All I could make out was white. That was all I was surrounded by, and I didn't understand what was going on. Where was I? Why was there white everywhere? How could I just be standing in the middle of a white abyss?

"Jordan," I heard, and I whipped around to see who was talking to me. Alexandria was standing there, smiling at me sadly.

Confused, I looked around the white nothingness that we were surrounded by. "Where are we?" I asked, continuing to look around in confusion. "Am I dead?"

"You're not, Jordan," she continued to smile, her fingers laced as answered me. "But I am."

"You are?" I asked, my eyes going wide. "How?"

She continued to smile sadly. "You'll remember shortly."

"Remember?" I asked, taking a step closer to her. "What do you mean? What happened?"

"You'll remember soon," she nodded, waving my away from her now with a smile. "Now, go. Wake up. Go before more people worry about you."

Not understanding what she was talking about, I took a step away from her anyway. I then, for a reason I didn't even know, uttered, "I'm sorry, Alexandria."

She smiled at me. "It's okay, Jordan. I forgive you."

But for some reason, I felt like I'd never be able to forgive myself.         

When I tried to open my eyes, I found myself not able to. I wanted them to open, but they just wouldn't. Even though my eyes were shut tight, I still knew I was surrounded by light. It wasn't as white as wherever I had been before, but it was still annoying bright. Was I in heaven? What happened...?

As I forced myself to open my eyes, I let a deep moan escape my throat. Why did my body hurt so much? Why did it hurt so much to move only a little bit? What had happened?

The first thing I saw when I could finally focus was a messy mop of blonde hair. At first I thought it was Lexi, but her hair never got messy like that. And her hair wasn't that short...

I reached out and patted the blonde mass, which was lying next to my arm on what I guessed was a mattress. I started to pet the blonde mess that stayed still beside me, and I assumed that it was a cat or something of the latter. I couldn't really think of anything else it could be...

"Kitty," I mumbled, continuing to pet it.

When the blonde mop began to laugh, I pulled my hand away from it. My eyes half open, I could see it rising up from the mattress to reveal a face that was somewhat familiar to me.

"I think you're delusional," Alex chuckled slightly, patting my hand as it now lie on the mattress. "No one's ever mistaken my hair for a cat before.

"Where am I?" I asked groggily, ignoring what he said about the cat thing as my eyes stayed closed. "What happened?"

Alex suddenly got serious. "You don't remember?"

I tried to blink my eyes open once again, but I found my eyelids too heavy to. Why could I barely move everything? Why was I in such a white room?

Suddenly, everything came flashing back to me. My eyes suddenly snapped open, but I luckily ignored the pain and didn't even feel it. I k new exactly where I was, and I knew exactly why I was there as well.

I was in a hospital, and Hunter had put me there. And the reason I had apologized to Alexandria when I had seen her earlier was because I was the reason she was dead...

And now I knew why I'd never be able to forgive myself.

"Where's Jesse?" I demanded, propping myself up on my elbows before letting out a shout of pain and falling back onto the bed, hurting so much that I couldn't even move an inch. Why did it have to hurt? Why did my entire body have to ache so much...?

"Easy," Alex warned me, reaching out and making sure I didn't hurt myself further. "You can't really move around that much."

"Yeah, I noticed," I groaned, shifting in my bed just a little.

"But back to your question," Alex continued, leaning back in the chair that he was sitting in, stretching a little before he continued. "Jesse's been in this room with you since the second they allowed visitors. He literally had not left this chair until five minutes ago when I forced him out to go eat something. He was glued to that chair until I finally told him that I'd stay here and watch you while he was gone. That still wasn't good enough for him, but he left. He seriously needed to eat... I swear, he was even paler than you."

I tried to give him the flattest look I could muster. "Thanks a lot."

"You're welcome. I'm sure you know you're pale. Well, you're not that pale with all those bruises..."

"Have any of my friends tried to see me?" I asked, closing my eyes again to rest them as I ignored what he had said about me being pale and my bruises. I hated how much energy it took just to blink... I couldn't even remember getting hit in the face. Below my neck and around my head, I could remember that very well, but not directly in the face... But everything hurt so much I could barely think.

I reached over slowly, ignoring the pain as much as I could, and grazed my finger across my chin. There, just like I thought, was the cut Hunter's knife had given me when he had caught open my shirt. Just the thought gave me chills of disgust...

"They've tried to see you, but you're only allowed one visitor at a time because of your condition," Alex explained, waving his hand and crossing his legs as he continued to lean back in his chair. "Luckily for you, they didn't know it was Jesse. You'll probably get to see them sometime today or tomorrow."

