A beeping sound next to me wakes me up from a deep sleep. When I open my eyes I notice that I'm in a room with dimmed lights. I lay there looking around for quite some time before a woman walks in wearing a white coat.

"Hello miss Righters. How are you feeling?" She asks with a smile.

"Where am I? What happened?" I ask trying to sit up, but a sharp pain shoots through my head.

"It's better if you don't get up ma'am. You're in the hospital at the moment. You were brought in by your friends yesterday."

"My friends? What happened?" I ask confused.

Friends friends friends friends

"Do you not remember?"

"I don't know. This pain in my head."

"Okay. You just lie still. I'm gonna go get the doctor."

"Okay." I say as a few drops tears leave my eyes.

Shortly after that the nurse walks back in with a familiar man.

"Hello there miss Righters. We meet again." He laughs. Why is he laughing while I'm in pain? "I'm doctor Stan, in case you don't remember me."

I stare at him blankly not intending without moving a muscle.

"How are you feeling?" He asks after a short silence.

"My head hurts... a lot." I answer.

"Last time you were here I told you to take it easy, because you can't handle too much stress and drama. I guess I didn't make myself clear enough. I spoke to your mother this morning and she told me you'll be going on a trip very soon. That's a great idea in your condition right now, because you really have to..."

"Wait, wait. Where is my mom?" I ask cutting his rant off.

"She just left. About an hour ago." He answers.

"But where is Christian? He'd never leave me just..." I start but then it all comes back to me like a flood. The mall, Megan's bleeding lip, Jay-Sean, Chris beating him near death, Sean desperately trying to stop Chris, Christian calling my name. I suddenly remember all of it. The headache I had just gets worse. What happened to Chris? Where is he? Is Jay-Sean okay? What about Sean and Megan?
"Oh my God! Oh my God! Where is Christian?" I shout grabbing onto my head with both hands hoping that that will soothe some of the pain. It doesn't though. It gets worse and worse every second.

"Miss Righters you have to take it easy."

"I wanna get out of here. Oh God! Is he okay? I have to go home." I say trying to get up again, but the piercing pain that goes through my head stops me right in my tracks.

"You can go home this afternoon if the headache stops. Otherwise I'm afraid you have to stay here and lie still. Try to relax."

"I asked you a question." I say as I start crying with my both hands covering my face. What if something bad happened when I was unconscious? I start praying silently that all is well and that everyone is okay. I pray that no one's life is in danger. None of what doctor Stan says goes heard by me. I stay in that position, crying and praying until I fall asleep again. When I wake up I see my phone vibrating next to me. My mom's red purse is on the chair accros the room, but there's no sign of her.

I pick my phone up and see a few texts from Selena. Why is she texting me all of a sudden.

"Can you please help me with something?"

"I really need you right now. Please reply!"

"Chan please. I'm sorry. I need to tell you something. I desperately need your help."

There are a few more messages like that from her. A few were already marked read.

"What's wrong?" I send to her. She replies almost immediately.

"Can you please come to my house? You can come straight up to my room. It's important."

I frown at the text for a minute, then I decide I'll go see what her problem is. I know this is wrong, but I'm feeling better and I don't feel like staying here any longer. I step out of the bed and put my shoes on before exiting the room.
The woman at the counter smiles at me when I walk past her not knowing that I'm a patient. I get into a cab and give him Selena's address. This is my first time sitting in a cab and it feels so weird. The man recognizes me immediately and gets all exited telling me how much his daughter likes me. When we get to my destination I notice that I didn't think bout money at all. I don't have a dime on me. He lets me pay by giving him my autograph and taking a selfie with him.

Selena has always been so mysterious about people going into her room, so it's weird that she's asking me to go up there.

As I walk onto the porch I feel like something is about to happen. The hair on my neck are all standing to attention. Before I knock my phone rings and I pick up.

"Chan baby where are you?" Christian's voice asks worried.

"I uhh..."

"Fuck it. Baby don't step into that house. I'm coming to get you." He sounds panicked and I can hear him breathing heavily through the phone.

"Why? What's going on? How do you know where I am?" I ask.

"Trust me baby. You're not ready for this. I'll explain everything. Just stay where you are."

"How do you know where I am?" I ask again.

"For God's sake Chaniëlle! Can you for once listen to me? Please stop being so difficult. I know what I'm talking about and I'm telling you not to enter that house."

"Well if you can't tell me then I'll find out myself." I say and hang up. I know I'm being stubborn right now, but who cares? I don't.

After I knock on the front door, Selena's mom opens the door. Everything seems normal, but the atmosphere is weird. I can feel it.

Mrs Scott tells me to go up to Selena's room and that she's waiting for me there. She has something to show me. I do as she tells me, but when I get up there there's no sign of Selena. I walk around the room and call her name, but no answer. Just when I was about to leave.....
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Hey peeps. Here's another chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. There are just a few more chapters to go and this then we're going to wrap it up. 😭

As happy as I'll be to have finished a book that has actually been seen by other people, I'll miss slipping into the world of Chanielle and Christian.

Anyway... let me know what you think about this chapter.

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