." she said with her award winning attitude.
"I know she isn't here, she's at the 's Hospital because she decided she wanted to go for a swim last night and JUMPED OFF a boat!!" I yelled after her because she was walking away.
She stopped all of a sudden in her tracks,
"What are you talking about, she was with Upton all night last night. They snuck off together, who knows what they were doing. But if I know Upton Giles he got what he wanted." Noelle said as a matter of factually and a smirk on her face.
"Did you not just hear what I said, SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL!! Why would I make this up??!!" I yelled at her. Something about her changed like she just understood what I was saying.
"OH MY GOD!! DADDY…." she screamed. She started running towards her house.
"DADDY!! DADDY!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs when she got into the house.
"What's going on!!" yelled Dash from the top of the staircase.
"Reed's in the hospital!! We have to go, come on Dash. Where's my father??" she yelled.
"He's by the pool." Dash told her.
She ran like her feet were on fire, I have never seen her run that fast not even in soccer games. I followed her and Dash came down and followed too.
"DADDY!! DADDY!! REED'S IN THE HOSPITAL!!" she ran screaming to the backyard.
"Noelle calm down, now what's going on?" her father asked.
"Calm down, you want me to calm down. Dad, Reed's in the hospital, she jumped off the boat last night and supposedly the Hollis's found her half dead, and now she's in the hospital!" she said all in one breath.
"Ok ok lets get to the hospital." Mr. Lange said.
Dash and Noelle rode over with me, it was actually quite awkward. That's an understatement, it was really awkward, especially with Dash sitting rite behind me. That is until Noelle broke the silence.
"What did the doctors say?" Noelle asked.
"They said that she will make a full recovery with only a broken leg, bruises and scratches." I told her.
"That's good, so why aren't you with…" she was cutoff by her phone.
Thank god, saved by the phone. She was going to ask me why I wasn't in Paris with IVY. If she would have finished her sentence I don't know what I would've said, I could sit in the car and tell Noelle Lange my deepest secret.
"Ok that was Taylor, and she said she is going to call everyone and they will meet us at the hospital." she said when she hung up the phone.
"Now what was I saying, oh yea so why aren't you in Paris with Poison Ivy?" she asked
"Haha, Poison Ivy, that's a new one. I didn't go to Paris with her because.." I was cutoff again but not by the phone, but by Noelle.
"Hollis I know, you don't have to say it. You're still in love with Reed."
"What I mean, how did you.." again cutoff.
"I watch things, and I also know for a fact that she still loves you too." she told me.
"Thanks Noelle." I told her with a big grin on my face.
She looks me dead in the eyes and says,
"That's what friends are for."
