Lonely Places (Boyxboy) #Wattys2016

Hold On To Those You Love

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I open the door to find Oliver, lying on the ground. I rush to call 911, and soon they arrive. Among them was Matt, who came to my aid. Everything is a blur, but I can barely make out was he is saying.

"Tyler! Tyler! What happened? Just tell me buddy, I'm here!" He asks.

"I-I-I don't know, Matthew, he's gone!" I mutter.

"No he's not Tyler. Trust me, he's going to be alright. You have to hold on to those you love, because you can lose them at any point. Tyler!" 

"Matthew, It was him!" 

"Who? Who was it! Tyler, who hurt him?"

"Him!" I say, pointing toward Craig.

"Are you sure, Tyler? Wait, he's gone, where did he go. Guys, the man is here. He has gone somewhere. We need to find him!" Officer Matthew Brooks yells, and that's the last thing I hear before I fall to the ground.

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I wake up to find my mother, sister, and Officer Matthew in my hospital room.

"Mom, mom wake up he's awake!" My sister happily tells my mother.

"Oh, sweety, are you okay?" My mother asks.

"Yes mom, are you?"

"Yes, you're alive, that's all that matters!"

Matthew stands up and walks over to me. "Oliver, he's doing okay. He's recovering slowly, but he should be able to. See you around!" 

When Matthew walks out of the room, my sister stands up, "Tyler, why has it been that you've been in so much trouble since you've been out of prison?" My sister asks.

I sit up, and stretch. "I don't know Daphnie!"

"Well, you better soon. You need to get your life together bro! Start a family!"

"With who?" I yell, starting to cry, "I'm gay. No one wants to date me, let alone marry me. I don't understand how mom has been so accepting lately because all my childhood she would say I was going to hell. Why mom? You were the reason I ran away. You're the reason I almost killed myself. You are the one to blame. And Daphnie, where have you been? You never once visited me there!"

"I was busy, and I saved you from AverY!"

"Yeah but she wasn't going to kill me! We were going to fake it and run away. You didn't have to shoot her. And I saved you! You got stabbed by Reid. You could've easily avoided it. I hate you guys. I hate you all. Get out of my room. Now!" I yell.

They both walk out of the room, but before they leave, my mom tells me something, something I thought I would never hear her tell me again, "Everything I told you was true. You will go down to where the devil does his dirty works. Goodbye Tyler!"

They slam the door and I start to cry, and I start to think what is happening to Oliver.