We're All Full Of Lies

All of us turned abruptly to look at a very pleased Tyler. Despite the multiple bruises and the steady flow of blood from his nostrils a deathly smiled was planted on his face. Some of the blood managed to drip into his mouth settling in the grooves of his teeth making him look like a cannibalistic killer out of a horror movie. Gerard began to inch closer ever so slowly, his eyes burning with rage. Tyler’s smile contorted into a snarl as Gerard smashed his hands down on the arms of the chair and leaned in, his face inches from Tyler’s.

“Go on then, explain” Gerard seethed.
“You really only have yourself to blame here Gerard, if it wasn’t for you, those poor innocent souls of Belleville would still be alive rather than a part of a murder mystery case” Tyler leaned back smiling once again before continuing, “I really didn’t want to have to do what I did, neither did Ray but we were left with no option, he promised to help me and in return I would help him, simple, I needed help in exterminating you and he needed help removing that whore from the picture”
A burst of air left my nose as I took a step toward Tyler, “Watch who you’re calling a whore you sick son of a bitch!”
“Feisty” Tyler smiled growling suggestively. I scoffed and turned away feeling nausea rise up from the pit of my stomach.
“Just get on with it Tyler , we don’t have time for your bullshit” Gerard diverted attention back to the topic at hand, obviously getting impatient.

“You. You were the problem Mr Way. I had everything perfect. Football, girls reeling at my presence, all the teachers kissed the ground I walked on giving me straight A’s and nothing less. But not you. Oh no, you had to fuck everything up. You brought down my average grade, taking me off the list for a scholarship. You fucking ruined everything I had, worked so fucking hard on since freshmen year. My parents lost it when they found out I failed. My dad beat the shit out of me. All thanks to you my life was ruined. That’s why I did what I did. I needed you gone, I didn’t care if you were dead or not just as long as you were gone. So after seeing those most graphic and grotesque paintings a thought occurred to me; why not frame you for murder, get you locked up for good, out of my life, ruin your reputation, you’d be shamed and hated by all. It was the perfect revenge. And there was nothing you could have done about it. That was of course until you’re friends decided to get involved and stick their fucking noses in my business!”

Gerard, Frank and I stood silent watching as Tyler’s face and body contorted with pure anger and rage. All of this over a fucking scholarship!?
“Are you fucking kidding me right now? Is this a joke?” I let out an obnoxious laugh of disbelief. Tyler just stared at me, not sure if I was joking or not.
“This is the biggest load of fucking bullshit, you killed people, broke into our houses and kidnapped Mikey all over a fucking scholarship!? Are you serious? You have to be the most fucking stupid individual I’ve ever met, what the hell goes through that tiny little brain of yours!? Obviously not much if that was your genius plan to obtain a scholarship!” I couldn’t help myself as the palm of my hand smacked across Tyler’s cheek leaving a perfect red handprint. I was undeniably and immeasurably pissed off.

Tyler’s eyes glassed over as he hissed at me, “IT WOULD HAVE FUCKING WORKED IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU AND FUCKING FRANK! I’LLL FUCKING KILL ALL OF YOU!”, he struggled and growled as he fought against the rope restraints.
“This is bullshit, I’m calling the fucking cops” Frank huffed and pulled his phone out of his pocket. He began to speak to the person on the other end but I paid no attention.

I turned my attention to a distressed looking Gerard. His body began to shake before he latched onto me in a forceful and needy hug. I awkwardly patted his back lightly and cooed quietly in his ear. He wasn’t crying, but I could tell that the emotional severity of the situation was beginning to get to him. Once Frank had finished on the phone he looked solemnly at me as I tried my best to comfort Gerard.

Somehow Frank managed to swap places with me and was holding Gerard close, “They said they’ll be here in under 10minutes” Frank said swatting away pieces of Gerard’s hair that fell on his face.

