1:35 PM
Los Angeles
December
(Warning:mentions of suicide and drug addiction, if you're sensitive to this topic, please don't read this!)
Zoey and Parker were finishing their lunch, later noticing Leon hasn't got out of bed during the whole day.
"Is my Dad okay?", Zoey asked, as she pushed her plate forward.
"He had a really rough day yesterday. He didn't mean to scream at you, he was angry at someone else. He cried about you, honey", Parker explained to her, it's alarming to not hear from Leon since 8 in the afternoon until now.
"I forgive him, Uncle. He had a bad day, so he screamed at me because he didn't know how to get the bad feeling out", Parker nodded his head in response as he took the last bite of his plate.
"Where's Noel?", Zoey asked him, Parker is astonished that Zoey is even asking about him.
"He's not working today, he had to go to the doctor", Parker explained, Noel somehow excused himself to go to a doctor's appointment, so meanwhile Parker decided to take of his friend.
"Uncle, the servants told me you love my dad, is that true?", Parker nodded his head, of course he did, just not in a romantic way.
"So boys love other boys?", Parker felt shocked, he ended up laughing awkwardly.
"Where did you get this question from?", Zoey explained to him that the servants told her that Parker wants to date Leon, what a lie.
"I mean, people can see boys loving other boys as a bad thing, but in this house and family, it's not. I love your dad as a friend, ok? Don't let those bitches get to you", Parker replied, Zoey audibly gasped when hearing Parker say a bad word.
"Well anyways, I'm going to check on your dad", Parker stood up before seeing Fionna coming closer towards the dining room, she waved at him, he did the same thing back.
°~1:46 PM~°
He stood in front of Leon's room, he opened it slowly to see him sleeping in the bed so profoundly.
He went towards the bed before plopping down next to Leon, he's breathing slowly meaning it's a good sign that he's alive.
"Leon...", Parker whispered his name, he tapped him on the shoulder.
Leon somehow felt the touch of a person, his eyes started to slowly open, he felt so heavy and weak, his eyes wanted to close shut, but he decided to force his eyes open.
He saw a figure, Parker, slowly running his fingers through Leon's dark hair.
"Wake up, baby", Parker looked into Leon's diamond, blue eyes softly.
Leon squinting his sleepy eyes, he got up to see around his room tiredly.
He was supposed to dead...
"Leon, go eat something. It's been 17 hours now...", the drugs he'd taken were still in effect, he wanted to go back to sleep.
"Eat first,then take a shower later...", Leon stood up too fast, his vision went hazy and dark, he stood there for a few seconds before walking steadily.
°~1:52 PM~°
He felt as if he could collapse down the floor and sleep there.
He reached the door and slowly opened it to see Zoey's happy expression turn into a worrisome one.
"Dad, are you ok?", she asked as he sat down in his chair and resting his head on the table, his bangs land on his face.
He closed his eyes again, before anyone knew it, he fell into deep slumber once more.
"Uncle, he fell asleep...", Parker glanced over to him, he sighed in defeat.
"Leon, don't be too lazy now...", he remarked, Leon was sleeping deeply so he couldn't hear around his surroundings.
°~2:08 PM~°
"Good Afternoon...", a familiar voice greeted them politely, it was Noel wearing a white suit with a black shirt and white tie.
He was wearing some jewerly, a skull shaped ring and silver ear piercings.
"Goddamnit Noel, get over here", Parker demanded him.
As Noel walked by, he noticed Leon sleeping, how interesting.
"Noel, why did you come over anyways?", Parker asked, wrapping an arm around his shoulder.
Noel looked at him as he was about to say something important, "Gabriel was going to kill him if I didn't".
Parker frowned at his response, he placed his arm on the table before resting his cheek on the palm on his face.
"What do you mean by that?", Noel sighed, what trouble has he got himself into?
"He stalked me before knocking me out with his men, I had my friend force me into checking myself in the emergency room to see if I had anything wrong with me. I only had a concussion luckily", Noel explained, they know he works for the Cashmere family since the incident from back in the school.
"Fuck...do they know anything about our plans?", Noel shook his head in response.
"No sir, they do plan on killing Mr.Adrik...", Parker's eye flew open, him?!
" Do you know why they're doing what they're doing?",Noel shook his head slightly once more.
"Sir Cashmere here's your food...", a servant called put to him as he placed the plate in front of him.
"Is he alright?", the servant asked to Parker, he shrugged his shoulders in response.
"Sir Cashmere...", the servant patted him gently on the shoulder, enough to make Leon startled and raise his head to see everyone in the room staring at him.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?", he asked to Parker, Noel, and the servant.
"Is there something wrong with you? You've been out of it for too long", as soon as he was about to say another word, another servant came inside, she had a bottle of empty pills, the prescription he used.
"What is this?", the servant asked Leon as she placed the pills in front of him, Parker's eye widened in shock, he froze completely for a moment before telling Zoey to leave.
"You can come with me, sweetie. Let's go with Fionna...", the servant pleaded, Zoey looked back as Parker had a stunned expression on his face before leaving the room.
"Leon...", Leon looked over before realizing that they found the bottle of pills empty.
His expression went blank, he looked pale and froze there silently.
"Leon...what the fuck?", Parker's tone went serious as he looked what the medication was, the one he used to be addicted to three years ago.
"Leon...what the fuck?!", Parker looked at him with anger and amazement.
