Just you and me

Pedros basement

TW: Vomit and drug use

December 20th 2020
I'd been hanging out with Leo and his friends for a good while now almost everyday. Well, the days that I wasn't helping Alyse go to doctors appointments and stuff which I didn't mind.

Leo and I rarely got any alone time. His new friends kind of ruined everything we had going on before they met him. We'd usually just walk around town. Occasionally Mickey and Pedro and Leo would make trips to pedros basement without any explanation. They said I wasn't allowed to go down there because it was "bro territory only".

I had met neutron once but it was just a quick hello. He didn't seem to want much to do with the guys anymore. I wondered what happened to change that. At this current moment, I was sitting on pedros porch on the steps, waiting for them to get out of the basement.

I was messing with the rocks on the ground when I saw two feet come into my view and I looked up to see neutron.
"Hey, stranger." I said smiling.
"Hey, where's Leo?" He had his hands in his gene pockets.
"Uh, he's in the basement with Mickey and Pedro. Why?"
Neutron sighed. "Listen, y/n. I don't know you all that well but be careful, okay? I love those guys to death but they can be real..." he was searching for a word for a second, "..shit heads."

"What do you mean?" I hadn't really noticed anything shitty about them.
"Just be careful. I should get going now, I'll see you around." Neutron pulled a hand out of his pocket and waved at me as he ran back to his car, leaving.

I sat there for a good few minutes trying to figure out what he meant. What could have happened to make him think like that? What did they do?

They finally all came out of the basement. Pedro was stumbling like a drunk.
"Jesus Christ, what happened?" I stood up.
"Oh he uh, took some medicine for a headache and accidentally took too many of his moms pain killers." Mickey said as Leo held him up.
There was vomit running down his shirt. He was conscious though.
"We should take him to a hospital." I was extremely concerned.

"No, no, no. He'll be just fine. Happens all the time." Leo got defensive fast.
"Okay? Well, I think I'm gonna go home." I grabbed my phone.
"Do you want me to stop by later?" Leo was still holding onto Pedro.
"No, it's okay." I kissed him on the cheek trying to keep my distance from Pedro beside him. "See you later."
I walked home. I was extremely confused and seeing Pedro in that condition reminded me a lot of the people I'd seen with Leo a month ago on that sketchy block. I wonder what was wrong with him.

January 15th 2021
Christmas came and went. Leo spent Christmas at my house because his mom and dad wouldn't be home. After the day with Pedro, though, shit started to get even more odd. I stopped hanging out with all of the boys at once so much because it was getting to be too much.

I had a slight idea of what was going on in that basement of pedros but I didn't want to assume anything. I was sure that Leo wasn't like that.

I was sitting on the couch with Alyse and Leo. Alyse had gotten out of her casts on her legs now. She was doing so great. I was so proud of her. She was still on crutches but she was able to use her legs a bit more.

We were watching "Good Will Hunting" (it's an old 90s movie if you haven't seen it I highly suggest). Leo had an arm around my shoulders and my head was resting on his arm.

After the movie, Leo and I headed upstairs and I helped Alyse climb the stairs. I suggested she just use the wheel chair lift thingy but she insisted she just use the steps. It was the only thing she could really partially do for the past few months that made her feel normal again. So, I understood.

I closed my bedroom door behind me and I collapsed onto my bed. Leo layed next to me and we layed there looking at the ceiling.
"Im gonna go use the bathroom." Leo said right after laying back. He sat up and left the room. He'd been a little off recently.

I layed there for a good 20 minutes before getting up to get knock on the door and check on him.
"Leo? Are you okay?" I had my hand against the door.
There was silence at first and than I heard Leo flush the toilet.
"Yeah, I'm okay." His voice sounded scratchy.
"Are you sure?" I was worried.

He opened the door and wiped his mouth, "yeah, I just felt a little sick. I'm thinking it was something I ate." He walked past me going back to my room and I stood there for a minute before going back to my room as well.

Next morning
I woke up that morning and Leo was gone. He'd stayed the night and usually when he stayed he would leave during the day. I guess he had somewhere to be.

I went to the bathroom rubbing my eyes and yawning. I did my business and started to wash my hands. I looked in the mirror as I did so, noticing the cabinet that was connected to the mirror was open a little. Nobody had been in this cabinet for weeks. All of Alyse's meds from the hospital were in there for after the accident and she hadn't been using them because she hadn't needed to.

I opened it the rest of the way and examined the bottles of pills. Alyse took 5 different pills. I knew this because I was the one who would give them to her every morning. One of the bottles was missing. It was her pain killers. Mom had her own bathroom in her room and Alyse was fast asleep as soon as she got to her room. So the only person who could have taken them was the last person I'd seen go into that bathroom. Leo.