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"I'll be fine, Teddy. You need to shower anyway." I assured, taking the brush through my tangled hair.

"I promised you I'm not going to leave you alone and I'm going to keep my word, Kiya." Teddy sternly said, and I sighed and turned to him.

"You have only showered once in the week or however long I've been here. Even then, you only changed right back into the clothes you were wearing before. You need to go shower, and maybe even get rid of those clothes." I pointed at him. "My mother and father should be here in only a few minutes to come pick me up anyway, I'm sure that by the time you leave the parking lot they'll be in here with me. Besides, there's a nurse right outside that door and if I'm being honest, you're smothering me." I admitted, and he frowned.

"I know I am, I can tell." He sighed. "I just don't want what happened to you to happen again. Especially since you say the guy knows you." Chills ran down my spine at the mention of the unknown guy. I put on my best poker face, trying to show him just the mention of that night didn't bother me.

"It won't. If he even comes in the first thing I'll do is press that button and scream, he won't be able to get anywhere close to me. I promise." I assured. "I don't want to be alone, but at the same time I do need it, whether anyone wants it or not."

"You've had some time alone, Kiya." He crossed his arms.

"Ten to fifteen minute showers aren't enough alone time. It's not like I'm going anywhere, besides we just moved so I won't even be going back to that house or the old one of mine. I'll be far away from it, I think." It's true. My parents moved in the week of me being here, Teddy refusing to help due to wanting to stay here with me. They found the help anyway, the girls from the sorority helping them.

I've refused to see any of them, not because I'm blaming them or anything I just need some time away from people. It's already hard enough getting away from my parents and especially Teddy, that I've said no new visitors because I know for a fact I won't be able to get away from them once I leave this hospital.

At the same time, I can't wait to leave. They told me that first day here they were only going to keep me for a day or two, but decided to keep me even longer due to wanting to do more tests and make sure I'm 'stable' after everything that happened.

Obviously I'm bothered by everything that happened, but I can't let it show. I have so much more to deal with when I get out of here that I don't want to think of the way he took control over me and forced me to do things I would never want to do with him. It's not going to go away, I know that, but I can't sit here and dwell on it because I know that it takes long enough for me to get over things, how am I supposed to get over something like this?

"Fine, keep your phone on you at all times. If you don't answer, I'll call Kelly or Mac. I'll go shower, I need to talk to Pete and his fiance anyway. I'll come by your house and such afterward, okay?" Teddy asked, pulling me in for a hug. I barely hugged him back and watched him leave, sighing when I was finally alone.

Sure, it's in a hospital room where get well soon cards, balloons and other miscellaneous things littered the tables and such, but it was better than not being alone at all.

Beginning to pack the clear plastic bag they gave me that already had my dress and old underwear in it, I shoved the socks and such they'd given me while I was here in, too. First thing I planned to do with the contents in this bag was burn it, as for one I'm never wearing the hospital gown or socks again and two, I don't want to see the dress or underwear I was wearing when it happened again, either.

Three knocks at the door caused me to stop what I was doing and I sighed, rubbing my forehead in frustration as I grumbled a 'come in'. Who could it possibly be this time?

Turning around, I stopped in my tracks at who was sheepishly standing by the door. It was Nash, his hair a wet mess and he was wearing grey sweatpants and a white t-shirt, something completely opposite from his usual look.

He held flowers and a teddy bear in his hands, and he didn't make a move to step any closer to me, as he was scared I'd yell at him or send him away.

"Hi," I mumbled, not wanting to be rude. I don't have the strength to be rude, and even if that's my first thought to do, I did technically forgive him after everything he's done to me.

Besides, I've had worse happen.

"Hey, Kiya. I hope you don't mind I dropped by." He mumbled, finally stepping into the room. He didn't make a move to shut the door, probably knowing how I'm feeling and not wanting me to be uncomfortable.

"It's fine, I was just actually about to leave. I'm waiting on my parents to get here." I replied, turning back to the bag. I shut it, leaving it where it was as I began to gather up the different piles of cards I've gotten. Funny how word got around, I wonder who said something.

"Oh, they're outside, actually. I got here the same time they did." Nash stood on the side of the bed I was just standing on, and he gently sat the bear and card down next to the bag. I stood still for a moment, just staring at him. I wonder what was going on through his brain. Then again, I think I always do with this boy.

"Oh," I just said, not knowing what else to say to him.

