Lior's POV
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Once again another girlfriend gone because I was too distant. What the hell is wrong with me, at least I have dinner to look forward too. I arrived at the grand steps of our mansion. My mother smiled at me as she cooked dinner, I looked at my step father as he leaned on the stair railing "We need to have a serious conversation Lior!"
"Yes, Father", I responded.
My mother stared at him "Cody! Please, it's not that big of a deal."
He glared at my mother "How the hell do you think his Father died?!"
She looked at him with hurt in her eyes "I thought we were past that."
He walked down the the stairs and hugged my mother from behind "I still love you, but I need to assure the safety of our son."
She giggled as he kissed her neck a bit "Okay, I understand try not to be mean."
"I'll try my hardest not to", he smiled as he walked towards me.
He sat on the couch next to me holding a Manila envelope. I braced myself for what he was about to say. He pulled out a picture out of the envelope "You see that…that's your father with Senator Buck , cut out of the picture. But, Senator Buck had a wife and she didn't like Buck with your father, so she arranged a hit man and that's how your father died…
He pulled out another picture, a picture of me and Polly Pickets daughter "A funny thing about history is that it repeats itself, I don't want to lose you like I lost your father. I know you didn't know…"
I cupped my hands on my face "If I knew I wouldn't have dated her.. well she broke up with me anyways so it shouldn't matter."
We both tried talking low so mom didn't worry. Father looked at me and sighed "Please don't worry your mother too much, she loves you so much."
I stood up "Mom, please call me down when you're done with dinner."
"Okay, I love you",mom spoke.
"Love you too",I spoke casually.
As I was coming up the stairs my sister came down, her clumsy-ness caused her to miss a step. It was almost in slow motion for me , I caught her at the last minute "Jesus Christ Sienna, take the elevator." I knew she couldn't hear me so I told her in sign language to be careful. I then walked her down the stairs and came back up, my stepfather stared at me after he hugged his daughter. She always laughed with him after they communicated in sign language even if she didn't know it.
I then lay in my room until I received a text from one of my friends "Party @ Liam's house now! Don't be late."
I sighed and put on regular street clothes leaving my tuxedo in the closet .
I ran downstairs "Mom, put the food in the fridge I'll eat it when I get home going to Liam's house", I shut the door, and walked a study pace to arrive to his house on time.
I looked at my watch, I arrived to the party where I saw Jack waving "hi".
Jack smiled "Let's go get some bitches!!!"
I laughed as he looked hyped to go to some lame high school party. "How are we going to get bitches when there are none?", I responded.
He laughed some more before we entered, it was around seven fifty ish turning into eight o'clock. As
Jack walked inside as I followed behind and heard mellow music. It was a regular house party for the most part, not too packed and not too empty. Jack and I found a quiet spot upstairs so we just chilled for a bit, sat on our phones. Most people here were already in cliques, for the most part everyone was introverted. I almost fell asleep as I sat on the floor on my phone while Jack lay on the bed until I heard a loud boom, someone had turned on a loud speaker and what we heard was the bass. "What the hell was that?", Jack sounded fatigued.
He jumped off the bed and opened the door heading outside, I cracked my neck and followed him outside.
There were more people in the backyard where everyone looked a lot more extroverted. Jack did a little handshake when he saw Liam in the backyard, Liam had a bonfire in the backyard there were girls dancing by the fire, but Liam was mostly sitting behind the bonfire on wooden benches he was with another group of friends. As I approached closer I saw Liam inhaling nose candy on a wooden table. He was surrounded by other people doing the same thing, I stood closer but from a distance. After Liam snorted his nose candy he looked up and chuckled, he then looked at Jack " Aye yo, Jack you can have this credit card if you take a hit."
