Was It All A Dare? {Jonah Marias}

~:Chapter Twenty-Nine:~

I made a group chat to text everyone to keep them posted. I told them I'm with him and he is still alive, but he isn't up. Oh, also he broke his hand pretty badly apparently. I've been holding his hand, without the cast, and looking at him. Dear god Jonah. Why did you do this. Tears rolled off my cheeks.

"I love you, Jonah." I whispered. I put my other hand on his chest to feel his heartbeat. I smiled feeling it beat. I know there is a thing telling me it's beating, but I like doing this. It makes me know for sure that my home is still there.

"Uh miss." I looked over at the nurse. "Are you staying here or not? Cause if not I have to ask you to leave now visitor hours are over."

"I have school. So, I'll go." I said before she walked out the door. "Bye Jonah. I'll come after school tomorrow." I kissed his forehead and left.

{Next day} I went to school and I hung out with the guys. We all talked about other stuff instead of Jonah which was good. We all were laughing and smiling. I'm actually talking to Daniel. It made me realize how much I missed my best friend. Well, we aren't best friends, but we are actually talking again. The bell rang and I walked to my first period. Once, class starts I look at the empty desk that I always saw Jonah smile and laugh. I closed my eyes tight and put my head down. This is too hard. I'm trying to act like he is just sick, but I just can't. I know he is laying on a hospital bed and seeming lifeless. Why did I have to do anything to him? I should've just done a different thing. I wish I didn't have to hurt him this way. I started crying.

"Hey sweetie." I hear my teacher say. I slightly lift up my head. She quickly squatted by me. "Do you wanna go to the counselor?" I nodded my head and waited for her to give me a pass. I walked into the office and walked to my counselor.

"Oh my gosh! Alexa what happened?" She said after she lifted her head up. I sat down and cried.

"I—it's Jonah. He's in the hospital." I said. She looked at me with concern. "I finally got to talk to him after our break up and things went well and then Kathrine went and messed everything up and she is doing it cause she doesn't want me to be happy." I kept s crying. Katy, my counselor, is the only other parent I really rant to. I call her by her real name because me and her have gotten close. She is actually helpful and sweet. She is one of my favorites. "J-Jonah tried killing himself and I wasn't there in time to help him and...... And I had to bring him to the hospital. I know he is still alive and breathing, but he isn't awake and I think what if he never wakes up and I just can't pretend to myself that he's just at home sick. Seeing his chair empty hurts me it makes me miss looking at him smiling and laughing." I stoped and kept crying and I couldn't stop. Katy stood up and ran to me and gave me a hug.

"I promise you did all that you can and I'm pretty sure he'll be okay he's a strong man." She said before letting go. "I also promise I'll do something about Kathrine cause bullying is a straight zero tolerance here." I slightly smiled. "Here let me talk to the office staff and I can take you wherever to go eat and stuff. You need it."

<hour later> Katy told the office ladies I needed something from home and that she need to talk to my mom like now, so she took me. We went to McDonald's and just talked. It was nice. Katy gave me her number to inform her what happens with Jonah and if I need anything after school hours. After we went back it was basically lunch, so I went to everyone.

"Oh my gosh! Al where have you've been? I didn't see you during second period." Ocean said running to me.

"Sorry I was with my Counselor." I said shrugging. "I needed a parent to talk to... One that I can trust." Everyone looked at me. Corbyn stood up and hugged me.

"I miss him too." He said as I hear his voice break. I squeezed Corbyn tight.

"I bet you do. You've been around him longer." I said after our hug. Corbyn nodded.

"But, you are in love with him. That must suck even more seeing him like that." He said quietly. All I did was nod. And we went and sat down and said nothing for a bit.

"Hey guys." Jack said breaking the silence. "Do you remember when we went bowling for like the third time all together and Jonah slipped and fell in his face." Jack said laughing.

"Oh my gosh! Then he did like a cheesy pick up line to Alexa!" Reed said smiling. We all laughed remembering that moment. Well, Ocean is laughing wishing she was there.

"Yeah well Jonah always made cheesy pick up lines." I said laughing.

"Well, you're the first girlfriend that he actually did that to." Daniel said smiling. I looked at him in shock.

"Really?" I said. All the guys nodded. We spent the rest of lunch just remembering all of those funny and nice moments of Jonah. We said our favorite things and laughed. That made me better. Knowing that he's still breathing makes me believe that he'll be fine.

"I got a better story!" Reed said smiling. "I remember when me and Jonah were little when I first met him we were like in 1st grade. I took his box of crayons. Instead of him throwing a fit he just shrugged and sat by me and from that day we were friends."

"Awwww!" I said smiling. "A little origin story. Yet somehow I haven't really talked to Jonah until now. I remember kinda being around him when I was tiny, but I was jealous that my brother wanted to be with him more or I would be with my other friend that moved."

"I only have that me and Jonah met each other in class we sat by each other in 5th grade so we started to talk cause like we got bored of the art lesson and we can't draw." Jack said. I started laughing and smiling also.

"Oh wow. Me and Jonah bonded over the same music in band when we were 7th graders." Corbyn said laughing.

"Oh nice. I remember in kindergarten when I was on the playground and I tripped as I ran off the slide and knocked him down." Daniel said smiling. "We hung out everyday after that because I felt bad."

"Aww! That's adorable. Little Dany and little Jojo." I said smiling. After that lunch was over and I waited to go back and see Jonah.