The hidden truth

Chapter 64 - Chaos

Since the whole failed court case, life had simply gone down hill. It took a turn down a hill scratch that it took a dive off a bridge and swam across the ocean to China or something. It was bad and getting worse. I didn't have a clue which God I had angered in any religion but I had and they truly had it out for me right now. The only good thing was that today was the day that Fangs was getting out of his holding cell since they didn't have the evidence to hold him like I said they didn't.

The bad part about it? Well everyone was getting their noses involved as usual and had an opinion on what was happening believing that Fangs was the killer of Midge and that he shouldn't be let out or be allowed to live. He wasn't getting out until tonight and their were already people outside the station complaining and protesting about his realise.

I hadn't been to school which was horrible and something I didn't want to happen but I couldn't face Alice or Betty right now, they had a rapist living with them and it was too much for me. I had been with Fangs all day since he was being realised and I knew he'd need someone to keep him company throughout today. I would go and face my demons another day.

I sat and laughed with him, I hadn't told him yet about how the court case went since I didn't want to make this all about me or what was happening in my life but I knew I'd have to tell him eventually. "So how'd the case go? Sweetpea said it was done and over with. We win?" He said with a smile so sure of himself and I felt my eyes gather with tears again, I couldn't cry I had spent the last 24 hours crying over the events of the case and what had happened, I wouldn't cry anymore.

"No we didn't" I said simply looking down at the floor and I felt the tension in the room grow.

"They found him innocent with all that against him? Are they crazy? But everyone wants my head and there's no evidence, what the hell happened to this town!" He yelled, he had been let out of his holding cell hours ago and we were just sat in one of the interrogation rooms until it was moving time, we didn't have to sit hear but we decided too since we wanted to talk alone and have no listen in.

"God knows" I said as I sat back and looked at him and he smiled at me.

"You'll be fine LJ, your a tough cookie and god if he sees you I feel sorry for him becuase he'll be dead before he can even breath" he said to me as he came over and hugged me tight for the sixth time today, the first was when he cried about Midge and how she was gone. He actually liked her and it broke his heart that she was dead and I knew it did. He made me promise not to tell anyone that he had cried and I agreed knowing that I wouldn't like people knowing I had cried ether.

We spent hours talking and he often brought up me and how he was shocked by how well I had taken everything and that I was the strongest person he knew, if only he knew I was broken on the inside and the idea of seeing him made me go into a panic attack, those were things only I knew and I refused to tell anyone else. My dad told Weatherbee that he didn't think it was a good idea for me to come in since it was all fresh and I was recovering from the news and he obviously accepted since someone leaked the video of what had happened to me in which everyone could hear my screams and pleads for help, something I would never live down. My moment of weakness.

It would never happen again and I promised myself that, I would never have a moment of fear again and it wouldn't be allowed in my life.

Seeetpea came through the door with the younger serpents as we talked about Fangs getting out of here and we could hear everyone outside screaming and protesting not so peacefully. They all put there hands together and looked at me to join and I smiled as we all promised to protect Fangs.

"Guys, I don't wanna die" Fangs said looking at everyone and I looked at him and I smiled.

"Don't be stupid Fogarty, your not gonna die you owe me a game" I said with a laugh and he broke out into a smile before they did they're serpent thing and I looked at them and smiled one day hoping to be in that world.

"Let's do this" Jughead said as they opened the doors and we all crowded round Fangs as we led him out of the station where I saw Dad trying to break up the crowds for us to get through, the serpents had each other's backs and I was moved by it.

We pushed through the people and tried to make room for Fangs when people started grabbing at us and yelling and before we knew it Fangs was in the middle of us and we were trying to make room when a gun shot went through the air and made us all turn as we looked at Fangs and Reggie who was on the floor tackled by Archie.

I moved towards Fangs as he started falling to the ground and moved everyone out of the way.

"Move!" I yelled as I got to him and started my work, I ripped open his shirt and looked at the wound, everyone looked at me like I was crazy but what I did next was even crazier. I reached into the wound and grabbed the bullet and pulled it out as he screamed before taking my shirt off and wrapping it round his body to apply pressure and soak up the blood. "Get him to a hospital now!" I yelled to Jughead and Toni who stood in shock at the scene that had just happened.