kitten ♡ [muke]

19 - ashton

"Calum, what's your boyfriends name?", he asked, his voice quivering. Everything was still, everything was silent. Luke got light headed, he thought he might faint.

"Ashton."

What are the odds? This couldn't be happening.

"Uh, um I-I've got to go..", Luke stammered, backing away from Calum slowly.

A look of concern crossed Calum's face, and just as he opened his mouth to speak, Luke turned and ran.
....
When he got to Mikey's room, he stopped just outside the door, trying to collect himself. He was breathing hard, and his heart seemed to be still pounding in his ears.

He swore under his breath, I cannot believe this, he thought.

He took a deep breath and tilted his head to look up at the ceiling. It was white too.

He shook his head and walked in. His mum was awake now, her and Michael's mom engaged in conversation.

"Karen, uh, can I talk to you outside for a minute?", he asked, shifting his weight nervously and licking his lips.

She instantly looked concerned, but she covered it up with a smile, "Ofcourse."

Luke turned on his heel and walked out of the room, Karen following close after. They stepped out into the hall and she closed the door, the look of worry on her face growing.

"Luke what's wrong?", she asked, you could hear the concern in her voice.

"Tell me about the accident. The one that put him in a coma.", he said, his voice still trembling slightly.

"Oh Luke... It was awful... He ran away in the night, I didn't find him until morning... It's all my fault...", she began crying, the heavy kind that takes your breath away.

"What happened?", he asked, all the possibilities bouncing around in his head.

"He went back. To the tree.. He must've tried to climb it and fell... When I found him he was unconscious.. He must've hit his head again...", she said between breaths.

"I called 911 but it must've been too late... He wouldn't wake up... They took him in to surgery, they didn't know if they could fix the damage....", she was sobbing so heavily now she could barely speak. Luke hugged her, resting his head on top of the small, frail woman's head.

"It's okay.. It wasn't your fault," he said, tears streaming down his own face.

"I should've stopped him. I should've done something. God I knew he would go back. I hate that woman, I hate her...", she couldn't have possibly cried any harder at this point, it was so heartbreaking.

He patted her back while she cried, and they both let it all out. Between sniffles, she spoke.

"W-why did you ask?", she said, dabbing her eyes and looking up and him.

"I had to know. And you'll never guess who is here.....", he said cautiously, looking her in the eye.

She looked up at him, her eyes widening.

"It can't be....", she said, a look of complete and utter shock on her face.

"It is, it's Ashton."

And then she fainted.
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