"You didn't deserve what happened to you," Nash whispered, his eyes glossy with tears. "I know you don't want to talk about it, probably especially not to me or anything but I just want you to know. I would never wish this upon you. Not even back then when I did different fucked up shit, I didn't want something like this to ever happen you you. Nobody deserves it."

Sighing, I sat on the side of the bed that didn't have anything on it, staring at the bunches of cards in my hands. I motioned to the empty spot at the end of the bed and Nash obliged, sitting down and wiping his cheeks. "Thanks. But it happened, and there's nothing nobody can do anything about." It was weird talking to Nash about this, seeing as I'd barely talked about it with Teddy besides the day I mentioned everything to the cop about what happened.

They still haven't found him, even with the sketch they got when I described the man to them. It's bothering me that I'm about to just be back out in the world with this man, but what can I do?

"I know we're not on the best of terms, but I do miss you Kiya. And I mean as a best friend, not as anything else. This is the worst time to mention it, but if I didn't do it now I don't think I'd ever have the guts to say anything like this to you; not to your face, anyway." Nash looked down at his hands, and I felt my chest tighten.

"What- what made you do it? Hurt me like that." I asked, setting the cards next to the gifts he'd brought me.

"I didn't want to. Not at all. Some buddies from my college knew who you were. I had pictures of all my old friends from home laying around my dorm, some of me, Nat and you. They got enough information out of me to know my feelings for you and know about you, to where when we were at a party playing extreme truth or dare, they made me you know, sleep with you." He explained, pain and regret in his voice.

"So it was all a dare?" I asked. "But why-why did you go through with it why did you tell those people all those things?"

"There was more to the dare than just doing that. They dared me to get you in bed then break your heart." Nash avoided eye contact with me.

"Why did you agree?" I asked.

"I had to. The thing about extreme truth or dare was there were consequences if you didn't do the dare. They told me if I didn't they'd do something to Natalie and she's my sister and I didn't want either thing to happen." Nash explained.

"Well, I'm glad you looked out for your sister," I reached forward for a moment, resting my hand on his arm. He looked up at me and smiled, and I sheepishly pulled away. "I'm not saying what you did was okay, but you had to choose and if I were you I'd have chose Natalie, too."

"If I'd have known they were going to do it at all I'd have chose truth, but they completely blindsided me and I didn't know." Nash shook his head. "And after it happened they all praised me, acted like I was some God or something. I liked it, and I hate myself for that."

"Understandable, in a way." I nodded my head.

"I just felt like I was on top of the world. Of course deep down I hated myself because I was like I don't know, I liked you. A lot. But I figured you didn't like me like that so if I failed at the dare and couldn't get you in bed nothing would happen because I tried and it didn't work, and they'd leave Natalie alone. But it worked, and I hate myself for it every single day," He quickly spoke. "The thing about being at the top is it's a really long fall down."

"I can see that," I whispered.

"Yeah and I'm still getting backlash from it. But I'm trying to make things right. So seeing this happen to you after everything I put you through? It makes me hate myself so much more." He glanced at me every now and then.

"Well, still not justifying your actions or anything, but you did choose the right choice in a way. They were going to do who knows what to Natalie, and she's blood. I hope you've dropped them as friends, and you learned to get better friends." I began to explain. "And with me? I've been hurt by person after person. You hurt me, Teddy's hurt me, Natalie's hurt me, and Michael. Not to mention this unknown man. But I've forgiven you and Teddy, and I'm working on the others."

"Michael, the boy you were just dating?" He asked, and I nodded. "What did he do?"

"Well he drifted himself from me then I was hanging out with Teddy at the coffee shop close to the old house and him and Natalie walked in together," I started.

"So they're, like... Wait, no wonder I recognized the boy she brought by a few times." Nash shook his head. "We've been shitty friends to you, I'm sorry."

"No, it's okay. Don't worry. These things have helped me realize I've been taking some things for granted, helped me find myself a little more in a way. Besides, now I've been through worse so it's not like it kills me or anything." I shrugged.

"Well, I'll be having a talk with her tonight. Okay? Has she even came by?" He asked.

"I don't know. I haven't really been taking guests unless it's my parents or Teddy." I spoke. "I barely managed to get my parents to leave to pack and move and Teddy to go make amends with his old friend."

"Well, they're just caring for you, Ky." Nash sent a tiny smile.

"Understandable I guess." I shrugged again. "Thanks for fully explaining everything that happened to me, helped me see it in a different way. It shows me you're who I thought you were years ago before it happened, and that you're not some evil guy who doesn't care about others. Maybe that will even help patch up our friendship a bit."

