Reverie Dyad

Chapter 51

Cole POV:

Feeling pain all over my body I groan stirring awake. My ears start ringing the pounding in my head intensifies. The feeling of a thousand tiny nails getting hammered into my skull

Sitting up I rest my back on the headboard. Looking at my bedside table there are two bottles of empty whiskey and one half-full

No wonder my body is killing me. I overdid it again last night. Iris is probably mad

"Oh, no. Princess!" I call out and then I clench my jaw covering my ears and groaning at the sound of my voice

Climbing out of bed I find her side of the bed empty and cold. What the- oh right yeah

She left last night something about she couldn't stand me any longer

I don't even blame her I forgot about golfing with her father on Saturday and we barely even talk now

I'm shutting her out I know but-

I don't want to think about this anymore. Entering the bathroom I shuffle towards the the sink. Twisting the tap I splash some water on my face. Closing the tap I look up at the mirror to see him wearing a mask. Fog covering my view but no doubt it's him

I'm fucking losing it. Splashing more water on my face I fully take off my glasses. I start breathing heavily knowing this whole dance I have with my hallucinations. Feeling the side of the sink for a towel I grab it and start drying my face

Dropping the towel I grab my glasses but I grip onto them as I calm myself down. I don't need a panic attack this morning. What I need is to get it together

"I can do this" I whisper putting my glasses back on. Looking back in the mirror I no longer see him

Blowing out a breathe I shuffle towards the kitchen to grab something to eat when I enter I find Iris stuffing the cupboards with groceries

"I thought you left" I ask stopping. She scoffs and continues putting the groceries in the cupboard. Great she's pissed

"I did but I figured if what is left of us is going to work one of us has to be willing to put up with the other ones grief and squander their own down" she says and then let's out a shaky breathe. She drops the packet of crisps beside her and grabs onto the counter exhaling and inhaling. Finding her ground she grabs the rest of the groceries putting them in the cupboards and I just stand there looking at her not knowing what to say or do

"I love you, Iris" I say tucking my hands into the pockets of my sweatpants

"I know Cole" she said coldly. She closed the cupboards and then walked towards me. She slid past me walking into the hallway

Sighing I went to the fridge grabbing a bottle of water I twist the cap only to find myself having flashback of all the times I found Reid in the middle of the night grabbing a bottle of water. Time and time again he would offer me some and I would always say no looking back now I just never wanted to be too close him because I didn't know what would have happened, what I would have done. What I would have let him do.

"Just so you know Gwen's funeral is tomorrow and we're hosting one for Reid as well" she says walking past the room with bunched up bedsheets. She enters the laundry room and comes back out. She stops in the doorway and glares at me

"Great still not interacting with me" she muttered then folded her arms. I was about to say something and then she continued

"They found her corpse in a cage and Reid's body...got lost in the rumble so we'll make do with what we have" she said running her hand through her hair. She looked at me expectingly and I just blinked at her. Putting the cap back on the bottle I put it back in the fridge and closed the door