Then Where Is Home?

Chapter 38

Tw for this chapter: Car crash in detail, hospital, injuries in detail, past suicide mention, past suicidal ideation, suicidal ideation, speculating suicide plans

"What do you mean he's the one who crashed into the cop car?" Tommy asked, not getting up from where he was sitting.

"I mean exactly what I said, Phil is the one who crashed into the cop car. He had to be airlifted to the hospital, he's at Saint Henry's." Puffy said. The three of them sat there trying to think about what was said. That was the hospital that they went to after their crash.

"Saint Henry's is five hours away from here." Techno said in disbelief.

"It's the only hospital nearby that has an advanced trauma unit." Wilbur recalled.

"Listen we can all talk about this in the car, but right now I need all of you to get up, grab your shoes, and get in my car." Puffy instructed. The three of them finally began to listen, getting up, grabbing their phones and going to the front to grab their shoes.

"Fuck where are my keys?" Techno said as he didn't see them on the hook.

"We can just lock the front door and go out the garage." Wilbur said and they all left out the garage.

They climbed into Puffy's car, Tommy up front (because that's where he always sat in Puffy's car) Wilbur and Techno in the back.

"Okay so what happened?" Wilbur asked once they were driving down the road.

"I just got a call from one of the officers at the station the next town over, they're the ones dealing with the accident. I had done what I said I was going to and asked if they could try to locate his car in the traffic, but he said that no car like that was in the traffic, but a car like that was in the accident. I was confused because I told he wasn't the in the accident and they said that he was the one that crashed into the cop car. It was only moments after the cop cars got there to block off part of the road. He drove straight into the car." Puffy explained.

"But he wouldn't just do that. Did they say if he was distracted, if he was drunk, just something. Phil wouldn't just do that." Techno said.

"I don't know. All I know is he had collided head on, and he had to be airlifted to the hospital."

"Something must have happened, he wouldn't just do that." Wilbur said, echoing Techno's words.

 
"Maybe he had just gotten the videos and tried to watch them while driving." Tommy suggested.

"No, he refuses to even look at his phone when driving, he wouldn't watch the videos while driving." Techno said, shaking his head.

"Well there has to be something, Phil wouldn't just drive into a cop car." Tommy sighed as he looked out his window. It was completely dark out now, and Tommy could see the stars. It reminded him of the late night drives he used to take with Wilbur and Techno when he couldn't sleep.

"What if he did?" Wilbur asked quietly, and Techno and Tommy looked at him.

"What if he did what?" Techno asked.

"What if he just drove into a cop car?" Wilbur asked.

"He wouldn't." Techno said simply.

"Think about it, Phil was so destroyed when Liam died the first time but he wouldn't tell any of us about it. Liam comes back, and Phil wants to help him but watches as Liam hurts all of us. Phil gets upset about that, but he still cares about Liam. Then Liam goes and jumps off a bridge in front of him, now months later he gets sent videos of Liam literally killing himself. If Phil watched or even listened to that video who knows where his head would be at. He probably just started driving and when he saw the cop car he just decided he wouldn't stop." Wilbur ranted but Techno shaked his head.