Chapter 46: Conspiracy
AN: I know, I suck, but at least it is finally up. I really hope you guys enjoy. R&R.
Reed POV:
I knew that I wouldn't get away with avoiding the topic of my disastrous date with Dimitri forever, but I had hoped that I would have a couple of days at least. I was more than wrong. After breakfast the next morning, I returned to Billings only to be bombarded with questions. I had barely made it back into the commons before I was swarmed. I tried to answer their questions, but they quickly became too much. I had them all sit down so that I could recount the previous night's events to them.
To say some of them were shocked was an understatement, but what shocked me was that they were just as shocked with my response as with what Dimitri did. In the end, they finally decided that I was clearly right, and that Dimitri was an ass. When I finally told them about what happened with Josh, albeit reluctantly, Noelle looked about ready to storm out and rip his head off. Her extreme reactions were still a mystery to me, I didn't know why she took such an interest in me in the first place but I was touched by her anger none the less. I was still furious with Josh, and he was the last person I had waned to see last night. I knew that he had not been at fault for running into him last night, but that didn't lessen my anger with him. If he hadn't been such a cheating, lying, heartbreaker, I wouldn't have been out on that date, and I would have been happy to run into him.
Over the next couple of days, I fell into a depressing routine. If not for the Billings Girls, and Constance who had taken me back with open arms, I would have lost all sense of life. They had finally given up on trying to talk me into finding a new guy, as their last attempt certainly didn't go well, and I was not up to try again.
As great as they had been, I needed time to myself. I managed to swing some time off campus for a shopping excursion. I had even managed to get away by myself, though it hadn't been easy. I didn't have the options here in Easton that the other girls would have wanted, and I was sure that was the only reason they hadn't insisted on coming with me.
I wandered through the shops, not really buying anything, just glad for the day away from the craziness on campus. After hours of wandering aimlessly, I was almost back at campus, ready to return. I crossed the final street before I would be back at the academy gate, when I heard the squeeling of tires.
I whipped my head to the side, and saw a car coming right at me, the lights blinding me. I threw myself out of the way, the car barely missing me. I lay on the ground behind one of the trees on the boulevard as the car whipped around, and drove off. When I finally lifted my head, I caught a glimpse of blond hair, and realised with a start that it was Josh's car.
My breathing spiked. I could feel myself getting dizzy. It wasn't possible. Josh was pissed at me I knew, but not enough to try to run me over. I was still lying on the ground, still shocked beyond belief when I felt someone touching my shoulder.
"Reed, Reed. Are you okay?" A familiar voice rang out, and I jumped away from his hand. Josh.
I heard the wail of police sirens and my attention snapped back to what had happened. Someone had tried to kill me. And there was a good chance that person was Josh. Josh, whom I had believed could never hurt a fly, but who had proved me wrong when he hurt me beyond belief. There was no way I could trust him, though I wanted to believe that I had been mistaken in what I saw.
I answered questions from the police, inching away from Josh the whole time, and he was taken into custody immediately. Seeing the pain and regret in his eyes as he was taken away almost broke my heart again. I blinked back the tears burning the back of my eyes, as I was lifted into an ambulance so that I could be looked at in a hospital before I was returned to school.