Chapter 75: BELLE, Monday Afternoon

School has been almost surreal without Sian here. We'd all spent the weekend since Saturday when she'd been found, at the hospital.

My parents have been very understanding and had even made it to the hospital, not so much to see Sian, since visitation was limited, but to show their support for me, and her family as well. Aren't they the coolest?

The three of us, Tammy, Cassandra, and I were a little lost, and it was strange to realize that she'd become the center of our little family.

It hurt to think about what had happened to her, what she must've felt while being attacked.

I kept wracking my brain to figure out how it could've happened, how she could've ended up in that alley and nothing was making any sense.

Jared was pissed but trying hard not to show it. The guys, minus Jace still hung with us at lunch that Monday afternoon, but the mood was somber without our king and queen.

I wanted to reach out to Jared, but didn't know how. None of my quips or funny anecdotes were going