My best friend next door

Chapter 4

Tw-self harm
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George woke up with a massive headache. What did I do he thought. He sat up while rubbing his eyes. He realized he was in clays bed. Laying next to clay...

"Oh shit" he mumbled under his breath.

He tried quietly to stand up and go out the window, but he woke clay up.

"Hey" clay whispered.

"Oh uh hi... sorry you had to deal with drunk me last night" George laughed.

"It's alright" clay scoffed.

George went out of the window and into his room. He was so embarrassed how did he get so drunk? He thought back to last night but then he remembered Ella.

Why was he so jealous. They were only friends right? He was so caught up in his feelings that he didn't even realize clay knocking on his window.

He went over and opened the window. He walked out onto the treehouse waiting for clay to speak.

"I- um I don't know if you work or not today but yesterday I got a call from the hospital and they wanted to have a meeting about my mom, and since my dad is working late tonight so I have to go" clay paused.

"Can you come with me, I don't wanna be alone"

"Of course" George smiled as he rubbed clays arm soothingly.

Although he was confused about his feelings for clay he knew one thing, he had to be there for him no matter what.

They both went back into their rooms and changed. George kept clays hoodie on and changed into a different pair of sweatpants.

He went back over to clays room and watched as clay smiled at his phone.

"Who are ya talking to" George asked.

Clay looked up from his phone smiling.

"That girl Ella from the party last night, she's so funny" Clay continued to text on his phone.

George looked down at the ground with sad eyes. As much as he loved being friends with clay deep down he always wanted more.

"You ready to go?" Clay asked looking up from his phone.

George nodded and they began walking out to the car. They both sat in the car and buckled.

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The car ride to the hospital was silent and long but finally they arrived. As they pulled in George could tell that clay was nervous. Once clay parked the car George grabbed onto his hand unexpectedly.

"Hey I'm right here if you need anything"

Clay smiled then they both stepped out of the car. Clay was breathing in and out trying to calm himself.

As they stepped into the hospital his anxiety got worse. His hands were noticeably shaky. They checked into the front desk and the nurse pointed to the direction of the room.

Once they got to the room they saw that the doctors were already waiting for them.

"George hey I didn't know you were coming in today!" The doctor said.

"Hey Dr.soot, I'm just here with clay for his mom" George smiled.

They all sat down and then Dr.soot began to speak.

"Clay I know this is really hard for you right now but we would like to inform you that the chemo isn't working for your mom, we had to put her on a vent last night. we could put her on a clinical trial but that could take up to weeks and we don't know if she has that long."