Chapter 8

"Karen, are you sure you want to get married to Nick? I mean, don't get me wrong or anything, he's a great guy and I love him to death but-" Britney asked as she sat across from her older sister on the couch.

"Of course I'm sure, I love him and if you think he is great why should I not marry him?" Karen smiled the whole time she talked,occasionally glancing down at her finger with her engagement ring on it.

"Because, me and Christa followed him the other day, he is cheating on you." Britney whispered, looking at the ground the whole time, she really didn't want to tell her sister the truth.

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"Mr. McLean?" A doctor came out of the emergency room Howie was in.

"Yeah?" A.J. stood up immediantly as he heard his name.

"Sir, please come into my office." The doctor stated as he led A.J. into a hallway, then a room.

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"Amanda, it'll be okay, Howie's gonna be fine." Adrianne tried to convince her best friend as Amanda sat in her hospital bed crying. Even though Adrianne didn't believe Howie would be okay, she wasn't going to let Amanda go through that just yet.

"How do you know that?!" Amanda practiclly screamed, causing nurses to come in, "He has been doing that for a while, at least that's what me and A.J. suspect. He really screwed up this time, only God knows whats going to happen with him." Amanda cried.

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Amy sat up on her bed and wipped away her tears. She wasn't going to let Nick break her heart again, she should've known that he was just playing her, like before. She didn't have to take his shit, and she sure as hell wasn't going to. Just because your girlfriend is out of town and you think that you can mess around doesn't mean it's always right, does it?

Amy sighed as she started to walk downstairs, she was going to put in 'Legally Blonde', a movie that always cheered her up, and pop some popcorn. She was going to try and forget about Nick, hey she already did it once, why couldn't she do it again?

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"What do you mean he is cheating on me?" Karen asked as Christa sat next to Britney.

"Well, Nick was acting wierd the whole time you were gone, so we followed him the other day and he went to Amy's house and they started making out as they went inside." Christa replied.

"We wanted to make him tell you but we decided to tell you now, since you are engaged to him, we don't think you should marry him, we both love him and all, but you deserve better then the shit he is doin'." Britney continued as the phone rang.

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"Hello?" Nick answered the phone.

"Nick, get down to Ganeral hospital, it's Howie." A.J.'s voice replied before he hung up.

Nick sat stunned for a minute, hung up the phone and grabbed his coat, putting it on as he went downstiars. "Guys, I gotta go down to the hospital, that was AJ on the phone, somethings wrong with Howie."

"Well, do you want us to come?" Christa asked, trying to see if he was making up an excuse.

"If you are coming, hurry up." Nick replied, stopping in front of the front door.

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As they all walked into the hospital, A.J. greeted them in the lobby. "Come on" He said walking over towards an elevator.

"What's wrong with D?" Nick asked as they all pilled into the elevator.

"I'll tell you when we get up to Amanda's room." A.J. replied pushing the third floor button.

"Amanda's room?" Karen asked, confused.

"Yeah, Brian and Kevin are already up there."A.J. replied, looking at the floor.

"Why is Amanda in here?" Nick asked, even more confused then before.

"She got an abortion." A.J. stated simply, like it was no big deal.

"Whoa! Slow down, Amanda got an abortion?" Karen almost yelled.

"Yeah" A.J. stated as the elevator dinged. They all pilled off and followed A.J. to Amanda's room.

"A.J. what's going on?" Kevin asked as soon as they entered.

"Howie, slit his wrists, very badly, when I found him he had no pulse, the doctors told me that Howie is doing okay now, that once he is done being examined, they are sending him to an institute. He is on a lot of pain killers and medicine right now, he doesn't know what's going on, he is also still unconcious." A.J. sat in a chair next to Amanda's bed.