New friendships. (Sam)

[Ellie Mankelow]

"No. I'm fine." She fought as she made her way back to the car. "Just let's get to Washington and I'll get myself checked out when we are there, okay?". Ellie's concern was that their wasn't any time wasted on them reaching their destination. The longer she put off the hospital visit, the lower her chances of getting better were and that's exactly what she needed to keep in mind. If something happened to her, Sam would return home and he'd be safe.

[Charlie Hudson]

Charlie stopped him. "I don't know if you know, but Sam's my brother...he'll keep her safe. And he will keep me updated." she explained. "If you go to Washington, you might be in danger too. I haven't known Ellie as long as you, but she wouldn't be able to live with herself if you got hurt on her account. "That's why she left us. To keep us safe." When he talked about Ellie making sure she's okay, she thought about it "Are you talking about her eating habits?" she asked. That was still a hard concept for Charlie to grasp, but she thought Ellie had stopped.

[Chris Blight]

He sighed. He didn't care if he was the one that was in danger or hurt or anything like that. Chris pressed his lips together and nodded his head. "You probably think she's better, hey?" "She's not. She just gets better at hiding it.." He admitted to her.

[Charlie Hudson]

Charlie looked at Chris, completely surprised. "H-how do you know this?" she asked. she suddenly felt sick knowing this. Sam had no idea..how could he help her?

[Sam Hudson]

"No, not okay, Ellie." he told her. He hated to force her into this, but this was for her own good. He picked her up and carried her inside. He explained to the nurses that it was an emergency, and they were quick to take her into the room. Sam sat in the chair, waiting to hear anything from the doctors. About an hour passed and Sam was an absolute mess. He didn't want to call anyone until he knew for sure what was going on.

Eventually the nurses came out and explained to Sam that her blood sugar was extremely low, and her body was a lot more frail then it should be. Sam didn't need the nurse to explain exactly what was happening. The nurse directed him to the room Ellie was in. He sat down in the chair and looked at her, "You probably hate me right now. but I had to."

[Ellie Mankelow]

Sam was half right. Ellie didn't hate him per say but she was definitely mad at him. "I told you I'd get checked out when we got there. It's my body. It should have been my voice.". She knew she probably shouldn't mad at him. He was trying to do what he felt was right for her. How was he to know that this was not it at all? The needles were jabbing into her so hard.. and she did everything in her power not to wince in pain. With a sigh, she leaned back and sunk into her pillow. Her eyes were were about to flutter to a close when she remembered something. "Don't tell the others about this. They'll only worry."

[Chris Blight]

Chris took another sip of his diet coke which emptied the glass. "She told me." He sighed. Everything was just so messed up right now. Chris knew that he was breaking Ellie's trust right now by telling Charlie but right now that didn't matter. Her health did. His eyes gaze out of the windows just behind her, "You know it's her birthday tomorrow.". From the corner of his eye, he saw Charlie nod. So everyone knew but no one voiced it. What a way to spend your eighteenth birthday.

[Charlie Hudson]

Charlie looked down trying to figure out what to say next. She thought she was all better, but apparently she's been throwing up after every meal. "So she's definitely not okay.." Charlie said. "We need to get to Washington." she told him. Sure, Sam was there and Charlie knew he wouldn't let anything happen to her..but he didn't know about her disorder. She tried calling his cell..nothing. "I'm not saying we stay there, but you're right. We should go make sure that she's okay." she added.

[Sam Hudson]

"I don't think you would have." he mentioned. "You could barely get out of the car because you didn't have enough strength too..who knows what would have happened if we didn't come tonight." he explained to her. She needed to see that this was serious. This wasn't just something he wanted to be right about. When she asked him to not tell the others, he nodded his head. He figured he owed her. "Fine, but if you only get worse..i will." he told her.

[Chris Blight]

There was no way that Chris was going to let Charlie put herself at risk like that by going with him. Sam would want to rip Chris' throat off for letting her go as would Jordan and Ellie. But, he decided not to argue with her, pretending she would be allowed to go. "When they arrive in Washington, we'll discuss plans to leave.".

They arrived back at Jordan's shortly after. Jordan said he wanted to talk to Charlie about something and so Chris walked her there. Before leaving, Chris went to the bathroom. It was when he was washing his hands that he noticed something small and black sticking out underneath a pile of towels. Although he didn't mean to pry, he couldn't help but investigate. He pulled out the black object that turned out to be a phone. It wasn't Jordan's current phone because Chris had seen his iPhone sitting on the bench. This was an old nokia he hadn't seen before. Chris opened it up to the messages, hoping he could find out who's phone this was. Only to see that it was filled with sent messages to one number. Ellie's. The messages were the same threatening messages that Ellie's stalker had been sending her. This was the phone they were sent from. Chris cursed. How could they be so stupid and not see it was standing right in front of them?.

Chris bounded out of the bathroom and pulled Charlie away from him and showed her the phone. "It's him. He's the one that's been threatening Ellie.. he's the one that killed her dad..". Jordan stood in front of them, completely frozen by the accusations but how could he deny them?. "I found the phone, hidden in the bathroom. It's the same number that's been texting Ellie, it's the same message she's been getting. If it were Sam's, he take it with him. Think about it, every time she got a message, Jordan happened to just be busy with Victoria." Chris told her, trying to convince her what she knew he would try to deny.

(P.s the phone was planted -- Jordan didn't do it )

[Charlie Hudson]

When Chris ran out of the bathroom and pulled Charlie away, she was completely confused. She didn't know why he would do that. He started spouting nonsense about Jordan being the 'stalker' and Charlie stopped him. "Don't be ridiculous! Jordan would never do that." then Chris showed her the messages. How would she be able to stand up for him when the proof was right in front of her. Charlie's hear dropped as she looked through all the messages, and she couldn't believe that the reason for all of this was Jordan. She tried to think of every reason to convince herself that it wasn't true- but how could she? The proof was right there, in the phone.

