Not All Angels Have Wings (#Wattys2017)

Teardrop pt.3

After exiting the restroom, Luke went back to where everyone was practicing. He looked scared and hated the fact that someone could, and would do that. 'What could have lead Lux to do something like that? How could she? Have the others done the same? Did the others know?' These were just a few of the questions running trough Luke's mind at the moment.

"Luke whats wrong?" Michael questioned as he entered the room. Luke was paler than normal and was sick to his stomach, "You look like you've seen a ghost." Michael and everyone else ran to his side, and helped him sit down.

"I-I..." Luke stuttered, he didn't know what he was going to do, or how he was supposed to tell them.

"Luke tell me what happened!" Huxley seemed agitated. The only time Lux acted like this was... 'Oh god...' Huxley already knew what it was, "Don't tell me, she..."

Luke nodded his head, "T-there were scars, on her wrist, and arms... N-not only that, b-but new ones..." Tears were freely streaming down his face at this point. "W-why?! Tell me why she's doing this to herself! Why would someone as sweet as her do something as cruel as that to herself!?"

Huxley cursed under her breath and stormed out of the doors, "Huxley, wait!" Ashton shouted and followed behind her.

*With Lux*

Lux sobbed uncontrollably. "Ha, so whats happened this time, Druggie?"

Lux froze, upon hearing the nick name Druggie she knew who was there. She froze and slowly turned around and saw Ashley standing there. "W-why?"

"Oh you know, just because, now let me see your arms." Ashley laughed, acting like there was nothing wrong.

Lux was stiff as she rolled up the sleeves of her sweater, and cried even more.

"Ha, so you finally did it, or, at least you tried! You're such a wimp, you cant even take your own life!" Ashley just kept making fun of her.

"Please just leave me alone..." Lux pleaded, but it did not matter, because she would not listen.

"Now why would I want to do something like that?" Ashley asked, "So tell me Druggie, whats so good about life that you haven't killed yourself yet?"

Lux froze, she knew if she answered with an honest answer, Ashley would turn that against her, but if she answered sarcastically, she was in for it. "I don't know, maybe that fact that I get to see my best friend steal your boyfriend, from right underneath your nose." Lux immediately covered her mouth with her hands, 'What have I done...?'

Ashley growled, "Excuse me?" Ashley raised her hand and smacked Lux causing her cheek to go bright pink. Lux was crying once again. "Who gave you the right to talk to me like that?! You're such a b- " Lux cut her off with a push. "And now look at you, you're trying to fight back, but you see Druggie, all those drugs make you weak! All that blood loss makes you weak! And you being yourself is weak! I'm starting to think that killing yourself is too large of a job for you to handle! I might have to take that on myself!"

Ashley grabbed Lux the neck and more tears fell from Lux's eyes. She could no longer breath as Ashley held her against the bathroom door. Lux desperately tried to fight back and at the same time looked for the door handle.

Lux opened the door, and they both feel to the floor. Ashley landed on the top of Lux and kept her hands around her neck. Suddenly the front door to the bus slammed open. Lux's vision was going blurry when she saw Huxley and Ashton tear Ashley off of her. They all ended up in the main room of the bus leaving Lux by herself in the bathroom.

Slowly she made her way to the bathroom door, while gasping for air. She shut the door and locked it. Huxley on the other hand was throwing punches at Ashley.Huxley stopped as Ashley started laughing. "Whats so funny?" Huxley growled.

"You're protecting that weak pathetic girl who cant even protect herself..." Ashley laughed.

"What do you mean?" Huxley was confused.

"Cant you see that she wants to die. She's just too weak to try. So I was just trying to put her out of. Her misery." Ashley continued to laugh and was immediately punched by Huxley.

"Shut up!" She yelled, holding Ashley by the neck, now chocking her.

"Huxley, stop!" Ashton shouted, pulling the two apart. Ashley ran from the two and out of the bus, leaving he scene.

Lux sat on the bathroom floor crying, tears not planning to stop anytime soon. For all the knew the might never stop. "Lux come out of there, Ashley's gone now, she can't hurt you..." Huxley said from outside the bathroom door. Ping! With that sentence Lux knew she was definitely as weak as Ashley said she was. 'Maybe I should. I mean its not like there's anything for me here. Everyone is probably mad at me, anyway.' Lux slowly stood up, ignoring the pleas for her to open the door and opened the cabinet. Hesitantly she pulled out a bottle of pills.

Huxley continued to bang on the door, pleading for Lux to come out, fearing the worst. "Huxley!" A voice yelled. Huxley ignored it as she continued pleading Lux to open the door. "Huxley look at me right now! I need to talk to you!"

Slowly she turned around and saw Michael standing there. "You need to understand one thing, you may be my boyfriend, don't ever get between my saving Lux." 'Like this door...'

"No Huxley, get over here right now." Michael seemed calm.

"No."

"Then at least tell me one thing."

"What?"

"Did you know, or did you cut as well?"

"I..."

Michael was upset, "Tell me!" Huxley put her arms behind her back, but Michael grabbed one and pulled up her sleeve. Tears fell from his eyes at the sight. Not just scars from cutting lined her arms, but also needle marks. No new ones, no, but scars. He pulled her into a hug and asked, "Why?"

"Michael, its because of some stuff I don't feel comfortable talking about. " She replied.

"Okay." He wanted to know more, but if she wasn't comfortable sharing he wasn't gonna push it.

"Hey whats going on? We saw Ashley run out of the bus pretty beat up What happened?" Indigo shouted, running into the bus. Her, Blaine and Calum looked confused. Luke, on the other hand, seemed angry.

"Its a long story! All you need to know is that Lux locked herself in the bathroom and she isn't coming out!" Huxley replied, escaping Michael's grasp and running back to the bathroom door.

"Why?! Lux! COME OUT PLEASE!" Blaine shouted, banging on the door as well.

Lux stared at herself in the mirror. 'She's right... I'm weak... I can't continue living like this anymore...' "Huxley, Blaine, Indigo, Ashton, Michael, Calum... Luke... I'm sorry... I can't do this anymore. Ashley was right, I am weak... I'm a coward, so I'm doing what most weak cowards do. I can't live like this anymore... So i'm taking the cowards way out. I'm sorry..."

Lux grabbed opened the pill bottle and poured 15 pills into her hand. 'This is it...' Lux cried, and turned on the sink faucet and fill the cup that sits next to the sink. She put the pills in her mouth and swallowed them with the help of the water.Her vision began to blur, and she felt dizzy. Knocking stuff off the counter as she fell. 'I'm sorry...'

A/N: Hey... You all probably hate me right now for leaving you on a cliff hanger... Well on the bright side at least I updated in a timely manner... Okay, well I'm sorry for the sad chapter... Bye...