Okay, so here's chapter two. Just as a reminder, I'm not condoning suicide; this is all just a fanfiction. Enjoy and feel free the review with any comments!
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Dr. Takahashi, a Japanese man who appeared to be in his mid-forties, walked into Ian's room with a smile that was clearly forced. He glanced at the paperwork the nurses were filling out before he took a seat on the edge of Ian's bed.
"Mr. Hecox," He said as he pulled out a small light to check Ian's eyes. Once he appeared to find what he wanted he put it back into the pocket of his coat. "I'm sure you're very confused as to why you're here; you probably don't remember much. But before we explain can you tell me the date?"
Ian nodded, he knew exactly what day it was and why he was in a hospital. However he decided to not cause trouble and humor Dr. Takahashi's request. "It's January third." Ian answered, assuming it was the day after he took the sleeping pills.
Dr. Takahashi seemed satisfied. He nodded as he jotted things down on Ian's file, "Very good." The doctor then turned to the two nurses and gestured that they leave. Once they were gone he turned back to Ian, "We understand that you were trying to kill yourself by over-dosing on some sleeping pills," Ian nodded so show he was paying attention, "However, being that you were not prescribed the pills and had never taken them you didn't know the dosage. You took a good amount of them, but not a lethal dose. At some point while you were in the bathroom waiting to die the sleeping pills kicked in and you passed out and hit you head against the sink. When your mother heard the bang she hurried up the stairs and found you." Dr. Takahashi paused, "If she hadn't found you when she did you would have died of blood loss."
Ian scoffed at the thought. He had been trying to kill himself, whether it was over-dose or blood loss. It didn't make a difference to him because life wasn't worth living without best friends. He reached up to run his fingers through his hair when he felt the stitches in his forehead; he really messed up this time.
"Your mother is out in the waiting room and would like to see you. She'll be here in a minute." Dr. Takahashi said as he left. Ian tried to protest, but before he could his doctor was gone. What would she have to say about this? Though this wasn't his first suicide attempt, it was the only one that ended up putting him in the hospital. The other two failed so badly that he was able to chalk them up to being a stupid teenager, however this was different than walking out in front of a speeding car or sitting in the garage with a running car.
This all would seem out of character to his mother, but Ian could trace this all back to one single event, the car crash. Anthony had just dropped Kalel off at her house after a dinner date. Anthony, Matt, Joshua, and Ian were all going to go bowling with some other ids from school to celebrate making it through another semester of high school. Anthony had already picked up Matt and Joshua and was heading to Ian's house.
It was probably a normal drive, discussing school and how glad they were to be starting winter break. Some small conversation about video games, but most likely smack talk about who would end up with the highest score at the end of the night. Then a drunk driver turned down the one-way street they were on, heading in the wrong direction. He was barreling down the street far above the speed limit; Anthony didn't have enough time to get out of the way before they crashed head-on. The drunk driver and Matt were killed instantly the paramedics told us. Anthony died at the hospital during emergency surgery to remove his broken rib that had punctured his lung. Joshua on the other hand was sitting in the backseat. He had smashed his head into the back of Anthony's seat and had broken his glasses and nose. He had a broken arm, a dislocated knee, and internal bleeding, but was awake enough to call 9-1-1 before he went unconscious.
He was being kept on life support until two days ago. His family wasn't the richest and Joshua's medical treatment was getting to be too expensive for them to afford and his condition hadn't changed, so they made the tough decision to pull the plug. Though by some miracle, Joshua was still hanging on and breathing on his own the odds were stacked against him. The worst part though was when Anthony's mother came by last week and asked Ian to come by and help clean out Anthony's room saying that he could keep anything he wanted to remember him by. That's when Ian lost it.
Any hope that he could just grieve and move on like normal person was lost when he realized that Anthony and Matt; and probably Josh too; were never coming back. Cleaning out his friend's room was the worst thing he ever had to do and it killed part of him. The joking and contagious laughter Ian had disappeared like Anthony and Matt, or was forced. Now Ian was a shell of his former self, not living but merely surviving day after day.
Then Ian's mother opened the door and brought him back to reality, face covered in tears of relief. "I'm sorry mom," was all Ian could bring himself to say. She sat down and scolded him for having suiciadal thoughts, but it was halfhearted because she was just happy her son was alive. As Ian continued to comfort his mother he thought about what he saw. Were they Matt and Anthony's ghosts? Were ghosts even real?
Before he could continue his though a nurse ran in; she was out of breath from having ran down two flights of stairs. Ian recognized her as the nurse from Joshua's floor. He had visited Josh a few times since the accident, hoping for him to magically wake up, and she was always sitting behind the desk of the nurses' station. "He's awake Ian!" Was all she was able to say before Dr. Takahashi hurried over, followed by his two nurses.
