Support Act // z.h

t w e n t y o n e

stephanie's pov

"HELLO MY LOVE" Christina squeals emerging into my hospital room, interrupting the conversation between Jack and I. "CHRISTINA MI AMOR HELLO" I squeal back, pulling myself into a sit up to hug her. "I've missed you so much I'm so glad you're okay" she says, swaying our hug back and fourth and playing with my hair. "I've missed you too I love you so much, thank you for coming to see me" I reply, as she pulls out of the hug and sits at the end of my bed. "Don't tell Corb I'm here yet, I want to spend some time with you before he tries to steal me" she laughs, her hand falling onto my knee. Jack and Jordan head out the room, leaving Christina and I to talk, girl on girl. "Sooo you knew this question was gonna come. What's the deal with you and Zach?" she asks, a small smirk forming onto her lips. I bury my face into my hands, trying to hide my blushed cheeks. "I really like him, but I feel like I don't know him enough yet to decide if it's a little infatuation or something more." I explain, Christina just sits and nods her head as if to keep going. She's always been a good listener. "I feel like going on tour with them could either make or break us." I continue before being abruptly cut off. "YOU'RE GOING ON TOUR WITH THEM?!" She almost yells, alarming the nurses walking past. I shoot a sheepish smile out the door window as they continue walking past before diverting my attention back to the beautiful brunette in front of me. "Yeah I am, support act along with a guy named Eben" I grin. Her face brightens up as she repeatedly smacks the hospital bed. "THIS IS YOUR CHANCE CARTER YOU CAN GET TO KNOW HIM AND YOU ARE GONNA DATE THEN GET MARRIED THEN HAVE CHILDREN! PLEASE NAME ONE CHRISTINA" she yells. I giggle towards her while giving her a look to cut the conversation. The hospital door swings open and Corbyn enters, along with Zach following shortly after. "You yell really loudly babe" Corbyn states, swinging an arm over his girlfriends shoulder and kissing her on the cheek. "We should give them some alone time" she whisper shouts into his ear and within a second it was just me and Zach. Alone. "I need to clear a few things up. I don't know how much you saw about this Stephanie is over party but a lot of my past was bought up" I sigh. He nods. He knows. When you've grown up not knowing half of your family and living with two older brothers who you're not even blood related to, you can't expect a perfect life. "I grew up in a very small and bogan Aussie country town, not knowing my family and barely knowing my brothers, I was bound to be a misplaced kid. At my school, everyone messed around with drugs, alcohol and cigarettes. That was the norm, as young as 13 people would do the most to have some fun in such a country town. I was one of them, I drank and smoked weed, just like everyone else. I didn't necessarily agree with it, but already having a huge family issue, I couldn't bare to stand out more." I began rambling, I was stressed and worried about what he'd think. "Stephanie I can't hold your past against you, you're only young once" he says, giving me a goofy smile and places his hand on my knee. "Really?" I ask. This whole interaction just felt right, in such a way that I can't explain. "I don't necessarily agree with the sort of stuff you did, but I promise you I understand" He assured, pulling me into his embrace. We stayed for a few moments, although I wished it was hours, before a doctor walks in. "Excuse me Miss, I'm going to need you and a legal guardian to sign some papers and I'm going to have to ask for your friend to leave the room temporarily if that's okay?" She beams at both Zach and I. I nod as Zach shifts off the bed and out into the hallway, only to be replaced by Jordan, Jack and two other strangers. I couldn't say anything, but a girl who looked just a little bit older and a man who appeared to be in his 40s hugs me. "Hi, I'm Sydnie, and this is your father." I couldn't prevent tears from forming in my eyes, I just wish I met them under better circumstances. "It's lovely to finally meet you" I say pulling them both into another embrace. The nurse waves her hand to seperate us three "This is a lovely presence but we still need a parent or guardian to sign release papers and confirm she'll be attending counselling twice a week for the next fortnight" she awkwardly smiled. Jordan looks to my dad "I have guardianship over her until she's 18 and it will need to be taken to court to revoke that which I am more than happy to if you want but I need to sign any of her forms as a guardian until it's done" Jordan said hesitantly as the nurse hands him the clipboard and suddenly I knew what secondhand embarrassment felt like. "It's fine kiddo, I won't take that bond away from you two, just in case something happens while I'm in Pennsylvania" dad said, smiling. Both him and Jordan got into a seperate conversation as the nurse leaves causing me to turn to Sydnie. "God you really do look like me" she says, grinning as she looks at me up and down.
"You're basically an older version of me at this point, even down to the freckles" I say as we both fall into laughter.

The nurse emerges back into the room to hand me a business card and a schedule for counselling. We thank her and she dismisses all of us from the room and hospital. As soon as I leave the room my eyes meet with Zach and he pulls me into a strong and firm hug and all tension I felt washes away. He made me comfortable. "We love you all, but I think someone's a little socially exhausted. She should get some rest then we'll go from there" Jack says, slighting using his head to reference to me. The group shares their agreement as we walk towards to the exit and car park. In a convenient row all cars are parked and we seperate into our way homes.

"I just want to sleepppp" I sing to Jordan, tapping my keycard to enter the apartment. The apartment still felt tense, as if all the previous emotions were stuck here. "Try and stay up until 8 just to keep a decent sleeping schedule, go down and get some rest. I'll check up on you every so often, yell if you need." I nod in agreement and head down to my room, met with even more tension. I head to my desk and grab out some incense and candles, lighting them and placing them around my room. I watch the candle flame dance in the tension as I flop down onto my bed. My eyes graze the corner of my room, the walls filled with photos and memories. Every single mistake and right choice plays through my head like a movie. I pull myself back up from my bed and take a closer look at the wall, familiar faces and places. My eyes start watering but I felt frozen, no matter how hard I tried my subconscious wouldn't let me look or move away. The distant sounds of the LA streets and Jordan's simple noise slowly fade away, only to be replaced with ringing in my own ears. Numb. I couldn't feel anything other then the burning sensation throughout my body, my eyes failing to focus on whats in front of me. "Stephanie?" I hear Jordan say before he reaches my room, his voice snapping me out of my panicked state. Composing myself, Jordan opens the door and holds himself up with the top of the door frame. "What's up?" I ask, doing everything I could to hide what I just felt. He looks at me with a face of concern and confusion before continuing "just checking in on you, making sure you're all good" he chuckles, realisation of what happened hits me. With aching feet I walk over to the end of my bed and sit "I'm all good, thank you though!" I say with a beam, doing everything in my favour to convince him that I am good. He nods and lets out a subtle sigh before disappearing from my room.

A panic attack. That's what just happened. I haven't felt that way since I first moved into Los Angeles, whilst a familiar, it was painful and scary none the less. I fall back onto my bed, pulling my phone from my hoodie pocket. 7:49pm. I must of stood in that state for ages, no wonder why my feet hurt so bad. My phone falls from my hand as I switch my fan on and get under a blanket. Today was hard.

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