Read Fabulous Five 011 - Hit and Run for Free Online

while except for
the fact that the little girl insisted on taking Gorgeous with her. When was
she going to get her bear back? she wondered. Mrs. Foss was being absolutely no
help in the matter, and she had been the one who had persuaded Jana to loan
Lisa the bear in the first place. For a few minutes , she had said. "Some
few minutes," Jana grumbled.
    Just then she heard giggling in the hall, and she looked up
hopefully. Maybe it was her friends. The sound was moving closer, but it
stopped outside her door and there was only silence for a moment. Finally The
Fabulous Five gathered stiffly in the doorway and peered in at her with big
eyes.
    "Come on in, you guys," she called out. "Haven't
you ever been in a hospital before?"
    The four girls grinned self-consciously and tiptoed in,
standing in a cluster at the foot of the bed.
    "Hi, Jana. How are you feeling?" whispered
Melanie.
    "Okay," said Jana, chuckling. "But you don't
have to whisper."
    "Doesn't your head hurt?" asked Beth. "It
looks awful. Well, what I mean is . . ." Beth blushed and looked to the
others for help.
    "I know what you mean, silly," said Jana. "It
does look awful, and it did hurt a lot for a while, but it's better now.
Honest. The doctor just wants me to stay one more night for observation."
    There was another awkward silence as the four girls at the
foot of the bed exchanged glances. Finally Christie spoke.
    "How's Randy?" she asked in a hushed voice. "We
heard that he's still unconscious. Is that true?"
    Jana bit her lip to stop it from quivering. She'd known they
would ask about Randy, but still, she felt a stab of pain when Christie
actually said the words.
    "Yes," she said. "He's in the intensive care
unit, and I tried to get in to see him this morning, but the nurse wouldn't let
me go in."
    "You're kidding," said Katie. "That's awful."
    "That's not all," Jana added. "His parents
stopped by to see me a little while ago, and something really strange happened.
Someone sent Randy a get-well card. The handwriting looked like a girl's, and
whoever sent it didn't sign their name, but they apologized for causing the
accident. Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan thought I was the one who sent it."
    "What!" screeched Beth.
    Jana told them about her visit from the Kirwans and how they
had thought she blamed herself for the accident. "They came in here to
tell me that it wasn't my fault and thank me for sending the card," said
Jana. "The funny thing is, I do feel responsible for the accident. If I
hadn't run out in front of the car, Randy wouldn't have had to save me. But I
didn't send the card. I think I know who did, though. Laura McCall."
    "I agree, and there's something else you should know
about Laura," said Christie. There was an ominous sound in her voice that
made Jana shiver. "The four of us went up to her before school today and
demanded to know what was going on between her and Randy."
    "That's right," said Katie. "We told her
about what you overhead her saying to Tammy yesterday, but we didn't tell her
that it was you who overheard it."
    "What did she say to that?" demanded Jana.
    "She just got a funny look on her face at first,"
said Christie. "The rest of The Fantastic Foursome were with her, and they
tried to get her to walk away from us, but Laura looked so shocked that she
just stood there and stared at us."
    "I think it really blew her away that someone had
overheard her," added Beth.
    "So, what did she say?" insisted Jana.
    "Get this," said Christie. "Laura said it was
a secret and for us to mind our own business. Then she flipped her braid over
her shoulder the way she always does when she's acting superior and walked off
with her friends."
    Jana frowned as she looked from one to the other. "You're
kidding," she said slowly. "What kind of secret could she have about
Randy?"
    Melanie shook her head. "I don't know, but if you ask
me, it had to be Laura who sent the card. It sounds as if she's feeling guilty."
    "What about the driver? Don't forget that he's