Ben
It's about 11pm, everyone is in bed. I decided to get a little bit of food. Maybe that would help me feel less sick.
I sat at the kitchen table in silence.
Ly
"Still awake?".
Ben
"Unfortunately. I slept all day... so it makes sense haha".
Ly
"Well, I just wanted to check in and see how you were doing".
Ben
"I'm alright, not the best day".
Ly
"Aww, I'm sorry. Anything I can do.
Ben
"Send me a McDonald's cheeseburger 😂"
Ly
"Jesus Christ lol. Tomorrow?".
Ben
"Yeah, for sure".
I smiled. She makes me smile, makes me happy. That's relatively hard to do these days. I find that she really makes my life worth living.
My phone started to ring, it was Ty.
I answered, "Hey! Where you at? Everyone's been worried about you. I don't care about the-".
"This is Ty's older brother, yeah?".
I took a second, "Why does this kind of sound like Aaron-".
"It is. Aaron Barnes. I'm one of Ty's friends".
"Or are you one of his fuck buddies? My brother is gay you know" I joked.
"I'm not, and I know. Ben listen to me for a minute" Aaron sounded panicked the more I listened.
"What happened to Ty?" I stood up.
"I-I found him in the bathroom on the ground and I... god fuck... he was on the ground choking on his own vomit. I found coke on his nose and he overdosed".
I took a second, "Ty overdosed on cocaine?".
"Yeah, he's heading to the hospital downtown now. I gave him narcan and everything. They rushed him out pretty fast, but he was coming to on the stretcher".
"I'll be there soon, thanks" I hung up.
I put my coat on and shoved my phone in my pocket. I went into Jess's old room that mom took over and pushed her a couple times.
Mom woke up, "Benny?".
"Can I borrow your car? It's really important".
Mom nodded, "Keys are in my purse".
"Thanks" I ran back downstairs.
I grabbed the keys out of her purse and went to the car. I was shaking so bad I could barely turn the car on. I was breathing heavy, I was stressed out. I started crying as I drove off.
I tried to see, I couldn't see much. My vision was pretty cloudy from the mass amounts of tears coming from my eyes. I got into the parking lot, but I couldn't move.
I screamed and slammed my head on the wheel, then screamed again. I cried really hard. This was a lot for me to handle. Ty loved me, Ty supported me, so I was unbelievably terrified.
I got out of the car and ran for the front entrance of the emergency room.
Once I got in there, a bunch of nurses looked at me.
I took a couple of deep breaths, "Tyler, Tyler Bennett, where is he?".
"Are you okay sir?" One of the nurses asked.
