I woke up to the sound of a heart monitor going off. I have absolutely no idea where I am, but I do feel a great deal of pain in my chest and stomach.

I opened my eyes all the way, and blinked them adjusting to the light in the room.

Surrounding me were my parents laying down on a couch, and a nurse was also in the room.

I must be at the hospital.

"Look here, sleeping beauty just woke up." The nurse spoke walking towards me.

My parents immediately woke up from the resting state they were in, and looked at me with tired baggy eyes.

"Rose." My mom spoke rushing over to me. She kissed me on my temple and held my hand as a tear fell down her cheek.

My dad also walked towards me, kneeling down on the other side of the bed, and held my other hand.

I survived.

I survived the gunshot wound.

"Mom..dad..." I spoke through a smile. I grabbed each of their hands tightly, expressing how happy I was to see them.

I thought I was never going to see them again.

"Rose, how are you feeling?" The nurse asked holding a clipboard and pen in her hand.

I looked to the left into a mirror.

I looked like complete shit.

"Fine..just a pain in my chest and stomach...that's all.." I responded adjusting myself on the bed. However, it seemed as if I had absolutely no strength.

"You're lucky you survived those injuries you had, you lost a lot of blood and the bullet was only a centimeter away from hitting your heart. You were in a coma for about a week.......looks like you won't be needing your beauty sleep for a while anymore." The nurse joked.

Trust me, I will. That's if I get any sleep.

I gulped at the thought of how close the bullet was to hitting my heart, and how long I was in a coma for.

Only a centimeter away? And it seemed as if I closed my eyes for a second, and just woke up.

"Wow.." Was all I managed to get out of me. I was speechless.

I'm grateful.

The nurse nodded her head, and finished writing down notes on my health.

"Well, I'm going to give you guys some personal time and come back later. I know you have a lot of visitors waiting outside for you Rose." She smiled and then walked out of the room.

I looked at my parents.

"How are you doing zombie? ." My dad spoke trying to make me laugh. However, all I was able to pay attention to was the worry in his eyes.

I can't imagine the amount of pain and fear my parents were put through this past week, they thought they were going to lose their second and last child.

"I'm doing good...just...good I guess. I can't say how I'm going to feel in the next hour when everything hits me again though..." I laughed while looking down at my covers.

I would like to forget everything that happened, but I know I won't be able to.

"That's okay Rose, we start your therapy sessions next week okay? We're going to be here to help you get through this." My mom said still holding onto my hand.

I nodded my head, and continued to look at the cover that was on top of me.

What am I going to do with school? My education? College? I'm going to have so much to make up.

What about Danny, how is Danny doing?

How is Nina, Tia, Hanna and Jackson?

How am I going to break it to Erica, Stacey, and Sara that Blai-I mean Michael, killed Andrew?

And it was mostly all because of me. They're never going to forgive me.

How am I going to tell my parents that he killed Bella?

I felt myself beginning to shake, and the heart monitor fasten.

"Rose, sweetie, hey...we're going to figure everything out okay? " my mom continued to speak.

I hope we do.

I hope I do.

Silence filled the room.

"Is he...dead?" I questioned breaking the silence and looking at my parents.

They both shook their heads yes.

I exhaled shakily, clenching onto my hospital covers.

"We know everything Rose..it's okay...they discovered everything in the cellar in the greenhouse.....you don't have to explain anything to us.....we know who he is...what he did..especially to Bella..." My dad spoke.

I could feel myself getting emotional.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door, and in walked Tia, Jackson, Hanna, and Nina pushing Danny in a wheelchair.

The dark cloud that was beginning to form over me went away, and a huge grin went across my face.

Compared to Danny, I looked like a million bucks.

"You know, I didn't have a very nice thanksgiving because of y'all." Tia joked, I think.

We all laughed.

As my parents squeezed my hands one last time and exited the room, Tia and Jackson sat on the edge of my bed, Hanna sat on the couch with Nina, and Danny was pushed next to me on the wheelchair.

"We're going to have a 2nd thanksgiving right? Because me, Nina, and Danny all missed ours." I laughed.

Tia nodded her head.

"I'm always available for a feast."

"Not during the school day." Jackson said.

Tia looked at him like he was crazy.

"Boy do you know who I am?"

We all laughed again. I'm sure we would all ditch school for food.

The laughing then ended, and the room went silent.

I didn't find anything wrong with it though, talking or not I love their company.

"You know you're fucking crazy Rose, right?" Jackson spoke looking at me.

I shrugged my shoulders.

"Guess it all worked out in the end."

"-thankfully. You almost died....we were all there watching it at the scene and my anxiety was to an ultimate high it has NEVER reached before. And then...when he pushed Danny out of the door I felt so relieved...I thought to myself now all he has to do is give up Rose too and everything will be fine..everything will be fine..but the next thing we knew..there you were falling to the ground....." Nina stopped talking, and looked down at the floor.

I remember it all.

"I just want to thank you Rose....you were willing to sacrifice your life for my safety and I would have never forgiven myself for anything if you died............this was all so crazy......but we're all going to be here for each other.....help each other.......you being brave helped the police discover information that can bring peace to many families out there, stopped him from running even farther away targeting many more innocent people.........even saved my life because he was ready to kill me in a couple of days...........you should be proud of yourself Rose..........because we're all proud of you." Danny spoke.

With that, I completely let my emotions loose and broke down crying. Everything hit me not even an hour after waking up.

Everyone else started crying as well, making me not feel as uncomfortable about it.

It's unfortunate that we all had to go through this, but hopefully, this will make us all stronger.

We all came in close together, making a big group hug.

"I love you guys.." I spoke in between the tears.

"We love you too."