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Ironically, everyone had already left to check on Olivia at the hospital. Lucky for me, Brett stayed behind to make sure I had a ride (hint the sarcasm).

Not to make the situation all about me, but this had to be our most awkward car ride yet. He didn't play any music, probably because we were too busy worrying about Olivia to have a full on concert.

"What happened back there?" He finally asked, breaking the silence.

"Chase Morgan being a dick as always," I said, sounding meaner than I anticipated.

"You... you wanna talk about it?" He asked despite my obvious hateful tone.

"No."

"Okay."

I couldn't tell if I was angry or worried, probably both, but I knew Brett didn't deserve the hostility I gave him.

"Look, I just wanna make sure she's okay, then we can talk," I said more calmly. He simply nodded, and the silent car ride continued.

Although my body definitely disagreed to the physical exercise, I sprinted to the front desk in search of Olivia.

"I'm looking for Olivia Atwood," I said out of breath, Brett finally catching up to me.

"Russo!" I heard a faint voice shout from down the hall. Harmony, Henry, and Jayden came from around the corner. I should've known the raspy yell came from Harmony.

"Where is she? How is she?!" I asked immediately. It seemed like they all avoided the question for a bit, looking anywhere but in my eyes.

"We-we don't know," Harmony finally said.

"What do you mean you don't know?" I asked.

There was the avoidance again. Harmony looking down, Jayden rubbing the back of his head. Henry stepped closer to me.

"It's their stupid family only policy," Harmony said.

"All we can do now is wait," Jayden added.

But I couldn't. I couldn't wait. I needed to see Olivia now.

"Can we at least know how she's doing? If she's... alive?" My sentence quickly faded off as I fantasized the worst.

"All we know is that they rushed her into surgery. Jayden's right, Charlotte. All we can do now is wait," Henry said.

I knew he was right, but it only made me more upset. Olivia was my best friend, and I couldn't even see her. What if she was dying at this very moment and I didn't know?

I finally decided to take a seat in the waiting room with the rest of the group. Harmony tried to share her jello she'd gotten from the cafeteria, but I couldn't eat. If I attempted to eat anything I'd probably throw it right up.

I sat in silence, impatiently tapping my foot until Henry's hand gripped my leg.

"She's going to be fine, Charlie," He reassured me. I sent him a soft smile, even though part of me didn't believe him.

None of this would've happened if I didn't push her so hard to break up with Chase. I shouldn't have let her go alone. The guy was practically insane. Speaking of the twat, where was he?

"Where's Chase?" I asked, attracting the attention of the entire group considering those were the first words I'd said within the past hour.

"I saw him talking to some officers around the hall earlier," Jayden said.

"Maybe the dick's finally getting what he deserves," Harmony added. I could never tell which team she was on, but that was one thing we agreed on.

We sat there bickering about Chase's future, until we were interrupted. She had slow, light footsteps, but we could still hear her coming.

"Logan," I sighed in disbelief, immediately getting up to embrace her. It was weird seeing adults cry. They tried so hard to put on brave faces for us, that I never thought about what goes on behind closed doors.

"She's going to be fine, I know she is," I reassured her, still embracing her in a tight hug. I couldn't help but let out a few tears myself. I wasn't even sure if I believed the words coming out of my mouth.

"She's still in surgery," She finally said, wiping away her tears as if we didn't see her cry. "I'm not sure how long. You kids should go home, get some rest. I'm sure your parents are looking for you."

"No way. I'm not leaving her," I said immediately. She gently smiled, bringing me in for another hug.

"You'll be the first person I call if anything changes, Charlotte," she said, kissing me on my forehead. "It's late, and it's a school night. I'll let you guys know when she wakes up from surgery."

I couldn't help but think if. If she wakes up from surgery. School was the last thing on my mind, but I knew Logan. She was just as stubborn as me. We'd be here all night if I argued with her.

"Come on, Char," Henry said, grabbing my hand. "She'll be okay."

Jayden rode with Henry and I since his house was close to ours, and Harmony with Brett, thank God. Despite all of this, I knew he'd still want to talk about us if I rode in the car with him.

As soon as we got home, we could hear mom and dad arguing in the kitchen. It was super late, but they were probably still up to make sure we got home safely.

"Hey, what's going on?" Henry asked, setting his keys down as I followed him to the kitchen.

"Nothing, how are you guys? How's Olivia?" Mom said, her eyes swollen and face flushed with red. She'd been crying.

"We don't know, she's in surgery," I added, watching my father flinch at the mention of her name. "Are you sure you guys are okay?"

"Yeah, we're fine. Don't worry about it. Why don't you guys go get some sleep?" my mom began. Dad had still yet to say a word, standing with his fists balled on the counter.

Henry grabbed my hand, taking us away from the kitchen.

"What do you think's going on?" I whispered to him.

"Not sure, but it's none of our business."

How could he not want to be nosey? I followed him up the stairs and watched him go into his room as he watched me go into mine. As soon as the coast was clear, I headed back downstairs to see what all the fuss was about.

"Ryan, she's still your daughter," I heard my mom's voice breaking. Were they talking about me?

"No daughter of mine is going to live like this," He said angrily. "How could you let this happen? Do you even watch them!"

"Ryan, don't you dare try to teach me how to parent when you walked out on those kids for years! I don't care what your beliefs are, if you're not going to accept her for who she is, get out!" She shouted. I decided to finally step in.

"What's going on? Don't lie to me," I said quietly, as they both stood staring at me dumbfounded.

"I don't want you to see that girl anymore," Dad finally said.

"What?" It was the only thing that came out of my mouth. He came closer to me, tears in his eyes, grabbing my shoulders.

"I'm going to get you help, Charlotte. You're sick."

"For goodness sake, Ryan, homosexuality doesn't mean sick!" My mom shouted.

They were talking about me and Olivia.

"W-what are you talking about?" I asked, my voice uncontrollably shaky.

"It's okay, Charlotte. I know some people at my church. They know how to handle this kind of stuff. They know where you can get treatment," Dad said.

"You're trying to send me away?" I asked.

I couldn't believe this. For some reason, I still wanted my father back in my life. I knew I was always missing something, and I knew it was him. But this... this isn't how I expected it to go.

"Get out."

"Excuse me?" Ryan said.

"Get the fuck out," I repeated myself. "You can't disappear from our lives and come back trying to tell me how to live mine. You lost your father privileges years ago. Now get out, I never want to see you again."

"Char, you don't mean that. You're not well. Just come stay with me for a while and we'll make sure you get back to your old self," He said calmly, stepping closer to me, only urging me to step back.

"My friend's dying and all you can think about is that we're together? Do you think I asked to fall in love with my best friend? It just happened, Dad! I'm not sick. I'm not confused. Olivia's in the hospital because of me, because I couldn't just tell her how I felt all along because I feared what everyone else would think. But now she's in the hospital on her death bed, so I could really give two shits about what you or anyone else thinks about me. I love her, and no treatment of yours is going to change that. Now let me repeat myself. Get the fuck out, I never want to see your face again, or so help me God, I'll kill you myself."

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