She looked at him, and bit her lip to keep from crying. They were at such a good place...and then...this happens. She looked at him "W-we have to go." she said and rushed out of Jordan's apartment as fast as she could. She walked outside and started breathing heavy, over and over again. Chris came outside and saw her. "Can we just go now, please." she said. She couldn't bare to think about all of this.

[Jordan Stetson]

"I didn't do anything. I've never seen that phone before in my life!" Jordan yelled to Charlie as she began to walk out. He turned to look at Chris, they had become such good friends. What changed?. "I didn't send those messages. Ellie's my friend and the best friend of the girl I want to be with. Why the fuck would I do that?!". He got ignored and Chris went outside after Charlie. Jordan did too.

"Look, you can't just leave. You have to believe me." He told her, once he reached her outside. Jordan was never one to really show his emotional side so tears were always out of the question but now, even when he tried everything he could to push them away, they filled his eyes. She was breathing heavily and Jordan could tell that she was on the verge of crying.. she was just being strong and hold it back. He took her hand and pulled her closer to him. "I just got you back. I love you, I don't want to lose you again. I didn't do this. You have to believe me." For once, he didn't care that his weaknesses and vulnerabilities were showing. This was the girl that he was in love with and if she believe he did this.. she'd hate him. With a sigh, Charlie backed away, staying silent as she got into the passenger seat of Chris' car. "We're going to the station, Jordan. I'm turning you in." Chris said, looking solemn. Once Chris was in, they were off. They were gone. Jordan sunk to the ground and brought his knees to his chest. Chris was going to turn him in and the police would arrest him. He have to go through months of interrogation and trials and eventually, he'd get charged. Jordan had no evidence that he didn't do it.. they did and pretty convincing evidence at that. His fate was sealed. Jordan was a innocent man who was going to be paying for the crimes he never committed.

[Charlie Hudson]

Charlie bit her lip again to stop the tears. No way was she going to cry in this situation. When he told her, he loved her, she wanted to say it back. She wanted to have never found that phone and go back to normal, but she couldn't. But even though she didn't completely trust him, she still wasn't completely convinced that Jordan was the stalker.

Once Charlie got in the car she turned to Chris. "Chris...lets not go to the police station yet. Please. What if he's innocent?" she asked. "Lets just go to Ellie & Sam first. I need to talk to them first. " She begged him. It would take a second to make Jordan's life fall apart, and if he really wasn't guilty, Charlie would never forgive herself for doing that to him. Chris seemed to be ignoring her. "Chris. I am begging you. Please. Don't turn him in, yet." she said.

[Bella Castro (Stetson)]

(Chris)
"I'm sorry Charlie." He stayed firm on the idea, "I know you don't want to believe it.. neither do I but we have to do this. Wouldn't you rather Ellie be safe?". With that, she sunk into her seat and stayed quiet.

- An hour or so later -

(Bella)

Bella had only just settled in at the hotel in Kingswood when she had gotten the call from the police informing her that her brother Jordan had been taken down to the station for questioning. He was a prime suspect in something that Bella didn't really understand. All she knew was that they'd gotten the wrong guy. No matter what it was, her brother was innocent.

"Jordan.." She breathed. After racing down to the police station, Bella felt like her knees were ready to buckle underneath her as she looked on to see her brother sitting in a cold hard jail cell in the local station. From behind the bars, Jordan shot up and clung to them as he stared back at her. He was in shock. His eyes fell quickly from hers to the the bump coming out of her stomach then they found hers again. "You're.." Jordan couldn't find the words to finish his sentence so Bella finished it off, "Pregnant.". "That's why I'm here.. I came down to tell you the news.. but then I got a call..". Bella's eyes flickered around the room, her cheeks flushing a slight tinge of pink as she realised they were not alone. There was two others peering on. A male and a female. Bella had been so overwhelmed that she hadn't noticed them as she had first walked. They must have been friends of his. "What happened?" She asked them, "What do they think he's done?". As Bella's eyes flickered between the pair she noticed the way that the way the girl was looking over at Jordan. It seemed almost.. longingly. It took Bella only another moment to realise who she was. "You're Charlie aren't you? He told me about you.". After moving to the city with her boyfriend - now fiance and father of her unborn child - Jordan and Bella constantly kept in touch through emails. She thought back to when Jordan had sent her dozens of emails gushing about how she was so different to the rest. From the corner of her eyes, Bella noticed Jordan closed his eyes and hang his head long and she gnawed at her lip as she realised that she probably shouldn't have said that.

[Charlie Hudson]

Charlie felt guilty that there was nothing she could do to change Chris' mind. She tried..and failed. Charlie sulked in her seat, as they drove to the Police Station. They walked inside and Charlie immediately saw him locked in a the jail cell. She couldn't believe they did that to him. She bit her lip to keep from crying-which was such a habit of hers. She noticed a girl talking to him, from the other side of the cell.

When the girl said Jordan told her about him, she was a little confused. Who was she? "yeah, that's me.." she said softly and looked and Jordan. She couldn't believe that he was actually stuck in there. "Uhm, i guess he's being suspected as being ellie's stalker, and her dad's killer." she said, and basically cringed at the words coming out of her mouth. It sounded even more ridiculous saying them out loud. "But I don't believe them." she told them. She had to add that, and she could see Chris' expression changed. He probably just wanted her to be quiet about the whole thing, but she wasn't going to. "I-im sorry. Who are you?" she asked the girl.