Anxious Boy

25

Alarm wakes me up in the morning and I see a text from Thomas that I forgot to reply to. Reply and the doorbell rings. Quickly put my clothes on and open the door to see Garrett.

"Ooh, ya got lucky last night." He pokes fun at me as I smile and nod while giggling. Let him in and lock the door.

"So, you're back from where you went to." He's grinning at me.

"Can't tell you, but you'll find out when you watch the videos." Garrett tells me as I stick my tongue out at him. 

"Nice try." He giggles as I tackle him and we wrestle on the ground. Luke is smiling and giggling, also with his phone out.

"Luka!" Get up and walk over to him.

"What? You two are just so cute together." Thankfully he has his clothes on, but his flannel isn't buttoned. Garrett is checking him out and Luke notices, then I swear he winks at him.

"Damn." Say aloud and meant to whisper it to myself. Then my phone goes off and I ignore it, not checking who's calling me.

"You better answer it. They're persistent." Luke tells me so we can stop listening to the ringing.

"Oh. It's Awsten, my lil baby." Tell them and then answer it. Before we both say anything, I swear I hear him hiccup and sob on the other end of the phone.

"What's wrong, babe?" Ask since I'm all worried now.

"Can I come over?" He asks and I think he's panicking.

"Yeah. Also, Garrett and Luke are here." Inform him as he sighs.

"The more the better. I'll be there soon. But if not-" He cuts himself off.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Luke and Garrett are staring at me confused.

"Nothing." Awsten dodges the question.

"But if you're not here in the next ten minutes, I'm coming over." Warn him.

"Be there soon." He quickly hangs up and I put my phone back in my pocket after checking the time.

"What's wrong?" Garrett asks.

"What's going on?" Luke says shortly after.

"I don't know, but Awsten is coming over. Now he has me all worried about him because he was hiccupping and crying." Tell them as they nod, worrying about him too. About ten minutes go by and both Luke and I put on our shoes. Luke puts Petunia on her leash and we walk to Awsten's place. The lock appears to be kicked in and we slowly walk in, our senses set on high. 

"Awsten, babe!" Yell out and no answer, just silence.

"You two go upstairs and I'll check down here." Luke says still holding Petunia's leash. Garrett and I go upstairs to see if Awsten is there. His house is kind of a mess and it worries me. Has he been hiding his pain? I'll have to ask Otto and Geoff what has been going on recently.

"Leo, found a note for you!" Garrett yells from the bedroom and I hurry over.

Dear Leo,

By the time you get this, that means I'm gone. It could be either good or bad news. I've been hiding my pain way too well from everyone. I've opened up to my band and if you wanna know exactly what went down, then ask them. I'm sorry you have to find out this way. I've made so many past mistakes and they have come to bite me in the ass. 

Love, Awsten

Oh fuck, this isn't good at all.