Chapter 5: AA
Riggs set the empty bottle down. His head was laying on the table. He was seeing double now. He sat up and then stood up and tried to walk to the couch that was in his trailer. He sat down on the couch and then fell over. He looked on the table and saw something that he wanted to use.
-In the Morning-
Martin woke up and looked at the table. He saw a straight razor on it covered with blood. He narrowed his eyes and then felt a pain coming from his wrist. He lifted arm and looked. There on the wrist straight across was a cut. His eyes got wide and he sat up. He looked at the other and the same thing was on it. He looked up and said under his breath.
"Fuck."
-At Roger's House-
Roger woke up and looked over and saw Trish getting her watch. She looked at him and smiled. He smiled and looked over and it fell.
"What is it Baby?" She asked him.
"I don't know, but I have a feeling that something is wrong with Riggs."
"Oh Baby, you are just missing him." She smiled and sat on the bed next to him.
After everyone had left Roger was getting his coffee when Riggs walked in through the side door. Roger saw that he had his hangover glasses on. He looked at him with a "really" look. Riggs took off the glasses and looked at him.
"Don't, I know what you are going to say." He said and moved closer to him.
"Okay, I won't." Roger said. He went to wrap his arms around the man that he loved, but Martin stopped him.
"Now you don't want me to hold you?" He asked.
"No, it's not that it's just…well." Riggs took off his jacket and showed his bandaged wrists. Roger walked over and gently touched the bandaged.
"What did you do?" He asked with wide eyes.
"I don't know. I guess I blacked out. I remember looking at the razor, but that was it." He said kinda fast.
"Rog…I'm scared. If I did this, this time then I could do it next time." He said and looked down at them.
"Martin, I think this is a sign that you should quite drinking all together." Roger told him. Riggs looked at him and knew that he was right.
"Your right." He said in a low voice.
"Look I'll go with you to AA okay." Roger told him and hugged him. Riggs hugged him, and Roger could feel his love shaking with fear. He moved closer to Riggs and hugged him tighter. Martin also hugged him tighter.
-Later After Work-
Martin was looking at the door. Roger was behind him, he placed a hand on his shoulder. Riggs turned around and looked at him. Roger nodded his head. Riggs turned around and opened the door. AA was what Martin thought it was, people setting around telling how drinking ruined their lives. The woman name Margaret looked at Martin. He smiled at her and she said.
"Would you like to share?" Martin looked around the room. Everyone was setting in a circle.
"No, I'm good." He said with a smiled.
"Really?" She asked him. She reached over and touched his left wrist and he yelled out in pain.
"Sounds to me that you are doing great." She said in a smartass way. Riggs narrowed his eyes at her and looked over at Roger and he had a look like please share.
"Okay…Hi I'm Martin and I have a drinking problem. I drank a lot last night and blacked out and cut my wrists, not to bad but still."
"What led you to drink?" Asked Margaret.
"My wife was killed going to deliver our son. They both died and that was just the one of many things." He said.
"Would you like to share about it, but you don't have to if you don't want to." Margaret said to him.
"I will soon, but not now." He said.
"Okay, who would like to share next?" She asked.
-Later After the Meeting-
Margaret walked up to Roger and Martin. She smiled at them and then looked at Riggs. She then turned toward Roger.
"You are Martin's what?" She asked.
"Boyfriend." Roger said, and Riggs looked at him with an odd face.
"You go with him and get all the alcohol out of his place and he may have to stay with you. He will go through withdraws." She said. Riggs looked at her. She was right he would.
-Later that night-
Riggs was laying in the gust bedroom in Roger's home. He was not asleep he was just laying there. He heard a noise and looked over and saw Roger standing in the doorway and closing the door behind him.
"You doing okay?" He asked.
"Nope." He said honestly. Roger moved and sat on the bed and looked down at him. Martin looked at him and sighed.
"I want a drink so bad." He said tapping his finger on his other hand.
"I know, but you can do this." He said and leaned down and kissed him. Riggs moaned in the kiss. Roger ended the kiss and looked at him.