Michael Clifford's Little Sister

Chapter 10

***Ashton's Pov***

It's been a week since Mia's incident. She's still in the hospital and hasn't woken up yet. None of us have been taking it well. All of us has been visiting her. Well all of us expect Michael. He's been taking it the hardest. He blames himself. I haven't even seen him for days.

I haven't been so good myself. I have been doing something I know I shouldn't do. I have been doing it again. Everyday. I have gone backwards from where I was a week ago. Mia would be so disappointed.
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***Michael's Pov***

I have been doing something that I know Mia would be devastated if she ever found out. Yes, I have been self- harming. I know I shouldn't but I have become so depressed. And I am under a lot of stress and I just need an escape. Mia would be so upset. But Mia is never going to find out. I have also got into the bad habit of smoking. I haven't left my room for 3 days now.

Mia is always on my mind. And how it's my fault she's not here. I need her to be ok. She has to be ok.

I was interrupted by a knock on my door.

"Hey, I'm going to see Mia, you wanna come?" I hear Ashton say from the other side of the door. I didn't answer. Ashton opened my door and sat on my bed beside me.

"Michael, you need to get out of this room. Come with me?" He begged. I shook my head.

"Michael, she needs you." He said looking at me.

"No she doesn't. I'm the reason she's in this mess." I told him.

"Hey, don't you dare blame this on yourself." He told me.

"Too late." I mumbled but he heard me.

"Please come? Just today. She needs her brother. Maybe if you come she will wake up." He told me.

"I doubt that." I told him.

"You never know until you try." He said. I got tired of arguing and agreed to go. I got up and put on a pair of skinny jeans and a sweat shirt. I got into the car with Ashton and we went to the hospital.

We walk into her room and there's a doctor in there.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Oh, hi. Are you Mia's brothers?" The doctor asked.

"Yes we are." Ashton answered.

"Well, there's good news. Mia's blood levels are back to normal. So we took her off of her IVS. She is also at an acceptable weight again. So we removed the tube we have been feeding her with. Her wounds are healing nicely also. And she should wake up soon. I have no way to tell exactly when. I say 2 days at most." He said before walking out. I looked at Mia and smiled a little, something I haven't done in a week. She was getting better. That's all that matters to me.

I walk over and sit beside her. I hold on to her hand. Her tiny hand. She's still so skinny. They said she was at an acceptable weight, but she still seems to skinny. I kissed the back of her hand.

"Mia, please wake up. I need you to. I need you to be ok. I need you to make me ok again. This past week has been complete hell for me. I'm so sorry for everything I have said and did to make you so depressed. I know I haven't helped you any. But I want you to know... No I need you to know that I love you so much. I love you with all my heart. You will always be my little sister. You are my world. I need you." I told her crying. I kissed her hand again and laid my head on her bed. I become tired all of the sudden.

I was woken up by someone calling my name.

"Michael." I heard someone say weakly. I opened my eyes and sat up. I saw Mia looking at me.

"Mia, you're up!" I said. She smiled and I pulled her into a hug.

"I'll go get a nurse." I told her. I stood up to leave.

"No, Michael.." She said weakly.

"Yes, love?" I asked.

"Please stay. Don't leave me." She said quietly.

"Ok, I won't." I told her I climbed into bed beside her and pulling her close.

"I'll go get a nurse." Ashton told us. We nod and she snuggles into my chest.

"Mia, it's good to see you up. So since you have been in here we have found out that you suffer from major/ clinical depression and anorexia. I am sorry to tell you but you will have to go to a rehab place to get help. You will be there at least 6 months most likely more. You will also be on medication to help." The nurse tells us. Mia starts crying.

"Michael, don't let them take me away. Please." She cries into my chest. I kiss the top of her head and whisper "I won't. Your not gonna leave me. I promise."

"I'm sorry, but she's not going to a rehab place." I told her.

"Well we can't release her until we know that she is going. It's doctor orders." She told me.

"We wanna see the doctor then." Ashton said. The nurse nodded and walked away.

"I can't let them take her away." I told Ashton.

"I know and we won't. We'll figure it out." He told me. The doctor walked in.

"What is the problem?" He asked.

"As Mia's legal guardian I do not want her to have to be put in a rehab place." I told him.

"That's what's best for her." He told me.

"You have no idea what's best for her. It's not going to happen. What is the other option?" I asked him. He sighed.

"Fine. We are giving her medication to help. I also strongly suggest a therapist. But if she comes back in because of this she is definitely going to the rehab place." The doctor told us. I nod and he gives me the papers to sign. I sign them and give them back.

"Are you ready to leave?" I ask Mia. She nods and gets ready to leave.