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While a lot had happened between Loomer coming in and where he found himself now, Ned does not remember a thing. The last thing he recalled was seeing Loomer rush in and Eli dropping him to the floor. When he hit the ground, he blacked out.

"Ughhhh" Ned moaned as he began to open his eyes. The lights were off and the hospital room was pretty much black. Ned sat up in his bed and took a look at the clock next to him. "3:30 in the morning? Jesus, how long have I been knocked out?" he said. Ned started to take a look around the room. He first noticed the bandages on each of his arms and also realized similar ones were on his knees, but didn't see them due to the cover on him. His eyes then drifted to the young lady in the chair across from the bed. It was Moze, who had fallen asleep in his room. "I can't believe she sat and waited for me" he said softly, lest he wake her.

"It's unbelievable isn't it?" the other patient in his room said. Ned instantly recognized the voice, a feminine voice. "Suzie?" he asked, "I guess you know about what happened"

"Yeah" she said quietly "I'm so sorry Ned, I should have went to prevent this"

"What? You couldn't have done anything, you have been in here"

"No Ned, I could have gotten Eli arrested before all of this. He was the one who raped me and I didn't want to confess. I was too scared." Suzie choked out "Ned, I'm so sorry. So sorry"

Ned looked at her, tears stinging his eyes, "It's ok Suzie, what's done is done, you shouldn't beat yourself up over this."

"Why not? If I had gotten him arrested, Lisa and Martin could have still been alive, you and your brother wouldn't be in here, and the town would be better off"

"But you had no idea he would do this and you couldn't even prove it was him unless a DNA test happened."

"One did, but I don't know if the results came back yet."

"Well then, you couldn't have helped, could you?"

"But Ned—"

"You couldn't have helped…..leave it at that" Ned replied "It's over, there is nothing anyone can do to change that"

Suzie flopped back into the bed, "Ned, it's not as simple for me to just forget it like that. Something this big cannot be just taken away with a few simple words"

"I know" Ned said "But, just, sleep on it or something. I really don't want to have this conversation now"

"Fine" she said and turned away from Ned. Ned looked up towards the ceiling and just began to think. He had a lot to process now.

It was a cold night in Polk County Jail and not just because of the people there. "Jesus" Sweeney said "This place is freezing. They could have at least given me a coat." He couldn't sleep if his life depended on it, his life had been flipped upside down. One day he goes from principal of a high school to taking the fall for a murder he didn't commit. But the strange thing is, he did not regret it. "I'm glad that I could have helped" he thought "She didn't need that in her life now. She would ruin her life, but my life is more than halfway over."

In the morning he would meet with a lawyer to discuss what they could possibly do to help with the sentence. He was going to jail, that much is definite, but maybe it won't be for long. "I mean it was sort of self-defense" he thought, "He had the gun and he did attack innocent civilians"

The next few days seemed to just fly by. Sweeney's trial was going to be in a few months, but he has a pretty good case going for him. Loomer and Missy officially have decided to go out. How could Missy turn down the man who saved her life? Moze and Ned were confused about their relationship. Did Ned really mean what he said? Or was he saying it because he felt it was something he should say before he would have died? Suzie continued to beat herself up over the shooting; no matter who told her it wasn't her fault.

However Lisa's funeral brought almost all of them together. Cookie pretty much refused to see any of his classmates. Not out of malice, but simply because he couldn't actually face them. He did however talk with the Zemo's a lot though. It was good for them to have each other to talk to.

But with the funeral upon them, Cookie would have to face his friends, well at least the ones that would be there. Ned, Eric, and Suzie are still in the hospital and cannot leave. So that leaves Loomer, Missy, Moze, Seth, Coconut Head, and the one adult who Cookie could always go to, Gordy. Even after they graduated middle school, Moze, Ned, and Cookie made sure to stay in contact with Gordy, who had left his janitorial position to look for another job.

Cookie stood by the door of the church for the mass before the burial. As each of the students came him, they each gave him a hug. Seth and Coconut Head arrived first, then Missy. Even when Loomer came he gave Cookie a hug and said, "It will be alright man". It made Cookie happy to hear, especially from Loomer. Moze came and gave Cookie the biggest hug and the two lightly cried on each other's shoulders. They both lost a best friend. Gordy came and gave Cookie a simple handshake, as a man hugging a teen is a little weird if they aren't related.

The ceremony itself was pretty much par for the course when it came to catholic ceremonies. Cookie decided not to speak at the mass because he wasn't sure he could keep it together long enough. Which was the truth, as he began to cry shortly into the ceremony. Moze too began to cry.

It seemed like a bad dream when it happened, but this was just another reason to believe that they couldn't wake up from this one.

To be continued

Wow it has been awhile for this one lol. Seriously, I'm sorry for the huge wait, I have just been super busy as I only had to do half this chapter and it took me so long. This isn't even that good of one, but I couldn't skip over this stuff. The next chapter however, is the last one

Next chapter: "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)"/epilogue

Christmas has come, but will Ned, Moze, and Cookie be able to celebrate after all of this.

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