How close are Cal and Ethan? What would happen should Cal disappear? What would happen to Ethan? How would he cope? And who would he turn to?
1.
"Dr Hardy, can you tell me what happened from the beginning?" The phycologist asked
"I can, but, do not interrupt me. If you have any questions wait until the end." Ethan said his hands shaking.
"Okay, please tell me everything. I want to help you Ethan, I really do." The phycologist stated sipping his tea.
"Actually, it all starts when Caleb and I were just children. I was six when my brother broke my wrist; Chinese burn it went a bit wrong apparently. Watching the doctors that day I knew that's what I wanted to do. A few years later, when I was eight, Caleb tripped me up. I cracked my head open and lost a fair amount of blood. Again, I ended up in accident and emergency watching the doctors do their jobs. By this point I was fascinated by the human body, the way each part worked and the way it all came together. I used to have a skeleton and I'd time myself to see how quickly I could name all the bones. Cal never understood my love for medicine. When I was eleven I spent a while in hospital, Cal and I were in the woods near our house, there was this sort of cliff type thing and we used to climb down it. So, we ran up to get to it and on the way up Cal tripped on a tree root. Naturally, I laughed, only a little, but Cal got mad. He pushed me; I told him to stop, we were near the edge. Nevertheless, he pushed me again. I fell backwards off this cliff landing on a tree root fracturing one of the bones in my back and knocking myself unconscious. The first thing I did when I woke up was apologise to Cal. When I was thirteen I told Cal about me getting bullied, later that day Cal told me I deserved it. He told me how worthless I was. He was drunk out of his mind, but I didn't know that. That was the first time I attempted to take my own life. You see I always lived in fear of Cal's judgement. When Cal was telling me how worthless I was, I truly believed him. I believed everything he told me because he was my role model, I suppose he still is in a way. When I was swallowing the pills, part of me wanted to stop, but, I just kept telling myself that it was what Cal wanted me to do. It wasn't. When I awoke Cal was right next to me; he promised me he'd never touch a drop of alcohol again. We all know he broke that promise. It wasn't the first promise he broke and it defiantly wasn't the last. The bullying continued way into my late teenage years, I was just that guy the one who was easiest to pick on. You see, I had glasses and braces, I was nerdy and no-one defended me. I suppose I could have done more to defend myself, protect myself. Colourful, that's how to describe attempt two, or red. Lots of blood. I mean loads, I don't really think it needs anymore explanation. Only that Cal wasn't there for me when I needed him. I couldn't deal with all the crap in my life. Cal wasn't there. I just..." Ethan began his story.
"Hey, it's fine. Take all the time you need. I understand that it's difficult, I just need to know."
A/N I'm not sure how I feel about this story. It's an idea I've had for a while I've had to write it. So, I may not write another chapter but if you like it I probably will.