Dear Diary (A Hunter Hayes Fanfic)

Chapter 40. Finding Out

Chapter 40

Sam hung up the phone and turned to the guys. They were at one of their late night writing sessions, but Hunter wasn't there because he had was sick. Thank God, because who knows what he would have done if he was there for this.

"Laurel is um...." He didn't know how to phrase this. It wasn't the kind of news you just drop on someone. But, not saying it at all was worse, and sometimes the only way you could force it out was to just say it. ",in trouble? I guess you could say that. Um..."

"SAM JUST SPIT IT OUT ALREADY!" Matt yelled at him.

"SHE ISN'T EATING."

The color drained from their faces. They sat there in silence for a moment.

She wasn't just Hunter's girlfriend. She was their friend too.

"What are we going to do?" Steve asked.

"Katherine told me to tell Hunter. And once he finds out he's gonna want to go there. I think we should go with him," Sam stated.

"I think we should too," Matt said. "She's our friend."

"Yeah," Andy said. "We should."

"Of corse," Devo said.

Steve looked around for a moment, "100%".

"Ok. Let's do it. We'll get some flights and stuff," Sam said.

They sat in silence for a moment. They were all thinking the same question, but no one wanted to say anything because they knew that no one knew the answer.

Finally, Matt said what they all needed an answer to: "How the frack are we supposed to tell Hunter?"

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Hunter's POV

I was sprawled out all over my couch in the living room. My nose was red and my hair was messy and all over the place. Tissues were spread out all over the couch and my living room and there was a box on the coffee table right in front of me. Top Gear was on the TV in front of me and I was intently watching the cool cars on my TV when the door bell rang.

I groaned. I didn't want to get up. Not now. My whole body ached and my nose was stuffed up yet runny at the same time. It was the worst cold I had in my entire life.

"Hunter! Let me in!" I heard Sam yell from the other side of the door. He kept knocking until finally made it to the door.

I opened it and it was indeed Sam standing there. Then, the rest of the guys popped out from behind him.

"You don't look to good," Matt pointed out.

"I feel even worse."

We stood there a moment in silence, but it was broken when Sam said:

"Are you going to let us in now?"

I motioned for them to come in. I went over to my kitchen and took two of the pills in the container on the counter whole everyone found a spot in the living room.

"What's up?" I asked groggily and in a slightly different octave due to how stuffed my my nose was.

"How the frack do we say this..." Madd said.

I looked at them confused. "How that frack do you say what?"

"Hunter," Sam began. "Laurel is... Uh"

"Laurel is what? Sam what are you talking about?" A million thoughts raced through my head. What was wrong with Laurel? Is she ok? Cheating on me? What is it?

"After you two uploaded the video she started getting hate."

"No," I said. "Not her. No."

"She stopped talking to everyone and now she isn't eating."

I stood up and kicked a pillow as hard as I could. "Shit. No. No. No. I have to go. I have to. She said she wouldn't do this again. I have to see her."

"Wait." Matt said. "Again?"

"This happened before. She told me that I helped her without even being there. I need to go. Now."

I started panicking and pacing around the room. My heart was racing a million miles a minute. Why Laurel? Why couldn't have it been me? I can't let this continue. She's my everything and I'm not going to let her go anytime soon. I don't want to ever let her go.

"Hunt. Calm down. We have flights booked for tomorrow morning." Devo said. He was trying to calm me down but it wasn't working.

"That isn't soon enough! I need to be with her right now!"

"Hunter. You're sick right now. Get some medicine or something and feel better so when you see her, you can help her. But right now you need to help yourself. Katherine's with her. She's going to force her to eat today. Just sit down and relax, ok?" Sam tried to help me as best as he could.

Reluctantly, I sat back down on the couch and my breathing started to steady. I hated that feeling. So far away from her I was helpless. I couldn't do anything. If I called her she wouldn't answer. I couldn't do anything until tomorrow.

"Feel better Hunt. Matt is going to pick you up at 6am,"Andy said.

I nodded and they let themselves out. I tried to absorb myself in Top Gear, but it didn't work and I soon found tears of frustration and sadness falling from my eyes.

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Katherine's POV

"Sam. You guys need to get her as soon as possible. Laurel's just getting worse. She wasn't in school today." I said into the phone. I was sitting at my kitchen counter eating some chips after school. Although I couldn't eat much. I felt guilty eating knowing that Laurel wouldn't.

"We can't get there until tomorrow. Can't you go to her house or something?" He asked me.

"I went over right after school but her parents told me to go. They think she's sick and that's why she's not eating," i explained.

"Hunt's sick too but he's coming anyway. We all are."

"Thank you so much. You honestly have no idea."

"We should go do something while the two love birds have their chat," He said. Sam is awesome, but would Luke be ok with it?

"Maybe," I said. "My first priority is to make sure Laurel's okay."

"That's cool. Our flight gets in at 9 so we'll be at Laurel's around 10. "

"I'll make sure they let us in." I said. "I'll break in if I have to."

"I hope you don't have to," he laughed.

"Neither do I. See ya'll tomorrow. I wish we were seeing you guys again for a happier occasion though."

"We'll be back for your graduation. Do you know where you're going yet?"

"Pepperdine University," I answered.

"California. That's far."

"Yep. The school is awesome though."

"I bet it is." He said. "Well I'll see you guys tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye, Sam" and I hung up the phone.

Laurel needed us. But did she know that?

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I'm killing myself writing these chapters. I cry every time.

Hope ya'll enjoyed!

P.S.

How would you feel if I made two other characters a couple?

Hearts and Rockets,

Julia