//Chapter Seventeen: The End of All Things//

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Rylie's POV:

I woke up with blurry vision, and a killer headache. I closed my eyes, and when I opened them my vision was clear again. I took in my surroundings: I was definitely at Tyler and Jenna's house. I was wrapped in multiple blankets, a had two muscular arms holding me close. I looked up to see Josh asleep. He had deep purple bags under his eyes, and his eyes were puffy. My mind flew back to the events of yesterday. Finding out about Josh cutting, running away, and passing out from the cold. My almost perfect life was in pieces. I decided to make breakfast for everybody after all of the trouble that I have caused. I slowly untangled myself from Josh, and tried to stand up. My legs felt numb, and I toppled back to the ground. I heard a gasp, and saw Tyler heading over to me.

"Need some help?" He asked. I smiled, and nodded my head. He put my arm over his shoulder, and we slowly stood up. I slowly started to regain feeling in my legs. Tyler set me on one of the bar stools at his island.

"Do you know where my car is?" I asked.

"Yea, we had it towed and fixed up last night. It's in the drive way" he replied. We sat there in awkward silence.

"C-can I ask why Rylie?" He asked. The hurt in his eyes was enough to drown in.

"I hurt everything that I touch. I shouldn't have even woken up again" I mumbled. His face hardened, and he spoke again.

"Why would you run like that? Do you even realize how worried sick we were about you?! Josh barley even slept! When I found you, I thought you were dead for fucks sake!" He yelled. I felt tears grow heavy in my eyes. I don't even try to hide them.

"Keep it coming Tyler! The reason I ran is because Josh cut because of me! I made him feel so low that he cut. So yes, please, keep it coming" I said, tears falling freely. I covered my face with my hands, and sobs shook my entire body. I felt all of my energy drain, and started to fall backwards. Two hands caught me, and I was pulled into a hug.

"Shh it's okay Ry. I got ya" Josh said. I collapsed to his touch, and sobbed harder. He carried me back into the living room and help me on his lap. After a long time, two fingers brought my chin up, and I was forced to look at Josh. He had been crying too. He wiped away my tears with his shirt sleeves, and faintly smiled. He tucked a loose hair behind my ear, and kissed me. This kiss rejuvenated me. All of my worries melted away, and for those few precious seconds, I had not a care in the world. He pulled away, and placed his forehead on mine, eyes closed.

"We're broken people Ry" he spoke softly.

"Yes we are" I replied.

"I love you so damn much that I hurts Ry" he said.

"I love you even more Joshua" I said. He smiled before kissing me again. We both stood up, and joined Tyler, and now Jenna in the kitchen. We all made breakfast while dancing to music, and everything seemed normal. Nobody said a word about last night, nobody was sad, everything was as it should be.

Josh's POV:

After breakfast, I offered to help Tyler with the dishes while the girls got ready for the day. We cleaned up in silence until Tyler spoke.

"Josh, I'm worried"he said.

"What do ya mean?"

"I'm worried about you. Ever since Rylie came along, you've lost sleep, and you've cut" he replied.

"It's not her fault Tyler " I said through gritted teeth.

"Josh, we both know that isn't true. I think it might be time to decide if you two should even be together" he said before walking away. I sighed, slid down the wall. There's no way he's right. Sure, I've had some problems, but I love Rylie more than anything. I know Tyler is just looking out for me, but I think he's wrong. I sat there at the wall for a long time. I heard footsteps, and Rylie came around the corner. She had tear stained cheeks, and a worried expression on her face.

"Hey Ry, what's wrong?" I asked. I stood up and went towards her, rubbing circles onto her back. She wiped her eyes and pushed me away.

"Rylie, what-" she cut me off.

"Josh, I've been thinking, and I think this isn't working. I-I think we need to break up" she said, looking down. At first I was just shocked, but then as it set in, I felt my stomach fall, and felt numb.

"Rylie, you don't mean that" I whispered. She shook her head.

"I do Josh" she replied. I felt tears well up in my eyes as she left. I was too numb to stop her. Why would she think that? Tyler.

I ran up the stairs to Tyler and Jenna's room, and burst through the door. Jenna had gone to work, so it was just Tyler and I. He jumped when I opened the door. I glared at him.

"Why the FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT? SHE'S THE ONLY GOOD THING THATS HAPPENED TO ME IN MONTHS" I screamed. He narrowed his eyes.

"Josh, it wasn't healthy. You relapsed because of her" he said.

"So you did what? You got inside her head? Told her that she was bad for me?" I said. He hung his head in shame.

"Yes Josh, I did" he said. I glared at him before storming out of the house. I got in my car, and sped off to the apartment. I raced inside, only to find it empty. Every book, piece of clothing, every piece of Rylie was gone. I collapsed to my knees and sobbed. My everything, my world was gone.


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When I decide to stop writing like complete crap, I'll let ya know! 😂
Anyway, yea so.... They're done..... My bad..... Don't kill me plz.

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