Disclaimer: I don't own Private, Kate Brian does.
The only thing missing is what meant most to Josh and I. It was a piece of the easels we used when we painted his wall and had a paint war. It was missing. Also in one of our first pictures together my face was ripped off.
"Who did this?" Josh said frustrated.
"I don't know." I said.
My phone buzzed. Caller Id told me it was Noelle.
"Hey," I said.
"Hey what's up?" Noelle asked.
"Your car was broken into. One of Josh's paintings is stolen and my face is ripped out of a picture but that's all that was taken." I said.
"That's good. Anything else strange?" She asked.
"No, should there be something?" I asked.
"No I was just checking." Noelle said in a suspicious voice. That's when I realized it wasn't Noelle on the other end of the pone.
"Who are you?" I screamed coming to my census.
"Well you may call me whatever you want Reed Brennan but I am your worst nightmare." The voice said.
"You are sick. Where is Noelle?" I asked.
"In the hospital, with her boyfriend." The voice sounded.
"How did you get her phone?" I asked. I was like freaking out.
"She left it in the car." She said.
"What do you want?" I asked. I just realized now that Josh had been trying to get my attention.
"Nothing but to give you a life lesson. Next time in panic pay attention to your surroundings." The voice said and hung up. I was just about to ask Josh what when we heard a scream.
We ran like the wind to where it came from. We were running side by side down an alley. I saw it then. Tiffany was lying on the ground in a puddle of blood. Anyone who had been around had already disappeared. I screamed so loud. Josh ran over to her.
"She still has a pulse." Josh said. He picked her up and ran as fast as possible to the hospital.
"We might be able to save her." Josh said. We got into the hospital doors.
"She was stabbed in the alley. Help!" I shouted. Almost immediately a doctor came over with a cart. We laid her down on the cart and a team of doctors and nurses rushed her away. I didn't want to see death happen again. Not like this, and not with Tiffany. She has always been so nice.
"She's going to be ok." Josh said. He was soaked with blood. He had it all over his shirt and on his hands. We saw Noelle rushing down the stairs. Her jaw dropped when she saw us.
"Reed, what happened? I heard a scream then I heard you come in yelling." Noelle said.
"It's Tiffany. She must've come to see us or something. She was stabbed in an alley. I feel like I could've prevented this." I said.
"Reed there was nothing you could do. How could you possibly no that this chick was setting it up so you wouldn't pay attention to me?" Josh asked.
"What were you trying t say?" I asked.
"I saw Tiffany and then she suddenly disappeared." Josh said.
"And you didn't shout or something?" Noelle butt in.
"It wasn't his fault this person called me on your phone. You left it in the car. They broke into your car." I said.
"And you didn't tell me?" Noelle said.
"Noelle, I thought you called me. It turned out it wasn't you. I obviously couldn't call you if some psychotic person has your phone." I said.
"Guy's let's just try to solve this problem rather then letting it get any worse." Josh said.
"Ok, fine. How do we solve it?" Noelle asked.
"Well we can start with the information we have. It is definitely a girl. She is definitely here. She is sick and knows how to mess with us. She knows all of our information. She must've somehow gotten the CD of information." I said.
"So we know they are capable of scheming and killing and braking into a car. They can get possession of drugs. They have money because she follows us everywhere we go." Josh said.
"Also she has the guts to mess with the combined team of Ariana, Sabine, and I. If they know what we are capable of they are brave souls." Noelle said.
She had a really good point. Messing with all of Easton's strongest people was a mistake. Not only were there murderers but people like Noelle who has unlimited amounts of power and know quite a bit. This person had guts.
"So our information rules out all men. Anyone else could have had something to do with this. You can never be sure." Noelle said.
"Well, we know more. We know they were old enough to get drugs or a fake id to get drugs. Also that they are in the upper class." I said.
"In our parts, that doesn't narrow it down much." Noelle said.
"Well we also know they are out to get Reed and the rest of Billings." Josh said.
"To be honest, that doesn't narrow it down much." I said.
I was starting to feel like I didn't belong. That if I hadn't insisted on coming to Easton I wouldn't have been a pain to anyone. Thomas would be alive and somewhat happy. Cheyenne would be alive. Josh wouldn't have been caused much pain at all. Ariana wouldn't have gotten thrown in a crazy house. Sabine as well would be out too. Billings would be normal and Kiran and Taylor wouldn't have had to leave Easton I screwed up everything at that school. It was all my fault and I needed to fix it.
"Reed…Reed…Reed!" Noelle shouted.
"What?" I asked. I must've zoned out.
"What did they say on the phone?" Josh asked.
"She just said to pay more attention to my surroundings when I am panicking. Also how she is my worst nightmare." I said.
Noelle was about to say something when a doctor came over to us.
"Hello, are you with the young girl who had stab wounds?" He asked.
"Yeah, we are." I said standing.
"Can you give me identification?" He asked.
"Yeah, it is Tiffany Galbourne." Noelle said.
"Ok thank you." The doctor said.
"How is she?" Josh asked.
