Unexpected

37.

"Everything okay?" He asked as we arrived in my room.

"I don't know." I said tired.

"I'm just tired and my mom is not really helping." I added after he looked a bit confused.

He carefully sat down next to me and wrapped his arm around me.

"What did your mom say?"

"Nothing new." I said as i leaned my head against his chest.

"Did Jack visit you too?" He asked soflty.

I shook my head. "I'm tired."

He stroke my hair. "I know, I'm sorry. Try to get some sleep, we will talk again in the morning."

I closed my eyes and surrendered myself to the peaceful darkness.

I woke up to a bright light. I first thought that it was the light above my bed that woke my up but i wasn't in my room anymore.

I was standing in a big empty white space.

I looked confused around as i let my eyes adjust to the bright light.

As i walked forward i noticed that there was water on the floor. Not just a little bit, there was a thin layer of water all over the floor.

I saw Jack standing in the distance infront of a blurred shape.

I walked to Jack and layed my hands on his shoudler as i saw what he was looking at. He was standing in front of a bed where my mom and dad were laying in.

"They're dead." Jack said with tears in his eyes.

"I know." I said softly.

He turned around with an angry look on his face.

"It's your fault. You killed them!" He yelled at me.

I quickly took a few steps back. "Jack stop it. That's not true."

He shook his head and slowly walked towards me.

"First you killed dad with your stupid behaviour and then mom. Why can't you just see that you're a murderer."

I shook my head. This wasn't Jack, he would never say that.

As i slowly walked backwards i felt the water raising.

"Jack stop it." I said with tears in my eyes.

He shook his head and smiled. "You killed them just like how you will kill me." He said before he fell backwards in the water. The water wasn't shallow anymore.

"Jack! Jack!" I yelled as i struggled myself to keep my head above the raising water.

I trew myself forward as i tried to find Jack in the water. But he was gone.

Calum

I felt her whole body relaxed as her heartbeat slowed down. She was absolutely exhausted.

I would've liked her to eat or drink something before she went to sleep but i couldn't stop her from falling asleep.

I let myself relax and closed my eyes. I also felt tired and wanted to get some sleep.

I was successful at sleeping until Becky woke me up.

She started to shift around. I looked at her heart monitor, her heartbeat went up. She was having a nightmare.

I slightly nudged her shoulder. I didn't want to wake her up but i also didn't want her to have nightmares.

"Becky." I whispered when she was still not reacting.

Suddenly she sat up and started coughing.

"Becky are you okay?" I asked worried as i rubbed her back.

She started crying and shook her head. "It wasn't my fault. It wasn't."

I carefully wrapped my arms around her, making sure that she was alright with it.

She tightly hugged back and cried even harder. "I never meant for it to happen. It wasn't me." She cried out.

"Stttt, it's okay. It's okay, you're safe." I said to her as i rocked her back and forth.

"A nightmare?" I asked her once she had calmed down a bit.

She was hicupping and nodded.

"Jack was there with mom and dad." She said still a little bit shaken up.

"You don't have to tell my now if you dont want to." I said softly to her.

She shook her head. "I want to get this out of my head. Unless you don't want to hear it." She said as she whiped her last tears away.

"I'm all ears." I said with a reassuring smile.

"Jack was telling me that i killed my parents and that eventually I'll kill him too."

"Why would he say that?"

"Because I'm irresponsible and constantly let people down. I keep stressing my mother out and i caused the accident that killed my dad." She said as new tears fell down her face.

"It was just a dream." I said to her as i whiped her tears away.
"You didn't cause any of these things. You need to stop blaming yourself."

"It's hard." She said as she let herself fall into my arms.

"It will become easier."

"Will you stay with me tonight?" She asked with sad eyes.

"Of course i will." I said with a smile. I was never planning on leaving her side, ever.

Becky

When i woke up again my mom and Ashton were standing infront of my bed. They were talking about me.

"She needs you now just like you need her when you're sick in bed." Ashton said angry to my mom.

"She just needs to rest, she doesn't need to socialize!" My mom replied angry back.

"Do you even hear yourself right now?"

"I'm done having this conversation with you. I'm going home and I'm taking Jack with me. I'll see her when she comes home." With that said my mother left the room. It surprised me to see how much energy she all of a sudden had.

Ashton rubbed his eyes and sighed. He looked tired.

"Everything okay?" I asked quietly.

He looked surprised at me. He probably expected me to be asleep.

"I'm sorry about that." Ashton said to me as he sat down on the chair besides my bed.

"I thought she wasn't allowed to experience any stress." I said trying to light the mood.

"I honestly don't really care anymore."

"You don't love her anymore." I said as i noticed his reaction.

"That's not true. I still love your mother." He said in denial.

"You don't love her like you used to and that's not a bad thing but you don't need to lie to yourself." I said softly to him.

He sighed and looked down. "It feels like a bad thing."

"That's only because you keep telling yourself that it is. You need to see that being there for me and Jack is all the love that my mom needs from you right now."

He smiled and kissed my forehead. "You're probably right."

I smiled back. "I'm always right."