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Chapter Three:

Tori:

I hate hospitals. Especially the A+E. My mum is trying to fuss over me.

I hate it.

I think that Charlie knows that I hate it. I hate the touching, the fussing, the "are you okay" every two seconds,

But there isn't really anything he can do about it. I wish that he could.

Is my mum even listening to me when I'm telling her I'm fine?

Or am I even making any sound at all?

Charlie grabs my hand, and I have a miniature spasm. He immediately pulls back and I instantly feel guilty. I never react like that when he's trying to calm me down. I count my breath. One two, one two, one two. That manages to calm me down in the best way possible, so I look up and find my mum talking to the nearest doctor, a worried look on her face. She points to me and the doctor's eyes widen.

I don't know why.

The doctor runs over to me and calls for some nurses to come over to take me to this room and suddenly I feel overwhelmed and

I feel myself hit the ground.

Charlie:

It takes me a few seconds to react after Victoria falls onto the ground.

She must've lost consciousness.

I run over to her to find myself being pulled away by some nurses. I try to walk to Victoria, despite the weight nagging at me, pulling at me to stop. I manage to reach her and pull her into a tight hug.

But the doctors bring her into a room and I'm left there alone, alone and with my mother.

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Chapter 2:

Tori:

"We're here." The sound of Nick's voice is quiet, quieter than it normally is. I would like to think that he doesn't want to disturb me, but I'm a light sleeper. I get out of the car, and the immediate brightness of the sun piercingly grazes my eyes, and for a split second, they feel like they're on fire. Oh well. Charlie grabs my hand to hold it. I think that he thinks that I'm going to run away from them. It's only a hospital. I may hate them, but I wouldn't just... I'm not going to bother explaining anymore.

Nick:

I'm worried about Tori. But not as much as Charlie. His brow is too furrowed, his face too agitated, nervous. We walk inside the hospital, trying to find their parents. Michael looks cautious, as if to say that Tori could collapse any minute. Lucas and Becky trail behind us, inconvenient and unhelping. It sounds rude, but they could have stayed with her, and made sure that she was safe before running out of the building.

Charlie:

"Charlie!" I hear my mum call me over, she's been crying. Her eyes are red and puffy, but she doesn't even know what happened. Sometimes I wonder if she even cares about one more than the other. She's like that.

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Chapter 1: Based after the events of Solitaire:

Tori:

"Are you okay?" The sound of Charlie's voice snaps me out of my trance.

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine."

"You look like you're going to smash the car window and jump out of it."

"Maybe I will." I, obviously straight after, regret saying this, as everyone in the car except Nick immediately spin their heads round to look at me. Too soon for a 'joke'.

"I didn't mean it, don't worry." They all sigh in what seems like relief and turn back round to what they were doing. I don't want to go to the hospital. I want to open my mouth to tell Nick to stop the car, get out, and walk until my feet hurt. But I don't. Instead, I sit in silence, lean my head on Michael's shoulder, and fall half-asleep.

Charlie:

I have to keep on looking in the car mirror to make sure that Victoria isn't trying to open the car door to jump out of it. I think her last comment put everyone, especially me, on edge. I don't want her to do that, she's my sister. She looks like she's fallen asleep. At least when she wakes up we'll be at the hospital. Nick's car isn't driven manually so I hold his hand whilst he steers the car with his free one. He's good with his hands. Haha.