Pill By Pill {Muke}

34 - Twisted Turns

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. ~Edgar Allan Poe

Luke's POV

I sat curled up next to Michael, there had to be a reason we were always so distant, I wanted to get along with him. I had a feeling he also wanted to get along with me. We were sitting calmly until my phone started ringing in my pocket. I pulled it out and read Karla's name on the screen.

"Hello - "

"L-Luke!?" Karla screamed. I would have thought she was being murdered for the way she sounded. I sat up and Michael exchanged an odd glance. "T-There's something w-wrong with Riley!"

"What?" I asked.

"H-He wo-won't wake up!" Karla was in a downright panic. I had thought he had just passed out. So I supposed it was nothing to worry about, but by the tone in her voice - we had to go. So I told her that I would go over and take a look, I would bring a few others with me and she told me to hurry. Although I saw no reason to do so.

But when we - Skarlet, Ashton, Michael and I - walked into Riley's and headed for where he was laying on the couch, we noticed something else. There were drugs aplenty spread out on the table. Skarlet's immediate reaction was to walk over to Riley and place her fingertips on his wrist. She held her hand there for a second while Karla stood with Sammy as the two looked grim.

"Call an ambulance.." Was the quiet sound of Skarlet's voice through the room. I watched Ashton take his phone out and I walked over to Riley. Why would we be calling an ambulance? He was fine, was he not?

I looked down at his face, trying to figure out what was going wrong. But eventually paramedics walked in and looked just as shocked as we did. It seemed one of them did the same thing Skarlet did, ran a few more visuals. Karla yelled at him to hurry up and this man shook his head.

"There really is not too much point for us to rush him to the hospital." He said immediately. "Your friend is already deceased."

"What?" Was the first word to be said and I was even more shocked for it to come out of my mouth.

"He must have overdosed and then his brain and other organs shut down. Resulting in an easy death." The man explained to me and I felt as if my whole world was collapsing in front of me. I almost felt like this was my fault, in a way. So I took a step back, bumping right into Michael who put his hands on each of my upper arms. 

I watched two men carry him away, and I knew I wanted to leave right then and there.  I watched Sammy turn and throw up on the floor, Karla break into sobs and Skarlet glare down at the ground.

"This is all your fault Luke!" She immediately screamed. 

"My fault..My fault!?" I snapped. "How is this my fault!?" 

"Skarlet come on," Michael said patiently. "Not now."

Skarlet scoffed and glanced off the side, folding her arms. 

"They're wrong." I said quietly. "Th-They have to be wrong, right?"

"What will Riley's parents say?" Sammy asked. "What will the police say? Do you think they're going to look and ask us questions?" 

We all glanced at one another. What if that was the case? The police showed up, and asked about Riley's drug problems. If they knew if it was intended or not. That was something the police did, was it not? 

I sat down on the couch and put my hands on my forehead and ran them down my sweating face. "Someone call Axel and Barbie." I spoke and Skarlet shook her head. 

"I can. Luke, pass me your phone." I handed it to him without hesitation, after all. I never wanted to be the one to make that phone call to anyone. 

Sammy was cleaning up his throw up and the room stunk of death. I looked down at the syringe on the table. He must have been doing heroine. What if I was doing it with him and I ended up the same way? Maybe I would not care, or maybe he would have done it more carefully. I folded my arms and leaned back. 

"Hey, i-it's Michael." Michael said as he was on speaker, so we would be able to hear him speaking. 

"Oh, hey Michael?" Barbie spoke. "What's going on? Why are you calling me from Luke's phone?" 

"Um..Something happened." Michael said. 

There was a long pause. "Is Luke okay? What happened? Michael what did you do to him!?"

"Luke's fine, he's right here." Michael said as he rubbed his neck. "Um.. Riley.. Ove-Overdosed, Barbie." 

"No." Barbie immediately said. "No he didn't, he's Riley. Riley is king of immunity. He never does anything to harm himself." 

"No that's what happened, Barbie." Michael said quietly. "He was already dead when the paramedics got here, you should come over. We're at his house right now."

The line went dead with a horrible ringing, we all looked around and exchanged glances with one another. What just happened, was one question but the real question was if Barbie was going to be okay? 

Michael called Axel, and he handled it much better than Barbie did, and he said he would swing by Barbie's to see if she was still there while he was driving over. 

"I can't believe I'm about to say this." Skarlet took a deep breath. "Call Kody." 

"What?" Karla sniffled. "Why does that bastard deserve to be here?" 

"Because he cared about him." Skarlet snapped. "This isn't about us, this is bigger than us. Someone please call him."

"I'll do it," Michael said. Michael did just that, and within an hour everyone was sitting in Riley's house. We did not know where to go, we sat there feeling hopeless when the police showed up. They all questioned us, and I felt my throat contract with every word spoken. What were we supposed to do? We were a bunch of stupid kids who had lost a friend. 

"I'm not really sure what to do with you all." The police officer said. "You're all breaking federal law."

We looked up at him for the first time, he had everyone's full attention. "You're just another corrupt bastard if you put us away." Skarlet said and let her eyes drop to the floor. "Everyone, just thinks we're scum. They would love to have all of us disappear forever. All we had was one another and it just so happens that we met in this way. We're all lost now as it is." Skarlet stood up and stared the police officer in the eyes as she raised her wrists. "If you want to try and imprison me, have at it. Doesn't matter, we'll all be dead by sunrise tomorrow." 

The police officer slapped cuffs on Skarlet's wrists and then one by one we all stood up and held out our wrists until Michael and I was left. Michael was pulling back on me but I stood up and held out my wrists. 

"Giving in?" The police officer asked, and when the click of the cuffs went on my wrists, the entire room went down in darkness. 

AUTHOR'S NOTIFICATION; Ariana

Okay it's about to get really confusing and I'm about to mess with your mind. You're welcome. 

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