Decipher | Watty's 2017

LXXI. Eviternity

Eviternity

/ˌevəˈtərnədē/

noun

eternal existence; everlasting duration

It was a few weeks after the raid that Calum was finally released from the hospital, relieving me greatly as he had been strapped to several machines to monitor his heartbeat since the ricochet of the bullet had penetrated one of his major arteries leading to his heart. The doctors had been meticulous on their account of his recover as I had been present at his bedside every day, bringing Riley a few times since the boys were busy planning attack strategies for the upcoming war.

I was extremely close with all of the nurses by the time Calum was allowed to return to his room with supervision of a friend, causing my heart to hurt a bit due to my inability to see them on a daily basis as I usually had. Despite all of this, I stayed with Calum in mine and Luke's room until the boys came back, Michael agreeing to take him during the nights so that Luke and I could have our 'privacy.'

During one of the long days spent within the room, Calum suggested that we retrieve some of his stored whiskey and rum to put the edge off as we both felt oddly tense due to our inability to attend the meetings. While I was against the idea at first, it grew on me due to my anxious heart over Luke and I, gradually causing me to revisit the idea of gathering his hard liquor into a box so that we could share the nerve reducer.

During the last weeks, Luke and I had gotten into many fights concerning our future as I wanted to increase our commitment while he didn't see the need in it. While it was something simple, nothing seemed to calm me as I thought back on the multiple arguments, resulting in one of us always walking out of the room to cool down. The idea of letting go of my anxiety and stress for one moment with help of alcohol brought serenity to me as I finally began to cave.

"If I go and get the alcohol," I began, watching his eyes widen like a child's on Christmas Eve, "then you can't tell Luke." He nodded furiously, willing to agree to all of my terms in order to escape his boredom and emotional turmoil. I shook my head slightly, rising off the floor and opening the door before turning back and glancing at his frame leaning against mine and Luke's bed due to his immense hate for the wheelchair provided that was supposed to keep him from over stimulating his heart, claiming that it made him feel 'disabled' and 'useless.' "Is this even allowed since you're on medication?" I asked incredulously, rethinking my entire decision based on that small information.

He rolled his eyes at me as if I was oblivious to something in front of me. "I haven't taken any of those medications since I left the infirmary," he stated, adjusting himself slightly before continuing on, "they make me feel drowsy and I don't like it." I shrugged my shoulders, accepting his statement and walking towards his room, which was next door to mine.

I opened the door to be met with four cement walls, decorated similar to Luke's, only his contained poster of heavier metal groups such as Bring Me the Horizon and others like Led Zeppelin and AC/DC. Under his bed, I found the various bottles of liquor, packing a few bottles of whiskey and rum into a box and adding two glasses onto the top in case we were to want them. As I made my way back to Luke's room, I felt guilty, thinking of what Luke would say about my desire to drink away my problems as Calum also did; however, I let the feelings pass as I opened the door to the room with my hip to find Calum in the same position.

Joy lit his brown orbs as he caught sight of the alcohol in my arms, reaching slightly as I laughed and set the box on the floor, sitting across from him cross legged. It didn't take us long to get through half a bottle of rum, but Calum insisted I try whiskey due to its ability to 'make anyone's day better.' I laughed at his statement, filling my glass with the somewhat brown, translucent liquid and taking a large sip, having learnt from the rum that I loved the warm feeling of hard liquor bubbling in my stomach.