Chapter 15
Previously: Everyone was sitting in silence, not having realised that Reed was awake and had heard everything I had just said.
Reed POV
As I floated in the darkness I heard vague voices muttering. I could hear a man's voice gradually getting louder, and sniffles coming from two other people. I could only hear snippets of what the first man was saying.
"Saying I had to hurt Reed... threatened my family...sex with my ex girlfriend...film it...Noelle walked in...hospital."
I tried to work out who the man was and why he would have to hurt me. I struggled to open my eyes as the room went silent. I eventually succeeded after about a minute and slowly opened my eyelids to see my brother and Noelle standing over me, both looking nervous. I know that the man's voice wasn't my brothers, so whose was it?
My brother started fussing over me, asking if anything hurt and if I felt alright. I just ignored him and looked around the room to find out who else was in the room. My eyes finally landed in the corner and I spotted blonde curls and immediately know who it was. Josh.
Noelle POV
As I saw Reed's eyes fluttering open I was really relieved, but also worried for her health. I knew that Josh would need to tell Reed what really happened so I would have to divert Scott. He was so worried about Reed that I knew it would be hard to get him away, but I knew I had to do it. I brought myself out of my thoughts and noticed Scott fussing over Reed, but being completely ignored as Josh and Reed looked into each others eyes. I pulled Scott away from the bed, but he span around and refused to leave. Reed looked up at him and croaked,
"Please Scott; just give us five minutes to talk. Go with Noelle and get a drink or something. You can fuss over me all you want when you get back."
He
seemed to accept this and let me drag him out the door. We went back
down to the ground floor and into the cafe. I offered to buy him a
coffee and he accepted after blushing and mumbling something about
not bringing any money.
We sat in a quiet corner of the cafe in
silence until he looked up at me. "I want to thank you for
everything you've done for Reed over the past couple of years."
I shook my head, "No, I don't deserve your thanks. I've been a terrible person to her. I ignored her in her time of need and I wouldn't even listen to what she had to say." Tears started to roll down my face. "I thought she was a betraying slut so I cut her out of my life. Now I know that I betrayed her, all the things that happened to her while we weren't friends, wouldn't have if I had been there for her."
He slowly shook his head at me, "That makes no sense. Every time I emailed her, she would email back and sound perfectly happy. When she came home at the break she seemed fine, joking like usual. Surely losing her best friend would have an effect on her."
I was confused. I couldn't think why she would act like she was fine at home, while at school when I saw her, she looked pale and withdrawn. "I'm guessing she wanted to stay at Easton so bad, that when she was around you and your parents..."
I realised my mistake as soon as it came out of my mouth. How could I be so stupid, mentioning his parents' only days after they were murdered. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to."
He shook his head, "It's not your fault, they had to go at some point, and I just wasn't expecting it so soon." His face was blank. I moved over so that I was sat next to him.
"Scott, I may not have known you for long, but I've known your sister and she's just like you. You both hide your emotions. You don't need to do that around me."
As soon as I had finished speaking, tears started pouring out of his eyes and leant back in his chair. He sat back for a few minutes before composing himself and wiping his eyes. I excused myself to go to the toilet and hurried off down the corridor. I needed to phone my dad.
A.N Sorry it's so short. I'm ill at the moment and can't stay awake for more than about an hour at a time. This chapter isn't great, so I will try to make the next one better.
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