Cigarettes and Valentines

Chapter 15

*THE DAY BEFORE*

Michael's POV

I was fucking lucky that I survived the past weeks. The drugs became harder, the dose increased and my state became worse and worse. 

As soon as I found myself passed-out and without any sense of time in Luke's backyard, I knew shit was getting serious.

Still, the only thing I would call myself addicted to was Allison's presence.

God, how wrong does this sound? She made me so angry. Her absence alone drove me insane and I hated myself for acting as desperate as I did all along but being high as fuck just didn't solve my problems anymore. She was still there; on my mind.

When Molly licked right across my face, I whiped the dog spit away and blinked into the morning sun to see Luke's, Calum's and Ashton's silhouettes right above me.

"These aren't the 70's; Dying from an overdose is out" Ashton growled.

"Oh yeah? Well I'm vintage" I breathed out when Calum helped me up.

Luke hit my arm. "This isn't funny dude, like I get it, you do you, but how are we going to play our gig when you fall off stage in literal ecstasy?"

I supported myself on Calum's shoulder. "Okay can someone please slap him for that pun because I'm inable to" with that, Ashton grabbed for my arm just in the right moment to prevent me from falling over.

"Stop threatening everyone when you can't even stand up straight" he groaned again, pulling me along into Luke's house.

They put me in his brother's old bedroom which had been rearranged to a guest room after Jack moved out.

"Is it because if her?" Luke asked when I lied down, my eyelids becoming heavy again.

My words were sloppy and blurted when I tried to ask back "Because of whom?" Suddenly my tired eyes shot open, realizing what just slipped out of my mouth.

Everyone sucked in a breath and Calum started: "Did you just-"

"HOLY FUCK, YOU SAID WHOM!!" Ashton finally spoke out loud what everyone was thinking.

Shutting my eyes closed, I decided to escape this fucked-up situation with turning on the side, sending the signal that I wanted to be left alone.

The last thing I remembered before sleeping my high off, was Ashton letting the blinds down.

Now after coming around again, I made out a figure in the back of the room. Calum was sitting there in a chair.

"What the fuck man, have you been sitting there all day? Get the fuck out" I spat but Calum stood up and walked towards me as I lifted the pillow up to put it over my head when I pressed my face into the matress.

"It's Monday afternoon, do you really think I spend my time with watching you sleep? Who do you think I am? That Robert dude from Twilight?"

I didn't reply.

"No, I just came from school. We wanted to rehearse today" he moved on, hoping to get a reaction from me.

I grunted into the bed "Oh wow, Calum the smug! Everybody kiss Mr Geek's ass because he attended school today! And praise the lord, he even showed up to band practice!"

"She misses you" he ignored my mocks.

Turning to him so my voice wasn't as inaudible from the sheets beneith me, I replied:

"How couldn't she? I was amazing probably. Who are we talking about again? Mackenzie? Julia? Oh I know, it was Anna; she's the rather clingy type"

Calum was pissed and his facial expression was as unimpressed as ever "Okay you know what? I'm fucking done, it's not my job to tell you how to deal with this is so just fuck off" with that he was about to leave through the door.