They Found Out | C.F. & O2L

Chapter 28

I'm so sorry for leaving this story open for so long without an update...

Connor's P.O.V.
I have been thinking. After Kian and I had a talk, I knew I had to change my ways. The nightmare had scared me so much and it seemed like such reality. I can't do this to them. I cannot hurt them like this. I already got Sam so far. I need to get better. I will need their help more then ever, but I'm sure I can get better. It has not always been like this. I know things can get better. I just have to believe.

Kian's P.O.V.
I never knew it was going to work. After I had talked to Connor, he looked way different. There was a whole kind of different glow in his eyes, one I haven't seen before. It looked like hope and something persistent. As if he knows what he is going to do. I just hope it will stay there. He went up to his room and he emerged completely new. He had done his hair the way he hasn't done in a while and he dressed up nicely, the way I knew him. The confident Connor.

I really liked seeing him like this. Maybe he has reached his lowest point and is only going up. I know I shouldn't be this positive. Things are going to be tough, but I hope it's a good start. "What happened with you?" Jc asked Connor after we all gawked at him. "I decided that a change was needed. I'm going to get better. I have to get better. No more pain, no more hurting Sam, no more medication. That is what I'm going to strive for." Connor speaks. We all smile. "I'm proud of you." Ricky stands up and hugs him.

"So... mister Franta. What are your plans for today?" I ask him. "Well, I was going to go for a stroll and I was thinking of calling some people and make plans for later on. I need them to know that I'm trying and getting better. I want to pick up my life again." He says. I smile at him. "Want us to come with? We'll make an o2l day out of it." Ricky asks him. He nods, "Yeah sure, but then it only sounds fair if we invite Sam and Trevor." I tell him. It sounds nice to hang out with the guys again. I am enjoying this very much. "If you're talking like this, it only sounds fair if we invite Troye and Tyler to come along. They have been there for us through so much." Jc speaks. We all agree.

We instantly call up all the boys. We wait for Troye and Tyler and get on our way fast to pick up the other two. Sam seemed at least smiling a bit when we picked him up. I hope that him seeing Connor so happy and trying so hard, that his switch will flip as well. We get to the woods with lunch and multiple bottles with multiple sodas. When we finally decide to eat, we find a nice place in the woods. We took a football with us, so we are playing a few games of soccer and made goals with backpacks and stacked a few branches in the ground.

My team scored a few good points, but lost... We sat down and I handed out some sandwiches. I watched Connor eat, and knew we were going to have troubles with his eating, but he's trying to eat as much as he can, which makes me proud. I look over to see Sam deep in conversation with his sandwich. He has loosened up so much today and seems genuinely happy. Seeing Connor like this has opened up so much for him. As long as we are okay, he is okay. I wish it were different, but it's the sad truth. Sam is really attached to our friendships.

At some point, Tyler stood up and moved next to me. "This is nice." He says. I nod agreeing. "Yeah, it's really nice." I tell him. "Do you think he will stay like this?" He asks me. I shrug. "I hope so. It's going to be tough, but he's trying." I don't really know what to say, so I say what I think. Be honest with him, and myself. "If this is the new him, I think it's time for me and Troye to go home. I think you're old enough to handle the upcoming things. Yeah, things will be difficult, but I believe that this is something the four, or six, of you should be doing. Of course we're only a phone call away. You know what I mean."  Tyler tells me. I know he's right.

"It's time. I know." I say. He's obviously right. We've seen him in such worse conditions, that I think we'll be able to handle everything that's coming our way in the future. Like he said, he's only a phone call away. We still have Sweets. He'll help us through the rest of this and we'll get our boys back. The thought of having Connor and Sam back makes me so happy somehow. I just wonder if I'm making myself happy with nothing. Something bad can happen and we'll be back to nothing. I don't want that to happen.