The Unexpected

Dark Places

Dinner was great with little tension and lots of smiles and laughter. Jasper and Christian made up, decided to try to be nice to each other and Jasper promised not to try to take me away. After all of them leave, I put in TFIOS and press play. Christian sits next to me and I nuzzle into his chest. I start crying because of the movie and Christian laughs. "It's not fucking funny. It's sad. He's is fucking dying!" I sob. Christian sighs and holds me closer. The movie ends, I wipe my eyes and Christian turns off the movie. I stand and help Christian up. We walk upstairs and I'm in the room first. Christian goes into the bathroom and I dress in my underwear and Christians shirt that he wore last night. Christian comes out and he gets into the bed. I get in next to him and he smiles as he pulls me close to him. He nuzzles his face into my hair and I snuggle into his chest.

Later that night, I hear my phone ringing. I groggily wipe my eyes and grab it off the nightstand, blinded momentarily by the brightness so I turn it down and see Kris is calling me. I answer it with a tired hello."Eric jumped off a building! He's at the hospital. It was a one story but he still fell. He hit a car. Come quick." She hangs up and I gasp. I jump out of the bed, startling Christian. I hurriedly get dressed. "Babe, what's wrong?" Christian asks tiredly. "Eric jumped off a one story building and hit a car, he is at the hospital. I have to go. By myself." I say fearfully. "Let Sawyer take you." Christian says quietly. "No. I'm going by myself. I love you." "I love you too. Be careful." I kiss Christian and then leave quickly. When I get to the hospital, Kris is outside. "Hurry. Room 304." I nod and run to the room. When I get there, a nurse is checking in him. "Are you Xena?" "Yes." "Well, Eric had to be revived twice. He has multiple fractures in his arms and lacerations all down his legs. We had to remove various glass pieces from his back and stomach. He's very lucky. Also, this was in his pocket." She hands me a folded paper. Suicide note. I smile sadly and take it from her. She walks out and closes the door. I unfold the paper and grab his hand. 

Xena, 

I wrote this for you because I couldn't bear 

to call you. I'm so sorry for doing what I did 

to you. I was stupid and I shouldn't have done 

that to you. Or Christian. I won't be coming back 

hopefully so this is my last hello and goodbye. I 

am sill in love with you because love never dies. 

I'm sorry for Doug this but I couldn't see any other 

options. I am going to seem cowardly but I promise 

you that I want this. I've thought it through.You and 

Christian seem very happy together and I hope you're 

together for a very long time. Don't worry about 

me, I've been ina very dark place lately and I overreacted. 

I'm so very sorry and I hope once I'm gone, you can 

forgive me. If you happen to find me, don't save 

me. I don't want to be saved, don't let anyone 

save me, I don't deserve it. Again, I'm truly sorry.

-Eric 

Tears fill in my eyes and I clasp his hand tighter. I see Kris in the door way and beckon her in. She smiles sadly. "What's that?" She says, pointing to the letter. "Suicide note." I say, my voice raising and cracking. "What?" Kris asks in disbelief. "Addressed to me! He tried to kill himself because of me! I caused this." I yell pointing to Eric's near lifeless body, tears beginning to fall. I feel the grip on my hand tighten. My attention snaps to Eric. His eyes flutter open and he is momentarily blinded. He opens them and sees me. "Hey." I whisper to him. He looks around and his gaze falls on the IV connected to his hand. He groans. "Shit." "Eric, why? I forgave you. I know you were mad. You could've talked to me." "No. I hurt you. I never wanted to hurt you but I did." "Eric, if you would've not been saved, you really would've hurt me. I wouldn't forgive you if you died." I say quietly. "I'm sorry." Eric whispers. I shake my head and kiss his forehead. He smiles and I call a nurse in with the button. The one from before comes in and smiles at Eric. "Welcome back." She says as she checks all of his things. I walk out and decide to call Christian. It's 4 in the morning so I don't expect him to answer. I walk outside and pull out my phone. I dial Christians number and he answers on the second ring. "Babe. How is everything?" He says quietly. I'm guessing I woke him up. "Everything's is good. He's awake. Eric had to be revived twice. He has multiple fractures in his arms and lacerations all down his legs. They had to remove various glass pieces from his back and stomach. He's lucky to be here. Did I wake you?" "Yes but it's fine. Are you okay?" "No. I'm not okay. Christian..." my voice cracks and I sob into the phone. "Babe, I'm here. What's the matter?" "Christian...he left a suicide note. It was addressed to me. He thought I would find him. He didn't want to be saved. He wanted to die for what he did. He thought I wouldn't forgive him." I sob and finally get a full sentence out. I hear Christian sigh. "I'm coming there. I won't go in the room but I need to be there for you. I'll be there in 10." I know it's no use fighting with him. "Okay. I love you. Be careful." "I will. I love you." I hang up and walk back in the doors.

I go to the room and Kris is talking to Eric. He is falling asleep. "Kris, let's let him rest. He needs it." She nods and he smiles gratefully at me. We go to the cafeteria and get some coffee so we can stay awake. We head back to the waiting room and Christian is there waiting, pacing back and forth. "Christian, we are here." He looks up and I can tell he's tired. He has bags under his eyes. He comes to me and hugs me. I kiss him as he pulls me close. We both pull away and Kris sits in the chairs next to us. "When did he wake up?" "A little bit after I got here. I was finishing his note and he woke up and tried to apologize but I didn't let him." "It'll be okay. Where's the note? Can I read it?" I nod and pull it out of my pocket. He reads it and then folds it up, handing it back. "Why'd he bring us up?" "Because, he felt bad for talking shit on you." Christian nods. A nurse comes out and I stand, walking to her. "Eric must stay here for a couple more nights and he is being sent to an institution when he is released." "Okay, can I say goodbye?" I ask sheepishly. "Absolutely!" The nurse exclaims. I smile at her and walk towards his room. Christian waits in the waiting room but Kris follows me. We both get to the room and Eric is awake. "Did they tell you?" He asks as we walk in. I nod and sit next to his bed. "Okay. I'm sorry. Will you wrote me back if I write to you?" Eric asks looking between Kris and I. I smile and nod and Kris nods. "Good. I'll miss you. Tell me if anything fun happens in Buisness." "Fun? In Buisness class? Psh, right." Eric laughs and I giggle. I hug him and kiss his forehead. Kris just hugs him. We say goodbye and wave as we walk out. Kris goes to sign us out of visitation and I go find Christian. He is waiting by the entrance doors and he walks to me and escorts me to my car. He hops in the passenger seat. I look at him in confusion. "Sawyer brought me." I nod and he laughs. I start the car and as we are driving home, I notice the sun is almost rising. 

I turn towards the park and away from the house. "Um. Xena? Home is back that way." "I know. I'm taking you to a spot I usually go when a lot is going on or I'm stressed. I always watch the sunset and sunrise." We arrive and I hop out, Christian following. We get to the edge of a hill and the sun finally begins to rise. Christian pulls me to his side and I lay my head in his shoulder and he lays his head on mine. When the sun finally rises, we head home. "Do you have work?" I ask as we get out of the car. "No, I requested a couple days off for us both. Maria or Mary said that'd be fine, and I could easily just take a few days off." "It's Maria and okay. Good. I need some time to figure everything that has happened."

A/N: Hey my fifty shades! (That's what I'm calling all of you who read this) I'm sorry this story is so short, I don't really have very much inspiration for it. Sorry. But, I'm thinking of making a Malec fanfic super soon. I don't have a title or anything yet but I'll start writing. Thanks for reading! 🌟😜