I nodded as well as I could, only agreeing with him. As another thought popped into my mind, I couldn't help but frown. I didn't want to say this, but I knew that I had to...

"Hey, Alex," I started, opening my eyes a little bit now so I could look at him. "I have to ask you something really important, okay?"

Alex blinked, obviously not really understanding very much but going alone with it anyway. "Alright."

"If anything... if anything even remotely close to this happens to Lexi," I began, almost choking on my words as I thought of my best friend in the condition I was in. I hadn't even seen what I looked like yet, but I knew I looked horrible. "I hate to ask this of you, but... please, if anything like this happens to Lexi... Please, can you break up with her?"

Alex stared at me for a moment in shock, as if not understanding the request I was making. I knew this must have been hard for him to register; it was hard for me to ask. I didn't want to break my best friend's heart, or Alex's as well. But I couldn't let my best friend get beat up or killed... I just couldn't let that happen to her.

"It's just that... you fought with Hunter," I continued as quickly as my bruised jaw would let me, wanting him to understand that it wasn't anything personal. "Even though he said he'd leave you alone, you're kind of back in it now. I don't want him hunting you down and then finding Lexi. The last thing I want it for her to become obsessed with her, too..."

"Obsessed?" Alex asked, his eyes widening. "What do you mean?"

"Hunter is obsessed with me," I answered weakly, really wanted to readjust myself in the hospital bed. "He's told me that before. He even said that he loved me. I don't really think he's capable of loving someone, but he sure it capable of obsessing over someone. But... answering my question, will you break up with her?"

Slowly, Alex began to nod. I knew this was hard for him, but he didn't want Lexi getting hurt just like I did. He wanted her to stay safe. "Alright," Alex nodded. "I'll break up with Lexi if anything like this happens to her. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to her because of me."

"How do you think I feel?" I grumbled, trying to stretch but finding it too difficult to. "I have to keep my whole relationship with Jesse a secret from all of them to keep them safe. If they knew, they'd intervene and Hunter would find out about them. I can't let that happen."

Alex nodded once again. "I agree."

"I hate that Jesse's going to take the blame for this," I sighed after it had gone silent for a few moments. "I know he's going to say it's all his fault. I'm the one who went to the warehouse alone, even though I knew it wasn't safe. I was stupid. I just wanted to save Alexandria, but I was too late."

Alex made a face as he stared at the floor. "Her death... was gruesome. I feel terrible for her. I've never went with Hunter when he killed people, so I didn't know what to expect. I was just there to fight when we have to fight. That was pretty much it."

"Speaking of, um, Hunter and Alexandria..." I started quietly, trying to think of the right way to ask my next question. "What did you and Jesse tell the police?"

Well, that was definitely not very hard to ask. I must have just been paranoid now...

"Well, we both wanted to tell them that it was Hunter," he began, crossing his arms over his chest, "but we both knew what was going to happen when we did. All three of us would end up dead somehow the second Hunter got put in jail, and then he'd get set free when one of his minions confessed to killing and us and Alexandria. So that was out of the question if we really wanted to get Hunter caught..."

"Yeah," I nodded, wanting him to continue. So Hunter was free?

"So Hunter's free," Alex informed me, as if reading my mind. "And we just told the police that both you and Alexandria were kidnapped and we were able to get to you before you... passed on." He looked uncomfortable, but I didn't really blame him. Even though Alexandria wasn't a friend of ours, she was still our classmate and an innocent person that had nothing to do with anything.

"This isn't good," I sighed, barely able to open my lips anymore. I was tired, I hurt, and I really wanted to see Jesse before I fell back to sleep. My eyelids were already drooping...

"We'll find a way to bust him somehow," Alex smiled slightly, patting my hand as he stood up from the chair.

"Go get Jesse for me, please," I pleaded, trying my best to sit up in the bed, but failing miserably. I was still pretty much half asleep as I continued. "I want him to know I'm okay. But don't let him run in here and make a fool of himself or anything."

"Alright, I'll go get Jesse now. Try not to fall asleep before we get back."

I only nodded. Barely, but I knew he knew what I meant. How could I be so sore? If I could barely move in a bed, then I highly doubted that I'd be able to walk anytime soon. How long would I have to be in the hospital for? Hopefully not very long...

Even though the hospital was probably the safest place for me.

But then again, who knew. Hunter had his ways.

"Hey, Jordan?" Alex asked before he left the room.

