A New Chapter

Chapter 25

Chapter 25:

-Alexis' POV-

~3 weeks before Phoenixx's wedding~

"Luke are you okay?" I say as I walk into the room. He's sitting on the couch and he's white as a ghost. I walk closer to him and he's shaking. I sit down next to him and I touch his arm. He's kinda cool to the touch but he's also a bit warm too. "I'm fine.." "Are you sure? You look horrible.." I say and he nods his head. "I'm fine Lex." "Are you sure?" "ITS WITHDRAW!!!" He screams as he snaps at me. "Okay okay geez." I say as I stand up from the couch. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap.." "It's okay, I guess." I say as I walk upstairs to our room. I grab my phone from the dresser and call Phoenixx. I then put it on speaker. Her wedding is in 3 weeks and she's been stressing out about it. "I'm glad you called." "Still stressing out?" I say as I sit down on the bed. "You have no idea." "Do you want me to come over so you can take a break? I'll bring the twins." "Please." "Alright. I'll be over in 20 minutes." "Alright." She says and I hang up my phone. I put it in my back pocket and walk over to the twins room. "MOMMY!!!" Both Zoe and LJ scream as they run over to me and hug me tightly. We don't have their play room finished yet so when they want to play we put them up in their room. "We're going to aunt Phoenixx's so you can play with Zada." I say and both of them scream in excitement. They then run passed me and run down the stairs. I turn off their bedroom light and start to walk to the steps when all of a sudden I hear Zoe scream at the top of her lungs. Thinking she fell or something I run downstairs to the living room. When I get down there, she's perfectly fine but she has a horrid look on her face. "What's wrong Zo?" "DADDY!!!!!!" She screams as she points to the ground. I look down to see Luke passed out on the floor. I run towards him and touch him. He's colder than he was before. "LUKE!!!!!!!" I scream as I start to shake him hoping he'd wake up but he doesn't. I put my ear over his chest to see if he's still breathing. He is but it's really faint. I look over at the twins and they both have horrid looks on their faces. I grab my phone from my back pocket and call 911. "911 what's your emergency?" "It's my boyfriend! He's passed out on the floor and won't wake up!" "Alright, calm down. Is he breathing?" "Barely..." "Okay an ambulance is on its way." The lady says and I hang up the phone. I look over at the twins and their frightened. All they know is their dad is passed out on the floor. I pick them both up and then run upstairs to their room. i put them on the floor and give them their toys. I then run back downstairs. "MICHAEL ARE YOU HOME!!!!" I scream at the top of my lungs and Michael then walks into the living from the kitchen. "Yeah why?" "LUKE WONT WAKE UP!!!!!" I scream at the top of my lungs as tears start to fall down my cheeks. "Did you call 911?!" "Yes they're on their way.." "Do you want me to watch the twins?" "Is Ashton home..?" "What you don't trust me?" "I do, but I'd rather have you come with me to the hospital..." "I'll go tell him. Do you want me to bring the twins with me?" "Yeah, Zoe, LJ are upstairs." I say to Micheal and he runs up to grab them. As soon as they leave the ambulance come running into the house. As soon as they come in I start to shake and cry. I was fine a few moments ago but seeing the ambulance here really hits me hard. They run over to Luke and put him on a stretcher. One of the paramedics then walks over to me. "Do you want to be in the ambulance with him?" "Yes... his best friend is coming too.." I say and as if on cue Michael walks back into the living room. "I'm guessing you're the friend." The paramedic says and Michael nods his head. We then follow the paramedics out to the ambulance and sit in the back.

-At the hospital-

"He's gonna be okay Lex, you just gata think positive." Michael says as he walks over to me and sits next to me. We're at the hospital now waiting to see if Luke's gonna be okay. We've been waiting for almost an hour and they haven't told us anything yet. I've honestly been freaking out the whole time. I can't stop crying and shaking. I'm a nervous wreck. "I don't want to lose him Michael... I love him.." I say as I start to cry even harder. I honestly can't lose him. I don't want Zoe and LJ to be raised without their father. "I know you do Lex." Michael says and the doctor then walks over to us. "Can I talk to you for a moment?" "Me?" I say pointing to myself. "You're his girlfriend right? Because I'm pretty sure he's not." He says laughing and pointing to Michael. "Yeah I am." "Then come with me." He says laughing and I stand up from the chair. I then follow the doctor to the elevator. He pushes the up button and we wait for it to open. "Is he okay? Can I see him? Is he awake?" "You can see him after I ask you a few questions." "Is he okay though?!" "Does he drink?" The doctor says completely ignoring my question. "No he doesn't. Is he okay?" "Does he do drugs?" He says completely ignoring me again. I'm starting to get this horrible feeling that he's not okay. "No! Is he okay!!!!!!" I scream as we walk into the elevator. He pushes level 6 and my heart sinks. Level 6 is the ICU. Luke probably isn't okay if he's in the ICU. "One last question, then I'll answer you." "Okay what?" "Does he smoke?" "Yeah... He does well I forced him to quit. He hasn't had a cigarette in I don't know months." I say and the elevator doors open. "Okay Alexis, he's gonna be okay but he's in a coma." "A-A-A-A c-c-c-coma..." I say slowly as tears start to fall down my cheeks. "Yes, he had a heart attack." "He's only 21.." "I know, I was a little confused about that as well until now. You said he hasn't smoked in months?" The doctor says as we get to what I'm guessing it's Luke's room. I try to walk pass the doctor so I can see him but the doctor stops me. "I still have questions you need to answer" "I wanna see him." "You will, now when Luke first quit did he have withdraws?" "Yes." "Okay, you see some people have different withdraws. Luke's heart was beating way to fast and ended up giving up on him." "Do you know when he'll wake up?" "It could be weeks, months or even years." He says and my heart sinks to my stomach. I don't even say anything, I just run passed the doctor and run into Luke's room. When I get into the room my heart stops. He's laying there with tubes and needles jammed into him. He looks so useless and fragile. I walk over to him and sit down in the chair near his bed. It's just to much, I can't stand to see him like this. I grab his hand and start to cry.