"Really?", Jack asked. "Mm-Hm", replied Liam. I shook my head no and signaled Jack to get up and leave, I never thought of Jack to succumb to peer pressure or dumb bets. Liam was a pampered ass hole, but I enjoyed his company sometimes. I knew Jack longer and he always struggled to fit in, but he seemed smart and he always knew what to say, but I know Liam was trying to convince him because his family wasn't so wealthy. I looked at Jack and finally spoke "I'll take you to my house and cook you a meal then I'll have my parents write you a check, fuck Liam this party is fucking boring anyways". Liam stood up and chuckled out of denial "I know you aren't fucking talking-
One of the guys sitting at the table pushed Liam back onto the bench "Sit down", he spoke.
I looked back to see Jack passed out, "Shit", I spoke softly but loud enough for someone to hear me. He had a powdered mustache and a needle sticking out of his right arm "What the fuck?!", I muttered. I felt his pulse it was weak and he was losing his warmth. I threw him over my shoulder and ran back inside of the house to go out the front door, I saw Liam chase behind me "You don't just fucking cross me and get away with it." As I got close to the front door I saw Liam trip as the same guy who told Liam to sit down followed behind me, he had stuck his foot out on purpose. Liam groaned laying on the floor. As I stood in front of his house I realized I didn't drive here let alone have my phone with me. The guy who tripped Liam pulled out his keys "If you guys need a ride hop in the backseat." I nodded, I put Jack in the back seat and felt his pulse I freaked out for a second when I couldn't find it but I felt it, it was getting weaker. The guy driving started speeding while I buckled Jack in. He made a weird noise before he started having a seizure in the back seat, I calmly ripped my shirt and stuck the wad of fabric in his mouth to keep him from biting his tongue.
The guy driving glanced over at the back he then took the right lane and turned into the hospital parking lot. He parked at the front entrance, I then unbuckled his seat belt then tossed him over my shoulder as his seizure had stopped. The guy who drove us to the hospital ran beside me and took Jack's phone out of his back pocket. I stood at the front desk and Jack started seizing again over my shoulder a group of nurses grabbed a stretcher and I placed him on it. I felt powerless when I let him go. One nurse started asking me questions about Jack and I told him everything including the drug part. He then asked if we had an emergency contact for Jack, the guy driving stood slightly behind me and pulled out Jack's phone "Do you know the password?", the guy asked. I nodded and called his mother she was frantic and thanked me for taking him to the hospital.
I then sat in the waiting room with the same guy who drove us here "Thank you", I spoke to the guy who drove us here. He looked at me with his cold emerald colored eyes "No problem." His Dirty Blonde hair was drenched in sweat "Caden, by the way." He extended his hand out to me, I shook it. "Lior, nice to meet you too", I spoke. He chuckled "Lior that's your name? Am I saying it right?"
I had a slight smile on my face I hated my name sometimes but my father named me so I never wanted to fully hate it.
"Yeah, it's like Dior the cologne but with an "L" in front of the whole word."
Caden couldn't stop laughing, nurses gave him dirty looks he then looked at me "Shit, I need to stop laughing before I get kicked out."
"Dumbass", I laughed.
He then gave me a serious look then started laughing again, he then took a deep breath "Well, Lior do you need a ride home?"
I knew Jack's mom could give me a ride home but I didn't want to wait as long "Yeah, sure I don't mind, but I want to wait to see if Jack's okay, if you don't mind?"
He smiled "Mm, yeah. How old are you by the way?"
I looked at him "Seventeen."
Caden didn't reply for a few seconds "I'm nineteen. Hm you seem to… what's the word… too ballsy to be around Liam."
I ran my fingers through my hair "Liam, I don't remember how I became friends with him, but if Jack dies he better fucking avoid me."
"Sorry, I didn't mean it to come out like that", I apologized. Caden looked at me as if he forgave me instantly "Liam is my ex-boyfriend."
I looked at him with a shocked look in my face "I didn't know he was-"
"It's okay, he's been keeping it a secret, though-", he yawned.
"I feel comfortable telling you", he continued.
All I could do was nod in silence before he lay his head on my shoulder, he had passed out, sweating intensely.
"Are you okay?", I asked in worry.
He replied in delirium "Yeah, Yeah just my withdrawal symptoms from heroin", he spoke before he passed out on my shoulder.