Sing You Pretty Sounds

Chapter 12 - Take Me Higher Than I've Ever Been

Josh PoV

I got a call at around 10pm that same night that Tyler left me. It was from the hospital. They said that Tyler had been involved in an accident and he only had one number saved in his phone. It was mine. I didn't know what to think, my whole body felt numb when the doctor told me he had been hurt pretty badly, and then I felt everything at once. I had to get to the hospital.

I got in my car and drove as fast as I could, not caring if I looked like a maniac. I got to the hospital in about 5 minutes and immediately asked for Tyler at reception. A nurse took me to his room and told me he might be sleeping, which he was.

He looked bad. Well, not bad, I mean, this is Tyler Joseph we're talking about. He could never look bad. I meant he looked hurt. Extremely, terribly hurt and it was horrible.

There were cuts and scrapes and bruises all over his body. The nurse had told me that he had three broken ribs, a broken arm, a broken ankle and several bruises.

I sat next to his bed and held his hand in mine. I began to talk, although I was 99% sure he couldn't hear me

"I'm so sorry. I'm so so sorry Tyler. This is my fault. It's all my fault. I should never have let you leave. If I had just kept you there for a little bit longer, if I had just held you in my arms and told you that you would be okay then you wouldn't be in the hospital. God Tyler, you could have died and it would have been because of me. I'm an idiot. I'm such an idiot oh my god" and before I even realised it, tears were streaming down my face and falling onto Tyler's arm. I felt it twitch.

My head shot up to look at him and I found him looking back, tears in his eyes

"None of this is your fault, it's mine. I'm the one who's sorry. Sorry I left, sorry I worried you, sorry you had to come here. I'm just sorry"

"Don't say that Ty, this was in no way your fault. Oh god, when the hospital called me and told me you'd been in an accident, I thought you might have... Oh my god I thought you died Tyler and I couldn't handle it. I don't know what I would do if I lost you. I love you Tyler" the last few words slipped out of my mouth and honestly they surprised me a little, but I didn't regret saying them

"What?" Tyler asked, he looked shocked, like he didn't believe me.

"I love you Tyler" I repeated with more confidence this time, trying to get the message through to him

"I love you too"