Best Friends (A Joe Sugg Fanfiction)

Chapter Twenty-Six

EMILY'S POV

'Joe! Wake up! Zoe just called. She's coming over!' I shouted trying to wake Joe up, I heard him moaning under the covers hiding his face. 'Do I have to jump on you?' I laughed before being grabbed around the waist and being pulled down by Joe. 'Seriously Joe get up' I giggled as he tickled me. He finally let go and I got up and went to have a shower, once I had finished Joe went in the shower while I got changed. I put on a floaty white t-shirt, some shiny leggings and my burgundy beanie hat and quickly put on some makeup. I straightened my hair and kept it down. My hair was long now (like Zoe's when she had long hair) on my feet I put on some white high-top converse. I was ready. Joe was wearing a shirt with a black t-shirt underneath and black ripped jeans with his black vans. 

We had just finished getting ready when the door knocked, I opened it to see Zoe standing there she seemed a little angry and upset. 'Hey Zoe!' I said trying to cheer her up.

'Do you mind if I speak with my brother alone for a while?' she said sternly, I knew she didn't mean to sound like that so I just shook it off, 'sure' I said and I went to put Poppy on her lead to take her for a walk.

JOE'S POV

I walked towards Zoe and she ran over to me and hugged me while crying into my shoulder. 'Zoe?' I asked confused. 'Joe, it's mum and dad. They broke up and I don't know what to do' I tried to take in what she had said. 'Why hasn't anyone told me?' I asked her but she shrugged her shoulders.

'There's another thing... Dad's in the hospital he's had an anxiety attack but a bad one' she stuttered, I just stayed silent, no one told me anything anymore and it made me angry. Zoe finally stopped crying and I made her a cup of coffee, 'Zoe, why hasn't anyone told me?!' I asked her again more angrily this time. 'Dad said that he thought you would be too busy with Emily...' she said stuttering some more. 'Why would he think that?!' I asked angrily, 'family always comes first to me you know that more than anyone.' I couldn't believe that my family felt second best. Zoe started to cry again before speaking, 'dad needs you Joe, Emily is distracting you too much... I think that you should come back to Bath for a while' she said after a long pause.

'Wait... are you asking me to break up with Emily? I can't, we just got back together...' I said tears starting to form in my eyes. 'Family comes first Joe...' Zoe said before taking a sip of her coffee. I had to think about this... Family always came first to me but I loved her. I had to go back to Bath, for my dad. I got my clothes from Emily's bedroom and left Emily a note I didn't want to do this but I had to for now. I ended up driving Zoe's car to Bath, our old house. We arrived and Zoe got out her key because mine was inside the house. We got in and I unpacked some of my clothes. I lay on my bed with my back to the door and started to cry.

EMILY'S POV

I had been out for an hour now, surely they were done talking so I decided to walk back home. I pulled down the handle... that's strange it's locked. I unlocked the door using the spare key under the mat. I also noticed that Zoe's car had gone, she must have gone home. I walked in and starting shouting, 'Joe! Where are you?' I didn't get any response which was weird where was he? I placed my keys on the floor and a piece of paper fell on the floor, I picked it up and saw writing on it so I read it:

Dear Emily,

I have to go, I'm sorry its for the best. I don't know when I will be back so this is goodbye. I guess I can't do this right now I can't explain why but you just need to move on... Forget about me. Please.

Love,

Joe x

I couldn't finish reading it before tears fell down my cheeks, what was going on? I needed him. Why would he just leave me like that. I couldn't function, I couldn't grasp this at all something wasn't right. I grabbed a pillow and screamed into it before breaking down. I started to scream, 'why?!'. I just wanted to end all of this pain, he was the only one that I lived for anyway and he's made his feelings quite clear. I started to sob thinking about ending it all, I didn't want to be alone anymore. I grabbed a bottle of wine and some tablets from the cupboards and sank to the floor I was about to take the pills when someone knocked on the door, 'Em? It's me Jim' I heard his happy voice say.

'Jim...just...go...please' I sobbed.

'Open the door!' he said a little bit more sternly. I didn't reply and poured the tablets into my hand and opened the bottle. I was putting them towards my mouth when I heard the door brake open. Jim ran over to me and slapped the tablets out of my hands, 'stop!' he yelled tears rolling down his cheeks. He was now cradling me while I cried into his torso, 'right you're staying with me and Tanya for a while' he said before going to my bedroom to pack me some clothes, I just sat and sobbed. He came back downstairs to me and picked up Poppy before leading me to his car. We sat in silence for the whole trip back to his house and I just cried the entire time. We arrived and Jim grabbed my bags while I walked into the flat. Tanya ran over to me and hugged me while Jim explained everything to her.

I hated Joseph Sugg more than anything.