Normal People (Add On)

[Sher]

Laurie looked down at him. She was wearing a gaudy hospital gown, and she absolutely hated it. She'd asked the doctor to let her change, but he'd said she couldn't. "Hey maybe we can do this date over again after your ribs heal up. Only this time let's not get in a crash." she said with a light laugh. She saw that he was getting tired, so she blew him a kiss and said, "You need some more rest. Go to sleep."

 

[TheDerek]

Derek went to sleep.

"So the car just went at you, not swerving at all?"
"Yes officer."
"Did you have your lights on?"
"Yes officer."
"Did you get a look at the vehicle?"
"No officer."
"Thats all the questions we have right now. Your moped is in the station."
"Okay, thanks officer, have a good evening."

Derek only had one more night left before he could be discharged.

 

[Sher]

Laurie walked around the coffee shop, wondering how Derek was. She'd been able to leave four days earlier than he had. She picked up the phone to call him, but then decided not to. She'd already called him once that day, and she didn't want to seem overly anxious. She looked down at her watch and saw that it was five fifteen. She decided to go get Derek something and visit him. She got him some chocolate and a card after work, and then drove to the hospital.

Laurie went up to Derek's room and knocked. When she went in, she saw Derek laying in bed. She went over to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Don't worry. You'll be out of here soon. Would you like me to pick up your moped for you?" she asked as she gave him the gifts.

 

[TheDerek]

Derek was Happy to see laurie. "Sure, you can go get my moped, just dont get ran off the road like me!" he said "I wont, So, How are you feeling?" She asked Good, cant wait to leave." Derek scooted over in the bed. "Room for one more." He said. Laurie sat down and they snuggled ant watched Sponge Bob Square Pants.

 

[Sher]

Laurie was warm there beside him. When the commerical break came, she propped up on an elbow and faced Derek. "How's your ribs doing?" she asked. "They still hurt when I move and laugh, but other than that they don't hurt much." "Well, if they hurt that bad then you need to stop watching Spongebob here. He'll get your ribs every time." she said with a little laugh.

Laurie looked at the clock. It said that it was eight. She stayed and talked with Derek as doctors came and gave him medicines and a few shots. "You've missed a lot of school for this. How are you going to make it up?" she asked. "Oh, I'll probably just do extra and catch up, or do it over the summer." he replied. "Oh okay. I had to catch up on all of mine. It was so boring!" she said as she pretended to gag. "Yeah, and I'm really looking forward to it" Derek said with a sarcastic looking grin on his face. Laurie laughed and then looked at her watch. It was eleven o'clock! She had to get home.

"Derek, I've got to get home. It's eleven! If you want, you can call me in about thirty minutes when I get there. Sam is going to be questioning and prodding me to no end about where I've been." she said as she gathered up her coat and purse. She gave him a kiss and said, "I'll see you later. Bye!" With that she left the room and started down the hall, out the door, and to her car. She got in and drove to the house, where Sam and Katy were waiting were waiting for her.

 

[TheDerek]

Derek was sitting there lonley. He ws kinda sad that Laurie left. He decided to give her a call to see if she got home safly. He picked up the phone and dialed her number. Of course Sam answered the phone and wouldnt put Lauri on. Derek heard Laurie Yell something and she got the phone right away.

It was 3:00 a.m. and Derek had just gotton off the phone. The talk had been great. He still wasnt tired though. He decided to see if the nurse could get him some water. He pressed the cord and waited for a few minuets. No answer He decided to go to the Nurses station. He got up, feeling pain in his ribs, and walked to the staition. Wht derek saw made him scream.

"Its all right, Derek, the Nurse died of a heart attack, nothing you could have done to help her." On of the nurses said. Derek was still shocked. He decided to call Laurie.

 

[Sher]

Laurie was awakened by the telephone ringing. She groaned and got up and looked at the clock. It was three twenty am. She had just fallen asleep twenty minutes ago after an hour of thinking over her life while lying in bed. She padded into the front room and to the phone. She picked it up and cleared her throat as she choked out "hello?". "Hi. It's me" she heard Derek saying on the other end. She instantly snapped wide awake and then said, "What's up? Is anything wrong? Anything I need to come down for?"

 

[TheDerek]

"No, you don't need to come down. I just need to talk. The nurse diesd today. Of a heart atack. I was the one who found her." Derek said. "Oh, well, Is there anything you need to talk about?" Laurie said. "Well, It just seems that death is always aproaching me. First my room mate. Then on the moped. And now, the nurse" Derek said.

