I've been listening to my playlist old songs I used to listen to ALL THE TIME lately, and this one sparked an idea in my head! Might have a spin off to it with another song in mind, but tell me what you guys think!

Chapter 12: Where Do Broken Hearts Go (By One Direction)
Characters: Peaches, Ethan, Louis, OC(s)
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort

"Dude... what's up with Ethan?" Mike glanced at Louis, who glanced back at him, and then their eyes fell on Ethan.

"No idea Mike..." Louis held himself up by the elbows, worriedly looking at Ethan, as Mike, a tanned Mammoth with his hair similar to Ethan's, but coloured black, looked at him too with the same, but slightly vexed. Their friend was sitting at the edge of the canopy, staring off into the sun scenery in the silence of the shady trees above him, his legs and lower half hidden in the colourful plants, slightly dulled by his shadow, and the trees. His complexion couldn't be seen as his back was facing them, but Louis and Mike both had a sinking feeling that something wasn't right.

He's been here... all day, everyday... for the past week.

"Hey party people," the two turned to find Antler, Dan, and Frank came into view. Dan and Frank were brothers, Mammoths painted with the mixture of sandy soils and mahogany, shared the same hair do as Mike and Ethan, like Mike, they were different coloured from one another (Dan was brown with red streaks, and Frank was purple), and Antler was a deer, whose... well, antlers were slowly growing back. "How is he?" It was Frank talking for the rest of them.

Mike frowned as Louis rolled his eyes to look at them. "I'm guessing we are the only two who have no idea what's going on with him?"

"Ditto." Antler pointed out, resulting in nods from Mike and Louis. There was a semi silence. No one spoke, but the wind was the only reason the silence was broken. "So..." Louis was only starting to rock back on his heels as Antler tried to start up a conversation, while staring at their lonesome friend. "...are one of you two gonna tell us what's going on?"

Dan and Frank looked at one another, then at Ethan, sighing. "I'm sure you guys know..." Dan began. ".. you know, about him and Peaches?"

Louis nodded. "Yeah, but they ended... like, two months ago." How could he forget? Peaches came looking for him, in tears, confiding everything into him, her father Manny (who Louis was still a little uneasy with), and her Mother Ellie. She poured her heart and soul to them, telling them she thought Ethan was her one and only, and Ellie had explained to her, that was what first love was always gonna feel like. Louis could remember Ellie pulling her daughter into a heartfelt hug, immediately softening the girls sobs. Manny was sitting by them in a silence that frightened Louis, making him bury himself in the ground slightly, just in case Manny decided to go and attack Ethan over the split up. "Well I guess now, he's regretting breaking it off?" He received a nod from both Dan and Frank. This could be why he is feeling down, let alone... possibly feeling remorseful about the situation. "We should talk to him." Mike's words interrupted the molehog's pensive trance, and before he knew it, they all agreed in a wave of nods, and made their way over to him, and as they neared Ethan's silent figure, contrasting in the shade. "Hey man."

"Hey," Ethan's voice didn't sound right in his greeting. Mike was prepared for their high trunk hand shake and all... but it was obviously rejected.

"Anything that you wanna talk about?" Dan asked. "We're here for you dude."

Silence...

"I screwed up... didn't I?" He said after a while.

Louis sat by Ethan, one of the plants leaves towering over him as he placed his paws on his knee, heels hitting off against one another every now and again. "Are you referring to-" He slapped a leaf out of the way.

Sigh. "Yeah... I thought it would be best for both of us... but I can't stop thinking about it now... I mean, I was with an amazing girl, a real diamond, and I just finished it... she was so happy with me, and I was with her..." Ethan's trunk found itself to his eyes, and his whole body shuddered slightly, as if he was about to start crying, but pulled it back the best he could.

"Maybe it's for the best..." Dan frowned at Antler, whose ears flattened slightly, as he slowly took a step or two back, away from Ethan. "They say that 'things happen for a reason' you know, for better or for worse..."

Ethan looked towards the sea of green beneath the edge where he sat, as his friends watch him closely. "I never felt like this towards any girl before... and things usually turn out for the better on both sides... they usually just cried, begged me for a second chance, and then we'd both be over it within a week or two... but I haven't seen Peaches in so long... I don't know what has been going on... it's like I need to know what's going on..."

Louis frowned. "So your comparing her to other girls, firstly assuming she was gonna get over it just like that?"

