Adopted

Sixteen

I was lying in bed when I heard that sickening news. The headline on TV read, Xavier Lennon attempts suicide.

I screamed but it didn't matter. No one was home.

Very was at David's and Mom, Axl, and Natalia were at the ice cream shop.

I decided to stay home and watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the championship.

I love basketball and would watch it all the time.

I would watch it with Xavier but he would usually fall asleep on me instead of watching. But he was by my side and that's the only thing that mattered to me.

I would jump up when my team got a goal and wake Xavier from his slumber. He would look at me with love in his eyes and wipe away the crumbs that spilled out of my mouth.

He would always kiss my lips but I would whine and shove him away because I wanted to watched the rest of the game. He would laugh and kiss my neck instead.

And now... He was gone. No, no, he wasn't. I almost lost him.

If the headlines were just one word.different I would've never been the same.

I quickly got dressed and rode my back through the rain to the hospital.

I flew in and ran into the hospital room where the nurse said Xavier was.

"Xavier!" I cried running into the room.

He looked at me and his eyes widened.

"Xavier, baby," I said bursting into tears as I stood by his bed.

The doctors were calling Julian when I got there so I had Xavier alone.

Xavier grabbed a piece  of paper and a pen and held a hand up for me to wait a minute.

The tube in his mouth prevented him from talking.

After a few minutes he showed me the paper.

I've been struggling for while. But I never gave up because of you. I didn't want you to cry or be upset that I had killed myself and was no longer by your side so I kept fighting. But when I hurt you I gave up. You were gone and I would never get you back.

"I love you, Xavier," I said. "Fuck, I'm not letting you go." I crawled into the bed beside him and held him tightly.

"I'm not letting you go again," I whimpered.

Xavier ran his hand through my hair and pulled me closer to him and we both fell asleep.