The Help~(Completed♡)

Promises and Addictions

Luke's P.O.V.

"Zayn, c'mere.", I said softly. He followed me back to a spare room as I sat on the couch next to him, "Listen baby, the hospital just called me. Your mom isn't doing well and they want you to come tell her goodbye."

"No. Fuck her.", he spat.

"Woah, that's new. Why? What happened?" He clenched his jaw a little, looking past me,

"She promised me- She fucking promised me that she would stop using. That she was doing better and it was killing her. She told me she wanted to be in my life and I said not if she was fucking high all the time and she promised me. She broke that and it fucking killed me. I hate her. I'm done with her. She can fucking die for all I care.", he spat softly, tears in his eyes. I reached over, pulling him to my chest,

"I'm sorry Z. That's terrible. I know it's so, so fucking hard and that you're basically parenting her. But twenty years from now, you might wish you'd told her goodbye. I-I don't want you to regret it. I really need you and I to go up there. Just tell her goodbye and we can leave." He hesitated,

"Fine."

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Zayn broke down crying the second he saw his mom, only alive by machine and honestly already dead with how she looked. He slowly stepped over as she opened her eyes and her heart monitor beeped quickly,

"Y-You came.", she choked out hoarsely.

"Yeah.", he said sharply. I could tell he was trying not to cry anymore.

"I'm sorry. For everything." He hesitated,

"It's okay. I forgive you." I'm so proud.

"Thank you baby. I-I know you'll do amazing things. I'm so, so proud of you. I wish I could be there for your graduation and every game and wedding and everything. I'm sorry I won't be. But I know Luke will be and he'll take amazing care of you. He already is." Zayn looked back at me tearfully, forcing a smile,

"Yeah. I know." Jen looked to me,

"I want you to have full custody of him. I trust you with my baby."

"Of course.", I said softly. She took a deep, shaky breath,

"I-I love you."

"I love you too mama." She looked to me again, much weaker,

"Thank you." Her eyes closed as her monitor beeped loudly. A nurse ran in as Zayn stepped back, his back to my chest.

"I'm sorry, she's gone.", the nurse said softly. I nodded a little as Zayn stood frozen. The nurse left as I let Zayn breathe and the news sink in.

"Let's go home. I wanna go home.", he eventually whispered quickly, turning around.

"Zayn-"

"Please.", he begged softly, looking up at me with tears in his eyes. I nodded a little,

"Okay. We just have to make one stop."

"Okay."

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I stopped in front of a nature park on the outskirts of town.

"Why are we here?", Zayn sniffled.

"C'mon kid." We got out of the car as I walked down the path until we got to the part of the park below a bridge. Traffic flew quickly over us as I took a deep breath, "My mother drove her car off this bridge when I was seventeen. They said it was an accident, but in the two years I knew her, I knew it wasn't an accident."