Okay, one of you, Mary I think, suggested that I should go with longer chapters, so here's quite a long one. I hope you guys like it...
Chapter 8-Reed's POV
"Reed, I'm not letting you through." Thomas said firmly. Getting in front of me and blocking the entrance.
"You can't stop me." I replied stubbornly.
"Reed-"
"Why are you so strongly against this? We have a chance to be together again. I thought you wanted that."
"I do, but not like this."
"Well when Thomas? Because you can't honestly think that I will spend the rest of my life waiting to die so I can be with you, that I will never love anyone else." I shouted at him.
He looked hurt. But I didn't take it back. "Fine," He took a step to the left, so that he was no longer in my way. "But just remember that if you walk through, my death would just have been a waste." He added quietly.
I gasped. "Don't say that."
"It would be true though." He mumbled.
"Thomas-"
"Please Reed, this is the only thing I ask of you."
I sighed. "Okay." I agreed.
His face lit up, like I had made his day, and he stepped closer to me, so close that his face was only inches away from mine. He looked into my eyes. The same deep blue eyes that I have always remembered. And he smiled. "I will always wait for you." Slowly he bent his head down, and then he kissed me. It was so soft and tender, that I thought I would melt. I closed my eyes, and wrapped my arms around him, sinking into his broad chest. Darkness surrounded me. And everything faded.
"I love you Reed Brennan, more than you'll ever know…."
Noelle's POV
"Reed. Reed. I'm…I'm sorry…I'm sorry about everything." This……this is so awkward. God, I sound stupid. How did I ever let that nurse talk me into doing this? Have I…? Oh my god. I've……I've gone soft. I can't let anyone see me like this. They'll never let me live this down. The great Noelle Lange, President of Billings House, has gone soft! And…and for Reed Brennan?!
"Excuse me," A voice broke out behind me, I heard approaching footsteps and I automatically turned around. "Sorry to interrupt Miss Lange, but I have the bill for…." It was the nurse who had told me to talk to Reed, she was obviously embarrassed to come here and ask me to pay for some sort of bill. She looked down at the clipboard, trying to remember the things she had recited over and over again before she came in. I smirked inside. I may be going soft, but I still have the authority. "Ummmm…..what was it?" She mumbled flipping through several pages on her clipboard. "…..for the upper leg, neck, shoulder and stomach operation that….Miss Reed Brennan underwent. And also…." She paused flipping through some more pages. My eyes widened. Jesus, that is a lot. Poor Reed, I knew she was in a bad state, but hearing all those procedures being spoken out loud, really made it seem…more realistic and more terrifying. She had been here for almost a month and had undergone some major operations……in fact……she had undergone most of the surgeries that were available at 'St. Barths memorial hospital'. We, the Lange family, had of course paid for all of this, for me, mainly out of guilt, and the fact that she was also my best friend. We knew she wouldn't be able to afford all this. "…following the events of earlier this morning, the doctors have identified a problem after taking a scan, when the surgery to stop the internal bleeding was successful. They say she will need one more operation before, her time here is complete."
"Well, hurry up and operate on her then." I said impatiently.
She looked at me, shocked and bewildered. "But Miss Lange, the past operations and the casts for her legs and arms have totalled up to…..$7,678,576….." Her eyes bulged out of her sockets at the figures. I prompted her to go on. "If Miss Brennan was to undergo the last surgery, it would cost you another $1,500,000." She gasped, finishing.
"And your point is…."
She just stared. "Well….well….I mean…it's a lot of money." She stuttered, stumbling over her words.
She just didn't get it, I owed Reed so much. I'd do anything for her, even if it meant paying nearly $10,000,000 for her operations. Besides, what was another $1,500,000? I sighed. Guess those Prada boots will have to wait a while, I had decided that I would pay for all of Reed's operations earlier, but daddy wasn't having it, we got into a huge argument and in the end he had only made me budge about $2,000,000.
I sat down in the chair beside Reed and rubbed my hands against my forehead, feeling a wrinkle appear. I would have to watch out if I didn't want to have to get Botox treatment when I'm older. I looked to my right, where Reed lay in her coma. Her tortured expression was gone from her face, and a slightly more relaxed one had appeared, during the past few weeks she had spent here. I certainly hoped she was having a better time wherever she is than I am here. I put my head in my hands. "Just giver her the operation, I'll cover it." I said, dismissing her with a wave.
I could feel her gaze on my back. "Well…well if you're sure." Bewilderment still in her voice. And after what it seemed to have been an hour, she retired.
I turned to face Reed, holding the hand that didn't have all the wires attached to her, "Reed, can you hear me? Did you just hear us just then? I'll do anything for you Reed, anything. Please don't leave me behind Reed. Please. I don't think I could stand you gone. I need you by my side, we can rule Easton together," I could feel tears sliding silently down my cheek, but I didn't wipe them away. "I know I haven't exactly been the friend that you deserve but I'm changing Reed. When we get back to Easton, we're going to have so much fun. Fat Phoebe parties, you name it. We'll do it. You can room with me as well, just don't throw your life away, Reed. Keep surviving, if not for yourself, then for me." I laughed, choking on my tears. "All those memories, I can still remember the look on your face when I invited you into Billings. Don't leave me Reed, I need you, you're the sister I never had." I brought my head down. "But if you ever repeat what I just said, I am sooo gonna kill you." I chuckled. And just then, tears flooded my eyes, falling endlessly down my cheek. That night I fell asleep for the first time since Reed's disappearance, crying myself to sleep.
Noelle's part was a little sentimental, and you get to see a different, more vulnerable side to her
that she will only show to Reed. Was it okay? I don't want to make it dry, and take away her personality,
her bitchy attitude and witty remarks was what had drawn me to her character. Okay, this is the part where I need to
go back to the drawing board. I was thinking about introducing a new guy for Noelle, and Sawyer and Reed could be an experiment....
But I have yet to decide. Any views on this?
