For me there's only you || Wesley Stromberg

Chapter 24 - Died In My Arms

'Wesley pov'

Surfing with the guys didn't go that well. I was too caught up in thought about Johnny and Presley. What if he tells her or kidnaps her, because since I've finished with him, he's lost a customer and now he's not getting as much money so who knows what he'll do to get me back. 'Dude what happened to you out there?' Tom asked as we all walked back towards the house. 'I don't know man, I guess I'm just tired' I replied. Tom and Kory went back to their house and Drew and I went back to ours.

The house was empty downstairs so we just figured they went out. Drew and I sat down and started to watch television when we heard screaming from upstairs. 'What was that?' Drew asked and u shrugged as we ran upstairs.

'Whats going....holy shit' I said as I walked into my room. Skyler was in tears sitting next to Kela who was comforting her and Presley was crying too, but was on her own. There was bags of cocaine and money on the bed so I figured she knows everything now.

'Presley?' I said calmly walking towards her. She got up off of the floor and moved away from me.

'Don't touch me' she said.

'Pres you're trembling, baby can we just talk' I said gently.

'Talk? Talk? Talk about how you lied to me? How you almost killed my best friend, and how.....how you killed my father?' She yelled.

'Woah stop!!! Yes I lied to you about taking drugs, and almost badly harmed Skyler but I did not kill your father Presley, I promise you I didn't kill your father' I replied.

'Then what happened? Huh? Tell me everything that happened from the minute you started taking drugs because I'm not leaving and neither is anyone else here until you tell me everything' she ordered.

'I was around fourteen when I started taking drugs. My first best friend, her name was Lauren, we had been best friends since kindergarten but I was in love with her. Anyway, she died in a house fire, her parents too. This just broke my heart and I missed her so much so I went to this guy at school who took drugs and he introduced me to Johnny. I didn't think that you could get so addicted to one injection but you can. I just wanted to get my mind off of her and when the cocaine did that I went back for more. Anyway I went into many withdrawals since I couldn't afford the drugs so Johnny told me if I sold it. I'd get it for free and I did' I admitted and wiped away a tear that escaped from my eye.

'Keep going' Presley said wiping away all of her tears.

'Presley can't you see this is killing him to talk about it, it's in his past okay none of it involves you' Skyler said to Presley.

'Well if he had something to do with my father death I think it involves me, so keep going Wes' Presley replied. I can tell this is killing her too but I shouldn't of lied to her.

'Um this went on for a few months until I met your dad. He got his stuff from Johnny too and Johnny sent me to sell cocaine to him. When he saw me he couldn't believe that there was a fourteen year old selling him drugs, he asked me if I took them and I told him how I got to where I was. I don't know what happened but we got sorta close, he tried to convince me to stop taking the drugs because it had ruined his life and it will ruin mine. He told me that he had a little boy and girl at home who he never had time for because the drugs took over his life and it was one of the biggest things he ever regretted, not spending enough time with his babies.' I said and Presley just cried hysterically, hiding he face in we hands.

I got up and held her in my arms, she tried to fight back but wasn't strong enough for me. She cried and cried into my arms as everyone around us left the room. 'Presley I'm so sorry' I whispered and she stopped crying. She became free from my grip and sat opposite from me wiping away her tears. 'Keep going, how did he die?' She asked and I sighed.

'Presley, he um took an overdose of tablets not cocaine or weed because he couldn't afford them anymore. I don't think he knew that an overdose of painkillers are stronger than cocaine' I admitted and she cried more.

'How did you find out?' She asked.

'I...I was there, he um told me to meet him in an alleyway in Washington and he admitted to me what he had done. He got really weak and fell to the floor, that's when I knew he was in trouble. Um before he died he said to me, "Wesley son, you're going to stop with the drugs before it kills you and you're going to get help, you're going to get an education and meet the love of your life again, you never know, maybe it will be my princess, its a small world you know, but I believe in you Wesley and I know you're going to be okay" he then closed his eyes and died in my arms. I immediately phoned the ambulance and left straight away, I was scared and it was the only thing I could do Presley' I said.

Presley was just staring into space, she was trembling. 'In gonna be sick' she said before running into the bathroom and emptying her guts into the toilet. What have I done to her?

Hey guys so yah that's Wes's POV and y'all will see what happens in the next chapter. The reason I'm not putting it all in one chapter is because people are saying that it gets confusing when the chapter is really long so I'm just breaking them down a bit for y'all. So what do y'all think will happen? Lemme know in the comment section below and I'll try and update ASAP but its my birthday tomorrow and also school again so it will probably be the weekend but yeah. Love Y'all.

Ciara.