"Yeah?" was all I said, my eyes still closed as I tried my best to rest.

"Don't tell her this, but I really do love Lexi," he informed me, and I was way too tired for my eyes to widen. This was such amazing and exiting news, but my body wouldn't let me celebrate.

I could only smile. "That's good."

My eyes still closed, I could hear the door open and close after Alex had left. Letting out a deep breath, I also let out a hiss of pain when it hurt. Why did it have to hurt so much? Damn Hunter and how strong he was... I hoped he rotted in hell where he belonged.

The next thing I knew, I could hear someone opening and closer the door. I heard someone suck in a breath, and I heard someone pat someone else, probably on the shoulder.

"She's pretty fragile, Jess," I could hear Alex's voice, but I still couldn't open my eyes. I needed to rest a little bit longer... I was just so tired. "She can barely even move without everything hurting. I don't even think she can open her eyes for a decent amount of time because it hurts."

I heard footsteps coming closer to me, and there was suddenly a rough hand stroking my bruised cheek. Though it did hurt a little, I still didn't want the hand to move away. It was warm, and that was all that I needed.

The chair scraped against the floor as Jesse pulled it over so he could sit next to me. He continued to stroke my cheek until I weakly reached up and grabbed the hand that was stroking, squeezing it as much as my bruised fingers would let me.

But all I could think about was Alexandria. I was supposed to be dead, and she was supposed to be alive with Aimee, Elizabeth, and Chastity. But I was alive and she was the one whose life had been taken. And it was all my fault... I'd never be able to get over that.

"It's all my fault," I croaked, not knowing what else I was supposed to say.

"What's all your fault?" Jesse asked, stroking the back of my hand because he knew he couldn't squeeze it.

"Alexandria," I continued. "She died... because of me."

"No, Jordan," Jesse disagreed, and I could tell he was shaking his head. "None of this was your fault. Everything is my fault, okay? I'm the one that got you dragged into this. This is all my fault."

"I said hi... to Alexandria," I started slowly, trying to form the words without my jaw hurting, "at the park... the day before this all happened."

"It's not your fault," Jesse repeated sternly.

"How long have I been out?" I asked, not in the mood for an argument with him.

"Three weeks," Alex said from the couch on the side of the room, and I would have jumped up off the bed if my body allowed me to. Three weeks? What about all the stuff for graduation? It was coming up soon if I had been out for three weeks!

"Stop messing with her," Jesse snapped, shooting his friend and ice-cold glare before turning back toward me. "It's only been three days, Jordan."

I barely nodded. "Okay, that's good... I thought I really missed the last three weeks of school..."

"That would suck if you did," Alex laughed, but I didn't find it very funny. I didn't find anything funny at that time. Everything was upsetting and bland to me, and I just wanted to take a twenty-four hour nap without any interruptions to bother me.

"What's wrong with me?" I now asked, wanting to know why everything hurt. "What did Hunter do to me?"

"You have three cracked ribs, but those'll heal quickly," Jesse informed me, now stroking the bruised and scratched up skin of my arm as lightly as he could. "Thank God that you don't have any brain damage or something wrong with your skull. One more blow to the head, and you wouldn't be here right now."

I was thankful for that. Even though I would have happily taken Alexandria's place if she could have continued on living, I knew that that wasn't possible and I was glad that I was alive. After what had happened to my grandma, I didn't take death very well...

"Jordan, I'm going to ask you something and you have to tell me the truth, okay?" Jesse asked, still stroking my skin. "Don't just lie because you're embarrassed or because you're afraid of how I'll react."

I nodded as well as I could. "Okay."

"Did he... touch you at all?"

He asked me the same question when he had saved me, but I didn't understand what he was talking about at first. I then realized he meant if Hunter had touched me sexually, since my clothes were completely ripped to shreds. I knew he'd go insane if he found out Hunter touched me like that, even though he didn't.

"No," I answered, shaking my head a little. "He just... kissed me. That's all. He ripped up my clothes because he wanted you to think what you're thinking. He wanted to get you angry."

"Well, it worked," Jesse grumbled, and I forced myself to open my eyes and look at him. If they could, they would have widened. He really did look like he had been sleeping in a hospital for three days. He was wearing the same clothes he had when I last saw him, his hair was messy, and he really was pale. How could he be such an idiot and not take care of himself? What would he have done if I had died?

"Jesse," I breathed, closing my eyes once again. "Kiss me."

"Whoa," Alex said from behind us, and I really wanted to roll my eyes at him. "Don't get all sexual when I'm still in the room. You can barely even move anyway, so I don't really think you can do much..."