 

[Sher]

"Well, I was on that moped too, so it might've just been me then. You couldn't take up for that nurse either. What happened to her wasn't your fault, and the same with your roommate. I don't think death is following you. This is just a coincident." Even as Laurie said it, she herself half doubted it. She knew that weird things had been happening wherever he went. She twisted the cord around her finger and said, "Don't worry about it darling. It's going to be okay."

Laurie talked to him for about an hour more and when she went to say goodbye, she saw the tip of the sun. She said bye and then watched the sun come up over the horizon. It was quite a beautiful sunrise. Derek would get released today. She decided to go in and get dressed and then go down to the police station to get the moped.

 

[JesusFreak4545]

Location:At a small town in Texas There Is a collage in a small town.
Plot: Friends/people having an ordianary life with struggles and diffrent events.
Time: 2002
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Name: Bethany
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Occupation: Stundent at Collage. Also works as a cleaning janitor to get some money for myself.
Where He Lives: On Campus
Majoring in: She plans to be a therapist
Vehicle: a red convertible

She was walking down on a sidewalk when she saw someone and firgure who it was and yell "Hey, Sher, is that you!?" It been a long time since we saw each other. How are you??

 

[Sher]

JF4545, my character name is Laurie, so call me that instead of Sher. I think next story thread I do i'll name a character sher.
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Laurie whirled around. She heard somebody calling her name. She looked around and saw her old friend Bethany a few feet behind her. She ran back to her and gave her a hug. "Wow it has been a while! I'm doing okay for the moment. How about you? What are you doing here?" Laurie looked Beth over. She looked great. With her fiery reddish brown hair and blue eyes to go with it, she always did.

 

[JesusFreak4545]

I am doing great! Oh, I came here for college to become a therapist. Boy, it been a long time we talked. Maybe we can hang and talk about what been going on. I heard that you had accident on a moped with a guy. Is he just a friend or something????

 

[TheDerek]

Derek was sitting in the hospital bed. He could now be released. He was waiting for Laurie. He had waited an hour. Did she forget or something? Troy was a little woried. He knew death was following him. He just hoped it had'nt caught up with Laurie yet. Derek decided to walk home, he had waited an hour and an half. He slowly walked up to the counter and checked himself out. Then he headed out the door.

 

[Sher]

Laurie looked down at her watch as she was talking to Bethany. She would be late if she didn't hurry. When Bethany said something about the moped, it caught her attention. " Huh?? How'd you know about the moped? Who'd you hear from?" She looked at Beth and Beth looked down. Laurie said quickly, "Uh, we can talk later, but I've got to go. Yeah I do have to get the moped. I'll call you later!" she said as she rushed off.

When she got to the desk, she asked for the moped. She showed ID and the police officer looked at it, then looked up at her. "Follow me for a moment" he said. She followed him to the back. Then he showed her a waiting room. She sat there for about fifteen minutes as she read her John Grisham novel. She was into it and didn't notice time flying by. When she looked up again, an hour had passed. She gasped and ran to the desk. "Where's the moped!?" she asked frantically. "I'm late!!"

The woman at the desk said, "What moped? You weren't here to pick that up were you? The police man said you were here for visiting." Laurie slapped her forehead and then said, "I'm here for the moped, and I'm late. I need it immediately. " The woman pointed to a door and said, "Go in there and to the right at the end of the hall. You'll find the police man and you can ask him for the moped."

Laurie bustled down the hall and into the room. "Where's the moped?" she asked. She was on edge already, and the police men looked up as if she was unexpected. "What moped?" they asked. Laurie closed her eyes, counted to ten, and said, "The moped I came in here an hour and a half ago to pick up." she said in a cold tone. The officers looked at her and then looked around. "We have a few questions for you. Why do you want the moped?"

Laurie couldn't believe her ears. She was enraged. "I want the moped because I was supposed to be at the hospital an hour and a half ago to pick up my boyfriend, who is waiting." She voiced each syllable hostilely and hoped that the officers would understandt hat she was impatient and late. "Who does it belong to?" they asked. "That moped belongs to my boyfriend. Can I have it now!?" The officers gave a short nod towards the one interrogating her and then he said, "You can have it, but you have to come back here later and clear it. There was drugs found near the moped the night it crashed, and we need to talk to your boyfriend."

Laurie gasped and then took a deep breath. Derek doesn't do drugs she told herself. She then pushed it out of her mind, grabbed the keys, and raced down the hall. She got on the moped and started it up. Then she whizzed away to the hospital. She pulled up out front just in time to see Derek walking out. "Derek! I'm here!" she yelled as he shot her a questioning and impatient look.

