Someone Better

Chapter 26

Warning: This chapter contains depression, drug use, and under age drinking. If you feel uncomfortable reading I completely understand the section when these section happen there will be a ********at the beginning and end of that section.

Colton's pov (Before the phone call)

John and I are hanging out since Alex is at Layla Dean's house. I know Alex would freak all the way out if she knew I was hanging out with John. I know they have history but I don't really understand what the issue is. I love Alex so much but sometimes I wonder about her that is why I didn't tell her. Today after school she was all over me like she would never see me again. I like to be close and what not but we literally hung out the entire day before then.

After Alex left I made my way to John's house. I don't really know what we are going to do but I'm just guessing it will probably involve some type of alcoholic beverage. I don't like to drink but I do ever once in a while and I know if Alex knew about it she would once freak out.

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I arrive at John's house within ten minutes. I can already tell when he answers to door he has had a few drinks since he got home.

"Hey! Man I am so happy you are here!" John screams in my face once he opens the door.

"Hey man. What are you doing?" I ask steeping into his house.

"Ah noting much. Just drinking."

I feel uncomfortable just sitting on his couch seeing him drunk already. I decide to watch a movie while he keeps drinking. I try to call Alex but she won't answer. John is drunker than what he was when I got here. He has probably drank at least twenty bottles of beer within a two hour time. I feel more uncomfortable with him looking at me.

"You! You stole her from me!" John suddenly yells.

"John I don't know what you are talking about." The fact of the matter is I do know what he is talking about. He is upset because he thinks I took Alex away from him.

"I am so in love with her and I don't even get to be with her because of you! She doesn't deserve someone like you that is using her and had a bet to get her to fall in love with you! I need her you don't!" John is literally crying at the point I don't really know what to do.

I try to Alex but she won't answer her phone. I notice John somehow found his phone in his drunken state and he is also calling Alex.

"I have nothing to live for now! She was my absolute everything and you took that away from me. You are so selfish. I hate you so much." I honestly don't know what to do. My mind is telling me to leave but my body keeps me still.

John comes back from the kitchen crying holding a knife. I see blood and my heart stops.

"John listen you don't have to do this! Everything is going to be alri-" John cuts me off "No! It isn't going to be alright. I want to die because I have nothing to live for! You took away the one good thing in my life."

My heart breaks for him because I know what it is like to be like this. I know what it is like to want to die.

"You have so much to live for. I know I'm not the person you want to hear this from but you are going to be okay in time. You have so many people who care about you. You deserve so much, you deserve to graduate, to get married, to have children, to have grandchildren, and so many more things you have yet to do. I know you love Alex probably a lot more than I do. I'm sorry I took her away from you. I'm sorry I made your life miserable but if you think about it you loved her so much you wanted her to be happy even if it wasn't with you. You broke up with her, you left her, she stood by your side through everything and when things got a little difficult. You were in love with Lisa. You broke Alex into little pieces and she has moved on and is happy and you want to take that from her." John looks at me shocked but still crying.

"I just miss her so much." He says crying even harder now. "I just wanna die." I don't know what to do. He has so much to live for but I know he won't listen to me.

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I keep texting Alex but she won't answer any of my texts. I have no idea what to do so I call Elizabeth.

"Hello?" I hear the line say after three rings.

"Yes hello! It's Colton. Can you do me the biggest favor ever? "

"Yes dear. Are you okay?"

"Yes I'm okay. I just need you to call Alex and tell, her she needs to come home because John wants to k- John is having some issues and I need her help. I just don't know what to do." I start crying half way through the conversation.

"Okay. Yeah I'll call her." I hear her voice crack and I know she is on the edge of losing it.

Elizabeth's pov (Before the phone call)

Ross and I decided to watch a movie because we haven't had a proper date night since we got married. I had a pretty tough day at work and I just wanted to relax. We where halfway through the movie when I got a gut feeling something is really wrong. I hear Ross talking to me but my mind chooses to ignore it as I get up from the bed to get my phone. My gut feeling was correct.

I see Colton's name on my phone I know Alex is with her friend's house. My gut feeling is telling me that something isn't wrong with Alex. Something I'd telling me that it is John. My bad feelings turns into anxiousness. Something is telling me someone needs help.

I answer the call. After three rings.

"Hello?" I answer.

"Yes hello! It's Colton. Can you do me the biggest favor ever? " I hear the boy I've known for about six months in a panic.

"Yes dear. Are you okay?" I answer back trying to remain calm.

"Yes I'm okay. I just need you to call Alex and tell, her she needs to come home because John wants to k- John is having some issues and I need her help. I just don't know what to do." I hear Colton starting to cry and it breaks my heart. I know John has been having some issues recently with not having Alex in his life.

"Okay. Yeah I'll call her." I mentally curse at myself for having my voice crack because I know at any moment I will end up crying.

I call Alex as soon as I get off the phone with Colton. I feel like if this wasn't something serious then he wouldn't have called me.

"Hello mom are you alright?" I hear Alex on the other end and I know her anxiety is rising.

"You need to come now Alex." I say as calmly as I can.

"Okay I'll be there in five minutes." With that said Alex hangs up.

Author Note

This chapter is a day early but I had it finished.

Thank you all so much for over 900 reads! I am so happy and I know this book isn't the best but I will be editing the chapters I don't really like soon.

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