Confessions
Thanks to all for the great reviews. Never had such great feedback for any of my stories. Didn't think this story would be any good but reviews made me carry on.
This chapter took longer to write and update is longer gaped because I already had Chapter Three written when I added Chapter Two.
Sandy and Kirsten had made a hasty exit from Sophie Cohen's, Kirsten throwing items haphazardly into the bags while Sandy phoned the airport trying to book the first available flight home.
The plane ride had been tense the frazzled pair sitting in silence, hands clenched together tightly in Sandy's lap. The silence had descended shortly after the little known facts had been dispersed, the two trapped in their own individual dread.
Taking in a deep breath Kirsten eyed the plain white building before her, she had become accustomed to this building in her life driving back and forth through time but she never fully appreciated the impact it could have on her life. Sandy hurriedly paid for the taxi forgetting any change offered up leaving the cabby with a very generous tip.
Sandy had grabbed the nearest nurse rambling off his details, while Kirsten's eyes searched the floor and seats looking out for the familiar curly head. Her hand was suddenly gripped tighter by Sandy's using it to guide her into following the nurse.
Upon entering the small, badly light room any strength Kirsten had been holding onto crumbled when she saw her son's appearance. His face was chalk white and although he was dressed in a heavy sweater over a shirt he was visible shaking. Quickly striding over to him she wrapped her arms firmly around his back letting his head rest on her neck as he cried.
Sandy's eyes where fixed on his wife and child, he wished it was under better circumstances perhaps a mischievous rouse form Seth to get away with breaking a vase while they had been away. He smiled gently to himself thinking back on the time when the boys really had broken a vase during a rather vigorous game of playstation.
He was broken out if his thoughts by the sobs from the girls on the other side of the room; he had been completely oblivious to them. He turned round to face them again met by a row of paled draw faces, Marissa still openly sobbing, Summer's eyes rimmed in red as she tried to comfort her friend, while Luke sat wringing his hands eyes glazed and unfocused.
Sandy cleared his throat "What happened?"
Everyone looked his way ceasing the crying letting the silence fall on the room.
"Tell me what happened?"
"Dad…we….I…." Seth stuttered over his words desperately searching for something to calm his fathers angered expression. "I'm sorry." That was all he could find turning away he searched out his mothers shoulder again.
Once again Luke stepped up, approaching Sandy carefully, "Mr. Cohen, uh there was a kind of party at your house and well it got a bit out of hand. We found Ryan in the kitchen he was…well high." He paused switching his eyes between Kirsten and Sandy. Quickly he added "He wasn't drinking though… any… all night. I don't know why he took…if he took…" Luke trailed off dropping his eyes to the floor.
"He what…" Kirsten whispered shocked but before they could get any further the door swung open to reveal a white coated man holding a clipboard tight to his chest.
"Mr and Mrs Cohen?"
"Yes that's us. How's Ryan?"
Casting a glance around the room he replied "Perhaps we should step outside?" Immediately causing Marissa and Seth to sob harder, anticipating the worst.
"Can't you just tell us how he is?" Luke spoke from behind Sandy.
Flipping his eyes between the parents Dr. Thomas drew breath, "Ryan tested positive for LSD we ran various tests and found that it was ingested in liquid form most probably in a drink or other substance."
"Ryan wasn't drinking last night, he doesn't drink."
"Yes well Ryan has tested negative for alcohol but this doesn't mean he couldn't have added it to a non-alcoholic drink."
"He wouldn't take drugs; his family has…issues with drug abuse. He hated them he would never take them."
"Yes well he ingested it somehow Mr Cohen." Dr. Thomas was quickly getting annoyed it was the same with every parent they can never accept the worst about their child. "However that being said the reaction he had to the substance indicates that he hasn't previously had contact with it."
"What does that mean?" Kirsten questioned.
"Well Ryan has had a very…severe reaction to the LSD. It appears to be an allergy to one of the compounds within the drug itself. He's been moved up to intensive care at the moment I'll be back to take you up once he's settled in. His doctor in ITU will be able to give you a more detailed description of his treatment."
Taking a last look around the room Dr Thomas sighed glad he was not going to be there to witness the following events. The father looked pissed more pissed than anyone he had ever seen while the kids were devastated the implications of what they had done finally setting in.
Silence stayed in the room for a few moments after the doctor left before Sandy lost his calm.
"We trusted you. We thought we could leave you boys for one weekend. I told you both in no uncertain terms; no drinking, no fighting and no drugs. How hard is that? Have we taught you nothing? Did we really raise you that badly that you thought this was a good idea?"
He had taken large strides over to Seth tugging his shoulders roughly so he turned to face him; he searched his son's eyes for any explanation, a reason why he had disobeyed him.
"Sandy!" Kirsten was shocked by her husband's harsh words.
"Dad it was all my idea, everything the party, the people, the drink everything. I'm sorry I didn't think it would get out of hand like this, people starting showing up that I didn't know so I thought they were Ryan's friends but he didn't know them either he though they were mine and then…."
"Seth! Enough okay I don't want to hear excuses, you disobeyed us and now Ryan could pay for it!"
"Sandy don't you dare blame him for this," Kirsten placed herself firmly between her husband and her son, "yes he threw a party but we half expected it. What he didn't do however is make Ryan take the drugs. You want to blame someone for this blame…."
"Me." A voice from the back of the room surprised them all.
Marissa had ceased her sobbing and was now looking red eyed at the Cohen family. Summer still had her arms wrapped around her shoulders but pulled back to allow Marissa to stand.
"Coop what do you mean?"
"I…they didn't say it would do this to him….I just wanted him to loosen up….I didn't think this would happen…I'm sorry …so sorry…" Marissa began to openly sob again.
This time it was Kirsten's time to be angry, "What did you do? Marissa tell me!"
Through her tears Marissa managed to hiccup and answer "There was this guy he told me to get Ryan a drink…I told him he didn't drink but he said it was cool…he put something in the soda…I don't know what it was clear….it was only supposed to loosen him up…make him relax…I'm sorry…I'm sorry…"
The five looked on in horror realising what Marissa was trying to tell them.
"Oh Coop what have you done?"
