Late! Again! I know I know! But I made sure this chapter was super long and really exciting so hopefully that makes up for it! Also I WILL NOT BE POSTING A NEW CHAPTER WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 10! I have a lot to do that day and with exams coming up next week I will not be able to post a whole lot but once I am on break I can post a lot more often! Now go on! I know how badly you've been wanting to read this new chapter, sorry to keep you waiting!
I turn the corner and lean against the wall, waiting for Emma to catch up. She almost passes me by but skids to a stop when she notices that I had stopped.
"Bee I'm sorry about Kara. Don't take it too personally." She tries to console me. I shake my head.
"What's her problem with me?" I hiss.
"She's probably just mad because everyone's attention isn't on her for once." I huff and march down the hallway again, Emma walking beside me. After a few random turns I stop to face her.
"I have no idea where I'm going." I say bluntly. I've just been wandering around as a form of pacing and, of course, a way to get away from Kara. Emma giggles.
"It's kind of obvious." I sigh.
"Can we go somewhere?" I ask. I hate this stupid hospital and the stupid doctors and that stupid nurse and stupid Kara. I just want to leave.
"Let's go find Leo. He should be back by now." She says after a moment of thought. I just nod following in suit behind her.
Time skip.
We walk up to a room that's in the cancer wing. There is yellow and black paint on the windows of a drawing that says The Swamp in big graffiti letters. The door's wide open but Emma still knocks on the frame before entering.
"Hey Leo." She smiles and Leo looks up from what he was doing. When he sees me he shoves everything under his bed sheet just like what Jordi and Dash had done earlier.
"Hey Emma. What's up Bee?" He says coolly like nothing happened.
"I don't know, why don't you tell me. Seems as though everyone's trying to hide something from me." Leo smiles and turns toward Emma.
"You didn't tell her?" He asks glancing my way. Emma smiles.
"Nope. You know I always keep my promises." I turn to face her abruptly.
"Wait! Emma! You know what's going on?" I exclaim. Emma and Leo laugh. "This isn't funny! You guys are freaking me out!" I say but by now I can't contain my laughter.
"Sorry Bee but it's a secret for now. You'll find out later." Leo states. I roll my eyes in return. "So what brings you girls here?" Leo asks.
"Kara's being a bitch again. Nurse Jackson put me in charge of Bee so I decided we'd come see you." Emma replies with a small smile. I look between the two of them. Leo's looking at Emma the same way Liam Hemsworth looks at Jennifer Lawrence in the new Hunger Games movie and Emma's sneaking glances at him too. I gasp.
"Omg! You guys are dating!" I squeal grabbing Emma's hands and jumping up and down. She giggles.
"We might be." Leo says smiling. I let go of Emma.
"That is so cute." I beam. Emma's blushing a little but Leo raises his mouth up into a half smile.
"Thanks Bee." Emma says before turning back to Leo. "Kara has just been jumping Phoebe's case all day today!" Leo rolls his eyes.
"Kara," a voice interjects and we all turn around. There's a tall tan guy with dark hair standing behind us. "You guys' seen her?"
"She's with Dash and Jordi in the meeting room." Emma replies. The boy's gaze drifts to me and he gives me a once over before speaking with a newly appeared charm.
"New girl?" He says with a flirtatious smile. I shoot one back.
"You got it." He nods and looks me over one more time.
"Cute." He says before waltzing down the hall. I turn back around to Emma and Leo who are both gaping at me.
"What?" I shrug.
"You are just trying to rattle the bear's cage aren't you?" Leo asks.
"What are you talking about?" I reply.
"Hunter and Kara are like a thing." He says back.
"Oh shit." I cringe before pointing at the both of them. "If anyone asks, he made the first move." They both nod. Emma's phone beeps and she pulls it out.
"Hey it's Dash. They are wanting us to go get dinner with then." She reads from the screen.
"Alright. Can you guys hand me my crutches?" Leo responds. Emma and I grab his crutches and help him out of his chair. We all leave his room and head down to the cafeteria.
Time skip
Oh my God. I swear if Kara shoots me one more dirty look I'm going to stab her with my fork. I'm sitting in between Jordi and Emma with Kara and her boy toy, Hunter, sitting straight across from us. I haven't really touched much of my dinner when Nurse Jackson comes over.
"Miss Bee it's time for your appointment." She says. I say goodbye to everyone at the table and shoot Kara one last glare before I follow Nurse Jackson out of the cafeteria. As soon as the cafés door closes behind us Nurse Jackson turns to me.
"Empty your pockets." She says calmly.