Normally, I would have shouted out his name when he said this, but I just didn't have it in me now. All I could do was make a face, which Jesse noticed right away.

"Shut up, Alex," he threatened, and I couldn't help but notice that he sounded kind of embarrassed as well. It was cute, but what we were talking about wasn't very cute...

"Oh, come on," Alex continued on, even though I really wanted him to stop. "You two must have done it already, right? Why be so secretive about it with the only person that knows about your relationship?"

"Because we haven't done it yet," Jesse informed him through clenched teeth, and I could just imagine his fists forming at his sides.

"Oh..." Alex said, stretching out the word. "That's surprising."

Surprising? How was it surprising that Jesse and I hadn't had sex yet? I didn't want to have sex in high school... That was understandable, right? Had Alex already done it with Lexi? Oh, jeez... I don't even want to know about that... I was sure that they didn't though, because Lexi would have told all the girls about it. Or at least she would have told me.

"How is it surprising?" Jesse snapped, and I wouldn't admit it out loud, but I was curious as well. How was that so surprising?

Alex seemed to think for a moment, but I knew he already had the answer in his head. "Well, you guys are always all over each other whenever I see you. You can't even keep your hands off of each other. So I just thought, since you guys are alone in Cabin B all the time, that you two have done it before. I bet half the camp already thinks you're doing it just by the way you act!"

"And how do we act?" Jesse asked through clench teeth once again.

"All cutesy," Alex said in some kind of high pitched voice that I hoped he'd never do again. "Like you guys are just acting like your enemies. Sure, it was realistic when it was actually real—for Jordan, at least—but now it's obvious that you're sleeping together."

"We're not sleeping together!" I actually managed to shout, but that only caused me to hurt my jaw. Well, I wasn't going to be talking normally for a while... That was just great.

But this was way too embarrassing for words! Why did they have to talk about our nonexistent sex life in front of me? I didn't even care if they talked about it without me around! Just not in front of me! I did not want to know what guys talked about when no girls were around...

"Can you please just kiss me?" I begged, really wanting to feel his lips on mine. I wasn't going to let Alex's comments ruin my reuniting (if you could call it that) with Jesse. Even though he was super annoying... "I haven't been able to kiss you in forever."

"You were unconscious, it was probably only like two seconds for you," Alex informed me obnoxiously as he continued to sit on the couch, and I really wished that I had enough strength to chuck something at his head really, really hard. But of course, I didn't. Even though he was right, I still wasn't going to admit it out loud. I'd let him think he was just annoying...

When Jesse's lips met mine, I never wanted them to go away. I wanted to just keep kissing him forever, even if I was beat up and in pain. All felt all my pain and sorrow wash away as Jesse and I continued to kiss until Alex obnoxiously cleared his throat.

"Don't take advantage of the unhealthy," Alex sang, and I barely rolled my eyes at him. Jesse wasn't taking advantage of me... Even though I couldn't have stopped him if he was. "I wouldn't like to see a make out session between a horribly bruised girl who almost died and a guy who looks like he's been living on the street for his entire life."

"So loving," I commented flatly, but Alex only waved his hand at me to tell me that he had heard me.

"I'm not sure how long you're going to be here for, but your friends are probably going to come and visit you tomorrow," Jesse informed me, patting my hand lightly before he began to stroke it again. "They've all been going crazy about you. They believe the story we told the police, but I hate that we're lying to everyone."

"So do I," Alex agreed, flipping himself over on the couch so he was lying down now, "but telling them that it was Hunter would do no good. He'd get out in a couple of weeks after all three of us die."

"What about my family?" I asked, rubbing at my eye as well as I could. "Are they coming from California?"

"As quickly as they can," Jesse answered, patting my hand again. "Your brother is coming, too."

"My brother?" I inquired, surprised by what Jesse had told me. "But he's been studying abroad in Europe for the last two years."

I could hear Jesse shrug. "I guess he wants to know if his little sister's okay. We're kind of on the news right now, which isn't exactly a good thing. If Hunter sees it, he'll probably know something's up because we didn't turn him in. He'll probably think we're planning something against him, which we are. But remember, you were supposedly kidnapped and almost murdered. They don't know that you willingly walked into that warehouse to save Alexandria. And they can't know that until we have a way to catch Hunter."

"I hope it's soon," I couldn't help but groan. "I want that bastard behind bars."

"So do I, Jordan," Jesse sighed, patting my hand once again. "So do I..."

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