black Dahlia|| Craig Cody

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craig's pov
everyone's went to get food and eat as it's been hours since we've been let in. she's still asleep. i haven't moved from her side. wondering when she got hooked on heroine. where she got it. why i didn't notice her being more fucked up than usual. i've seen renn while she was on it. i kiss her knuckles "wake up for me baby" needing to see her awake. i feel her hand twitch. and eye her anxiously waiting. then her face scrunches up and she says "ow" she's awake! i smile and she blinks her eyes open.

she looks to me and asks "craig?" i nod and reach for her cheek stroking it and her hair gently "im here baby" she smiles "hi" i smile back "hi" she asks "why am i in the hospital?" i stroke her hair "i went to wake you for dinner and you were ODing. everybody knows everything baby" she curses "fuck" and adds to me "im sorry craig i know i must've scared you...and now you're in hot water with andy i bet" i tell her "don't worry about that or me pretty girl. worry about you. the doctors told us something worrying baby" she freezes and asks "what did they tell you?" still dazed from waking up, coming down from that high still i think. i tell her "they said you were on heroine. can you explain to me who gave you that shit? why you took it? and why didn't you ask for help if it was this bad? before pope gets here again and starts screaming at you. so i can answer him and keep him calm" she mutters "it wasn't supposed to be like this...i didn't want this craig"

i ask "did baz do this to you?" she shakes her head "not him. despite him raping me and how he's terrorized me after...he never wanted me on drugs" i ask again "then who baby? i can't help you fully if i don't know who did this to you...if you didn't want this like you're saying" worried more than ever. she says "renn" what.the.fuck.

she replies "i went to her fucked up outta my mind for more drugs seeing that we were starting to run low. i could barely keep my eyes open honestly. i told her what i wanted and gave her the money...then she came and put a rubber band around my arm and told me she had a way to make me feel better. i said no but...it was too late she shot me up. i passed out...i woke up way later with needle marks on my arm...she dosed me more than once. i got out and went home" trying to remember. rage fills me. why the fuck would renn do that to her?! i know pope will kill renn and it's what she deserves. i cant do much to her as a man its not my thing. smurf would love to i bet.

she asks me "you believe me right? i..i didn't want this craig" sniffling. i wipe her tears and say "i believe you pretty girl. alright? calm down a bit for me yeah? don't want the doctors in here thinking you're having a heart attack" kissing her hand. i ask her "then what happened?" she sniffles "i tried to stop. detox from it in my room. use coke and pills as a substitute but it wasn't working. i was addicted and only did it once...just as school said. i was scared outta my mind. the aches were too much for me to handle." i put it together "the days you were in your room keeping us all out" she nods "i didn't want you seeing me like that...and i saw how smurf did julia, the way she treated her...i didn't want the same thing. i didn't want andy to hate me. and i didn't want you to hate me either. you could barely bare the sight of renn when she was on it and you were with her for a while"

that must be why renn did it. jealous fucking bitch. i say "look at me baby" she does and i say "i wouldn't have left you because of this. none of us would've. we all love you. so much. what else happened?" she tells me "i was stupid and went to renn detoxing asking for more coke but she shot me up again. i went home and that's when baz cornered me and you came for me and we got together" the coke pushed her over the edge and that's why she OD'd. i nod and say "popes gonna give you two options...you go to a rehab or you detox with us at the house. i'll be doing it too. i'm done with that shit baby. seeing you like that today has put shit into perspective in a way nothing else ever has. we're in this together" she nods "home" choosing and i nod and say "let me get your doctor and see if they're all coming from lunch yet" she presses her button and tightens her grip on me i nod and say "i'll be right in the bathroom for this talk baby i'll be right back" she nods releasing me.

i take out my phone and call pope "hey we're on our way back" he tells me. i say "she's awake pope...and i asked her about the H...she said she didn't want it" he says "baz?" i shake my head "renn. she went to renn fucked up and asking for more pills and whatnot and she was out of it. renn shot her up despite lia not wanting it" "fuck." he curses and adds "i'm gonna fuckin kill her"

i say "send smurf to jostle her first after i get renn to admit this shit" i continue "she tried to get clean from it on her own and focus on her coke and pills as a filler...she made the call and went to renn for more coke and she shot her up again. then she came home and baz cornered her, i got her from him and we did coke and pills and had sex and that's why she OD'd" he asks "and what option did she choose? i know you told her craig. and why didn't she tell us?" "she chose home pope. she was afraid to. she saw how smurf treated julia. she didn't want to lose us because this happened to her. so she stayed quiet" i say and add "doctors in with her now" "alright we're here" he says and we hang up and i get out the bathroom and sit beside her as j,deran, pope, and smurf come in.

she smiles a small smile and gives them a tired "hey guys" i ask the doc "how's she doing?" "she's alright. her levels are good, meds are working, fatigue and whatnot are normal in these circumstances. but she's doing alright considering. i'd say she could even go home within the next few days if she keeps it up" he says leaving us. J smiles "you're okay" getting into her bed with her and she smiles and hugs him and he mutters "i can't lose you too aunt lia" showing a child like vulnerability i've yet to see the kid show since he got here. she tells him "can't get rid of me that easy J"