Slash has a girlfriend?
Slash looked awkwardly at Poppy like he was expecting her to rile up and start a commotion, which she did want to do just not in front of her brother as that would make him question what was going on between the two of them. "Well? Because when she comes round here in those tops, they're kind of hard to miss!" Steven drunkenly exclaimed, the room had gone silent almost like everyone except Steven knew what was going on. "Aha yeah man they're fake" Slash replied trying to ignore the obvious tension in the room. He looked to Poppy who was just sat staring at him, he could see how angry she was but he was a coward and couldn't bring himself to say anything to her. "I think it's time for bed" Izzy said pointing at a snoring Steven and Axl. "Yeah it is" Poppy replied bluntly.
Once everyone had left the living room Poppy walked into the kitchen, Slash followed her and closed the door, he turned to see Poppy lent over the sink sobbing. His heart felt heavy in his chest and his throat was dry. "Poppy I-" he started, Poppy turned to him and wiped her eyes "Yes Slash?" she spoke normally as if nothing had happened "I just wanted to apologise" Slash was confused why she wasn't yelling or hitting him, it had been what other girls had done before. "For what? Lying to me about having a girlfriend, trying to sleep with me whilst having a girlfriend, leading me on, embarrassing me?" Her tone was pointed and stern "I'll break up with her Poppy I swear, I was going to anyway-" he was cut off by Poppy "Don't, don't break up with her. Especially not for me because God knows I don't want you" The tears were falling down her cheeks as she pulled a bottle of vodka out form the cupboard. "Please Poppy just fucking listen to me" before Slash could explain Poppy shoved past him and slammed the door to her room.
Slash was so angry, at himself, at Steven, at everyone. He proceeded to punch the thin walls in the kitchen repeatedly, causing his knuckles to bruise and bleed. He pulled out a bottle of Jack Daniels and drank it all before smashing it against the wall, the glass bounced right off and one large piece got caught in Slash's arm and another in his leg. He cried out in pain but with the alcohol in his system he was incapable to do anything. He did the first thing he thought of and stumbled into Poppy's room. "Slash what the fuck do you think your doing?" Poppy pushed him out of the bed and turns on the lamp, she saw a crying Slash in the corner whimpering in pain and a long trail of blood spewing out of him arm. "What did you do! Slash what the fuck did you do!!!" She screamed out and called for Izzy. Although she was so angry she couldn't help but hug Slash and comfort him until Izzy ran in.
"What the fuck is happening?" Izzy shouted looking at the mass of blood "He's fucking cut himself call a fucking ambulance it's not fucking stopping!!!" Poppy screamed at Izzy who's eyes looked like they were going to pop out his head, he ran out to the kitchen and rang 911. Slash was dozing in and out of his drunken conscious before everything went black.
Slash woke up back in his bed, his head was pounding and his body felt numb, he looked down to his arm where he saw a large cut that had been stitched up, he looked at his leg and saw more stitches. Slowly, memories started to come back to him, the punching, the drinking, the blood and Poppy. He realised that she was the one who helped him even when she hated him, he had to talk to her.
He sluggishly walked downstairs and into the living room, everyone was sat down eating breakfast and watching MTV. "Hey Slash hows the arm?" Axl laughed "Hurts like a bitch man" Slash replied quietly. He noticed Poppy wasn't in the living room and thought to check the kitchen. He sheepishly walked in and saw Poppy sitting in the kitchen on Duff's lap. They were laughing and cuddling and Slash couldn't help but feel a pang of jealously that overshadowed the pain of his arm and leg combined. The pain was his heart and it was breaking. "Oh Hey Slash" Poppy spoke in a sly tone.
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Bit of a filler chapter but oh well! vote and comment!
