The puppy pack on a road trip

TJ's POV

A/N: The last few days I've been busy so I forgot to upload another chapter.  I'm also very pissed at my neighbors because they are making so much noise and it's freaking me out. I woke up before 9 a.m thanks to them. I wanted to have a good sleep since school starts next week for me. Enough about me.

I hope you know that you are amazing! Stay safe

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 *In the meantime*

After the rest went out and I couldn't hear them anymore I sat down on the bed where Brett was laying. We just looked at each other for a while. I didn't know what to say or if I even wanted to say anything.

"Are gonna give me a speech?" I smiled sadly. I slightly shook my head.

"No, but don't you dare to leave us." He slowly sat up obviously in pain so I shifted so that I was sitting next to him. I took his hand and we intertwined our fingers. Touching someone's hand was something I didn't do normally but this situation wasn't normal either, was it? I took a deep breath and then there were black veins coming up on my arm. I could feel the pain going through my hand, arm, shoulder, chest, and at the end in my heart. It was so much pain that my hand felt like it's on fire but I didn't want to let go of his hand. Breathing got harder by the second and my body was telling me to let go but somehow I managed to ignore it. He didn't deserve the pain.

"TJ. You need to let go."

"No... Not yet." My eyes filled up with tears. I hated to cry but I couldn't stop it.

"It's okay. I can handle it." I couldn't hold my tears back anymore. I started to cry. Shit. He slowly removed my hand from his.

"It's not fair." I cried more than I already was. He wrapped his arm around my shoulder and pulled me close. My head was on his shoulder. I could feel him breathing. I could hear his heartbeat loud and clear. I smelled his very familiar scent. I could feel his heat. I felt everything.

„Life isn't fair. I'll be fine."

„You don't deserve it. Why you? Why not me?" I just felt so guilty. I should've done something.

"Hey. You don't deserve it either." I disagreed and if he would know the whole story he wouldn't be saying this.

„You got more to lose than I do." He got a sister. I didn't have a family. Only my aunt. My father left my mom before I was born and she didn't want to see me anymore. She was terrified of me or to be specific one side of me not a lot of people know about. Luckily Satomi knew my mom so she took me in.

"That's not true."

"I don't have a family." He sighed.

"Bullshit. Lori sees you as a sister and you know it." He wasn't lying. She definitely saw me as a sister and so did I. She was my little sister. Suddenly Brett started to cough pretty rough. I sat up straight and shifted so I could hold him by his shoulders to stabilize him. I just looked at him and I must've looked worried because as soon as he saw me he said:

"I'm okay. You don't need to hold me. I can sit on my own." I nodded. I stopped holding him and looked away. He wasn't okay. We needed to go as fast as we could to the animal clinic so Deaton could look after him. I got up and was about to leave when I felt a hand around my wrist. I turned around to see Brett smirking.

"I said I can sit on my own. I didn't say that you should leave." I chucked.

"I know but I should go..." he didn't let me finish.

"Stay." I raised my eyebrows. Was he being serious? I thought something like that only happens in movies but I was not complaining.

"U sure?" He nodded. I sat down on the bed right next to him. He wrapped his arm around my neck and I leaned my head on his shoulder. I smiled because I know how jealous some girls would be if they could see us right now. Every girl (except of course for me) on Devenford Prep had a crush on him. Even his reputation as 'the fuckboy' didn't scare them off. They all thought they could be his girlfriend. The same bitches used to trash talk behind my back because Brett and I were best friends.