Relapse (Luke Hemmings)

Chapter 18; Coming back home!

~~~~Lukes POV~~~~
I'm taking the tour bus back to the recording studio where all of our cars are. Just another hour and we'll be there. "Lookie here," I hear Ashton's cheery voice shout from behind me. "Luke is smiling!" He states patting me on the back. I shake my head and laugh. But it's true, I am smiling, I'm smiling because I'll see Nicole again, spend a whole day with her like we did before this tour. I sit impatiently on my phone which doesn't seem to occupy me at all because all I could do was check the time and look at the messages Nicole and I sent to each other. Back and forth.
That ride was the longest hour of my life but it'll all be worth it by the time I see Nicole again. See her and never stop looking at her. I hop into my car and race down the highway. Everything was going fine until all of a sudden my side door was crashed into with glass coming my direction. I couldn't hear anything other than the ringing in my ears and I couldn't feel anything other than the blood dripping down my face and my arms. That's all I could remember till everything went black.
I sat in my car trying to cling on to whatever sounds I've heard to let me know I'm still alive. I heard sirens coming from a distance, they were coming my direction till soon they started echoing. I heard a lady. "Sir? Sir! Don't fall asleep, whatever you do don't fall asleep! Keep your eyes open! He's still conscious but he's slipping, hurry!" I hear her say, I opened my eyes to tiny slights to see a brown lady with curly hair. I could barely feel her holding me up or wiping my face.
Soon everything went black again, I couldn't hear or see anything. I couldn't hear the sirens or the people talking to me. Everything was dark, the outside world was motionless to me.
~~~~Nicole's POV~~~~
I was waiting patiently for Luke to get home. I wanted to hug him and kiss him and make the world go away while I was in his arms. Hours passed until I hear my phone ring, it was Luke! I quickly answered with a joyous hello. "Hey, ma'am are you Luke's girlfriend?" I hear a woman ask me. She sounded concerned. "Yes, I am. Why?" I questioned with fear in my voice. "Your boyfriend was in a bad car reck and he's beat up pretty bad. He was supposedly on his way home from somewhere," she tells me making my heart drop and a choked feeling fill my throat. "Oh?" I managed to say before putting my hand over my mouth to keep my sobs from being audible.
The woman tells me where Luke is at and that I can visit him in a few days if I want. "Okay," is all I said before hanging up the phone and erupt in tears.
I should be the one on my death bed not Luke. I want to die, Luke never wanted to. Why can't I take his spot? He deserves to live. I thought to myself as I wailed out uncontrollable noises, I must've been disturbing my neighbours at this point but I didn't care. I wanted Luke back. They said he's still alive. I want to see him, he shouldn't be hurt or anything. This is my fault. He knew I wanted him to come home badly and I worried him so much that he didn't want to leave me alone. If I've ever been low this is the lowest I've felt in months. I want to be in Luke's arms but I can't be right now.
~~~~Michael's POV~~~~
I got the phone call about Luke being in a car accident. It tore the whole band apart but I couldn't even imagine how Nicole is feeling about this. Knowing her she's probably trashed the place because of the whole situation. I just hope she doesn't do anything self destructive to herself because of this or blame it on herself.
"Hey guys," I spoke up after millennials of silence. "I know you're all pretty messed up about this but maybe we can go over to Nicole's place to possibly cheer her up and most likely help clean anything she's broken," I suggested. It wasn't the most persuasive idea I've had but it'll do. "Shit, I didn't even think about how she would react," Calum says worriedly. "Yeah, I'll go," Ashton tells us before standing up. "I will too," Calum says following Ashton. I lead them out the door to go to Nicole's house.
"I'm just going to get her something first though because presents make people feel better. I think," I tell the guys before pulling into the mall parking lot. "Okay," Ash and Cal say in unison. I park my car and step out to find Nicole something. I already had something in mind of what to get her I just hope it's here.
I searched around until I finally found a giant stuffed dog. I thought it would be kinda nice since she can hug it tight and cry into it. Whatever she uses it for. I grab the stuffed dog and quickly pay for it before calling Callum and Ashton to figure out where they're at. Soon we meet up at the doors we entered from. I see they have balloons and cards in their hands. "What, it was a good idea," Ashton said in defense. "Okay," I shrugged as we were walking out the doors to my car.
Ashton and I forced Callum in the back because Callum would do the same to us when we had to ride back seat. It was a bit of a laugh seeing him topple over in the seat. I soon start my car again and continue the drive to Nicole's house. Soon we get there and knock on the door. It takes a while but we hear a faint come in so Callum opens the door, I was honestly shocked, her apartment wasn't messy at all. We decided that Nicole wasn't down stairs so we made our way upstairs to give her her gifts.
I knocked softly of her bedroom door, "hey," I say softly before entering. I got no response. "Ashton, Callum and I got you some things. Do you want to see them?" I asked her. She's always been big on presents, she gives so much she should get some back. I see a bit of shuffling under her covers until they were completely off of her. I offered the big stuffed dog to her in which she gave a light smile and a thank you. "Ashton came up to her with the cards him and Calum got. Calum gives her the balloons and I see Nicole lean over to hug us all. We hugged back until she let go. "Are you okay?" I finally asked her. She just shrugged and looked down at her lap. "Can we come over tomorrow?" I asked her earning a nod before she laid back down. We all took that as a sign to get up and leave the apartment, so we did. "Bye, see you tomorrow," I yell to her upstairs before actually locking the door behind me to go back to my place.
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I have updated again! I hope this isn't too triggering for most people I told you in a certain chapter that they're mostly gonna be triggering. These are only gonna get even more triggering so just a heads up.
Anyways, thanks so much for reading!