ATTENTION: I SUCKED AT WRITINGG THIS CHAPTER AND I PROBABLY SCREWED IT UP BUT I UPDATED FINALLY. Enjoy.
I am awoken by the sound of my father and Mason yelling. "Mason Why can't you just respect your mother and I?" My father yells as I hear his keys crash onto the counter. "I said I was sorry!" Mason fires back. "Drinking and driving is not something that will be forgiven with a "i'm sorry." My father says.
"I'm going upstairs." Mason says. I'm sure he's rolling his eyes and stomping up the steps.
I roll over and see it's eight in the morning. It's way to early for them to be fighting.
I groan standing up and enter the hall walking towards Mason's room. I knock on the door. "Go away Hayden." He growls. "Not hayden." I whisper walking in.
Mason is on my back and an arm drapped over his eyes. I sit down on his bed and sigh. "Mas." I say. "I screwed up again Callie. I always screw up." He whispers pulling me down next to him. My brothers and I have always been close and I know what he means when he's screwed up.
I sigh. "I didn't know you drank." I finally say looking at him. "We all do. Cal." He replies not meeting my eyes. "Even Zayn?" I ask. "Yes even Zayn." He chuckles. I shrug looking up at the ceiling.
"Remember the glow stars?" I ask randomly. "yeah?" He asks. "I remember at the cabin we stuck them on the ceiling and no matter what when I had an anxiety or panic attack you would lay with me while I cried under the glowing stars." I shrug.
Mason is the oldest of all of us. He's always been there for me when I needed him. It was the hardest two years of my life to be in England without him fighting the attacks alone. I had to grow up and learn to fight on my own.
Mason looks over at me. "I bet those stickers are still at the cabin." He smirks. "Road trip with our brothers and friends?" He asks. I smile widely. "you think mom and dad will allow it?" I ask looking at him with wide eyes and an equally wide smile. "Why not? We haven't been in a while." He shrugs.
"You can ask them then it was your idea after all." I laugh. "Okay." He says going to get up. I laugh pulling him back down next to me. "When dad is in a good mood." I point out.
"Oh right." He says embaressment on his face. I laugh and pull is pillows closer so I can lay my head on them. I look over at my brother and see his eyes are closed and a small fading scratch is on his face. "What happened to your face?" I ask. He groans flipping over. "Mas?" I ask. He mumbles some incoherent words and I smile. He must be tired.
I slowly climb out of the bed and leave closing the door. I run smack into somone. (Well someone being one of my brothers.) I look up to see Hayden. "What's up Haybear?" I smirk reaching up and kiss his cheek. He shoves me laughs. "why do you still call me that Callie?" He asks wrapping an arm around my shoulder.
"Because you're my big fluffy haybear!" I cooe. "So is Mason cool?" He asks. "Yeah he's asleep right now, why?" I ask raising an eyebrow at him.
"Just checking." He says dropping his arm from around my shoulder.
I look at him and he looks up biting his lip. "What is it?" I ask slowly.
"Hm? Oh nothing. Look at the time. I have a date with my girlfriend." He says. I grab his shirt. "Since when do you date?" I ask. "Since I met my truck." He says rolling his eyes. "Hayden." I say. "Callie." He mocks.
"What's going on with Mason?" I ask pulling his back towards me. "Not my place to say." He shrugs.
"I hate you." I grumble. "I love you too!" He cooes. "Hate being the key word." I laugh. "You mean love, right?" He challenges. "No I mean hate." I shrug smirking at my brother.
He laughs shoving me and enter his bedroom. I laugh walking back into my room as my phone goes off. I grab it checking my text.
River 💕: Cal. I need to talk to you. It's urgent. Meet me at our place at 10.
Callie: What's wrong? I'll be there.
I check the time and see it's nine thirty. I have time to get dressed just not enough time to look decent. I sigh grabbing a pair of black yoga pants, a tank top, and a thin jacket. I dress and slip my nike shoes on.
By the time I am ready It's 10 minutes before ten. I head out to the car after telling my parents where I am headed. It takes me exactly five minutes to get to our spot. I see River sitting on the dock swaying his legs above the water. I smile instantly.
"Hey Riv. You alright." I smile sitting beside him after exting my car. He looks at me and I can tell he's not alright.
"I have a tumor on my brain.." River says. His eyes are red and puffy and I can tell he's been crying. "They have to do surgery in order to remove it." He says.
I scoot closer to Riveer pulling his head into my shoulder as I wrap my arms around his torso. I know for a fact that i'm about to start crying. I just can't in front of river.
"They don't know if it's cancerous or not and if it is i'll have to do chemo." He sniffs. I know he's crying now. River has always been strong for everyone.
"D-Does anyone else know?" I ask burying my face into his chest. He shakes his head. "Only you." He whispers kissing my forehead.
"I-It will be alright. I know it will." I try to sound convincing. I can't convince myself so how will I convince him?
"Just promise me one thing Callie. If anything happened you wouldn't lose faith. You will learn to love life like you did before Brook tormented you." He sighs pulling me closer to him.
"You'll be fine don't talk that way." I cry. "Shh don't cry, love." He says softly. "When is your surgery?" I ask. "This Wednesday." He replies. I nod laying my head back on his chest.
River has changed my life the minute he walked into it and i'm not going to let a brain tumor ruin what we have built.
He has always been there for me and now it's my turn to be there for him. If he wants me or not i'll be there.
