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CHAPTER 30 :

MY BODY WAS TREMBLING SO MUCH FROM ALL THE EMOTIONS
COMING OUT THAT I COLLAPSE TO MY KNEES.JUSTIN HELD ME
CLOSE.I PULLED AWAY FROM HIM AND LOOKED UP TO SEE MY
HOUSE HAD BEEN BROKEN INTO AND EVERYTHING WAS THROWN
AROUND AND ON FIRE.JC HAD WALKED AWA AND HAD CALLED
THE POLICE ON HIS CELL PHONE. WITHOUT THINKING I
JUMPED UP ON TO MY FEET AND RAN INTO THE BURNING
HOUSE. I RAN THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM COVERING MY FACE
FROM THE FIRE AND RAN UP THE STAIRS TO MY
BEDROOM.JUSTIN HAD TRIED TO RUN IN AFTER ME BUT CHRIS
STOPPED HIM. "JUSTIN, DONT THE FIRE FIGHTERS ARE
COMING DOWN THE STREET.THEYLL GET HER.DONT DO
SOMETHING STUPID AS THIS. " JUSTIN LOOKED AT HIM DEAD
IN THE EYE AND SAID, " I LOVE HER CHRIS IF SHE DIES I
DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO.I'D RATHER DIE WITH HER THEN
STAY OUT HERE AND WAIT.SHE MEANS EVERYTHING TO ME.DONT
YOU GET THAT?!" THEN JUSTIN PUSHED CHRIS AWAY AND RAN
INTO THE BURNING HOUSE. HE TOOK OFF HIS OVER SHIRT AND
PLACED IT OVER HIS FACE AS HE YELLED"MARY, WHERE ARE
YOU? MARY!!" THE FUMES HAD GOT TO ME THAT I WAS
CRAWLING AROUND MY ROOM LOOKING FOR THE TWO MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I HAD ALWAYS CHERISHED. I
FINALLY MADE IT AROUND MY BED AND TO MY NIGHT STAND I
GRABBED A TIGHT HOLD OF MY PICTURE FRAME THAT HELD THE
ONLY PICTURE OF MY ENTIRE FAMILY THAT CARRIED ALL OF
MY MEMORIES.I WAS ALL LIGHT HEADED AND NEEDED A BREATH
OF FRESH AIR FAST.I PUSHED MYSELF UP USING THE BED AND
I FELT SOMETHING SOFT AND INSTANTLY KNEW IT WAS THE
OTHER THING I WAS LOOKING FOR.I GRABBED IT AND STARTED
TO MAKE MY WAY OUT OF MY ROOM WHEN I JUST FELL TO THE
FLOOR COUGHING, AND THEN MY WHOLE WORLD WENT
BLACK.JUSTIN HEARD A THUMP FROM UPSTAIRS AND KNEW IT
HAD TO BE ME HE RAN FROM THE KITCHEN WHICH WAS THE
HEART OF THE FIRE UP THE STAIRS AND TO MY ROOM.IT WAS
HARD TO SEE ANYTHING CUZ OF THE THICK BLACK
SMOKE.JUSTIN KNEELED ON HIS KNEES AND WITH HIS HANDS
FELT ALL OVER THE FLOOR FOR ME. THEN HIS HAND CAME
ACROSS MY ARM.HE INSTANTLY PULLED ME INTO HIS LAP AND
THEN PICKED ME UP. HE WENT TO GO BACK DOWN THE HALL
BUT SAW FIRE AT THE END OF IT.HE TURNED AROUND AND SAW
MY WINDOW HE KICKED THE WINDOW OPENED TO SEE THE FIRE
FIGHTER TRUCK AND AN AMBULANCE WITH A COUPLE SQUAD
CARS ALL AROUND THE HOUSE.HE CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW
AND DOWN THE ROOF. THE FIRE FIGHTERS PULLED THE LADDER
UP TO JUSTIN AND A FIRE FIGHTER TOOK ME OUT OF HIS
ARMS AND PLACED ME INTO THE AMBULANCE.JUSTIN CLIMBED
DOWN THE LADDER AND THEN A FIRE FIGHTER LEAD HIM TO
THE AMBULANCE WHERE THEY SAT HIM AND GAVE HIM A
RESPERATOR TO BREATHE FROM.HE SMILED ONCE HE SAW WHAT
I WAS HOLDING TO TIGHTLY AGAINST MY CHEST."YOU ARE ONE
LUCKY PUPPY,CHARLIE." HE SAID AS HE TOOK THE STUFFED
ANIMAL OUT OF MY ARMS AND GAVE IT A KISS ON ITS
NOSE.THEY RUSHED ME TO THE HOSPITAL. JUSTIN WAS IN THE
WAITING ROOM FOR 2 HOURS AS THEY PUMPED ALL THE FUMES
AND SMOKE OUT OF MY LUNGS.JUSTIN CALLED JC FROM HIS
CELL PHONE. "HEY JC, IT JUSTIN" "HEY J IS SHE
ALRIGHT?" "I DONT KNOW YET IM IN THE WAITING ROOM.WHY
DONT YOU CALL LANCE AND JOEY TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED
AND TO MEET UP AT THE HOSPITAL." "ALRIGHT J. WE'LL BE
THERE AS SOON AS WE CAN.AND J, DONT WORRY SHE LOVES
YOU TOO MUCH TO LEAVE YOU BEHIND.EVERYTHING WILL BE
OK. JUST HANG IN THERE TIL WE GET THERE." "ALRIGHT
JC.GET HERE FAST THOUGHT." "I WILL." WITH THAT THEY
BOTH HUNG UP.JUSTIN FOR THE FIRST TIME STOPPED PACING
AROUND AND SAT DOWN IN A CHAIR.HE LOOKED DOWN AT WHAT
HE WAS HOLDING AND SAID,"I CAN'T BELIEVE SHE RAN INTO
HER BURNING HOUSE TO RESCUE A STUFFED PUPPY DOG.WHAT
WAS SHE THINKING?" THEN HE NOTICED THE FRAME THAT WAS
UNDER THE DOG. HE STARRED AT IT AS ALL THE MEMORIES
FROM WHEN HE WAS LITTLE AND SPENT ALL HIS TIME WITH
MARY.TEARS STARTED TO FLOW DOWN HIS CHEEKS.HE COULDNT
BELIEVE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TONIGHT.HE PUT THE PICTURE
DOWN IN THE SEAT NEXT TO HIM AS HE CLENCHED HIS TEETH
AND TIGHTENED HIS FISTS. HE KNEW PERFECTLY WELL WHO
WERE THE ONES BEHIND THIS STUNT.HE WAS VERY UPSET."IF
ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HER I SWEAR THAT I WILL HUNT MIKE
AND BRITNEY DOWN MYSELF AND GET THEM BACK FOR WHAT
THEY DONE." HE STOOD UP AND TURNED TO FACE THE WALL
AND PUNCHED IT.THEN HE FELT A HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AND
HEARD A FAMILIAR VOICE SAID,"CALM DOWN BUDDY,ITS GOING
TO BE OK." JUSTIN DIDNT NEED TO TURN AROUND TO SEE
THAT IT WAS JC."I KNOW JC,BUT I JUST CANT HELP BUT
THINK OF SOMETHING GOING WRONG." JUSTIN WIPPED AWAY
HIS TEARS BEFORE HE TURNED AROUND TO SEE EVERYONE
THERE.PAM WAS PACING BACK AND FORTH HIGHLY UPSET.LANCE
WAS TRYING TO CALM HER DOWN BUT IT WASNT
WORKING.MONIKA WAS SITTING WITH JOEY, CRYING ON HIS
SHOULDERS.JC AND CHRIS JUST SAT BY JUSTIN TRYING TO
REASSURE HIM THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE JUST FINE.THEN
AFTER WHAT SEEMED TO BE FOREVER, THE DOCTOR WALKED UP
TO THE GROUP.EVERYONE JUMPED UP HOPING FOR GOOD NEWS.
"MR.TIMBERLAKE?" "YES.THATS ME."JUSTIN SAID STEPPING
FORWARD. "HI IM DR.WILLIAM BRUNO MAY I TALK TO YOU IN
MY OFFICE?" "WE ARE ALL HERE BECAUSE MARY MEANS A LOT
TO US SO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY YOU CAN SAY IT IN
FRONT OF ALL OF US." "OK THEN, WELL MARY IS IN A
STABLE CONDITION FOR NOW." HE WAS CUT OFF BY JUSTIN.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN FOR NOW?WHAT HAPPENED?" "WELL WE HAD
DIFFICULTIES WHEN WE WERE PUMPING ALL THE SMOKE OUT OF
HER LUNGS.SHE ALMOST FLAT-LINED.BUT WE GOT HER
STABALIZED.IF SHE HAS ANY DIFFICULTIES SHE MIGHT GO
INTO CRITICAL CONDITION. BUT WE HAVE HER UNDER CLOSE
WATCH.BUT IM PRETTY SURE THAT SHE WILL RECUPERATE JUST
FINE.SHE'LL JUST NEED TO STAY OVERNIGHT FOR A COUPLE
OF DAYS.THEN SHE CAN GO HOME.ARE THERE ANY MORE
QUESTIONS?" "JUST ONE."JUSTIN SAID WITH HOPEFULLY
EYES."YES, MR. TIMBERLAKE?" "CAN WE GO IN AND SEE
HER?" "YES, BUT SHE IS RESTING.AND NOT ALL OF YOU CAN
GO IN AT THE SAME TIME.BUT SEEING HOW MUCH YOU ALL
CARE FOR HER I'LL MAKE AN EXCEPTION THIS ONE TIME, BUT
FOR THAT TO HAPPEN I HAVE TO MOVE HER INTO A BIGGER
ROOM SO IF YOU WILL ALL FOLLOW ME, I WILL TAKE YOU
GUYS TO THE NEXT FLOOR WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE WIDER
ROOMS AND THEN I'LL HAVE THE NURSES BRING HER IN."
