they say that all beauty must die

Matt’s POV:

“Would you drive faster” Zack yelled at me as we drove towards my house.

“Zack, I’m going 130 I cant go much faster” I sternly spoke back to him.

We were both so on edge, we needed to drop brian off and get to the hospital before Axl woke up, if she did wake up.

I didn’t even know what we were going to do or say to brian, how were we supposed to deal with this.

I pulled into the drive way and almost shit my pants when I saw Val’s car there, I had completely forgotten she was here.

“Fuck” I said out loud.

“Who’s car is that?” Zack asked.

“Val’s I forgot she was here”

“So were just gonna dump the druggie off with her, while we go see my little sister in the hospital who you used to have an affair with, that sounds like a good plan”

I rolled my eyes at Zack, “Well it will be good for Brian to have someone to be there when he wakes up don’t you think? And plus val told me to go get you and check on Axl, shes fine with this, ill just talk to her before we drag brian in there”

“Well you better get moving then” Zack said with a strict look.

I quickly jogged from the car and into my house, Val was sitting on the couch watching tv.

“Everything alright?” she asked giving me a look of concern.

I shook my head,“Not really, I kind of have a favour to ask you” I said almost in a whisper.

She got up slowly and walked over to me, taking both my hands in hers.

“Whatever you need” she said.

I took a deep breathe “Okay heres the thing, Axl is in the hospital right now she tried to kill herself, and while we were at there we found Brian with a needle in his arm, hes turned to drugs, and we need to leave him here with someone while we go to the hospital” I quickly blurted out.

Val took a deep breathe, “Say no more, Bring him upstairs in the guest room, I’ll keep an eye on him”

“Thank you so much Val” I gushed as I ran outside the house to get Brian.

Zack helped me bring Brian into the house and up to the guest room.

“Thanks so much Val, it’s good to see you back here” Zack said as he headed back out to the car.

I quickly ran over to Val and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before heading out to the hospital.

On the drive over Zack had called everyone, Johnny, Lacey, Dan, Matt and Jason, anyone he could think of he called to meet us at the hospital.

We quickly entered the hospital asking which way, once we arrived in the waiting room they wouldn’t let us in too see her, we had been told she had lost a lot of blood and was unstable.

Suddenly I started to get dizzy, every memory I had with Axl started entering my head, from when she was little, to when I gave her the anklet, to when I first slept with her, to Jim’s funeral, to sleeping with her last night, and then finding her in the bathroom with the blood everywhere.

I couldn’t take it anymore, I felt myself dropping but before I hit the ground I felt two sets of arms catch me and take me over to the waiting chairs.

“Matt? Matt? Can you hear me?” A voice said, everything was still blurry but I could tell by the blurry vision of tattoos that Johnny and Zack were with me.

“He’s in shock” I heard another voice say only I didn’t recognize this voice.

My vision was starting to get a little clearer and I made out the third person to be a doctor and Lacey was standing beside him.

“Come on Mr.Sanders we’ll get you to lay down and do some tests on you” The doctor said.

I tried to stand on my own but failed miserably, John and Zack helped me into the bed I could feel myself fading in and out of consciousness.

Zack’s Point of View:

“Jesus Christ” I muttered to myself as I took a seat in the waiting room.

“Where’s Matt?” Jason asked as he entered the room.

I let out a small laugh “The big guy’s in shock, they have him stabilized in another room”

“Jesus man, that should be you in shock, since it’s your baby sister, how you holding up anyways?” Jason asked.

“Fuck man, we just lost Jimmy I can’t lose her too and when Brian wakes up I’m gonna fucking kill him” I seethed with anger.

“Relax man, we’ll figure this shit out, were all family here” Johnny said.

But I didn’t want to listen I wanted that fucker dead; he should be in the hospital not my baby sister.

“I’m going for a smoke, no one follow me” I said as I got up and headed outside.

Val’s Point of View:

I had just gotten river back to sleep when I heard mumbling and groaning come down the stairs.

I wasn’t scared of Brian and not even a little bit, I knew I could take him if ever tried to come at
me.

“How did I get here?” Brian asked as he walked into the living room.

“Sit, I’ll make you some coffee” I said as I walked past him and into the kitchen.

Once the coffee was ready I brought him a mug, he hesitated to take it from me.

“Drink it, you’ll feel better” I said.

Brian took small sips of the coffee as he tried not to make eye contact with me.

“Do you want to start or should I?” I asked looking at Brian.

“Start what?” he asked stupidly, he damn well knew what.

“You damn well know Brian, Matt and Zack found you with a needle in your arm; or are you just
going to sit there and try to deny it”

“I’m not denying anything, but its none of your guy’s fucking business what I do”

“Were your family Brian unfortunately it is our business, we just lost Jimmy you think we want to lose you too and when you start beating up your wife that’s also our business”

Brian couldn’t look me in the eyes, “How is she?” he muttered.

“How do you think? She went home to check on you found you with the drugs tried to kill herself and now shes in the hospital” I said, now realizing I had tears coming down my face.

Brian just sat there shaking his head “I need to go see her” he pleaded.

