Joes POV
"Joe? Where is the big suitcase?" Caspar yells,
"It's by my desk!" I yell back. Caspar is going to South Africa for two weeks. His mum called saying he needed to go out there. It was last minute but he has no choice. I'm still going to Zoe's but not for a few days.
Caspar comes upstairs with his suitcase to say goodbye.
"The taxis here" he says.
I hug him tight and kiss him quickly. Then he walks out and I'm left alone. Suddenly, I want to run out and tell him to come back, but it's not fair on him.
I sit on my laptop for a while, my stomach growling at me. I contemplate maybe eating but I can't. It's worked so far, I can't give in now.
I get up and go towards the stairs when the room shifts and my legs turn to jelly. I try to hold on to something but the wall slips away and I fall. I can't move, I can't speak. That's when I start falling, down the stairs. I tumble down and hit my head on a step. I lie at the bottom, and watch as the world turns black.
Zoe's POV.
Joe didn't turn up yesterday. I've rang him numerous times but there's no answer. Alfie tries a few times but he doesn't get any luck.
By the time we've rang around to ask where he is, it's already getting late.
I'm sat on the sofa, with my phone in my hand. Alfie comes over and puts his arm around me. "He probably has a good reason. If he's not here by tomorrow morning, we can drive to London to see where he is, okay?"
I nod and we go to bed.
The next day, Joe doesn't turn up, so me and Alfie make the long drive up to London.
We get to his flat and I knock a few times. "Joe! Joe are you there?" He doesn't reply so I use my own key .
"Joe?" I say as I enter
"I'll check downstairs" Alfie says. I sit on the sofa waiting
"Zoe! Zoe!" Alfie yells
I run down stairs and stop short. Alfie in kneeling down next to a thin figure. He is unconscious and lying in a pool of blood. "Call an ambulance" I say. I sit by Joe and hold his hand. The ambulance comes in ten minutes and the paramedics rush around. They put Joe on a stretcher and carried him away.
Me and Alfie followed in my car. When we got to the hospital, Joe was taken away for some x-Rays.
After an hour of waiting, a doctor came into the waiting room.
"Miss Sugg?" He said. I jumped up and almost ran to him.
"Okay, so, there's no permanent brain damage. Just a few scrapes and bruises" I sigh with relief but the doctor hasn't finished. "There is one thing. We are all slightly concerned with Joes weight." The doctor says "is there any reason to believe he might be starving himself?"
"God no, Joe eats like a horse. He's always been thin" I say. The doctor nods and leads us to Joes bed. He is pale and has large bags under his eyes. "Hey, baby" I say stroking his hair "it's okay, you're fine"
"When can I go home?"
"Tomorrow" I say.
"Please don't tell Caspar what happened" he pleaded.
I nodded. We stayed for about two hours then went home.
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The next day, Joe was aloud out. We took him back to our house and he slept for about an hour then got up and started playing with Nala on the sofa. Me and Alfie made a small lunch of grilled haloumi, pita bread and tomatoes.
"Joe, lunch!" I yelled. Joe came and sat with us. We ate everything and then went to walk Nala.
"So, i heard from Tan that you and Caspar are now a couple" I said.
Joe blushed and nodded.
"Well done" I say. Joe texts Caspar to say all is well. I know it's not.
I noticed earlier when we were having lunch, Joe looked shifty and ate really slowly. He ate it all, but he didn't look like he wanted to. He doesn't look like he's lost any weight though.
We get home and Alfie orders three pizzas.
When we start eating, Joe digs straight in, maybe I'm just worrying too much.
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