PLEASE READ: Hello! Here's the next chapter. This chapter will contain possible triggers. If you don't want to read the triggering parts, you can skip the second and third part of the story. This is where it is mostly triggering, I believe. Read at your own risk. But I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Myra approched the door to the Davenport residence. She hesitated to knock.
"Should I do this? Would Chase get mad at me? I can't believe he's doing this to himself. Why? Are people still saying things to him on Chatters? Man, I so wish I had my phone!"
She sighed. "C'mon Myra, you have to talk to them. Chase avoided me at school all day today. He's not talking to me anytime soon, I don't think. Come on, just knock on the door!"
Myra knocked on the door twice before Mr. Davenport opened it.
"Oh, hello Myra... Chase is grounded, so-"
"I need to talk to you, Mr Davenport. It's important."
"Oh, okay... Come in." He stepped aside to let Myra enter.
'Okay Myra, there's no going back now!"
Myra and Mr. Davenport sat on the couch, and soon everyone had come and joined them.
"What is it that you need to talk to me about?"
"I-it's about Chase... well yesterday I found out that he's... he's..."
"What is he doing?"
"It's... he's..."
"Come on Myra! Just say it already!" She thought to herself.
"He's... harming himself." Myra blurted.
They all had shocked expressions on their faces, mixed with worry.
"He's what!? Adam, Bree, go get Chase down here now." They ran upstairs.
Douglas cut in. "Do you know how long he's been doing this?"
"N-no I don't... I discovered them yesterday though...
"But why? Why would he do this?" Tasha asked.
"I-I'm not really sure... but I think I have a hunch... so-"
"Mr. Davenport! We can't find Chase! We looked everywhere!" Bree yelled as she and Adam rushed back to the living room after a few minutes.
"What?! Eddy, where is he?" Donald yelled at the smart home system.
"Don't yell at me!"
"Just tell me where Chase is!"
"Say sorry."
Donald rolled his eyes. "Okay, sorry. Now where is he?!"
"He's on the roof! And I hope he stays there!"
"What?!" It was Myra's turn to yell. "Mr. Davenport, we have to get up there."
...
Chase was sobbing relentlessly as he got the bottle of pills open. He poured them into his shaking hand.
He stared at them. "Do I really want to do this?"
He remembered the words he was always called, everyday.
Weak
Short
Nerd
Dork
Geek
Stupid
Loser
He stopped thinking about it. He had made up his mind.
"I've lost the battle."
"Chase!" Adam, Bree and Leo were the first ones up there, because Bree used her super speed.
"Chase! No...!" Leo screamed. He knocked Chase's hand away, causing the pills to fall all the way down. Chase's mind was a blur. He couldn't think. The screams of his name sounded like far away echos.
The last thing he remembered his name being shouted-then he fell into darkness.
Chase woke up lying in a bed.
"Where am I?" It took him a while to realize.
He was in a hospital. Alive.
"Chase?" Mr. Davenport whispered.
Chase remembered. He remembered what he did and why.
"W-Why am I here..." He looked at his family, all with solemn faces.
"Why am I here... why am I a-alive..."
"W-Why...!" He buried his face in his hands. "Why... am... I... here!" He said inbetween sobs.
Donald wrapped his arms around him. "It's okay, let it all out..." He whispered, his voice cracking.
He cried into Mr. Davenport's shoulder. He couldn't hold back anymore. Everyone could feel their heart break.
The Davenport family sat in the hospital room, looking at the now sleeping Chase. No one said a word. It was completly silent.
The nurse opened the door. "Can I talk to you all outside please?" They nodded and followed her out.
The nurse silently closed the door. "Well, he can go home by tomorrow. Right now they're investigating the reason why he..." She trailed off. "Well, you know... Do any of you think you know why? It would help investigators a lot..."
"Well... I'm not entirely sure. It was a surprise to us all, to be honest..." Donald said.
"Oh okay. Well... I wish you guys the best. I'm sorry about..."
"Thank you..." The nurse gave him a silent nod and patted him on the back. "I'll give you all some alone time. It will all be okay." She walked away.
It was a surprise to all of them. They never thought he would try something like that. But he did, and they couldn't pretend like it didn't happen. People always say 'You never know how much you love someone until they're gone.' But they decided that wasn't true. You do know how much you love someone, you just never thought you'd lose them. And that's what they realized.
"M-M-Mr. Davenport..." He turned around to see Bree crying.
"T-This is a-all our fault! W-We always t-tease him for who h-he is! We're the r-reason why!" Adam put his arm around his sister, trying to hold back his tears.
"It's not your fault, Bree. And even if it was, it's not all your fault." They turned around to see Myra, her eyes puffy. She continuted.
"Remember when I told you that I had a hunch, Mr. Davenport? Well to figure out, I got my phone back from my parents. Look at this video that was on social media. And read the comments." She handed him her phone and took a step back, examing the look on their faces.
There was confusion, then shock, then anger, then worry, then shock and anger again.
''I-I'm going to make them pay." Adam said through clenched teeth. Even he had put the pieces together and figured out what was going on.
"Yeah Adam! Show them how they would like it!" Leo cheered. Well, made it as much as a cheer that he could, because everyone found it impossible to show the slightest shed of happiness during the current situation.
"T-That explains his black eye..."
"And why he's coming home late everyday..."
"I was too hard on him... I should have never grounded him or suspended him from the team."
"It's okay Donald." Tasha comforted him. "You couldn't have known..."
"But I should of been aware. I-I should of...!''
"Donnie... I should of known too..." Douglas's voice cracked.
"No, we should have known." Leo said. "I mean, we go to the same school!"
"No, it's me and Adam's fault. We should have seen what was happening on Chatters but we didn't because we were too selfish." Bree broke into sobs again.
"No, don't blame yourself Bree. It's all my fault. I always throw him around and hurt him even more." Adam had tears falling out of his eyes.
They all blamed themselves.
Meh, I have to say this chapter was probaby the hardest to write so far. I had writer's block, and when I did get an idea, I couldn't seem to write it in words. I feel like this chapter is rushed and forced kinda. I'm not really satisfied with it, but I'm going to post it anyway. But I hope you enjoyed it! See you next chapter!
