purple orchids/ dreamnotfound

9

WARNING: CHAPTER CONTAINS SUICIDAL STUFF

recap: clay carried george to his room and went back downstairs to the couch 

george woke up and looked around his surroundings. he was confused at first and wondered how he got here. 

he stood up and walked downstairs. as he got closer to the couch, he could hear the sounds of techno's snoring. 

9:43 am

he yawned and looked around. "wilbur?" he asked. clay and techno were still sleeping on the couch. "im in here!" wilbur said. he looked over to the kitchen and saw wilbur taking out some food for breakfast. "techno snores like a pig" wilbur laughed. "yeah i can hear him from in here" george said shaking his head. 

"can i help?" george asked taking the pan from the counter. "yeah sure. can you start the pancakes?" wilbur asked. 

george began to get the ingredients together and mixed them up. "so guess what techno told me" wilbur began. "hm" george hummed. "he said that clay has a little crush on you" wilbur whispered. george stopped what he was doing and looked over to his brother. 

"yeah sure whatever" george said not believing it. "it's true! he said that he didn't want you to worry about having a relationship because of what's all on your mind. he doesn't want you to be more stressed" wilbur said.

little did they know, clay was awake and listening to their conversation. 

"clay is an amazing guy but i don't want to hurt him" george answered. "and even if what techno said was true, i would have to hear it from clay himself" george said shaking his head .

"what do you mean by you don't want to hurt him?" wilbur asked mixing the eggs together. 

"i mean, clay is a happy and energetic guy. while i'm over here depressed because my best friend is dead. i don't want my sadness ruining his happiness. it would break me even more" george said. 

clay stayed still not wanting them to know he was listening.  "maybe he can change you. he can take your mind off of everything so you can have a break." wilbur suggested. "i mean there's a possibility but i just don't want him to think i'm not into him or that i'm not happy with him" george said. 

wilbur sat there listening as george went on about clay and him. 

then, clay moved around so let them know he was waking up. wilbur and george both looked over to the couch and saw clay get up like he was just waking up. "what smells so good" he asked yawning. 

"oh good morning clay. we are just making some breakfast" george answered. clay stood up and walked over to the kitchen island and sat down staring at george. "what?" george chuckled. "

"nothing" clay smiled. "then stop staring at me stalker" george said shaking his head. "techno snores like a pig" clay laughed. "that's what we said" wilbur laughed. "techno! Mary's here!" clay screamed. techno shot up and looked around worried. 

"what! i'm up!" techno said frantically. clay began laughing and wheezing. "clay you're such a dick!" techno said rolling his eyes. "who's mary?" george asked. "it was our nanny when we were little. she was terrifying and it's the only person that scares techno." clay said still laughing. 

"she was my worst nightmare" techno said dragging his feet over to the kitchen. "one time, techno got into the cookie jar and scared him by saying that the cookie monster from elmo turns into a man eating monster and will come for him in 4 days" clay said laughing. "he didn't sleep for days" he continued. 

"it's not funny. she gave me ptsd from a kids show" techno said rolling his eyes. 

they all talked while george and wilbur finished making the food. 

"what are these?" techno asked as he looked at the pancakes. "pancakes?" wilbur answered. "these are not pancakes. they are so thin? pancakes are thick and fluffy" clay said. 

"that's how we make pancakes in the uk" george said taking a bite. "they look like crepes" clay said. 

12:36 pm

techno had already left and wilbur went out to drive around the town to try and find a new house. clay and george sat there on the couch watching tv. "well this was fun" clay said. "your brother is really cool" he said. "yeah i've missed him" george said.

"thanks again for letting us stay here" clay thanked. "no problem. you're welcome here anytime." george smiled. "well i best get going because my dad wants to have a meeting with me about the shop and loans and crap" clay said standing up and stretching. 

"okay thanks for helping!" george said. clay gave him a nod before leaving out the door.

the house was now empty. george turned the tv off and stood up in the quiet house. he looked around for something to do but there wasn't anything to do. his whole mood fell again. 

he began walking up the stairs and stopped at alex's door. he slowly opened the door and walked in looking around. he hadn't been in here since the day he died. he looked at all the posters, his perfectly made bed, the mexico flag tapestry. there was also some pictures of him and alex together smiling. 

he felt his eyes fill with tears as he looked at the pictures. he was so happy. in the corner of one of his shelves, there was a single purple orchid. he walked up to it and gently picked it up. the pedals were dried up and delicate. 

he then let out a sob. george loved alex so much. he was there when he left his house in the uk. he was there when george was so stressed with work. he was just there. 

george missed his laugh so much. on the bedside table drawer, george opened it which showed alex's phone. it was on 36%. no one had touched it since he died. 

george slowly picked it up and pressed the home button. alex still had his finger print in it. he opened the photos and saw tons. 1637 photos. 

george began scrolling through them. a ton of them were pictures of them together. others were of his family and a few were of something random. as he scrolled he found a video. he clicked it and it turned up the volume. 

"george stop!" alex laughed. alex and george were running around the house with nerf guns. "come here alex!" george said chasing him. alex then grabbed a nerk gun on the floor and began shooting george. "ouch! alex quit!" george laughed. "that's what you get mother fucker!" alex giggled. 

then, the sound of glass broke. they both stopped and froze. the screen showed alex with his mouth wide open with wide eyes. they slowly looked at each other and began laughing. "that was you!" george said pointing to him. "what me?! no that was you!" alex argued. 

"no you shot it with a nerf bullet!" george laughed. alex then showed the camera to george and him. "you see that guys! i got this on camera!" alex yelled. "you're such an idiot" george giggled. 

the video ended with the sound of alex's giggle. 

tears drained george's face as he turned the phone off. he was so hurt and broken. george let out a sob, not being able to hold it together. "alex please" he cried out as his knees buckled. he dropped to the ground and cried. 

"you didn't deserve it" he whispered. he looked up and saw alex's pain killers on the desk. george dragged himself to it and opened the bottle. it was halfway full. 

he dumped them in his hand. around 35 pills. he weakly stood up and walked himself downstairs. he grabbed a water bottle and opened the cap. he took a deep breath before he dumped the pills in his mouth. 

he then took a big sip of water to wash them down. his eyes squinted shut as the pills ran down his throat. in a couple hours, he would be gone.