You're My Rock ( A Rocky Lynch Story )

Chapter 11

ROSS POV

It had been an hour or so since we had arrived at the hospital. Dad had called mum, telling her she had to get to the hospital, but she still wasn't here yet. I couldn't help but worry about what was going on with Rocky and how it would affect the family, and the band. The waiting area was completely silent, my dad had his head buried in his hands, and he would switch between crying and just staring into space, Riker wasn't much different, he had frequent tears rolling down his cheeks, but he wasn't making any noise. Ryland was just playing around on his phone.

I had been crying and thinking about life without Rocky. He had been my best friend all my life. He was always the first person I would go to for help or advice. We always did everything together, until he developed his mood disorder. I would not cope well without my brother. I think the whole family would fall apart.

I heard two sets of heavy feet coming down the hall, and looked up to see my mum and Rydel running towards us, both with tears streaming down their faces. My mum ran over and pulled my dad into a hug, while Riker tried to console Rydel.

"First he attacks Ethan for no good reason and now he tries to kill himself. Why would he do this?" Rydel sobbed as she buried her face into Riker's shirt.

It was silent for a while before Ryland finally spoke up.

"How could he be so selfish?"

We all just looked at him.

"He had everything he wanted and he was still a spoilt brat. He's probably just doing this for attention"

I couldn't take it anymore. I was so sick of everyone blaming Rocky for everything and now he was being called selfish for wanting to kill himself. I could feel the anger building up with in me, and I just snapped.

"Shut the fuck up! You don't know what happened, you didn't ask for Rocky's side of the story, you all just accuse him of being in the wrong! You wanna know what really happened? Ethan told Rocky that the band was better without him, that everything was better without him. Then he told Rocky he was a screw up. I would have beat the shit out of Ethan as well. On top of that, Mum and Dad practically tell him that he wasn't their son, according to Rydel, he was a fuck up and then you Riker, practically tell him to kill himself and that he ruins everything. Did you guys forget that he is our brother, your son. We aren't a family, not even close"

Everyone seemed shocked by my outburst and it took a while for it to settle in. good, I hope they feel bad for what they've driven Rocky to do, I just wish that we could have fixed everything before it got to this point.

"He's changed Ross", Rydel spoke. "He's not our brother anymore, he's a monster. He's always so angry and violent all the time. It's his fault he wound up here, not ours".

What she said just pissed me off even more. I felt around in my pocket, and felt the bottle of pills, the ones that were prescribed for Rocky, I think it's time I told everyone.

"It's not his fault that he changed." I threw the bottle at Riker. "He has a mood disorder, maybe if you guys would actually listen to him, if he felt comfortable enough in his own home to share these kind of things, we wouldn't be here. You know, Rocky actually has a girlfriend. He loves her, today was there one month anniversary, and now, you guys have probably ruined that for him. So congratulations on ruining Rocky's life"

My mum just looked at me before she burst out crying. I felt bad, seeing her this upset, but it was partially her fault that he was here in the first place. That day where she told him that he wasn't her son anymore, you could tell how hurt Rocky was by that and she still doesn't seem like she regrets it.