Young Volcanoes

(SOWWY)

(DO NOT LISTEN TO SAD MUSIC AT ALL)

Alex's POV:
"So what are you really?" I ask. We were in the hospital room by ourselves -Me, Ali, Kayla and Hailey- and I needed answers.
"We call ourselves the Youngbloods. But some calls us Poisoned Youth. We don't really care, they just know our symbol," Kayla points to her FOB logo. "It means hope."
"So....like Superman's S?"
"Exactly." Hailey says, and she turns to Ali. "Told you."
"You were right." Ali hands her a Twenty.
"What just happened?" I ask, my eyes flicking from Ali to Hailey.
"Betting." Kayla answers. "Hailey's gotten into it."
"Pete taught me." She smiles. "I always beat him."
"Wait." I say, looking at Hailey with a smirk. "You and Pete?"
She blushes, scrunching her nose up. "Yeah...."
"That's awesome!"
"We..uh..we're engaged." She says quietly, looking at Ali and Kayla.
My ears start ringing with her words. "Oh? That's... That's Awesome! I'm happy for you."
I clearly was not. How dare a year go past and I knew nothing about this.
"Hey, we weren't going to get married without you there." Hailey says, her eyes pleading for me to be OK with this.
"Yeah." I say. "No that's fine. Thanks."
I smile a little, and Hailey buys it.
She smiles back. "Thanks."
Ali peers at me, and then asks us to leave so she could sleep.
"Not you, Alex." She says. "Stay for a minute."
"O-okay." I say, and shut the door. "What's-"
"Are you okay?" She interrupted.
"I mean. I guess so." I didn't know how to answer, so much happened in a year.
"What did he do to you?" She asks sadly.
"I-I...I...can't talk about it."
She seemed to know exactly what it was I couldn't talk about. But it was more than that.
Her eyes start to water. "Okay...um, go home. Eat and get some sleep. I'll get better, don't worry."
"O-okay."
I stand up, and hug her. She winces a little, but doesn't say it hurts. I turn to walk off, and she grabs my hand.
"Hey," she says softly. "Patrick...he hasn't been doing so good. Go easy on him. And...I missed you so much, Alex."
I smile at her with watery eyes. "I missed you too."
She let go and I walked, wiping my eyes with the back of my hand.

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"Hello?"
Hailey steps into the house and everyone floods her.
"Did you get her?"
"Was she there?"
"Are you okay?" Pete asks with worries eyes.
All was there except Patrick. I stepped inside, with a finger to my lips.
"Alex!" Ryan whisper shouts and starts crying.
I hug everyone and ask where Patrick is.
"In his bedroom. He's been watching a blank screen all week." Mikey said sadly.
I ran to his room, and threw open the door.
That's when I saw it.
He wasn't watching TV. He was under a girl.
And I knew this wasn't his cousin.
I barely stuttered out, "Patrick" when the tears came and I ran out.
I ran into the bathroom, but I don't understand. My heart was racing, my veins were pulsing. I lock myself in the bathroom, climb into the shower, let the cold water pour on my back and cry.

But I did understand.

This man is not who I thought.

He let this happen.

I'll never forgive him for this.

(Sowwy It's kinda short *cue nine in the afternoon* DID YOU CATCH ALL THE REFERENCES??? GOTTA CATCH EM ALL.)