"I was at first... but she didn't beg for a second chance... she just... stared at me, crying silently, saying nothing. After a while, she just walked away. If there was a physical way of knowing that I know that someone just shattered into a million pieces... she would be the best example." He narrowed his eyes a little, before seeing... Peaches, walking in the green below him, away from him, talking to someone he couldn't see (he was hoping it wasn't her dad). ~Music starts~ She was laughing; her voice singing that beautiful tune that he longed to hear again... at least something good was happening to her (explains the laugh), but thinking over everything he had done, he then closed his eyes, and inhaled deeply, his lips squishing up against one another as he looked on with determination;

Ethan:
Counted all my mistakes and there's only one
Standing out from the list of the things I've done
All the rest of my crimes don't come c-l-o-s-e-
*He stood up slowly, with Louis, Antler, Mike, Dan and Frank listening closely.*
To the look on your face when I let you go...
*He had to find her.*
So I built you a house from a broken home
*While still singing, he turned and walked between Mike and Dan, continuing on even though they started asking him where he was going.*
And I wrote you a song with the words you spoke...
*He moved a branch out of his way, and his friends watched on questioningly.*
It took me some time but I figured out
*He had to talk to her.*
How to fix up a heart that I let down!
*...he had to tell her how he felt.*

Mike:
Now he's searching every lonely place-

Dan:
Every corner calling out her name-

Frank:
Tryin to find her but he just doesn't know-

Louis:
Where do broken hearts go?

Antler:
*Looking at the boys, while asking normally once they started running after him.*
Where do broken hearts go?
*Louis rolled his eyes once again. "Just come on," he said.*

Ethan:
*Slapping more leaves out of the way, as he started running.*
Yeah, the taste of your lips on the tip of my tongue
*Memories started running through his head*
Is at the top of the list of the things I want
Mind is running in circles of you and me
*He zoomed past Katie and Steffie, who looked at him weirdly.*
Anyone in between is the enemy.
*No one was gonna stop him from finding her. No distractions, whatsoever.*

Frank:
*Ethan's eyes averted to Frank's voice, and the footsteps that were gaining on him*
Shadows come with the pain that you're running from
Love was something she never heard enough

Louis:
*After realising he was slowly falling behind from the exhaustion, but then leapt into the air, and his claws touched the ground, and he stared digging.*
Yeah it took you some time but you figured out
How to fix up a heart that you let down.

Antler:
*Galloping beside Ethan at terrific speed.*
Now you're searching every lonely place
Every corner calling out her name,
*BAM! Antler ran straight into a tree, and Ethan cringed a the sound of the impact.*

Dan:
Tryin to find her but you just don't know!

All:
Where do broken hearts go?
"PEACHES!" Ethan started calling out. "PEACHES!"

Dan, Frank, Mike, and Louis:
*stopping to help Antler back up on his feet*
Are you sleeping baby by yourself

Ethan:
Or are you giving it to someone else...
Tryin to find you but I just don't know
Where do broken hearts go?

All:
Where do broken hearts go?

*Peaches and Kiki were walking along together, talking about things until Peaches stopped at the sound of Ethan's voice. "PEACHES!"*

Ethan:
Tell me now, tell me now
*Kiki was able to hear it too. "Who is that?" She asked. Peaches was about to respond that she was unsure, until the voice was suddenly closer, and louder.*
Tell me where you go when you feel afraid
*She turned around, and saw Ethan running towards them. "Ethan?"

All (but Ethan):
(Where do broken hearts go...)

Ethan:
*Nearing towards Peaches, he stumbled a little, but eventually, was able to stop himself was running into her.*
Tell me now, tell me now
Tell me will you ever love me again, love me again?
*Peaches stared at him dumbfounded, while Kiki glared at him slightly.*
Now I'll search in every lonely place...
Every corner calling out your name...
*His trunk tiredly found hers, and wrapped it tightly. "I found you..."
Have to find you but I just don't know...
Where do broken hearts go?
*Peaches expression slowly turned into a soft frown.*
Are you sleeping baby by yourself?
"After two months? But I never left..."*
Or are you giving it to someone else?
"True..." He looked at her slowly. "But that doesn't mean I didn't."*
Tryin to find you but I just don't know...

Louis:
Where do broken hearts go?
*Peaches continued to look at Ethan silently.*
Tell me where you're hiding out!
*Ethan knew unwanted memories with flowing through her head.*
Where do broken hearts go?
*She wanted them gone, and so did he.*

Ethan:
*Holding her closely, tears threatening to escape his eyes.*
Come on baby, cause I need you now!

Louis:
*Seeing Kiki in view, he stopped immediately, and dug under the dirt.*
Where do broken hearts go?

Ethan:
Tell me cause I'm ten feet down!

Dan and Frank:
Where do broken hearts go?
*"I'm... I'm sorry." He whispered.*

Mike, Antler, Dan and Frank:
Come on baby, come and get me out
*Peaches shook a little in his hold, eyes welling up with tears.*
Come on baby, come and get me out
*After all they had been through, after everything that has been done a hidden away... is coming back.*
Come on baby, cause he need you now
*Ethan felt his heart slowing down as she wrapped her trunk around him too, but just more slow then he thought.*
Where do broken hearts go?
*"Please give me a second chance..." He whispered. "Please..."
Where do broken hearts go!
Where do broken hearts go?
Where do broken hearts go!?

There was a long silence before his answer was delivered.

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