Authors Note: Already chapter 7! Wow! Can we just take a moment to realize how much quicker I wrote this than the last book?! I'm more into it now I think. Back then I was still working on another one at the same time. So, the main plot is about to seriously pick up. This chapter, you'll get drama for several couples. Even... My bbs... Peddie. But, good news as well! Nothing's all bad! And I'm sorry if you don't ship Pifie. That's all I'm gonna say. Get some tissues...
Eddie was clutching Patricias scarf close to him. She'd once left behind in his car and he never gave it back. When he was really upset, he slept with it. Now, while Patricia spoke with his father, he was clutching it close to him.
"I can't believe you still have that thing." Patricia said, sitting down next to him in the hospital waiting chairs. He pulled her onto his lap and he clutched her even harder than he'd held the scarf.
"I like it. It smells like you." Eddie mumbled.
"What smell is that?"
"I don't know. But I like it and it makes me happy, well, happy as I can be."
"Sweetie, I talked to the doctors. They said your moms going to be fine." Patricia assured.
"You did not just call me Sweetie." Eddie groaned. Patricia giggled.
"Oops, I didn't even realize." A small smile formed on Eddies lips. "Is that a smile I see?!" Patricia teased.
"No." Eddie joked. Patricia kissed him sweetly. "Ok, maybe NOW I'm smiling." A doctor came out.
"Ms. Miller will see you now." he said.
"Mom!" Eddie said, walking in hand in hand with Patricia.
"Hey Eddie." Evelyn croaked.
"You seem to be in good spirits." Patricia remarked.
"Well, I could be dead. I was lucky."
"I'll give you two some time to yourselves." Patricia said, politely exiting.
"Eddie." Patricia said on the car ride home.
"Ya?" Eddie was still holding the scarf.
"I... I've been thinking. Your mom... She's in a lot of pain. She's gonna need help getting back on her feet. I'm sure as soon as she leaves the hospital she's going to want to go home. I..." she sighed, as if to hold back tears. "I think you should consider going with her."
"What?"
"Shes going to need help! It won't be for long. Maybe a few months."
"Are you trying to get rid of me?"
"Of course not! Do you know how much it killed me to just tell you that?!"
"You think my mom will need help?"
"I can't let myself be what stands between you and helping your sweet mom. She's been so kind."
"But, leaving with her means... Leaving you."
"It will only be for a few months! And we can talk all the time!"
"Ya." Eddie sighed "I'll think about it ok?"
Patricia walked downstairs silently and poured herself some juice. It was about 7:30 am, but she couldn't sleep so she decided she'd head to school early.
"Good morning Patricia." her mother said.
"Hi." Patricia grumbled.
"I was going to yell at you for abusing curfew while your father was at a dinner meeting, but then Piper told me what happened." Patricia turned away from her mother and looked out the window. "You could've called."
"Ya. I could've. But talking to you wasn't my main priority at the time."
"I'm sure it wasn't. I've been terrible haven't I?"
"What?"
"I tried to stick up for you. When your father was angry."
"Well thanks. I'm sure the fact that you stuck up for me once is going to change everything." Patricia said sarcastically.
"I'm going to let your rudeness slide because you've been through a rough night."
"And I'll let your favoritism slide because I know I'm a disappointment." Patricia grabbed her bag and started to walk out.
"What does any of this have to do with favoritism?!"
"Everything! Every little thing I do! Piper could get expelled for crying out loud and I would still be your least favorite."
"Piper would never get expelled. She's too kind. She doesn't go to parties, she doesn't date 6 boys an hour. She doesn't go hunting down criminals."
"That's where you're wrong!" Piper said from behind her mother. "I did get expelled. I got caught smoking weed!"
"PIPER WILLIAMSON!" Her mother exclaimed. Patricia gasped.
"You smoke weed!?" she chuckled.
"THIS ISN'T FUNNY PATRICIA!" Susan cried.
"I think it's pretty hilarious that Piper did something VERY wrong here and you still find a reason to get me in trouble. Bye everyone. I'm going to school!" Patricia walked out the door.
"And Nina carved the J into her face?!" Mara said.
"Yup." Patricia said. The two were in the school courtyard.
"This is huge. I can't believe she was abusing Fabian! We have to go back and talk to him!"
"Again!? We were just at the mental hospital."
"Patricia! We need answers! We need something to keep Nina in jail longer!" Patricia didn't respond. "Patty! Are you even listening to me?!"