WITH THAT HE TURNED AROUND AND EVERYONE FOLLOWED HIM
TO THE ELEVATOR AND INTO ANOTHER ROOM WHERE THERE WAS
A VEIW OF THE WORLD OUTSIDE.AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES OF
WAITING AROUND A GROUP OF NURSES CAME IN WITH A BED
AND TRANSFERRED MARY FROM THE SAME NARROW BED TO THE
OTHER ONE.JUSTIN'S HEART BROKE AS HE SAW MARY LAYING
ON THE BED HELPLESS AND HOOKED UP TO A OXYGEN TUBE AND
IVS RUNNING THROUGH HER ARM.SHE HAD SOME SRATCHES ON
HER FACE AND HER FACE HAD SOME ASH FROM THE
SMOKE.JUSTIN SLID HIS HAND UNDER MARY'S AND HELD ONTO
IT TIGHT AS TEARS CAME TO HIS EYES AND FELL DOWN HIS
FACE."OH MARY PLEASE GET BETTER AND COME BACK TO ME.I
LOVE YOU SO MORE THAN YOU CAN POSSIBLY KNOW.IT BREAKS
MY HEART TO SEE YOU LIKE THIS.BABY I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR
ME SO BE STRONG, FOR ME AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS
HERE.I WILL ALWAYS BE RIGHT BESIDE YOU.I WONT LEAVE
YOUR SIDE UNTIL YOU GET BETTER." HE KISSED MY HAND AND
BROUGHT IT UP TO HIS CHEEK. MONKA SAT ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF ME."MARY, GURL YOU HAVE TO GET BETTER WE STILL
HAVE A LOT OF MORE SHOPPING TO DO. WE HAVE A LOT TO DO
TOGETHER LIKE GO TO COLLEGE AND DONT FORGET WE HAVE TO
REACH OUR DREAMS OF BECOMING BIG SINGERS." MONIKA
STARTED CRYING SO JOEY TOOK HER OUT INTO THE
HALLWAY.PAM GRABBED ONTO MY OTHER HAND AND SAID,"YOU
KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MORE SONGS TO WRITE AND A LOT OF
MORE FIGHTS TO GET INTO.YOU CAN LEAVE ME HANGING
MARY.YOU STILL OWE ME."SAID SAID AS SHE SMILED THROUGH
HER TEARS. EVERYONE STAYED FOR A WHILE BUT THEN A
NURSE CAME IN AND SAID THAT ONLY A FEW COULD SPEND THE
NIGHT.PAM COULDNT STAND SEEING ME IN THAT BED ALMOST
LIFELESS SO SHE LEFT WITH LANCE,JC,AND CHRIS.MONIKA
DECIDED AND KNEW THAT SHE COULDNT LEAVE.SHE HAD A LOT
OF HISTORY WITH HER.AND JOEY WASNT GOING TO LEAVE
MONIKA'S SIDE SO HE STAYED.THERE WAS NO QUESTION IN
JUSTIN'S MIND.HE WASNT GOING TO MOVE FROM THE CHAIR NO
MATTER WHAT.EVERYONE AGREED THAT THEY'D COME THE NEXT
MORNING WITH FOOD FOR THEM.JUSTIN HELD THE PUPPY TIGHT
AND PRAYED,"PLEASE GOD DON'T TAKE HER AWAY FROM ME.I
JUST MADE A PROMISE TO HER AND I WANT TO KEEP IT SO
PLEASE LOOK AFTER HER AND HELP HER GET WELL SOON." HE
KISSED THE PUPPY AND PLACED IT NEXT TO MY SIDE.JUSTIN
NEVER LET GO OF MY HAND AND HE SLEPT WITH HIS HEAD ON
THE BED.MONIKA MADE HERSELF COMFY ON A NEARBY CHAIR
THAT RECLINED BACK.IT WAS A LONG NIGHT FOR
EVERYONE.EVERYONE HARDLY GOT ANY SLEEP.