Chapter 5

A/n This chapter is dedicated to my anon reviewer Lilly

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I sat at Lizzie's bedside, holding tightly to her cold hand.

I'm Nancy Macarthur, her best friend; we'd been friends ever since our sisters met in the seventh grade, our grade. So as I'm sure you can imagine, it pained me to see not only my best friend, but my captain, lying on this hospital bed. I feel so helpless staring at her cold and limp body. She was not dead, and for that, I am forever grateful.

Her hair lay damp, stingily, at the sides of her face. She looked so un-alive that you would believe her dead if it weren't for the heart monitor at her bedside.

I got up and walked over to her pack that her mother had delivered a few hours ago. I pulled out her silver iPhone. Turning it on I saw the familiar picture of Lizzie and Jeremy. My eyes misted as I saw the picture. She was smiling with her arms around the little boy's neck. I opened the contacts as I tried to keep my tears at bay. I scanned through her long list of contacts and found just the name I was looking for. Shane Jordans.

I clicked his name and put the phone to my ear.

"Hello?" came Mr. Jordans voice.

"Mr. Jordans? It's Nancy Macarthur, I need you to come to Lakewood Memorial," I said into the phone trying to keep my panicked voice level as well as hold back my tears.

"Why? What's wrong? Who's hurt?"

"Lizzie's in the hospital and I need you. I can't do this by myself," I sobbed into the silver phone. My tears just fell from my eyes as I cried. I tried not to because crying was something I hated to do, but I couldn't hold them back any longer.

"Lizzie? I'll be right there."

I hung up the phone and stuck it back into Lizzie's pack. I turned and walked back over to sleeping girl. "Please Lizzie, wake up," I whispered as I stroked her hair. "Please be alright."

Shane's POV

I hung up the phone and jumped out of bed. I'd been wondering why Lizzie wasn't in school today and now I knew. "Jason? Nate? Frankie?" I whispered as I walked into the living room. I shook Jason awake. Nate and Frankie picked up their heads and looked at me. "Lizzie's in the hospital," I said as I threw on a pair of jeans.

"Lizzie, the girl that almost drowned?" Nate asked.

"LIZZIE!" Frankie yelled jumping up.

Nancy's POV

I looked up as Mr. Jordans came into the hospital room. I smiled through my tears.

"What happened?" Frankie asked as he walked over to Lizzie's bedside.

"I wish I knew, Trust me. I wish I knew," I whispered as I continued to stroke her hair.

"How is she?"

We all turned to see Sarah and Mathew standing in the doorway. "Sarah, Mathew, I told you to go home and rest," I said with a glare to the two teens. Sarah looked down to her feet. I don't care what DNA evidence says, Sarah was the true mother of Lizzie. She was the one that signed the slips Lizzie brought home and the one that worried about her.

"We can't wait till morning. She's our sister," Sarah said as she walked over to her sister's side. She absentmindedly started to stroke her sister's damp hair.

"I'm hungry," Mr. Jordans complained after a while. I looked up to meet his coal eyes.

"There's a vending machine and coffee maker out front. I'll get some," Sarah said as she got up and headed for the door.

"I'll come with you," Nate said getting up and following her.

Nate's POV

As we got to the vending machine, Sarah stuck a dollar in then pressed a combo. I looked her up and down. She was tall and thin, she had pink lips, pale skin, and honey hair that fell in small waves down her back. I looked closer at her cheeks, noticing the clear liquid making paths down her face. Suddenly she burst into tears as she started hitting the side of the vending machine. She let her head hang as she cried. I pulled her into my arms.

She burrowed her head into my neck.

"She doesn't deserve this. I should have protected her," she sobbed as she wrapped her arms around my neck. I closed my eyes as I stroked her hair.

"Sarah?"

We both turned to see Nancy standing a few feet away, her face was frightened, but her voice was steady. "The doctor's here."

Frankie's POV

I sat at Lizzie's bedside, holding her cold hand. I've never been so scared in my life.

I traced the scars on her hands with my thumb. I wanted to know who'd done this to her. Who'd hurt her. I wanted her to open her beautiful eyes and smile at me. I knew there wasn't much time before we had to leave, and I wanted to ask her out before then. She just had to get better. I'm 13 and I'm a player, but for her, I'd do anything.

I looked up as Sarah and Nate came in. Sarah had very obviously been crying, but she looked hopefully at the doctor, pleading with her eyes to give her good news. Nate was fidgeting with his fingers as he sat down in a chair, looking away from everyone.

"Are they who we're waiting for?" the doctor asked. I nodded at him impatiently for him to go on.

"Well…," he started as he looked sadly down at Lizzie. "She should wake up soon… but we found something else…"

"Well go on," Nancy growled stepping forward. I smiled at her, Nancy was a cool chick, and she was very to the point and impatient.

"I'd rather discuss this with family only," he said turning his head to look away from all of us. Sarah and Mathew immediately followed him out of the room. Mathew beckoned for Nancy to come with. She walked after them with one last look at all of us. I could see one thing through her eyes… she was praying.

I watched out the glass window that led to the hall as the doctor talked to them. Sarah suddenly burst into tears and Mathew had to catch her as her legs could no longer support her. He held her in his arms and cradled her close, like he couldn't let her go. She held tightly to his bicep, crying into his jacket.

"NO! YOU'RE LYING! SHE CAN'T!" Nancy suddenly screamed. She backed away from the doctor as he put out a hand to stop her. Then she just fled. She ran out of sight. She looked like a rabbit that was being hunted. Fear and panic was in her eyes and she was defiantly crying. The tears were pooling from her eyes.

Nancy's POV

I ran until my legs burned with pain. I just fell where I was as I looked around my surroundings. I was at the edge of the lake that was by the hospital.

I hated Lizzie's parents so much. If they hadn't hurt Lizzie then we never would have found out and this all wouldn't be so… so… real.

Lizzie was going to die and there was nothing I could do about it.

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