CRASH (Harry Styles and Demi Lovato)

Chapter 8 ∽ Why Did This Happen?

A/N: A picture of Chelsea is in the media box (Just imagine her without the tattoos) :)

DEMI'S POV

"I-its Chelsea," Brianna said to me, her voice shaky from all her crying. I got chills down my spine because of all the scenarios that flashed into my mind at the mention of Chelsea's name. Oh God, what could have happened to her that Brianna would react like this?

"W-what happened?" I asked Brianna, unsure if I'd even like to know the answer to the question.

She shook her head and buried her face inside of her palms. Her shoulders rose up and down as her sobs got louder. The muffled sound of her voice beneath her hands was driving me crazy, as I couldn't bare to wait for the bomb of bad news that I knew was about to be dropped on me. I really couldn't take it when people cry, especially when they're crying for the people that I cared about. Brianna has to stop this and get herself together before I was the one who loses it because of all the anxiety and worry building up inside of me.

I clasped her hands and gently removed it from her face, she didn't fight it but she kept her head low. I tilted her head by her chin to face me and looked at her straight in the eyes,

"Bri, you have got to get yourself together. I wouldn't know what's happening if you'll just keep crying. Come on, don't be a cry baby," I joked at the end to lighten up the tension and to mask the uneasiness that I felt. But Brianna remained silent, her face giving no reaction but a little twist of her lips.

I led Brianna to the couch and sat with her while keeping her hands buried underneath mine as I placed them on my lap to give her some sense of comfort.

Brianna snifled and removed one of her hand from mine to wipe her tears away, "Okay, I'm sorry," she let out a deep breath to calm herself and faced me,

"Well, last night... I mean, this morning, three a.m. this morning," she corrected herself and I nodded for her to continue.

"Raph took Chelsea home just like you asked him to, she's staying with her cousin at his apartment downtown, so Raph drove her there. I wanted to go with them, I should've, but I had to stay at the club to settle the final bills with the manager." She stopped her story at the expense of the tears that were building up at the brim of her eyes.

She blinked them away before talking again, "I should've gone with them Dems, I shouldn't have left both of them alone together. I knew they were both drunk but I still left Raph to drive. I was a fucking idiot Dems! I didn't fucking use my mind!" She bursted into tears again, sobbing louder than before.

By the way Brianna has narrated the happenings so far, I think I already knew what was coming up and I didn't think I'm ready to actually hear it spill from her mouth though.

"Shhh. Calm down, everything's fine," I rubbed her back to help soothe her sobs.

She shook her head while facing me again, "No Dems, everything is a mess. Raph and Brianna got into a car accident and now their both at the hospital." Oh God. There goes the bomb. I expected an outburst of bad news but this was just a fucking explosion.

"Wh-what? How? How did this happen?" I mumbled out, my voice sounding shaky as I can't find words to even form a fucking sentence without being at the edge of tears. The aweful news had just caught me off guard and I still couldn't believe the unthinkable words that stumbled out Brianna's mouth.

"I don't know what exactly happened. But, I got a call from the police around 4 a.m.. They said that Raph and Chelsea crashed into a ten wheeler truck. Raph was on the driver side so he only got his arm broken and a few minor concussions, but Chelsea... She was sitting on the passenger seat, where the impact was hit and they said that she lost alot of blood," Brianna explained as I stare mindlessy at her face. I couldn't bring myself up to speak after hearing the things that I've just heard happened to my friends.