How We Met

Chapter 25

Warning, talkin bout drinking :D

Sausage's Perspective-

I wasn't expecting to have a big party for my birthday, but of course my husband just had to throw something big.

I appreciated it and had a lot of fun.

Adam showed up and so did Gem and Pearl.

About halfway through, there was a knock at the door. We weren't expecting any more guests, so it confused us.

I opened the door and was surprised to see Joel.

"Joel? What are you doing here? I thought you were going to spend the day with Etho."

"Don't wanna talk about it. Do you have any beer?" Joel asked, walking to the kitchen.

We exchanged worried looks and I followed Joel.

"Er- yeah, in the fridge but- why are you here? Where's Etho?"

Joel didn't respond and grabbed a beer, opening it and drinking it all.

My eyes widened and I grabbed the bottle from him.

"Joel! Answer the questions! What is going on?"

"Nothing! I'm fine." Joel smiled goofily at me before grabbing another beer.

I sighed, knowing that he was going to get drunk and that there would be nothing we could do.

About twenty minutes later, Joel was now incredibly drunk.

He wobbled over to Adam and hiccupped.

"You know? Etho died today, he left me like a little baby." Joel said, leaning on me.

My eyes widened and I helped Joel balance.

"Etho what?"

"He's superrrr dead. Like six feet under dead." Joel said, smiling as he continued to drink.

Adam looked worried.

"Joel, Etho's okay, right?" He asked.

Joel scoffed and Adam winced at the smell of alcohol.

"Nah, he's like- like the- "

Joel traced a line across his throat with his finger.

"Joel, you need to lay down." I said, leading Joel to the guest bedroom.

"No, I need to go find him." He said, trying to get up.

"If what you said is true," I said, taking a deep breath, "Then there is no finding him."

The Next Day (Adam's Perspective)-

The next day, I went to Sausage's house to check on Joel.

fWhip let me in, looking worried.

"What's wrong? Is Joel up?" I asked.

"He woke up at like four am and me and Sausage woke up to hear the ---"

Adam's eyes widened.

"Is he okay?" He asked frantically.

"Joel's okay. Well, physically, he is. He broke down in tears and said that he wished it was a dream and that it wasn't true. He's an absolute mess."

"I talked to Etho's mom, and she said that it was true. Etho did die."

fWhip sighed and looked down.

"Do you mind if I come in? I might be able to help." Adam said and fWhip nodded, letting him in.

Joel and Sausage were both sitting on the couch, Joel was crying and shaking.

Adam sat down next to his friend and rubbed his back.

-

I don't think I've ever seen Joel so sad, so shocked, so broken.

He was always such a chill guy and now everything was shattered.

I don't know what I would do if Sarah had died.

But that didn't matter right now.

All that mattered was making sure that Joel was okay.

And something tells me that this is just the beginning of years of grief.