I'm fine i'm just beyond repair

Chapter 15

Luke panicked when he woke up in an empty bed. He perfectly remembered everything that had happened only a few hours ago, and even though it was still dark outside, he got up and got dressed, searching for his phone to talk to his boyfriend. He texted him, but decided he couldn't wait that long. He called the boy, but after the third time, he just shoved his phone in his pocket and rushed out of the house, to Michael's. He only just then realized he had never been inside and something about that realization made him sick. What more was Michael hiding from him?

He rang the doorbell and knocked on the door a few times. No answer. He tried again and again, and started to panic. He walked around the house, looking for another way in. When he found an open window on the second floor, he tried to climb the drainpipe. It didn't take him as long as expected to get inside Michael's room. It was empty. Luke's heart started to race as he ran towards the door, opening it. He tried every room until he opened the bathroom door. Michael was in the bathtub, fully clothed. The water was red and Luke noticed the cuts on his lover's wrists. He felt like vomiting and crying and fainting but something inside him told him to do something. He rushed towards the boy, grabbing his head, checking his pulse. He actually started crying when he felt it and he dialled 911 with trembling hands, crying through the whole call, but still doing what he was told to do.

When the paramedics arrived, Luke's parents woke up from the sirens and rushed towards their son when they recognized him from where they had been watching.

"Luke, what happened?"

"Michael told me he was depressed yesterday and he was gone and I found him and..." Luke cried, as his father wrapped his arms around him, pressing him against in chest in order to calm him down.

"Where are his parents?"

"I don't know, nobody was home."

"I'll bring you to the hospital right away. Luke, is there anyone we could call?"

"Calum. Call Calum."

Liz ran into the house to call her son's friend as Luke and his father followed the ambulance to the hospital. Luke was shaking the entire ride, not even feeling the tears that were rushing down his face. His father tried to calm him down, telling him everything was going to be alright but Luke didn't even hear it.

"Where is he!? Luke! What happened?" Luke looked up from where he was waiting for the doctors, Calum was entering the room, eyes big and voice trembling, Ashton following suit. Luke's father was still trying to find out where Michael's parents were, but with no luck.

"He's in there." Luke nodded his head towards one of the many doors, too tired to say or do anything else. Calum sat down on Luke's left, Ashton on his right. The two boys tried to comfort him while the tears filed his eyes again. They sat in silent, their sobbing filling the air around them.

"Cal, do you know how I can reach his parents?"

"His parents died in a car accident two years ago." Calum spoke. Luke cringed; how did he not know that? Michael was his boyfriend for fuck's sake.

"I'm sorry." Calum said to Luke.

"He said he wanted to tell you himself."

"His grandma pays for everything, but he doesn't want to live with her." Calum explained.

"Shouldn't we call her?"

"She lives in London. But yeah, she definitely needs to know."

The room fell silent again, the four men impatiently waiting for the doctor, Liz joining them half an hour later.

(Yayy i did it, see you all tomorrow)