“Not bloody likely, Matt and Zack are there not to mention everyone else probably is too, if you go you’ll only make things worse”

“Okay, well do you mind if I go back upstairs and sleep then” Brian asked

“Sure, go ahead” I said, as I took his coffee cup and put it in the sink.

Just as Brian stood up, my phone started to ring, the ringtone revealing that it was Zacky.

“Hey Zack, Whats up?” I asked, looking over at Brian.

“Hey, so Matt went into shock so they have him lying down in another room and we haven’t heard anything about Axl yet, is Brian up yet?”

“Yeah, he’s up, but give Matt my love and Axl too when she’s awake”

“ I will, I’ll be over to talk to Brian as soon as i know everything over here is okay”

“Okay Zack, keep me updated”

“I will, bye”

I hung up the phone and looked at Brian, “Matt’s gone into shock so they have him lying down in another room and Axl isn’t stable yet”

“Great” Brian mumbled.

“You better go get some rest, Zack said he was coming over as soon as everything was good over there”

Brian nodded and headed back up the stairs, I went back to sitting on couch and letting myself space out while watching tv.

Zacks POV:

After getting off the phone with Val and knowing Brian was awake, all I wanted to do was go over there and give him a piece of my mind.

But I knew I had to wait, I wanted to be here when Axl woke up.

I walked back into the hospital to see Johnny pacing around, a cup of coffee in his hand.

When he noticed me his eyes lit up, “She’s awake, but we have to wait for the doctor to come back out and let us go in” he rambled.

“Thank god” I whispered.

“Miss Baker is awake and stable now if you wish to go see her” The doctor said.

Johnny and I headed for the room, when we entered the room I almost couldn’t handle seeing my sister like that, there were tubes hooked up to her and machines everywhere.

Just seeing her brought tears to my eyes.

“How are you feeling?” I asked.

She gave me a small smile, “I’m okay, just sleepy” she weakly replied.

I rubbed my hands over my face, I really didn’t want to ask about brian, but I knew I had too.

“I hate to ask this right away, but did you know about Brian and the drugs?”

“Not until last night, but it explains so much”

“How long has he been violent towards you?”

She looked away from me, tears falling down her face “A few weeks now” she sniffled out.

“Jesus Christ Axl, why didn’t you come to me?”

She let out a scoff “I tried, you didn’t want company, the only person that was there for me was Matt” she choked out

Johnny and I both hung our heads, “Where is Matt anyways?” Axl asked.

“Oh uh, he went into shock hes laying down in the other room”

She didn’t say anything, she just kept her head turned the other way not looking at me or Johnny.

“I’ll go see if hes awake” Johnny said as he left the room.

I took a seat in the chair next to Axl’s bed; I wasn’t going to pressure her for any more information, not after what a lousy brother I had been.


Axl’s POV:

I woke up with tubes coming out of my nose and machines beeping everywhere, I could barely open my eyes but I knew I was in a hospital.

My heart started to race when I remembered what had happened, Brian and the drugs and me trying to end my life.

When I saw Johnny and Zack walk in a part of me was happy that I had made it, but a different part of me still wish I had died, I didn’t want to deal with Brian doing drugs or me and matt sleeping together.

Zack was asking me questions, not that I blamed him; but I really didn’t care right now, its not like he had cared before when I needed him. The only person I wanted to be around right now was Matt and I knew that wasn’t the best idea, but he was the only person who would make me feel better right now.

Zack sat in the chair beside my bed as we waited for Johnny to go check on Matt.

Neither of us said a word, which was fine with me, I had a lot to think about. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to remain married to Brian after all this, I wasn’t sure if I could handle this anymore.

Matt walked in with Johnny interrupting my thoughts, Matt looked rather pale and there was blood stains on his white t-shirt, but he still looked so inviting and warm.

Matt stood awkwardly at the end of my bed, Zack and Johnny’s eyes were both on him.

“Can you give us a minute please?” I asked looking at Johnny and Zack.

They both nodded and stood up, Zack hesitated for minute but left giving me a look of warning on the way out.

“I’m really glad you’re okay” Matt said as he took my hand and sat on the bed next to me.

“I’m sorry” I whispered to him.

“For what? You have no reason to be sorry, I’m just glad I found you, I was so scared that you tried to do this because of what happened between us the other night”

“Matt, I wouldn’t try to kill myself because we had sex; you’re the only person that’s been there for me, I can’t thank you enough”

“You guys are unbelievable” Zack said as he stepped into the room.

Matt and I both snapped are heads over to Zack standing by the door.

“Zack, it happened one time” I pleaded

“I don’t care, you guys have a problem” Zack hissed.

“Well maybe if you were there for more while my husband was beating me up and if Val was there for Matt this wouldn’t have happened, its not like we planned it, its not like before” I
snapped.

Zack sighed; he knew that he if he would have let me into his house that first night, that none of this would have happened.

“The doctor wants to keep you here for a few more nights, were going to talk to Brian, are you coming Matt?” Zack asked in a defeated tone.

Matt gave my hand a tight squeeze and a smile as he left the room with Zack.

What the hell was I supposed to do here for a few more days; I was going to drive myself insane.

Oh well, it at least gave me time to think about what I wanted to do and I knew that when I got out of here things would be crazy.

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