"I made a mistake. I shouldn't have told him to go. The girls there will be all over him and I couldn't do anything about it. He'd be there for months. I wouldn't see him for months except on Skype." Patricia mumbled.
"Patricia what are you talking about?"
"You know Eddies moms accident? Well, I know she's going to need help when she gets out of the hospital. I told him he should go home with her until she's fully healed."
"That's so sweet of you!"
"I know it was the right thing to do. It just... It doesn't feel right."
"Of course it doesn't feel right. You're letting go of the one you love."
"Could we actually go long distance? Those things never work out."
"Ya, but you're Eddie and Patricia. You'll make it work."
"I miss him already and he hasn't even left yet!"
"Hey, I miss Jerome too you know."
"I know, I'm sorry. I'm being selfish."
"I can't believe we broke up. Everything was good, and then I made one stupid choice and we fall apart."
"It was a stupid choice. But, I've found a way to forgive you." Patricia said with a smile.
"Really?" Mara beamed.
"Really. You're my best friend after all. Worse things have happened."
"I almost killed you."
"Because you were under Nina's control."
"I should've stood up for you guys."
"We lived didn't we?"
"Ya, you did."
Patricia's phone rang.
"Hello?" she answered.
"Hey Yacker." Eddie said on the other end.
"Hey! How's your mom?"
"Better. I mentioned coming home with her to her."
"What did she think?"
"They're transferring her to a hospital in her town tomorrow. She will be there for a week, then she'll be home. If I leave, I have to go..." He gulped. "Tomorrow."
Patricia's eyes got wide. Her bottom lip started to quiver and she covered her eyes with her free hand. Mara looked at her with concern.
"Tomorrow?" she croaked.
"Mhmm."
"Eddie you have to go. She needs you."
"I...I can't leave you."
"I shouldn't even be part of this equation."
"Well you are."
"Please don't put me between you and your mom." Tears were streaming down Patricia's face.
"I wish you could come with me."
"Like I said, we can Skype or talk on the phone everyday." Eddie took a deep breath.
"Ya. We can. Listen, can you ditch school? Can I meet you somewhere?"
"Ya. Ya lets go on a picnic."
"Alfie?" Willow said, sitting in home room. "I didn't see you yesterday."
"Oh. Hey Willow. I left school early." Alfie said, shrugging.
"Oh."
"I still heard the rumor though." Alfie admitted.
"And you believed it. So you went home and avoided me." Willow said coldly.
"Willow..."
"Alfie, you could've come talked to me! It's not true! I don't even know where this rumor came from!"
"Willow!"
"Forget it..."
"And this is your homeroom." The principal said to who everyone thought was Patricia.
"Trixie?" Jerome said. "I thought you ditched?"
"I'm not Patricia." The girl said. Everyone gasped. "I'm Piper. Her twin."
"There's a person on the earth that looks just like her... This is a glorious day for men." Mick joked.
"He's not lying." Alfie mumbled. Willow glared at him. Sure Piper was pretty, she'd give her that.
Patricia was on the ground laughing as the two joked around. As far as last dates go, this one seemed perfect.
"What about... Fabian? Who would he be a good couple with?" Eddie asked.
"He's an insane geek, and he's really faced the wrath of Nina, so I'm gonna go with Mara."
"Fabian and Mara?! Actually... That isn't the worst idea." Eddie chuckled.
"Lets set them up!" Patricia joked. They both burst out laughing once again.
"So... We both know I can't cook much." Eddie said.
"Oh trust me, I know."
"So... I decided to go to the store and buy you a cookie. One of those gigantic ones you love so much."
"Oh god I love you." Patricia grabbed the cookie from the basket.
"Good. Because..." Eddie stopped. He knew if he said anything else he'd probably end up crying.
"Because what?" Patricia gave his hand a squeeze.
"Because I can't stand to think I could leave and you could find someone better."
"No, I couldn't possibly find someone better." Patricia insisted.
"You know, last time I went to stay with my mom is when Ben asked you to be his girlfriend."
"Mick's end of the year party?"
"Ya. That's the night."
"You know if you called me and told me how you really felt then I would've said no..."
"Fabian told me I should've called. I figured you'd hang up."
"I might have. But that would be out of happiness."
"Hang up out of happiness? Really Yacker?"
"I'm gonna miss that."
"What?"
"You calling me Yacker." Eddie chuckled.
"I can still call you Yacker over the phone."
"Right." Both of them awkwardly got silent. Both of them knew that there was a good chance that the other would find someone better and that they'd end up bursting into flames with the whole "long distance" thing.
"I know we're both thinking it. But, I think we should breakup." Patricia said sadly.