"Well, not so hot. If you had gotten to her even a minute later we might not have been able to save her. She is being prepped for surgery right not. We think that the knife may have punctured something. It caused some internal bleeding. Do you kids know how this happened?" The doctor said.
"Well I don't know if you have seen a young man, Dash Mcafferty. It was the same person who pushed him out of a window. If you have ever heard of Ariana Osgood, you will know she murdered our friend Thomas Pearson." I said.
"I heard about that. Then her sister went to the school to get revenge on someone and shot someone." The doctor said.
"Well, Ariana tried to kill me and Sabine wanted revenge on me. So it is something similar to that. It isn't them. Ariana is dead and Sabine is in custody. Someone has been stalking all of my friends and me and threatening us." I said.
"Well that is serious." The doctor said.
"Yeah it is scary." Josh said.
"How did you guys find her so quickly?" The doctor asked.
"Well I had seen her walking by. I turned around because Reed was on the phone. She looked horror struck. We heard a scream and ran." Josh said.
"Who were you on the phone with Reed I assume is your name?" The doctor asked.
"Yes I am Reed, This is Josh and Noelle. I was on the phone with the stalker. They had broken into Noelle's car and stolen her phone. She called me and told me that she was my worst nightmare. Also to pay attention to my surroundings when in panic. Then she hung up. A minute later I heard a scream and ran. When we found Tiffany we knew right away who the number one suspect was. We just needed to know who that was." I said.
"Well I am afraid I can't help you there." The doctor said.
"No one can." I said.
"So how will Tiffany be?" Noelle asked.
"If surgery goes well then she will be able to leave in two to three weeks depending on her recovery rate. I assume you have a contact to her parents." He said.
"No, her dad is a famous photographer. She wouldn't give her parents number to us for that reason." Noelle said.
"Well, if you could try to find a way to contact them that would be fantastic. I will give you all an update when we know something new." The doctor said and left.
"I hope she is ok." I said.
"Well not in his hands." Noelle said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Reed, you couldn't tell he was a total fake doctor. I hope he doesn't have the ability to go into Tiffany's room. Do you honestly think I wouldn't have her parent's phone number? If I didn't the cd would." Noelle said.
"How can you tell he was a fake?" I asked.
"No doctor asks that much information about what we know. They ask the patients not us. Plus they would not be telling us maybe two or three weeks she will get out they would tell us that if surgery goes well and recovery goes as planned soon." Noelle said.
"So now what? That guy who seemed so innocent can be hurting her." I said.
"Well, let's go ask that nurse." Josh said.
"Hey miss; do you know how our friend who we ran in here is doing?" I asked.
"Um, someone was run in here?" The nurse asked.
"Yeah we ran her in with stab wounds." Josh said.
"Oh, they didn't tell you. She was practically dead when you brought her in. There was no chance in her living." The nurse said and walked away.
Noelle dropped to her knees and started crying. I looked at the door and the nurse smiled and ran out the door.
"Noelle, that's her. That's AO!" I shouted.
I started to run when the doctor who was fake grabbed my arm.
"If you want you friend to live you will think twice before running. I am a certified doctor. I can do anything to your friend. You keep your mouth shut and everything will be ok." The man said.
"Don't you touch me. Don't you touch my friend. I swear if Tiffany is hurt by the end of this I will personally hunt you down and kill you. I can take what comes to me but you ruined my life for sometime. Get the hell away from me and don't touch any one of my friends." I said in a stern tone Noelle looked impressed.
"You don't quite know who you are messing with." Noelle said.
"Quite the contrary Noelle Lange. Why didn't you return my texts?"
"Bastard." Noelle shouted.
"If you keep quiet I will let Tiffany live. If you don't I will kill her. Then I will kill everyone else in Billings and Ariana and Sabine. You don't know who you are messing with." The man said.
"He gave you the scar?" I asked Noelle.
"Yeah, it was him." Noelle said coldly.
"If you don't get your hands off of my girlfriend and my friend I will kill you." Josh said. He called Noelle a friend.
"I wouldn't want to mess with you. I mean all I have to do is put one little pill and I have you pegged." The guy said.
"How could you use that against him?" I said.
"Simple." He said and pulled out a knife. A knife with a pink rim.
"I may not have killed Ariana but I got her." He said with a laugh.
"Why are you doing this?" Noelle asked.
"It isn't all me, it is also AO." He said.
"Why the hell are you killing people?" I asked.
"Because of you Reed Brennan. All because of you." He said before he walked away.
"Noelle, how do you know him?" Josh asked. Noelle lifted up her shirt slightly showing Josh the scar.
"What a complete jack ass." Josh said.
"I don't understand how he is connected in this." Noelle said.
"Well I now know our AO's voice." I said.
"And what she looks like." Noelle said.
"No, she had another wig, more contacts, and she had tons of make up on." I said.
"I hate this." Josh said.
"I feel violated." I said.
Josh and Noelle nodded. That was when I heard a familiar scream. Noelle and Josh recognized it too. My heart fell suddenly knowing what just happened.
What just happened?
Intense. Who do you think the girl is?
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I will write again soon. Tell me if you think this is stupid because I don't know if it is too weird or anything. My question about Josh remains open. Did something happen to him during Paradise Lost?