BMC Reacts to Revival BMC!! {{SEQUEL}} - DISCONTINUED

~Intermission~ (After the Storm)

Guess what time of the year it is. It's actually been a whole year since I started the first book in this series. I remember working on it last Thanksgiving. God, I can't believe how far I've come. But I plan on working on the story during this week, since I have a break from school. So expect some more chapters!!

~Ash

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"JEREMY-" Michael screams, falling to his knees in the doorway to the dimly lit bathroom. In front of him sits Jeremy, still bleeding from the open wounds on his arms. Jake, Jenna, and Chloe had moved to the sides of the room. Chloe and Jenna sit on either side of the brunette, both in tears and trying desperately to examine the wounds and stop the bleeding on his arms with some spare cloths they'd found. Meanwhile, Jake is tearing apart the medicine cabinet, looking for bandages and rubbing alcohol.

Jeremy looks up at Michael, his face and eyes blank, empty, and emotionless. Tears stream down Michael's face as he stares into his eyes. Broken, he quietly asks, "why...?" Jeremy merely stares back at him, blankly, his expression cold.

"I'm useless.. I hurt you.. and I'm never.. ever.. going to make it up to you. I don't deserve anything," he says with a broken voice. Jake kneels down next to him, bandages in hand, and begins cleaning and wrapping up Jeremy's wounds. 

Michael grabs Jeremy's hands and squeezes them tightly. Looking sadly into his eyes, he softly says, "That's not true... I was too harsh on you.... You made mistakes... But it's not all your fault... I'm so sorry I didn't see that until now-"

Jeremy looks meekly up at Michael, his face appearing slightly confused. He cocks his head slightly to the side. "Wh-what..?"

"I'm sorry, Jere... I.. I was to blame too. If I hadn't been so blind, I could've been more supportive before you got the SQUIP, maybe we could've avoided all of this. Can we put the past behind us though?" Michael says calmly, looking up at Jeremy with a look that could only be described as pure love.

Jeremy exhales, smiling weakly at Michael. "Yes.. I'd like that-" he says, squeezing his hands. Jake stands, finished with the bandages on Jeremy's arms. Christine peers into the bathroom, checking on the situation.

Rich sits against the wall outside of the bathroom, gripping Brooke's arm tightly. Tears stain his face as he hyperventilates, all the yelling and pain getting to him and throwing him into a panic attack. Christine pats his arm, turning her attention back to him, gently reassuring him that everything would be okay and that Jeremy would be okay. Meanwhile, Brooke gently rubs her thumb on Rich's hand to soothe him.

Jake steps out of the bathroom, along with Jenna and Chloe. They turn their attention to calming Rich out of his panic attack, leaving Michael and Jeremy in the bathroom alone together, both getting over the situation.

Rich's breathing slows as he leans up against Jake, resting his head on his chest. Jake runs his fingers through the blonde's hair, knowing full well that always calmed him down significantly. Taking a deep breath, Rich looks up and says, "Thank you.."

Once everyone collected themselves and calmed down, they met back up in the room they had been watching the musical in, going back to their original spots. Michael wraps his arms around Jeremy lightly yet protectively, not wanting him to get hurt anymore. Jake puts Rich in his lap, still worried that he might have another panic attack.

Jenna looks at everyone and shyly asks, "um, do.. do we wanna keep watching the musical..?I mean, we don't have to, I just-"

"We should finish it," Jeremy says, speaking up. "Besides, it's not like we have any choice-"

Rich looks confused. "Wh-what-?"

Suddenly, the musical continues playing as if it were for the plot to continue as it had been before cause this whole intermission was such a detour. Oh wait, there goes the fourth wall again-