stars will fall - byler

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you know those nights when you're exhausted all daylong but as soon as it comes down to laying in your bed and closing your eyes, you suddenly can't sleep? yeah, i'm having one of those nights.
i kept tossing and turning around in my bed, feeling sweat beginning to form on my forehead. i flipped the sheets off me and sat up, sitting at the edge of my bed while rubbing my eyes. it was only 9 pm i realized when i glanced over at my alarm clock.
-"what's keeping you up?" wills voice spooked me a tad. i slowly turned around and saw him standing behind me, emotionless.
-"what do you think?"
-"i don't know. that's why i asked."
i sighed. but before i could say anything else, i heard loud banging coming from the front door. i stood up from my bed and checked out the window, seeing a very familiar cadillac out front. as i was staring out into the night, trying to remember.. i heard wills voice in my ear.

"that's my dad."

i rushed downstairs, leaving will in my room as i saw my father and mother walking towards the door in their pajamas, just waking up.
-"lonnie?" my dad asked.
-"are you Michael's father?"
-"you're wills father.. and yes, i am."
-"and i'm his mother, why? what's going on?" he opened the door to reveal my mom, also accidentally revealing me standing next to the stairs. when he saw me, his eyes were full of pure rage. i never knew what it felt like for Will until this moment. he pushed my parents out of the doorway and ran up to me, slamming his fist against my face and making me fall back onto the floor. i could hardly hear what my parents were screaming, all i knew is that they were. i looked up and saw holly at the staircase, looking scared when she saw me on the ground with blood falling from my nose.
-"mike?" she began to cry before my mom dragged her upstairs. without the help of my mom holding lonnie back, he ran back over to me and grabbed me by my shirt and looked straight into my fearful eyes as he pulled out a folded up paper from his pocket.

-"what the fuck is this?! you were screwing my son?" he screamed, shoving the picture of will and i from july 4th in my face.. my heart sunk as i realized why he was so angry. and now my parents are going to find out.
my mom rushed downstairs with a telephone in her hands.
-"i'm calling the police! what's going on??" she asked, seeing the picture in his hands.
-"you see this? you see what disgraceful shit your son had been doing with will??" he yelled, looking back at me. my parents looked stunned, looking at me dazed and confused. my mom had tears in her eyes as she saw me. as my parents began arguing with them, will appeared in between them. he was staring down at me from afar, just standing there. his eyebrows were slightly furrowed but i couldn't tell what he was thinking. i could taste the blood from my nose dripping down into my mouth, making me wince at the metallic taste. i lifted my hand to my nose, but when i did i saw they were covered in blood. both of them were.
dripping, drenched in red blood.
i looked up at will only to not see him anymore. i was alone. the only thing i noticed was the door slightly opened. i jumped up and bolted outside, looking all around me but as soon as i did i wasn't on my porch.

i was at the river. the river. it was dark, the night was cold and there were no stars. there were no stars because they had fallen. they fell when his life did.
i spun around frantically looking at my surroundings. i was still alone, or so i thought. i heard a huge splash coming from the distance. coming from the water. i ran over to where i heard the sound and i saw a body being carried away by the water. not just any body, wills body.

i jumped in the water, running over to him and grabbing his leg while trying to maintain my balance from the quick moving water. i dragged him out, struggling to gather the strength. i used more strength to pull him out then i thought i had.
i pulled myself out of the water and flipped will over, seeing his lifeless body before me. he was a pale grey and his eyes didn't have the beautiful green in them anymore. it was nothing but white staring ahead.
his body was cold to the touch, and not just because i had pulled him out of the river. but when i saw him slowly blink, my body froze. he was alive? i couldn't tell if he was looking at me because of his colorless eyes, but he looked scared. he pointed at me while scooting away, trying to escape me.
-"you.."
-"will? will, it's me! are you okay??" i crawled towards him, making him tremble even harder.
-"it's you!" he cried out.