Train Tracks // Nick Wilkins x OC

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A/N FINE ill write anotherr 🙄

Jk i love u guys <333 im sobbing i have such a community this is what i always dreamed of???

TW: mentions of rape, near-death experience (basically an explanation of the last chaptah) also like sharp objects hurting ig??? Youll see its just a little hard to think about so i thought i'd include it here

"You're a beautiful angel," I muttered.

I couldn't see much, as I was still getting used to breathing again. So this was what Heaven was like.

I blinked a few times, and looked at the shiny figure shaking me up. Everything was so dark. I realized I wasn't breathing.

I manually began to breathe again, well, let's say tried to. My dreams and thoughts slipped into each other. The expression on the figure's face seemed more concerned than anything. I realized I was lying on the ground.

I'm not dead.

At the realization, a gasp of air flew into me, and I sat up straight. "Where is he? Where is–"

Slowly, he pushed me back onto the ground. I looked at his face.

"Nick-?"

Tears sprung into his eyes, before slowly leaving him. "You're awake," he informed me. "You're awake."

My heart was beating, and I saw that sweat was dripping from his face. What burst of adrenaline made that happen?

He pushed me up, so I could sit against the wall. "I'm calling an ambulance for you, just in case."

I noticed, in my sleepy state, another figure on the ground. It was Jared, laying on the grass with a bloody nose.

Nick got off of his call. "I already notified everyone else of what happened. Are you okay? I was so scared... you weren't breathing..."

And then, I cried into his arms until the paramedics arrived.

"Where's Alyssa?" I asked him as he sat in the passenger seat of the ambulance. I had been informed that I could take one person to ride with me.

"With Oliver. When we heard her crying, he and I helped bring her to safety."

"Safety from what?"

"Him."

The doctor gently tried to calm me down, because my blood pressure had gone up drastically.

"He tried to assault her. According to Alyssa, he had forced her into having sex with him multiple times before, and this time, she was smart inand got help from the first person she saw."

I was in shock. But soon, I wasn't, because I realized he had tried to do the same thing to me.

"I'm kind of surprised. I knew Jared was an absolute jerk, but I never thought he'd do something like this." Then I remembered. "Why was Jared on the floor?"

"I, uh, saw him un– I saw him getting ready to... you remember. Your face was so blue." He tripped on his words. "I punched him in the nose and he was out instantly. I think he was taken into another ambulance. He doesn't deserve help."

I didn't say anything after this.

"And, I, um..." I think he was considering what to say next.

We sat in silence for a few minutes. "Did I tell you that she was okay now? She's with Oliver."

"I think you did, yeah."

"Okay, good."

._.

I got out of the hospital 4 days later– I didn't need to be in bed the whole time, but the employees just wanted to be able to watch over me. Nick was there almost the whole time. The doctors knew that my aftereffects would be more PTSD than anything, but they wanted to make sure I would have no other bad health. I had been suffocated almost to death, to at least the point of blacking out. The doctors also began to therapeutically treat my eating disorder– they diagnosed it as anorexia and bulimia, frequently swapping with each other.

There was a point on all four days when everyone was there, except Alyssa, who only came on the third day. She looked nervous at the equipment around me.

"Oliver kissed me!" she suddenly screamed. She looked truly happy, and more refreshed than I had ever seen her.

"No way!" I turned to Millie, beside her as always. "Wait, aren't you with him?"

"Why would you think that?" she asked, with the slightest smile towards Alyssa.

"You're always around him. Scar and I saw you in the mall together."

"Oh, I get it. Nah, I was trying to get Alyssa away from the devil. I've been talking to him to set it up with him. Honestly, Oliver is, well, pretty perfect for her."

I paused. I was not expecting that.

"You're really cool, Mil."

Alyssa giggled and hugged her sister, who smiled– a real, joyful smile.

Scarlett came in each day, too. On the first day, we talked. On the rest, she sat with me and read to me. I ate my corn flakes and listened to her. Before she left, she vowed to "end Jared" someday.

Casey helped me film a small update stream for Twitch. It was absolutely a highlight of the boring hospital time.

Oliver was the one who told me that since Nick was the only direct witness, and also a close friend of mine, Jared could not be convicted. "There has to be some kind of other proof," I said. "A security camera or something."

"Nope, not in the woods at a random camping site."

There was a girl in the room next to me. She was probably 14 or 15 years old. On my breaks, I was able to visit her.

She told me that she had been taken in after her glasses had smashed while she was wearing them. A shard had gone into her eye, and she needed surgery to repair it. "The operation went well, but the scar tissue might form over my eye, and I just have to hope I don't go blind. I'm not allowed to read or anything," she pouted.

"I'm so sorry. I really hope it goes well. What's your name?" I asked the girl.

"I'm Alexandria."

"Well, hello Alexandria. When are you getting out?"

"In a week if everything goes well, but I'm not sure if..."

"I get out tomorrow. Do you want me to come in and read to you?"

"Okay."

I picked up Scarlett's book and brought it into Alexandria's room. She dragged her dark hair around her ears. I read to her until it got dark.

The next day, Millie was the one to pick me up from the hospital. "I have something I want to show you."

A/N

Oml i swear the book isnt over yet, sry for spookin yall :o

But also for future viewers who saw the number of chapters and knew all along... hi besties u make my life

And so do yall currents 🥰🥰🥰

Next chapter will be a Q&A!!! So write any q's for me or a character here, and you might get an a!!!

Also idk if im crying because liv just almost frickin DIED or bc of the incredible community i have here, like its so insane ppl are calling themselves big fans of ME!!! I HAVE FANS HUUUH tysm for voting, commenting, and adding to yalls lists. Idk if u know this but i have like a map of the rough countries my readers are from and it is so spread out (this is literally my dream since i started writing help)

Also, i have some other books to check out for yall if ur bored <3

1st one is: its insanely good what (also the author is the one scarletts based on so like go frickin support til u cant support no mo!!!) its Reflection by anevjaz333

2nd oneee: from my weirdo friend millie is loosely based off (not much anymore tbh but go support go go go go NOW IM WATCHING YOU LOOK IN UR WALLS) its Sage and lavender (a tommyinit x oc) by Lovejoyisawesome 

Also i have a q for YOU! Would you be interested if i made an instagram acc for this to post updates on the story (and possibly like- get nick involved?)

I LOVE YOU SM LIKE STOP (dont stop)!!! ALSO EAT DRINK SLEEP BREATHE TAKE YOUR MEDS GET A HUG AND MOST OF ALL SMILE. SCIENTIFICALLY THESE DO UR HEALTH BUENO. AGAIN, IN UR WALLS

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