You're My Rock ( A Rocky Lynch Story )

Chapter 12

JULES POV

I ran into the room and saw Rocky on the bed hooked up to several machines and his skin was almost as pale as the sheets he was wrapped in. I noticed a boy with blonde hair in the chair beside the bed. He mustn't have heard me come in because he continued to stare at Rocky with bloodshot eyes.

"Ross?"

He turned around and gave me a little smile. You could see the hurt in his eyes as he looked at his brother. The way he looked at him, you could tell he cared about him.

"You're Jules right, Rocky's girlfriend?"

"Uh yeah, that's me"

He gestured towards the seat beside him, so I walked over and sat down quietly. I reached out and held Rocky's hand, tangling his cold fingers in mine. He looked so quiet and peaceful as he lay there. Flashbacks from what happened in the car flooded into my mind. I didn't understand why he was so angry all of a sudden. I pushed those thoughts far from my mind. I had to focus on helping Rocky through his recovery stage.

"How is he?" I asked Ross.

"The doctor said he would be awake soon, and that he'll be ok"

"I don't understand why he would do something like this. What happened?"

Ross sighed and began to explain what had happened earlier today. I was crying by the end of it, and so was he. I had no idea that this is what Rocky was going through, that's probably the reason why he didn't want me to meet his family. I shouldn't have bothered him so much about it in the car.

Ross looked over at me for a few seconds, before he pulled me into a tight hug. I sobbed into his shoulder, and I could tell he was crying, due to the occasional sniffle and his tears were running onto the back of my neck. He rubbed my back soothingly as I continued to cry.

I heard the door open and turned my head slightly to see the rest of Rocky's family making their way into the room. I could feel Ross turn up, and I couldn't help but somewhat blame them for what happened to Rocky. They looked at me with confused expressions, and Ross pulled away from the hug.

"This is Rocky's girlfriend, Jules"

I gave them a small smile, despite the situation; I still wanted to make a good impression. They all introduced themselves, although his mum didn't look all that happy to see me here. The rest of them though seemed really nice. I think Riker was feeling a bit off, but his little brother did just try to kill himself, so that could be why. He made his way over to me after 20 minutes of waiting for Rocky to wake up.

"Jules can I talk to you for a sec?"

He seemed really nervous, but I agreed and he led me outside of the room. It was deserted in the hall, which to me was kind of scary. Not to mention the dim lighting and smell of disinfectant.

"What's up?"

He put his hands in his pockets and looked at the ground. His hair was hanging down over his face so I couldn't see his emotions.

"I'm sorry"

"Riker, why are you sorry? You haven't done anything wrong"

He looked up again and I could see the tears running down his cheeks. He sniffled a few times and ran his hands through his hair nervously.

"This is all my fault. I'm his older brother, I'm supposed to be looking out for him and protecting him. I practically told him to kill himself. It's my fault"

After his confession, Riker totally broke down. He let out a huge cry and fell to his knees sobbing. He buried his face in his hands, and continued to cry. What he said had some truth to it, but it wasn't just his fault. We all played some part in this and it wasn't fair to Riker to let him blame himself for this.

I sat knelt down next to him and pulled his hands away from his face. He looked up at me with a broken expression.

"Riker we all made mistakes, we all should have been there for Rocky, but what's important is that we're with him now, he needs us more than ever. We have to stay strong for Rocky's sake"

I leant over and pulled Riker into a tight hug. He hugged me back and cried into my chest. A few tears ran down my face as I watched him cry his heart out. His whole body was shaking as he continued crying. After a few minutes I noticed that he had stopped crying; now there was just an occasional sniffle. We were still hugging when he finally looked up. His eyes were swollen and red, but he was clearly in a better mood.

"Thanks Jules, for helping me. You're really good at giving advice"

"You're welcome Riker" I said as a blush formed on my cheeks. "Let's head back in"

He agreed and we re-entered the room. Everyone was talking at once. I looked closer and the first thing I noticed was that Rocky was in a more upright position and his eyes were open.

ROCKY POV

My eyes slowly opened, only for me to shut them again instantly, due to the blinding white light that surrounded me. I opened them again, slower, giving them time to adjust to the dramatic lighting change. I looked around the room, and saw all of my family gathering around. I noticed that Riker was missing, and I couldn't spot Jules, which made my heart sink.

I was frustrated that I was still alive. I thought for sure I had taken enough of the pills to kill me. I started getting bombarded with people shouting and asking questions. The door opened and Riker walked in with Jules, making everyone go silent.

Jules' eyes opened wide and she ran over to me, enveloping me in a tight hug. I was too shocked to hug her back, and she pulled away after a few seconds.

"I'm so glad you're ok Rocky, I was so worried"

"I thought you hated me..."

"I love you way too much to be able to hate you"

I smiled as she moved the hair out of my eyes. We just stared at each other for a while, before someone cleared their throat. It was Ross. I looked away from Jules, and noticed that Ross had puffy and red eyes, his hair was a mess, and he looked like he hadn't slept in days. It was around 7 in the morning now, so I thought he would have had plenty of sleep.

"I'm sorry Rocky, I should have known what was going on, I'm sorry for the things I said, I know it's not your fault this happened to you"

"What are you talking about?"

How could it not have been my fault? I tried to intentionally kill myself. I wanted to die. I still might, it just depends on how things go.

"Rocky...we know about your disorder..."

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