Hey guys! I'm so sorry that it took me this long to get another chapter up! I got a new computer because my old one died (again). Microsoft word refused, and still refuses, to download on the new computer, so I currently have Open Office. But, hey! Now I can type some stuff up! For this story, I'm going to update on Fridays. This story is unbetaed, so if there are any glaring errors please let me know. Anyway, please enjoy this new chapter!

As soon as Natalie got to school, she was bombarded with questions.

"Was there an ambulance at your house last night?"

"Is everybody okay?"

"What happened last night?"

"Are you okay?"

"Where's Gabe?"

"Hey, are you crying?"

Natalie managed to push her way through the crowd and into the bathroom. She dropped her backpack and ran into a stall. She locked the stall door behind her and sat down on the edge of the toilet seat. She felt tears fall down her cheeks and in the back of her mind she worried about her eyeliner. She laughed at that. Typical, she can't even stop worrying after her brother... She started sobbing again. She hated this, she hated everything. Why did she have to come to school today? Why couldn't she stay at home? At least she could cry in privacy there.

She heard the 10 minute warning bell go off. She hauled herself up and tried to get herself together. She went to the mirror to try and salvage what was left of her makeup. She sniffled and scrubbed her eyeliner off her cheeks before picking up her back pack. She hurried to her locker and stuffed her backpack inside. She grabbed her math binder and ran up two flights of stairs to make it to class in time. She reached the class room as the one minute warning bell rang, but she couldn't bring herself to go inside just yet. Other students pushed past her to get into the room. Natalie took one last deep breath and pushed open the door.

. . .

It didn't take very long for the rest of the school to put the pieces of the puzzle together. There was an ambulance at the Goodman house last night, Gabe wasn't at school today. Honestly, Natalie didn't couldn't believe how long it took everyone to figure it out. The rumors started flying around the school. One person thought that Gabe was in prison because he killed one of their parents. Another thought that Gabe might of fallen down the stairs, so now they didn't have a chance at the championships. The rumors ranged from absolutely crazy to dead on accurate. Soon, everyone was texting Gabe like crazy.

Dude, why aren't you at school?

Hey Gabe! Are you sick? :(

Bro, did you kill somebody?

Dude, did you get hurt? We don't have a chance without you.

What was up at your house last night?

Dude, are you there?

. . .

Dan woke up with a groan. An extremely annoying beeping noise had woken him up. He rooted around trying to turn off his alarm clock. After a few moments of arm flailing, he finally opened his eyes and looked towards his alarm clock. 1:27. Why the hell would he ave an alarm set for 1:27? He picked up the clock and hit every button her could find, but the beeping didn't stop. Dan pulled the power cord out of the electrical socket hard enough to hit himself in the face with the plug. He threw the alarm clock down and rubbed his face. The beeping was still there. He pulled himself out of bed and went in search of the incessant beeping.

Well, it wasn't coming from Natalie's room. Not in the bathroom, not in their room. Dan soon found himself standing in front of the door to Gabe's room. He hesitated before pushing the door open and walking in. Dan stopped in his tracks. Gabe was normally very messy. His clothes were usually strewn all over the floor, papers were usually everywhere, his bed was never made. But today, everything was spotless. This clothes were even folded inside of his closet, his bed was perfectly made, his desk was cleared off except for an open notebook and his cell phone.

The phone was lit up and beeping every five seconds. Dan picked it up and read the screen. 48 New Messages. He looked down and saw the most recent text, from someone named Josh: Gabe, are you okay? Dan slammed the phone down and closed his eyes. He couldn't handle this right now, he just couldn't. He sighed and slowly open his eyes. He turned off Gabe's phone before another text message could pop up. He gently set the phone down on the desk and looked around Gabe's room. It almost looked as if no one had lived in it for years. His eyes wandered until they fell on the notebook on the desk. Dan frowned and picked it up.

He began to read. 'By the time anyone finds this...'. Dan stopped and stumbled back until his legs hit the bed. He sat down as tears began to fall again. This was Gabe's suicide note. His son's suicide note. There was no chance that all of this was an accident now. Dan steeled his nerves and began to read again.

'By the time anyone finds this, I'll be dead...'

Bum bum bum! Cliff hanger! (aka I'm really bad at writing suicide notes so I need more time for that part). Hope you guys enjoyed everything! Expect the next chapter to be up on Friday. As always, reviews are greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading.