The Key To My Heart

Chapter Twenty

Devan's POV
I took a deep breath, going into my parent's house. It has been a week and a half since we'd buried Hannah, and Leah was still somewhat of a mess. She had, however, insisted that I come discuss what Collins and I would be doing for the next video. I headed up to his room, and knocked on the door.

"I'll take the trash out in a minute, mom!" I chuckled, going in and finding him laying on the bed, shirtless, and playing a game on his phone. He wasn't paying any attention, so I went over, and shrieked, scaring him.

"AHHH!!" He rolled off the bed, yelling, and crashed to the floor. I sat on the bed, barely able to breathe because I was laughing so hard.

"Yo! What the- Devan?! What was that for?!" I laughed, catching my breath so I could actually talk.
"Oh, man. Sorry, bro, but you were asking for that one. And shirt, please." He stood, chuckling, and yanked on a black t-shirt.
"So, what brings you to my humble abode on this fine, fine day?" I smiled slightly, running a hand through my hair.
"The videos. Look, I know we were supposed to do one together last week, but things got out of hand, and I couldn't. I'm sorry." He gave me a weird look, sitting back down at his computer.
"Out of hand? What do you mean?" I shook my head slightly, closing my eyes. Our parents hadn't told him about Hannah yet.

"I'm sorry, bro. I thought you already knew. I...I can't talk about it. It just got crazy." He snorted.
"Yeah. Or you were skipping out on it so you could spend more time with Leah. You know, you've seemed out if it since you two got married." My head shot up, and I looked at him, shocked.
"What? No! And I wasn't. I mean, I was with Leah, but I had a reason. You wouldn't understand." He crossed his arms, and shook his head.
"Wouldn't understand? Says who?! Devan, I've told you everything! Why can't you just tell me what happened last week?! Or is this just not important to you anymore?" That did it for me. My arm's dropped to my sides, and I stood.

"You know what? I know you wouldn't. And I wasn't here last week, because I was trying to help Leah. Apparently you haven't heard, but we lost Hannah last week. She's gone." He froze, shocked.
"Wh....what?" I slid my phone into my pocket, and started to leave, but paused by the door, and turned back around.

"Yeah. I was trying to be there for my wife, because we just lost our daughter. But apparently you don't care, because the videos are more important to you. So just....just forget it. We can talk about the video later. But for now....Forget it." I left, closing the door behind me. I headed back downstairs, got in the car, and broke down. It was still setting in that Hannah was gone. And......I had just screamed at my brother. I drove home, fighting to keep the tears from falling. I went in, and found Leah at the kitchen table, holding the little pink bear Riley had given her. She looked up, giving me a watery smile.

"Hey." I forced a weak smile, sitting down across from her.
"Hey. You okay?" She shrugged slightly, staring at the bear.
"Sort of. But...You're not. I'm guessing things didn't go that well?" I shook my head, looking at the table. She put a hand on my arm.
"What happened?" She asked quietly, and I sighed.
"I basically screamed at Collins. He didn't....Our parents didn't tell him about Hannah, apparently. So....He was asking why I wasn't able to film last week, and I lost it." She set the bear down, taking my hands.
"Devan, we can both go tomorrow. I need to talk with your mom, and while I'm doing that, you two can film." I nodded slowly, and she got up, coming around and hugging me.

"We're going to make it through this, Devan. We have to." I nodded, holding her close.
"I know we will, baby. I know."