I let out a sigh, what emotion it possessed was not clear, maybe relief, maybe confusion, I didn’t know, all I knew was that in under 10 minutes police would come filling in here to take away Ray and Tyler and then hopefully everything would go back to normal. Although something gave me the feeling that with Frank, Gerard and Mikey as my friends normalcy was a thing of the past.

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I shuffled awkwardly in the hard plastic chair; my butt was beginning to go numb from not moving for so long as I tried to keep focused on the book in front of me. That and the multitude of plastic cups that once held liquid perfection(otherwise known as coffee) had begun to pile up next to me suggested that I probably was due to actually move, possibly even go outside for some fresh air. I let a small laugh escape my lips, no way was I going outside, I was at the best part of the book. Fresh air can wait.

The continuous beeping of the heart monitor machine began to get on my nerves, as did the near silent but still very much audible dripping of liquid from the bag that hung above the hospital bed. I sighed and placed my book on the table next to me before shifting my position to look at the hospital bed.

My gaze drifted along his slender body that was covered so gracefully by the white sheet. Two days I’d done this. Read. Drink coffee. Then just sit and stare. Waiting. Waiting for him to move, to do anything. I knew he was going to be okay, not because the doctors and nurses had told me so but because it was Mikey. He was always a fighter even though I’d only known him for such a short time.

Gerard and Frank and visited at random times but frequently over the last two days, begging me to leave and get some sleep, to get something to eat, to do anything other than sit in this room breathing in the noxious fumes of bleach and cleaning product. But I couldn’t. Mikey was like this because of me. Because of Ray’s infatuation that would have gone unnoticed if only Mikey hadn’t silently found something in me he seemed to like and decided to tell Ray all about it. I didn’t understand how such a sweet perfect boy could fall for someone like myself. I was the opposite of him, nothing pure about me, just flaws. And yet Mikey was the one that was stuck in a hospital bed, unconscious, recovering from severe blood loss and fighting against a poisonous sedative Ray had injected into is delicate body.

I let my hand slide underneath blanket and grasp onto his bony fingers. The initial iciness of his hand shocked me at first. If it weren’t for the constant beeping of the heart monitor I would have for sure though he was dead. A warmness escaped my eye and dripped down my cheeks. Occasionally over the last two days this had happened; a sudden burst of emotion taking over my body causing tears to fall freely and me to mutter incoherently about how sorry I was.
“I am so sorry Mikes” I whispered quietly bringing his pale hand to my lips and leaving a small kiss.
“What for?” A raspy voice asked.
I shot my head up to come face to face with a smiling Mikey. I didn’t think before taking hold of his body in a tight embrace, the tears soaking his hospital gown. “Oh god Mikey, I am so sorry for all this it’s my fault, if I had just kept to myself like usual and not imposed on your friendships then this would never have happened, I can’t help but blame myself, I’m so sor-“.
A bony finger being gently placed against my lips stopped my blabbering, “It’s not your fault, I’m fine, Gee and Frank are fine, you’re fine, everything is okay”.

I let out a small laugh at my own stupidity as Mikey used the pad of his thumb to wipe away the tear tracks on my cheeks. Heat began to rise up in my cheeks as he eyed my lips closely and moved towards me tilting his head to the side just a little. I let my eyelids fall shut and moved forward. We were so close I could feel the heat of his breath hit my skin.

“MIKEY!” Gerard’s shrill voice rang out through the small room causing me to jump backwards. I took a step away from the bed as Gerard ran to his brothers’ side and embraced him telling him how happy he was to have him back and how much he missed him.
Frank just smiled apologetically and whispered as he walked past me towards Mikey, “Sorry for ruining the moment”.

Notes

Hey there! So this chapter I'm not 100% happy with, especially the end (as you can tell romance is certainly not my specialty) however it is a bit longer than usual. Also I apologise for the quality as well, but I worked super fast so I could get it up tonight rather than tomorrow!
anyways thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please feel free to comment what you think!
sorry for any errors!
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