"What? Why?" I start.
"After today's incident we need to be sure that you're not going to pull that same stunt again." I groan before reluctantly turning my pockets inside out.
"See? Nothing. Do you want to pat me down to or should I just follow the warden back to jail." I scowl.
"You're a snarky one. I would guess you and Kara get along like two peas in a pod." She continues as we walk towards Dr. Hearts office.
"More like a cat and a dog trapped in a bag." I mutter.
"Okay. Kara can be a little rough around the edges but so can you." She comments.
"Not normally I'm not." I argue. "I was actually voted Best Personality and Most Social back at school." Nurse Jackson smiles at me.
"I bet that was a special accomplishment for you."
"Yeah it was." Is all I can manage to say. We stand outside of a door with a little metal engraving beside it that says Doctor Michelle Heart. Head Pediatric Psychiatrist.
"You ready Hun?" Nurse Jackson asks. I shrug.
"No, but I have to face my demons at some point I guess." Nurse Jackson pulls me into a hug. Before opening the door and ushering me in.
"You'll do fine sweet pea."
Kara's POV
"I hate her." I remark as soon as Nurse Jackson drags that little b word out of the cafeteria. Emma shoots me one of her looks.
"What a coincidence!" She says sarcastically. "She hates you too." I roll my eyes. Go figure Little Miss Diet Pill would be so buddy buddy with Edna Scissorhands. Oh yea, I know about that but we'll get to it later.
"Hunter agrees with me. She's a bitch." I snark at Emma.
"No I don't. New Girl seems pretty cool." I turn to him dropping my jaw.
"You're kidding right?" I'm addressing the whole table now. "She's a total fake! Like seriously. Who doesn't know why they're in a hospital? Like I'm pretty sure that it's illegal or something."
"I seriously doubt that Kara." Diet Pill retorts. I ignore her comment.
"She's a total shade tree. I bet she has something to hide. Something she's not telling us." I emphasize towards them.
"Bee's a really sweet girl. I doubt she has anything to hide. Kara you need to lay off of her. You really hurt her feelings earlier." Leo says. Go figure. He's always playing to Emma's side. I lull my head around in a slow circle.
"Its not my fault the newbie can't handle my personality."
"Look Kara. We all remember our first days here. It was scary. We need to ALL be accepting of Phoebe and make her feel welcome. So what if we don't know why she's here? There's a lot of stuff we still don't know about her but hey! What do you expect when you've only really talked to a person for an hour tops." Jordi speaks up.
"Jordis right yo. Besides we will plenty of time to get to know our girl Bee tomorrow night." Dash says and the whole table nods.
"Well you losers enjoy the rest of your dinner. I'm going to go snooping." I push away from the table. "Are you coming Hunter?" He shrugs.
"Well someone needs to keep you out of trouble."
Time skip.
I walk towards the nurses station with Hunter in tow behind me.
"Hey Britt." I gush sliding up to the counter. Brittany doesn't even look up from her computer.
"What do you want Kara?" She asks dryly.
"Oh nothing really. I'm just looking for a girl named Phoebe Johnson. She's new. Do you have any idea where she is?" Brittany types in her computer a little before addressing me.
"She has an appointment." She responds.
"Oh darn Hunter!" I exclaim raising my eyes at him gesturing for him to play along. "We must've missed her! Britt do you mind giving us her room number? We have a welcome gift we wanted to give her but I suppose we could just drop it off in her room." Brittany finally looks up at me suspiciously.
"Oh yea? Where is it then?"
"We were just about to swing by the gift shop to pick it up actually." Hunter says quickly whipping out a twenty. Brittany looks are us warily before glancing down at her screen.
"Room 513. 5th floor." She says with a sigh. "Kara if you pull anything Nurse Jackson, Kenji and I will have your head."
"Me? Cause trouble? Never!" I utter walking away.
"I'm serious Kara!" Brittany shouts after me. I shoot her a tight smile before grabbing Hunter's hand and racing around the corner.
Time switch.
"Does this chick seriously only wear sweaters?" I mumble digging through her drawers. "Have you found anything?" I say over my shoulder.
"Not really just a bunch of family photos." I slam the drawer shut and stroll over to where Hunter is kneeling beside Phoebe's bedside table. I look over his shoulder at a stack of pictures that he is holding. There's a mom with a short blonde bob and bright blue eyes and a dad that has tan skin with dark hair and brown eyes. Its obvious Phoebe favors her mom. Theres another girl there too. She favors the dad's looks with long auburn hair and dark mysterious eyes. She looks just about Phoebe's age, maybe a little older but its obvious they are related.
