Secluded

Chapter 15

---------------Alexis P.O.V---------------------

I squeeze my eyes together, trying to get the pictures out of my head. All I see is flames, everywhere. What's happening?

"Help!" I scream as loud as I can, I try to get up but I can't move. My body is stuck to the floor. I scream, a deafening noise seeking out from my mouth. The fire races into my lungs, filling in every gap in my body. I cough, blood dripping out my mouth onto my hot, sweaty hands. I hear voices around me yelling my name, telling me to wake up.

I shriek, and my eyes open. Sweat drips down my forehead and doctors surround my bed.

They try to push me back down on my bed, I attempt to shove them off but they insist on me laying down. I give up and lay down. My breathing is rapid.

"How long have I been out?" I whimper.

"About a week." A doctor replies.

---------------Luke P.O.V----------------------

Flashback

"I'm sorry Luke..." I voice on the other end of the phone says.

"Mum?" I say, surprised.

"He's dead..." She mumbles, it sounds like she's been crying.

"Who's dead?" I ask, confused.

"Brandon." She says. "I'm so sorry..."

"It's Brendon... And what do you mean he's dead? He can't be dead!" I exclaim, Brendon is my best friend, my partner in crime, my Labrador...

"The neighbours found him at the side of the road, he's been run over Luke. I'm so sorry." She says, sympathetically, I feel my eyes brimming with tears.

I remember when I opened the box on my 5th birthday and he jumped up at me, licking my face. I remember how I laughed and thanked my parents for the best birthday ever. It took me hours to think of his name, I'd sit on my bed staring at him, thinking of a name that suited him. When one night it just popped into my head. I was going to call him Muke. Thank god I didn't.

He was there for me on my first day of school, and he was there to comfort me when I got home. I remember the first time my mum let him sleep in my room, but she made him sleep on the floor.

He used to sit behind the camera and watch me as I videoed myself singing covers for YouTube. He used to lick the camera and I'd just laugh.

When I started high school, and I met Calum, I remember when he came round my house for the first time, and Brendon jumped up at him as though he knew him forever, and from then on he would always be by my side. All my childhood memories, he was always there.

My shaky finger hits the end call button and my phone drops on the floor.

"Luke what is it?" Michael says.

"What's happened?" Calum asks, curiosity in their eyes.

"He's dead..." I whisper.

"Who's dead?"

"Brendon..."

"Brendon? Seriously? A dog? I actual thought something bad happened jesus!" Michael says, shaking his head.

"Luke I'm so sorry." Calum says, sitting next to him. "I knew how much he meant to you." I nod, my blue eyes identical to the sea, shining with water as the waves get heavier. A solid tear rolls down my hot, rosy cheeks.

Present day

-----------------Michael P.O.V-----------------

We have been trying to stay strong for the fans this week, it's been hard. Honestly, I'm scared. I'm scared because not everything is a miracle. And I know that things happen for a reason, but why would this happen? What did we do to deserve this?