「 FRATERNIZING WITH THE ENEMY 」

51 | Okay

"There's a stand in mayor for now, the city is grieving the loss of Mr. Kennedy, they're placing flowers and candles around his office... We've been pardoned by the police since we stopped Joseph... Elliot left- we told him never to come back here", I nodded.

Despite my surprise I understood why they spared his life, I knew Noah would have no problem shooting him right then and there after everything that he's done, but he did save them from Joseph and his men when they didn't let them go.

"Why'd he do it?" I asked quietly,

"Joseph double crossed him, he no longer had a share in the city- he knew he wasn't going to win so he needed an out and what better way than to save our lives?"

"So he double crossed the double crosser?"

Noah's lips twitched upwards in amusement and nodded.

"It's over," Noah whispered quietly, "We won, the city is safe".

We did it, we actually did it.

Suddenly a thought sprang to my mind, "Beth?" I questioned hopefully and a the small smile that was once on his face formed into a full blown grin.

"She's okay?" I asked,

"She's okay".

My heart leapt at the prospect of Elizabeth finally being able to be happy, for her to live normally.

"Want to go see her?" Noah questioned and I nodded quickly.

Five minutes later he came back with a wheelchair and helped me into it, Hayley frowned upon what we were doing, telling us that any other nurse would kill your for getting out of bed in my state but she let us anyway.

I'm not going to lie, that small distance even to the wheelchair was painful, I could barley move without wincing but I made it, it was going to take a while to heal. Right now that didn't matter though because I couldn't wait to see my sister.

Noah wheeled me out of the room and immediately a whole crowd of people surrounded me.

A crowd of people that I call my friends,

"Alex!"

"You're alive!"

"I'm so glad you're okay!"

I received a chorus of greetings and for the first time today I actually laughed. It wasn't a fake one but an actual genuine laugh that put a smile on everyone's faces.

But we were missing one person and that smile was immediately replaced by a frown. My heart beat was wild in my chest. 

What if something happened to him?

"Where's Logan?" I asked, my mood deflating increasingly fast and Mia smirked at me,

"He's in Beth's room" Liam filled in for me, he had an arm slung around Hayley's shoulders.

I smiled gratefully at him as the weight in my chest lifted slightly and we all began moving towards Beth's room. Mia pushed the wheelchair this time and she bent down next to my ear and whispered, "You're so whipped",

I turned slightly to glare at her and she gave me an innocent smile.

The walk down the next few hallways was occupied by talk from everyone, they talked about everything and anything. It made me happy to see everyone else happy. Everything was finally okay.

We walked into Beth's room and I couldn't stay sitting any longer.

On shaky legs I stood up, everyone protested but I gave them a small smile through the pain to tell them I was okay. I used the side of Beth's bed to support myself.