Chapter Two

His family has left again by this point. Kieron has only been in a coma for two hours though to John-Paul it felt like days. He was sat in silence as he kept thinking back to the look of disgust on his mother's face. He can't say he is surprised and he would just feel worse if she reacted any other way anyway. He knows what he's doing is wrong, he never set out to hurt anyone but he just help who he loves. He still held onto Kieron's hand, hoping he wakes up soon. He wants answers about what happened. He can't be selfish therefore he wants to stay with Kieron. He sacrificed so much and got so little in return therefore John-Paul has decided to sacrifice his love for Craig.

"Hi mate...Look I came as soon as I heard...Kieron never gets a break does he?" Niall asked rhetorically, almost out of nowhere.

John-Paul gasped as he didn't even hear him come in. Niall was only here to finish what he started. Though with John-Paul here; he obviously can't. He has planned to turn of the life support.

"So the whole village know then?" John-Paul asked, barely being able to say the words.

Niall shrugged.

"I don't know mate...I saw the ambulance and I wasn't sure if it were you but I had a gut feeling you know...And you weren't in the flat so..." Niall lied, he had to think on the spot there.

He nodded, he was grateful that nobody else knew. They would only pry and he didn't need that right now. He had no idea that he was speaking to the man responsible and he wouldn't suspect him. He thinks they're friends but he had no idea. Niall sat on the opposite side, looking down on his body.

"I just don't understand...He wouldn't do this, I mean you know him and he wouldn't do this" John-Paul insisted with confidence.

Niall gave another shrug.

"I'm not surprised he tried to top himself...He gave up everything for you and you just threw it back in his face as soon as your ex comes back" Niall grunted.

John-Paul looked back up after that comment. He didn't know how to retract that statement and he hated not knowing. Niall hoped he would leave so he could do this and the sad thing was, he never wanted to do this. He would had stopped but Kieron knows too much and that was his own fault admittedly.

"I didn't do that... I love Kieron and when I find out who has done this...I'l..."John-Paul stopped half-way through his sentence.

He sighed, digging his fingernails into the side of his hand. With Niall looking on and plotting his next move. The heart monitor changed slightly as it went down just a notch which got two different reactions from each man. This was enough for John-Paul to leave the room and alert one of the doctors about the little change.

"Looks like it just you and me...again" Niall spoke as he stood up and walked over to the life support machine.

His hand was shaking slightly as he moved it closer towards that button. He shook his head,perhaps nature will take its course. This didn't stop him from helping it though as he took one of the specialty pharmaceuticals out . Before quickly sitting back down as he noticed that the heart monitor was going down a little bit more. Then it changed rapidly which resulted in Niall rushing out but John-Paul and the doctor were already there.

"Nurse!" the doctor shouted as two nurses came rushing in again while the doctor led Niall and John-Paul to two chairs.

Niall was still shaking as he looked in the room. He hoped this would be the final straw though it seems that Kieron is made of strong stuff. They were trying their best to resuscitate him. They managed to get him stable once again though nothing like this should happen again. Not again.

"You should go Niall...You...Really... Should go" John-Paul advised however Niall didn't want to in case he wakes up.

He shook his head.

"No mate... Kieron's a mate right and I want to be here when he wakes up and he will wake up...I'm sorry about what I said before...I was a mess" Niall quickly responded.

Though John-Paul couldn't take it all in.

"I understand but please...I just need to be with him by myself... I could ring you if he wakes up" John-Paul suggested.

He supposed he felt uneasy because Niall was the only one in the room when it happened. If. they didn't succeed, he never would had forgave himself for not being there. Niall hesitated before saying...

"Okay...I haven't been honest with you here...Kieron has been paranoid about me for weeks. He thinks I'm out for you and your family...Don't know why...I have nothing against them. You know this mate but he doesn't...So just don't pay attention to him if he mentions because it be rubbish" Niall lied, it was a cruel lie.

John-Paul shook his head, that didn't sound like him either. It just felt wrong and incorrect and that's exactly what it was.

"No...You're lying" John-Paul was cut off by a nervous Niall.

"Look I know it sounds strange. I thought he was joking at first...But no and you know he told me that he has been looking for your mother's secret son too and he is convinced it's me...Ask him yourself...I know this sounds embarrassing but he thinks that she left me at a church when I was a baby for the nuns to look after me...He's changed ever since he left the church...He's gone really strange you know"

John-Paul laughed out of disbelief. He couldn't believe any of his lies but he can't argue that he hasn't been acting out-of-character these last few days. The whole wedding thing was becoming an unhealthy obsession for him.

"What? My mum doesn't have a secret son...I don't understand" John-Paul replied in confusion.

"I don't know mate" Niall lied with a third shrug.

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