When We're Older | Chris Collins

Chapter 8

Heylo everyone, I'm really sorry, but this chapter is super short and its just kinda gonna be a filler if u know what I mean. Happy reading! -Khyra †

Montana's POV

"Wait! Bailey come back!" I yelled. Chris ran after her, so I took the opportunity to go find Crawford for myself. "Crawford?" I yelled repeatedly. "Crawford! Where the heck are you?" Suddenly a hand touched my shoulder and when I turned around it was him.

"Where were you? And why did Bailey run away crying?" I asked him, shoving his hand off. "Its a long story." He scratched the back of his head. "I have time."

He rolled his eyes and started explaining.

After he was done I was furious. "Wow. I'm sorry. Listen your gonna have to explain this to Bailey because she won't want it coming from me. So, if you care about her, you need to find her and tell her exactly what you told me." He nodded. I still couldn't believe what I had heard and at that moment I wanted to go beat Brianna up, but I knew that there would be plenty of time for that later.

Ugh, Brianna is such a drama queen that it drives me crazy. She just had to get one of them. And by them I mean the boys. And by boys, I mean our boys.

I had still wondered what Chris was gonna ask me. I wondered if it was important, or just useless. Or maybe he was gonna ask me to help him talk to this girl at school that he might have his eye on. What ever it was, I was about to blow because of the anxiety it was bringing me. And I just want to get it over with.

"Hello? Earth to Monty." Crawford waved his hand in front of my face. Monty, was apparently my new nickname that he'd given me, I didn't know if I liked it, but I could get used to it. "Oh, yeah sorry. Just, uh, thinking I guess." I said.

He nodded and we waited for Chris and Bailey. "Why did you agree to kiss her?" I asked Crawford. I wasn't gonna ask but my thoughts came aloud. "I don't know." He said. "I don't know, isn't an answer." I said casually. "I really don't know." He said again. "Can I ask you something?"

He said yes. "Were you drinking?" He didn't answer. "Oh my gosh. You aren't serious." I said.

Still no answer. "Wow. It explains so much. Crawford, gosh. You aren't even at legal age yet. Its not good anyways. Do you know what alcohol does? Didn't your parents teach you? Do they drink?" All these questions came rolling out. "No, my parents don't drink and yeah, sure they taught me. But I don't know. And its not my fault. Brianna tempted me to drink." He said, tears welling up. "Hey, its okay. God allows Satan to tempt us all the time, and sometimes we fall into it. But its a trap, a dark trap. But that's okay, you recover. Your always gonna get tempted but you have to know how to say no."

"Thanks." He said. I pulled him into a hug and he cried in my shoulder. "I feel like such a bad person. Everything I do is wrong and I almost can't take it. I'm ready to give up." I looked him in the eye. "What do you mean?" I asked. "I mean, that i don't even wanna live anymore." I gasped and couldn't believe what I heard.

"Crawford. You are not a failure and not a mess up. Everyone makes mistakes. I've done it, Chris has, Bailey has. But do we always give up?" He shook his head. I wiped away a stray tear from his cheek.

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"Hey. I need to talk to you." Chris said over the phone. Bailey had went home after we all left as did the rest of us.  She called me and she was bawling. She was eating ice cream and watching sad movies. I told her everything would work out and that God has a plan.

"Okay. Um, do you mean right now?"

"Yes, come over please."

I hung up and made sure I looked decent and I climbed out the window, into Chris's.

"Well, what is it." I said. He patted his bed and i sat down next to him.

"I know, I told you I have to ask you something, but I'm not ready to ask you yet." He said. My stomach dropped because this is the thing I had been waiting for. "Oh. Okay that's fine." No it isn't. My subconscious added. I pushed her back into the very bottom of my mind.

He nodded understandingly and then we said goodnight and i went to bed.

Hey guys! I know that was kinda short but hey at least its something right??? Well, don't forget to comment vote and follow meeeeeeee!!! Thanks lovelies!!