Save me Mick

Part 3

TW: alcoholism + slight intervention

Lourdes POV
Secrets. They are a painful thing. I know this as well as anyone else. When Michaela was on that plane Danni crumbled. I think everyone saw it but no one did anything because well we were all crumbling too. I've been keeping a lot of secrets about what happened to Danni when flight 828 disappeared. I guess I feel guilty too. Guilty for not helping her in the early times. "Lourdes! Earth to Lourdes!" Jared snapped in front of my face laughing. "You totally zoned out there! I've been saying your name for 10 minutes!!" He continued laughing. I threw on a smile "sorry babe. I'm a bit distracted with Michaela coming home and everything." And I chuckled a bit at the end. Looking at Jared. Although I feel bad for marrying my best friends fiancé I couldn't help but feel in love. Like everything melted away for a bit. "Alright well I've got work. Yknow with the abduction case and everything. I'm not sure when I'll be home since I might be working late. You good to be here by yourself?" I nodded "yeah of course baby. Shoot me a text when you know about what time you'll be home so I know whether or not to wait up for you?" He kissed me "sure babe. Love you!" He shouted as he walked out of our house "Love you too!" I responded sitting on our couch and covering myself with the blanket that sat on it. It was a blanket Michaela's mom made for us when she was sick. Looking around my eyes got caught on a photo. It was of Michaela, Danni, Evie and I. Although I couldn't seem to place the exact moment when we took it I smiled at the memory. The memory of all of us laughing and having fun together. Before the accident, before flight 828, before Danni crumbled. When we were all still okay and happy. For some reason a tear came to my eye. I stood up quickly walking to the door after grabbing the car keys. Maybe I just needed to drive for a while. But just as I reached the door I heard a knock. I opened it to find Danni standing there. "Hey..." she trailed off looking nervous. "Hey D. Oh! Sorry come in come in!" I laughed a little to myself at my awkwardness as I stepped aside the door to allow her in when she sat down I looked at her. "Danni. Your drunk all the time now when your off duty. You can't keep doing that." She sighed "I know I know. It's just..." she sighed and pulled her sleeve over her hand to wipe her face "after what happened and after Michaela disappeared and Evie died it just" I finished what she was saying "numbed the pain" I reached over and placed an unsure hand on her back. "You know Michaela would help if you told her. Even Jared knows what happened. I don't like keeping Mick in the dark." She sighed again "I know. Just...give me some time?" I tried to give her a reassuring smile "ok. Coffee?" "Sure."
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Hi. So the plot line I'm setting up right now is something that I would most likely want to rate the story mature for. Basically the plot line is heavy in SA (sexual assault) so if I do not end up rating the story mature I would like to let that be known. There will be TWs at the top of chapters if this or anything else triggering is directly mentioned.
-Brooke