"Put those back and let's find something of actual substance." Hunter takes one last lingering glance at the photos before reluctantly sliding them back into a drawer. I turn to face her bed and begin tossing back the covers one by one. Nothing. I feel under the pillows, one by one. Again nothing. Its when I lift up the very last pillow that I feel a heavy weight dragging it down.
"Jackpot." I exclaim slowly pulling out a slick black picture frame. Hunter walks towards me. In the picture frame was a news article from about two weeks ago with a picture I recognized from the stack Hunter had earlier.
"Family Suffers from Fatal Accident off of the 2-75 Highway." Hunter reads from behind me, his breath warm on the back of my neck. "15 year old Claire Johnson was declared dead at the scene. Mother, Anne (Holmes) Johnson was ejected from the drivers seat when a drunk driver collided into the driver's side of the car. Her body along with those of her husband Danny Johnson and other daughter Phoebe Johnson were transported to California State Hospital directly from the scene." His voice shrinks progressively before I have to take over reading the article.
"Update: Father Danny Johnson passed away in the ambulance to California State Hospital. Mother Anne Johnson remains in critical condition while their surviving 15 year old daughter Phoebe was treated with minor bumps and bruises and a couple of broken ribs. She has been released into the custody of her aunt until her mother recovers." We are both just standing there with mouths wide open. I quietly place the picture frame back where I found it.
"Wow." Hunter says when I turn back around. I just nod. I can feel Hunter recoil before he speaks up again. "I need to call my mom." He rushes out of the room leaving me standing there alone.
Time skip
"God Damnit." I hear Phoebe's voice say before there is a bang. I peek my head around the corner before strolling casually her way.
"Hey Bee," I bait. She is hopping on one foot with a pained look on her face but she still manages to shoot me a glare. She gently places her foot back on the ground. She crosses her arms in front of her.
"What do you want Kara?" I give her an innocent look.
"No need to be so harsh! I'm just checking in on you." Her expressions softens. "How was your appointment with Dr. Heart?"
"How did you know I was in there?" She shoots back at me quickly. I chuckle.
"Awe, Bee! You see this is the thing you will have to eventually have to learn about me. I'm a very curious person. I have ways to find things out." Her eyes widen, I can tell she is desperately trying to hide her anxieties. "Like this-" I say reaching out to grab her left arm, yanking at her sleeve. She lets out a gasp. All over her arm are little markings, even a band aid that I can recognize came from the hospital. "Cutter. Just like I suspected." I tisked. She pulls back her arm, yanks down her sleeve, and looks around frantically.
"How did you know?" She hissed in a hushed tone to me.
"I told you, I have my ways." I don't bother lower my voice, maybe even increasing my volume just to faze her. She gives me an accusing look and I roll my eyes. "You always wear long sleeve for one, plus you're constantly tugging them down. You should really try to be less obvious." She instinctively pulls down her sleeve at my remark. "I also know why you're here." I add. She straightens up.
"Oh really? I'd love to know considering I haven't heard the news yet myself." Her tone is sarcastic but there's obviously an edge, rather it be from her nerves, or just her dislike for me.
"Does the name Danny Johnson ring a bell? Maybe Claire Johnson?" Her expression looks like someone just stabbed her. "I mean I think I read an article about them a couple weeks ago in the newspaper. Died in a car accident the two of them. So tragic." I smirk at her. "I can't imagine having to deal with the crippling grief any of the survivors may be facing. Especially if they had only received some minor bumps and bruises."
"No," She pleads. "just stop!" She is shaking, tears are pooling in her eyes. Maybe I took this a step too far. Before I can speak up once more Phoebe addresses me in a quiet voice. "Have you told anyone yet?" I feel my heart seize up a little, nervous it is acting up. I realize eventually that its just my own guilt.
"No." I lie. She lets out a breath. "I don't know why you care."
"It's," she hesitates. "It's hard to explain. Please just promise me you won't tell anyone Kara." I scoff.
"No way!" I exclaim.
"Kara please!" I look at her a moment. Her eyes are red and her face was blotchy. I have already done my job in getting to her. No need to take it any farther. Despite what others may tell you, I actually do have some mercy.
"Fine." Phoebe sighs.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." She cries approaching me with her arms up into an embrace. I step away.
"Woah. Don't thank me yet New Girl. You're going to admit to everyone why you're really here," her mouth pops open. "By tommorow. Or else I'll do it myself." She stares at blankly. I shrug before turning and walking away.
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