 

[TheDerek]

Derek had talked to Laurie. He couildnt believe they thought that he did drugs. He didnt. He could prove it. There were no drugs in his blood systystem. He would just go down to the police station and clear his name. That wouldnt be so hard. Laurie didnt like his idea, but went along with it.

"What do you mean you're gonna arest me?!?!" Derek asked. "We found the drugs hear you moped, which means you were carying them." The officer said. Derek Couldnt believe this. "Check my blood system, I had no drugs in it! And I bet the finger prints on the bag arent mine!" Derek Shouted, clearly upset. "There were no finger prints. You could have been wearing gloves." The officer countered. "Was I found with gloves on?" Derek questioned. "No, but..." The officer said. "Unless you have clear evedence you can't hold me."Derek said. "You may lkeave, but we WILL bust you." The officer said, drawing out the will really long. Derek walked out to meet laurie in the parking lot. He explained what happened in there.

 

[Sher]

Laurie knew that Derek didn't do it in her heart, but she couldn't get the doubts out of her mind. What if he did? What then? Do you really want to date a druggie? The thoughts swept through her head and as she looked up and saw him come outside, his jaw set, her heart skipped a beat. The doubts flew out of her mind as she watched him walk over to her. He told her what had gone inside and she took a deep breath.

She wondered what she could do and then suddenly an idea came to her head. "Why don't we go back to the site of the accident? It's a long shot, I know, but there might be something there that the police haven't caught. It's worth a try at least. After we do that, you can go home, go out to eat, anything you want." She looked at him pleadingly and she could see that he was rolling the idea around in his mind.

 

[TheDerek]

Derek was contemplating the idea. He had another Idea in his head. What if the drugs were really on the moped? It was'nt his. It was charles. Derek decided that he would check up on charles' life why Laurie went to the seen of the crime. Derek told laurie to drop him off at the hospital, and thatr she could take the moped. He wanted to see the otopsey. He told laurie to puick him up in half an hour.

 

[Sher]

Laurie thought about it and decided it would work. She saw that Derek didn't want to explain about it, so she didn't ask questions. "Sure. I'll see you in half an hour then," she said as she hung a U-Turn and sped back to the hospital to let him out.

After she got to the scene of the crime, she saw that the tracks were now covered. She saw something black in the snow and she bent down to pick up her purse. While she was picking it up a yellow piece of paper hanging out of it caught her attention. She picked up the paper and unfolded it.

Derek,

Hi, this is Charles. I know what you're probably thinking right now. I know that you're probably sad about my death, but don't be surprised. I had it coming to me. In fact, I'm going to do it. By the time you read this, I'll be gone, but I want you to know that it wasn't because of you or anything you've done. You were the best friend I had for so long, and thanks for that. Don't feel sorry for me, and don't miss me. I was into a lot more than you knew about, and I deserve what I'm going to do. Goodbye.

Charles

Laurie's eyes watered as she read this. She wondered how it had gotten in her purse, and then she started crying. She felt sorry for Charles, and she knew that Derek would want the note. She sped over to the hospital to give it to him immediately.

 

[TheDerek]

While Derek was reading over the otopsey he saw nothing about drug use.  He had been drunk, but no drugs in his system.  Derek decided to see what was on him.  He walked up to the patholigist and asked,"Hello, I was Charles Room mate, and would it be poible for me to see what he was caring when he died?"  "Yes, of course, you can have it, there was a note for you." The patholigist said.

 

The Note Read:Derek, you are probably reading this because I am dead.  I want you to know that there is a gang I owed money to.  They were getting to close.  I hid what they wanted on a certian vehicle.  If they come after you, drop the stuff off in the hollow tree at central park.  If not, it's my gift to you.

 

Charles

Derek knew the police had the drugs.  He wondered if anyone else had read the note.  Derek was still thinking when Laurie came running up.

 

[Sher]

Laurie took a deep breath and handed him the note. She watched his reaction and wondered why it was so quizzical. She saw the other note and picked it up. She read it and thought it fit in with the other note perfectly, but they had different handwritings. She knew that something fishy was going on, and she didn't know what. "They're not written in the same writing. One is fake. I found that one in my purse, and where'd you get this one?" she asked motioning to the note in her hand. "From the pathologist." he replied, obviously as puzzled as she was.

Just then the thought occurred to Laurie that it had to have been written by a gang member. She didn't know why she thought it, but it was logical. How else would the note have gotten into her purse? She explained her theory to Derek as a cop came bustling up. He gave her a stony glance and said to Derek, "I'm going to need you to come with me." Laurie gasped with horror as the officer handcuffed Derek and he stood in shock, then anger. She wondered what he was going to do now.