"It won't ever be the same though." He whispered.

"You're right, it won't. But we can only look forward and learn from our mistakes I guess." I sent an encouraging smile, and before Nash could reply the door opened and my parents walked in, an empty box in their hands.

"Ready to go home, sport?" My dad asked, a smile plastered on his face. I nodded, and Nash helped us pack everything up and we walked out, my parents already signing my discharge papers while Nash was in my room talking to me.

In a way I feel more at peace knowing that what Nash did wasn't out of pure evil, and it helped me feel more comfortable around him in a way. I couldn't stop thinking about the boy I'd seen at the party, memories of what he did rushing through my mind on replay.

This is going to be hard, harder than I thought.

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PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS. ITS A LOT, BUT ITS REGARDING THE END OF THE STORY AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS I WANT TO ADDRESS

couple questions. first, did you see the nash thing coming? if not, what were you expecting?

i just want to thank you guys for sticking around not only for my poorly written teddy fic (the first book to this series), but also for this mess of a story. my writing has definitely improved at least a little bit since i began writing the teddy fanfic like forever ago, and i'm forever thankful for every read, vote, and comment. they really make my day!

i'm at the point in this story where i'm almost done with the movie, like including what happened in the movie even if i haven't included it very much. the first book to this story was started completely out of nowhere, i watched the movie and i was like "wow zac's hot, let me make a story" and it was out of impulse. i had no plan, no idea what i really wanted except for who i wanted to play her, and so when i began writing, i wrote. i didn't look back at previous chapters, i was really reckless. but you guys seemed to like it, and since then i've gone through and edited and such, and you guys still seem to enjoy it.

this book hasn't really followed the movie as much as the first one did, which is saying a lot because when i started writing that i barely followed it at all. i had just written key words or phrases down and left it at that. this one i actually watched the second movie a few times, getting a notebook and writing down lines/scenes i definitely wanted to include and needed to keep in mind as i was writing. even then, it was mainly scenes and not as much lines the way i do with my spider-man fic, benny weir fic, or camp rock story.

it has been quite a journey, writing these two stories. i've almost deleted this book alone multiple times. there are times where i'm stuck and i know that it's like that with almost every story with some point but this one was just harder than literally any other story that i have published. i even got behind, a little bit. i was like this with the first book too, but you guys liked it and i didn't want to disappoint so i rushed it, then realized how bad i rushed it so offered a sequel then took literally MONTHS to even begin it. which i thank you for your patience with my procrastination.

i know on my last chapter i posted i asked in the author's note if there was something you'd like to see. i'm completely serious about that, if you didn't comment on the last chapter please comment now. i read every comment when i get the chance to, and i will take into consideration anything you say, even if it's something you think may be a little dumb. i will not find it dumb, and if it works with the tiny amount of things i have planned i will try to include it, or something like it.

there's not much left of this story, tbh. i want to give you guys an ending you're completely okay with, whether it be something crazy like she end up with five kids with teddy living in england  or even something so simple as her and teddy living their days as just best friends instead of lovers.

i had created this sequel with so many plans. i was never going to make nat and mikey a thing, or nash end up being a good guy. i didn't plan on the intense scene, none of it. i felt as i was dragging the story out, even if i was partially copying the movie, and i feel like i shouldn't feel like that on only chapter what, thirteen?

i was going to have more new characters, old characters come back, all of that. i still have a few i want to add in, such as ashley as i need to get more into detail about kiya's relationship with her. and along with that, i had on my introduction a quote each of them say and i've only used nash's, michael's and teddy's i think. so i still have more planned, but i'm beginning to run out of ideas and i don't want to bore you guys.

so it will be ending soon, i'm going to try to at least keep it going till chapter thirty, although i might end it there or soon after. even if i don't, it might even go onto chapter forty. who knows. but at this point i might end it before even, but my goal is chapter thirty.

i just really don't want to rush this story, i want to talk to you guys and interact and see what you'd like to see whether there be more natalie, nash, pete or literally any other character than just teddy and kiya.

so sorry for the long author's note, i hope you guys understand as i tried to explain everything the best i could and such. let me know in the comments please, or if you don' t want to comment you can ALWAYS dm me and i'll reply the moment i see it. i never ignore anyone, and i'm always down for friends.

see you guys next update, and have a wonderful day, you're a real one if you made it this far

don't forget to smile :)

ALSO Y'ALL AINT READY FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER LMAOO