Hope is Dead

Chapter thirty one

Luke kicked the door to the house open and aimed his shotgun around letting the other's inside before shutting the door, Tyler laid Craig on the couch and grabbed the pillows around on different chair putting them under Craig's foot before sitting beside him on the ground. Luke walked over to Marcel seeing him and Evan were looking in the kitchen while Lui and Brian looked upstairs. Luke pulled his shotgun out and sat at the table looking into the backyard seeing the night set in. 

Evan chuckled and pulled out a wine bottle turning to the others who were in the room with him as Tyler came in, he put the bottle on the counter and went back to looking, Marcel grabbed it and read it ''Merlot.'' he said and looked at the cork ''Brand new.'' Tyler walked over and looked at it over Marcel's shoulder being very tall, he turned and opened a cupboard grabbing wine glasses and put them out ''There's only five.'' he said and looked at them, Luke got up leaving his shotgun at the table, he grabbed it and took two metal bit's up popping the cork out then took a glass, the noise got the other's attention and they all came in except for Craig, Tyler took the bottle from him after.

Tyler poured him and Craig a glass before carrying it out to him, Marcel then took a glass leaving one more glass, he filled it and passed it to Evan taking the last one, Lui walked over and looked over to Brian ''Are you planning on having any?'' Brian looked up and grabbed two more then backed up looking into the living room at Brock who had sat down ''You having any Brock?'' he shook his head and Brian put the two glasses beside Lui, Lui poured both and Brian took one of them before Lui picked the bottle up drinking from it, they watched in shock then looked at each other as he lowered it ''I'm allowed, I'm widowed.'' he said and took the glass entering the living room, grief then set in and they joined the others in the living room.

Marcel sat in front of the fire place tossing bit's of wood inside the fire place while Lui downed more wine this time right from the bottle ''Lui slow down.'' Craig warned and Lui looked over at him with no emotion looking like he was about to cry ''Why?'' he asked and downed more ''Because it effects your liver.'' Craig warned some more and Lui sighed holding the bottle ''He's gone.'' Craig and Tyler looked over at him while the other's just perked up hearing him. Lui shook his head ''It's not fair.'' he said and took another sip getting up, he lost his balance slightly and Evan put his hand up sitting next to him on the floor, Lui then walked around the couch and went upstairs to claim a bed.

He stumbled up the stairs and peeked inside a room seeing Luke sitting on the bed holding a walkie talkie ''Where did you get that?'' he asked, his words starting to become slurred ''It was in the drawer.'' Lui stepped inside and sat on the bed leaning on Luke's arm looking at the walkie talkie in his hand, Luke grabbed the bottle from Lui seeing there was maybe two drops left in it ''Please don't lecture me on drinking.'' Luke looked at him still resting his head on his arm ''I won't, I understand.'' Lui pushed up and looked at him ''You've lost someone you've loved from one of your friends pushing them on train tracks?'' Lui said, envy running on his words, Luke looked at him ''I've lost someone I love.'' Lui looked at him then looked at the ground.

Marcel stepped up on the last step and stopped hearing talking ''How?'' he walked over to the door and leaned on the wall right beside the door ''Tumor.'' Marcel's eye's widened and he listened more ''Who was it to you?'' Luke gulped ''My fiancé.'' Lui looked up at him, having laid down on the bed ''Kind of like me.'' Lui smiled a bit, Luke nodded ''Yeah, except David died fast and painless.'' Lui shot up and looked at him ''How do you know that? It didn't need to be physical pain it could've been emotional, he could've been thinking about how he never actually got to put a ring on my finger, or meet Jonathan, finally see his face.'' Luke looked at him hearing he hit a nerve and saw tears building. 

Lui then stood up and threw the bottle down smashing in into a million pieces ''He promised to stay with me!" he yelled, his hand's started shaking ''He promised.'' he said and hung his head sniffling as a tear fell, Luke got up and hugged him, Lui stayed with his hand's down and shaking slowly raising them to hug Luke back, Luke looked towards the door seeing the other's standing there, all with worried expressions on their face, all having herd Lui from downstairs.