How To Stay Afloat (BxB)

Chapter 145: aftermath

I get asked what happened and tell the police everything. Well, I leave out the fact that we thought we killed Noah and concentrate my story on the fact that he faked his own death and tried to make it look like my doing.

It takes an hour and after that I'm allowed to leave with the information that I'll likely be called in and questioned again.

Mom and dad hug me tightly. They were allowed to listen to me explain the whole situation.

I think I'm in shock. I'm feeling too calm and normal. It's a weird feeling.

"To the hospital." I say as we walk out of the police station.

"I'll call Caleb back real quick." Dad says as we sit down in the car.

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Half an hour later I find myself sitting next to Austin's hospital bed. He's in the process of waking up. His eye is all bandaged up and I got informed that he may lose his eyesight on one side or at least to a certain degree.

All because of me.

I leave for ten minutes to talk to Caleb, Carla and Adam because Austin seems to need a little longer until he wakes up.

Caleb hugs me tightly as he sees me. "Fuck, Sammy." He says.

"Uh. Everything okay?" I ask him.

He shakes his head.

"What's wrong?" I ask worriedly.

"I fucking listened to you getting killed!" He says angrily.

He holds on a little longer before he pulls away.

"He- he cut my shoulder." I explain. "Not my throat."

"I heard you sob and whimper!" He says.

"Yes, uhm, I was scared and hearing you made me emotional and it's not like he has never cut my throat a little before. And he also didn't tell me his plan to just make you believe that." I explain awkwardly.

"We heard you fall on the ground and then he said you are dead!" He exclaims.

I scratch my head. "Yeah, well, that other guy had me in a chokehold and I kinda passed out for a second." I explain.

He nods his head. "Okay. Okay."

"Does Harry already know that Noah died?" I ask as Carla informs me he woke up.

She shakes her head. "No. He's crying non stop. He can't stop at all." She explains with a pained expression. "His brother is trying to console him."

I nod my head. Poor Harry.

They ask me about what happened, so I tell them everything.

"Yeah, he- he kinda forced us to decide which one of us gets hurt." I explain when I tell them how Austin's head got injured.

They all look really fucking pale and sick.

"What a piece of shit." Caleb says and hugs me again.

Caleb and Adam both have slight bruises on their cheeks, but luckily they seem to be not hurt badly.

We talk for a while, my parents talking to Harry's mom while his brother Zach is trying to comfort Harry.

Adam hugs me for like half a minute, saying he's sorry for punching me and I apologize for saying all that about him.

"Sammy. Please come quickly." Claire rips me out of the conversation and I instantly bolt towards the room Austin is in.

I can hear him cry loudly as I burst through the door.