"I... I want to say no. And I want to beg you not to do this, but I know it's what's best."
"I love you."
"I don't think you understand how much I love you. I've been in love with you since the moment I laid eyes on you." A lump formed in Eddies throat. He couldn't cry. He had to be strong for her.
"If I call you'll still answer right? If I need to hear your voice?" Patricia asked.
"Yes. Absolutely."
"Since we are 'Just friends' now, would it be inappropriate for us to kiss or something?"
"I don't think being 'Just Friends' has ever stopped that before."
"Oh thank god." She kissed him roughly, pushing him backward onto the picnic blanket. He kissed her back with equally as much passion. If this was going to he their last kiss, they were going to make it count.
"Hey Alfie!" Piper said, looking for a place to sit in the cafeteria and noticed him sitting alone.
"Oh. Hi Piper." Alfie said glumly.
"You look upset."
"I think my girlfriend is mad at me." Piper sat down across from him.
"She's probably not mad. Just looking for attention. Us girls do it a lot."
"You think? I mean, it did seem like she was seriously overreacting."
"Don't worry, soon she'll realize she's lucky to have you and doesn't want to lose you."
"Thanks Piper. That really cheers me up."
"Hey, happy to help a friend in need."
"Hellooo Patricia #2." Jerome said, sitting down next to Alfie. "I'm Jerome. Long story short, I don't have a girlfriend."
"That's... nice." Piper said awkwardly.
"Wow. If I said that to Patricia shed punch me out. She must be the evil twin." Jerome joked. Piper laughed.
"She DID punch you out." Alfie said.
"I was in 9th grade and she was hot. What an I saying, she is hot." Jerome said. Alfie and Piper both gave him a look. "Oh relax! I have no interest in that witch!"
"Thank god! You scared me there dude!" Alfie said.
"But seriously Piper. If you ever need some company, I'm here." Jerome flashed her a cheeky smile.
"Thanks...uhh...Jerald?" Piper guessed.
"Close, Jerome."
"Well Jerome, Alfie, I'm going to go attempt to find my next class. See you both later." Once Piper was gone, Jerome went serious.
"Alfie, what are you doing? You've got a girlfriend."
"I'm not interested in her... That way." Alfie said.
"Sure you're not."
"I'm serious! She's just a friend. And have you actually moved on from Mara THAT fast?!"
"Of course not! I was just joking around with her." Jerome retorted.
"Sure you were." Alfie mimicked.
Authors Note: I'm evening making myself ship Pifie! Is that bad? I'm an Amfie shipper myself but I wanted to mix it up for this story because I also really like Amoy or whatever Amber/Joy is. I don't know why.
And Peddie bbs omg! Don't worry, there will be implied peddie in every chapter till Eddie returns, I mean IF Eddie returns. Oh who am I kidding?! Of course he's coming back! I have so much I want for Peddie! Literally, you are gonna LOVE it. Getting then back together is gonna be quite a process. There will be fake boyfriends/girlfriends, love letters, breakdowns, kissing, crying, the works. Oh, and Piper had to join public school!
Oh, and I gave you a huge hint in the last part there as to one of the problems that will occur when Eddie's gone... *WINK WINK.*
Responses:
HOAlover4life: I'm sorry I left you on a cliff hanger! But hey, Evelyn will be alright! And thanks I had a lot of fun :)
prettylittlepeddie: Poor Eddie :( But don't worry, Evelyn will be ok. As for Peddie though... not so ok.
Sibuna4260: I think Patricia will find watching that tape will backfire... but Piper is just getting more and mor sketchy!
Houseofanubislover89: That's right! She's now at Pinewoods and the guys already love her. Sounds like trouble to me. And don't worry! It won't be depressing forever! And good guess on who hit Evelyn. You'll find out exactly who it was sooner than you think...
Torispeace: IT'S OK! She'll be fine! But Peddie won't be :'( But, I think Patty will soon regret watching that footage...
bondlikesuperglue: Wait?! Who said someone was gonna die in a fire? Did I say that? Kik me! But, you got your long anticipated Peddie breakup... I'm sorry :(
SilverPebbbles: (Ezra's a guy lol! And a hot one!) But, you'll find out shortly that KT is not just an innocent mental patient. Could she be guilty of something? Maybe. HAHAHA! But don't worry, we will be seeing a bit of Mick shortly (but you won't like it). And Jason's dead isn' he?! You never know.
Rjvamp 369: The imaginations were so fun! THANK YOU! I'm so happy about that!