Stepping Stones

Blood and tears

Alex's POV

We slowly creep out of Skyler's room. Elliot and I walk downstairs to find the rest of the boys on the couch talking.

"how is she" Zach asked.
"well she's asleep now but we need to talk about something serious, the past couple of weeks haven't been great have they, Sky seems to becoming more distressed and we need to do something, I know we tried the first couple of months but we gave up too soon, she feels alone. We need to support her, something needs to change. And soon" I say.

"she's just looking for attention, leave her to deal with her issues" Trust Tyler to say that.
"how dare you, you haven't just witnessed what happened up there. That's why we're here. You used to be so close with her, what happened?" elliot says exasperated.

Tyler looks stunned "I have my reasons" he growls, "don't fucking test me little bro" he tops it off with a murderous look.

"we are not here to fight but don't even think about threatening MY twin" I say standing up.

"hey. Hey stop it!" Zach intervenes "you said there was something important. Go ahead"

"Skyler just had a panic attack" I let out a breath I didn't realise I was holding in.
"What?" Dean whispered. The rest of the boys just looked sad. Well apart from Tyler.

"What triggered it?" Jason asked.
"It sounds really stupid but I said I love you. And we were such shit brothers that she hadn't even heard that since the funeral! There obviously something deeper than this"
"Hey we'll figure something out. Don't worry bud" max says to Elliot.

"Something needs to happen." Luke said. Noah wasn't saying anything.
"Hey bro are you ok?" I say to Noah.

"How could we have missed so much? There's obviously something more, we were just such stupid idiots that have basically neglected her, to realise!" He basically shouts and walks off to his room.

We hear and door slam,
"I'll go see if he's ok" luke scurried off to find his younger twin.

Zach swiftly cuts in "And with that. We should get to bed. We need to talk about this in the day. Emotions are high at night and especially are tonight let's just go. Night everyone. Love you guys" I heard the mumble of 'night' and 'love you too'

I went back to my room and got ready for bed. The last thing I thought was we need to figure out what's wrong with Sky.

Next morning

!!Trigger warning!!

Skyler's POV

I wake up with a headache. I feel awful today. I turn over in bed and see a picture of my mum and dad before they had any of us. They were stood with each other smiling, arms wrapped around each other. Looking at the camera.

I wish I was that happy. I felt I tear roll down my cheek. I then I felt an urge.

I'm now sat on my bed with blood dripping now my wrists. Why do I do this to myself? Because you deserve it. Your parents overdosed because you weren't there for them. The thoughts whirled around my head like a hurricane.

Then I heard the door start to open. "I'M NAKED DON'T COME IN!" What I panicked. What a stupid excuse, I laughed at myself.
"Oh erm ok, I just came to bring you down for breakfast" Jason closed the door, "don't be long"
"Whatever" I mumbled as I heard footsteps leading away.