Tansy lit a cigarette and she told herself that she’d give him one full cigarette and if he didn’t come after her, then it was really over. Her hands shook as she lit the cigarette, from both emotional and physical exhaustion. She didn’t even really smoke the cigarette, she’d mostly just let it burn. Because letting it burn, gave Donnie more time to come and tell her it was all going to be okay, but when the cigarette finally burned out and she glanced up to where he’d been, he was gone.
She could feel herself dying, for once just like Donnie said, someone had fucked her over and there was no one left to pick up the pieces. Tansy couldn’t exactly find the energy to pick herself up from this one, but she had to. She had to accept the fact that he wasn’t coming back for her and it was her fault. She heard Collin calling her name and that was what forced her to get up, because if Collin got a hold of her and she spent the night with him, there was no guarantee she’d wake up in the morning.
By the time she’d gotten him, it was late and she was exhausted. All she wanted to do was sleep. Kaleb still wasn’t home and she hated him for that, because for the first time in a long time she needed him. She slipped inside ready to head up the stairs when she saw the burning end of a cigar and raised a brow. She knew who it was, because the familiar scent of the cigar gave it away, it was her father. Sitting alone in the dark and she knew something was seriously wrong.
“Dad? Are you okay?” she breathed sitting down next to him on the couch and she could only make out his silhouette as he lifted the cigar to his lips and it was quite for a long moment as she waited for him to answer.
“Your mom left.” His voice was shaky and Tansy’s stomach twisted, sure she hated her mom, but she was still her mom. “I tried everything.” He said his voice raw like he’d been crying and Tansy couldn’t remember her father ever crying.
She lend her head on her dad’s shoulder. Tansy’s heart was officially broken and she knew in the morning she’d be bitter and cold. She hadn’t just lost her boyfriend, she’d lost her mom now too. Everything seemed to be going wrong at once. She sat there with her dad for a long time in silence, because she wasn’t exactly sure what to say to make either of them feel better and she knew whatever she said would only make her fall apart.
Eventaully her dad had gone to bed, but Tansy couldn’t sleep. She’d sobered up and loosing Donnie had really sunk in and she’d cried until she couldn’t cry anymore. She’d dialed his number about a million times, but never actually called him, because she had no excuse and no amount of apologizing could fix them. Then she’d thought about calling Collin, but thankfully she was sober and knew that wouldn’t solve a God damn thing. Eventually the sky had started to lighten outside and she was still sitting on the couch, eyes burning from practically crying herself to death.
Finally she’d moved from the couch into the kitchen to make herself a cup of tea, hoping that it would calm her nerves enough, she could go upstairs and sleep away the rest of the weekend. She lend against the counter absentmindedly staring out the window, she raised a brow as a cop car pulled into her drive way and suddenly she had a bad feeling, because Kaleb had never come home last night and that was out of character for him, he always came home, it was Tansy who usually didn’t come home.
Reed wasn’t entirely sure how long he’d been out of it, but when he finally woke up, they had him in his own room, hooked up to a bunch of machines. His shirt was off and they had wires hooked up to his chest, not that it had surprised him all that much. His body was sore and he felt like complete shit, he sure as hell didn’t want to be in the hospital, he’d much rather just rest at home, but he knew that they weren’t going to let him go for a good few hours.
Things were coming back to him in flashes and he remembered Candie. Fuck. He thought. She was going to probably be pretty pissed at him for not telling her, not that he really thought she cared all that much. He was sober now, probably cause they’d flushed his system of any drugs and he was starting to realize just how badly he’d fucked up last night, he hadn’t meant to cheat on Lean and he’d beat the shit out of Kaleb so badly he wasn’t even sure if he was alive or dead. It was all one big fucking mess because he couldn’t control his damn temper.
“Oh good, your finally awake.” And older nurse said with a bright smile and he just scoffed rolling his eyes, he knew the women well, somehow she ended up always being his nurse when he was admitted. “The doctor wasn’t expecting you to wake up this soon.” She said as she checked his monitors. “But, it’s a good thing you did, your girlfriend and her friends are out there waiting for you, they’ve been bugging us for news all night.” She smiled.
Making Reed realize for the first time that it was morning and he’d been out all night. Which meant his body had gone into shock and he’d glanced down at his chest to see bright red marks, meaning his heart had stopped at some point and they’d had to use the paddles to restart it. He glanced back up to the nurse with a sigh.
“Who’s the other two with Lea.” He asked, hoping that Candie was out there, but at the same time not really expecting her to be.
“A pretty brown haired girl and that guy that always tags along with your girl.” She said simply sliding a needle into his IV and he groaned in pain because whatever she’d filled his veins with was burning. “Do you want to see Lea?” she asked.
“No.” He shook his head. “I want to see the other girl.” He said and she knit her eyebrows in confusion, but just nodded as she left the room.