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"What’s wrong with her?" Crouching on Blondie’s other side, Caroline gently brushed Blondie’s hair out of her face

"The fuck if I know I think she just passed out"

"But why? Do you think it’s solanced at her, and we shared siet her to a hospital" I leaned forward to scoop ure on the floor "Call--"

"Already on it" I looked up just as Caroline finished dialing and was pressing her cell phone to her ear

"God, you’re a daan to chew on her lip as she waited "Co to be able to hear his own phone in that place It’s a "

"Then I’ll call Noel and have hirunted when I straightened with all of Blondie’s dead weight in my ar the phone She hurried ahead of me to open the front door I thanked her with a quick kiss on the cheek before passing through

"Noel?" she started, then frowned "Hello? Noel? Damn it" She shook the phone and scowled at it "Crappy connection I wonder where the hell he is"

"Did you tell hioodness" As I paused to rest a shoulder against the wall and try to redistribute Blondie’s weight, Caroline glanced back and stopped "You okay?"

"Yeah Justokay, let’s go" I finally had a firain surprised ht when she led us to Blondie’s car and unlocked it with a set of keys she’d snagged off the hook by the wall before we’d left the apartment

Blondie woke up on the ride to the hospital where we had her stretched out in the backseat with her head nestled in Caroline’s lap

"What’s going on?" She sounded disoriented and sleepy "Where are we?"

"You passed out, sweetie" Caroline pressed her hand to Blondie’s forehead after she helped her sit up "We’re taking you to get checked out"