°~2:28 PM~°
"You literally recovered years ago, now you went into this again?!", Parker confronted him, Leon stared at him silently without emotions, he slowly rests his head on the side on top of the table. His eyes were still heavy, he tried to resist the urge of sleeping again, Parker started to yell at him.
"Leon! You don't know how much everyone hoped for you to heal from this! You even decided to adopt your daughter to help you with the pain! Isn't that enough for you?!", Parker stated, he later pulled out his cellphone.
" I'm not going to yell at you anymore, I'm telling Anya...", Leon's head rose up quickly to stare at Parker.
"What?", Leon looked quite mortified, Noel has never seen a cold, arrogant man have such a reaction.
"Call Dr. Collins...", the servant nodded before leaving the door, after she left, another person came in skipping through the room.
"Bitches, it's me- oh my God, what the hell is happening?!", the person's expression changed into a corcerned one.
The person was a teenage boy with a man bun on the back of his head, wearing a red hoodie, light blue baggy jeans, and his red Converse shoes.
He had dark brown hair and hazel eyes, he looked over to Leon.
"Oh God, Nico...when the fuck did you get here?!", Parker exclaimed, Nico was actually Leon's cousin.
"I wanted to see if Leon could take me to the Christmas party my friends were hosting...", Parker glared at him sternly.
Leon got up and started to stagger away, he didn't want to be apart of any bullshit anymore.
He locked himself in the bedroom, he felt so tired, but he forced himself to take a shower and do his hygienic routine anyways.
°~3:48 PM~°
After he changed himself into a Slipknot hoodie, sweatpants, and his slippers, he went out the bedroom door to walk around to see if the drowsiness will go away.
He saw a familiar man by the dining room, he was inspecting the empty bottle of pills before looking up at Leon.
"Hey Leon! I see we have a problem here...", it was Dr.Collins, he's famously known to treat members from the mafia.
Leon's vision went hazy once more, he felt light- headed, the doctor took notice of Leon's eyes, they were looking blankly at them, as if he was about to collapse to the floor.
He ran up to him before Leon lost his balance, falling off to the floor, he's passed out.
"Call 911!", he yelled, looking at Noel. Noel pulled out his cellphone, starting dialing the number for emergencies, Parker went up towards them to help him get into a comfortable position.
Noel looked at this scenery blankly, he remembered something from his past. "Did he overdosed on the medication?", Noel asked, they both looked over at him.
"I think he did...", Dr. Collins, Noel went back to talking to the emergency operator.
After a few minutes, the EMT's arrived before taking Leon away in the ambulance car, Noel went with him knowing he was his bodyguard.
Zoey was inside the home for the rest of the day, not knowing his father was actually at the hospital, with Fionna taking care of her.
°~8:30 PM~°
Parker went outside the backyard deck before sitting down, leaving his feet in the air, he pulled out a cigarette and a lighter. Nico opened the backyard door to see Parker inhale some smoke before he steadily exhaled it into the cold, winter breeze.
"Hey, bro...what you doing, huh?", Nico asked, as he stepped close enough to sit down next to him.
"Just thinking about him, how the fuck did he lose himself all over again?", Parker replied frustratedly.
"He has started taking them again 3 months ago, I know it's recent but we can stop him from that, you know? I saw him taking them, but I ignored it like the dumbass I am", Nico told him, he saw the carton of cigarettes, he got one before lighting it up.
"Her, dude, it's the girl. That's why he's like that, he still can't get over. I understand that he had so much trust in her, and made him feel like he's worthy. But he needs to let her go, let her soul rest and pray she's happy where she is out there", Parker confessed to Nico as he took another drag of smoke before exhaling it through his nose.
"Who was she anyways? I know like it was a girl who he used to date, but like why is he still crying over her after such a long time?", Parker looked over at him, he looked serious.
"Well kid, he was all over the place, looking for anyone or anything that gave him comfort or self-worth. He never decided to cross paths with love, but it was then one day he told me, he had a romantic interest with a girl. I thought it was any ordinary girl, but was I fucking wrong. That girl was the daughter of our goddamn enemy who had an undercover name! Can you believe that?", Parker explained to NIco the details, Nico looked over at him as he exhaled his smoke.
"What happened next?", Parker sighed before continuing his story.
"They dated each other for about 6 months, which you might think it sounds kind of ridiculous to have so much love to someone for only half a year, but trust me, Love can change a lot in a person, a LOT, Leon was one of those people", Parker took another drag of his cigarette before tapping the ashes off, Nico now understood where he might be coming from, he wanted to feel appreciated, someone who will understand him how he was, he also wanted to do the same with her.
"That girl was also seeking the same thing, she survived everything imaginable. Suicide, abuse, drugs, abusive relationships. And more shit I rather not talk about. The point is that they both wanted validation, someone who will actually make them know of their self-worth more than they did themselves. I never saw Leon laugh and smile so much, being so clingy, so happy when she wasn't around. He was laughing and smiling all day, he would wake up early to see her girlfriend, always make cute fucking dates when time was around, everything was positive around him until she died. She was murdered, like in front of his own eyes", Nico almost gasped when he heard all of this, what a painful death it was for her.
"That day...he was going to ask her to be his fiancée", Nico put his hand over his mouth, his eyes wide open from shock, that must have so painful for him, holy shit.
Parker crushed the cigarette with his feet as he stood up before kicking the crushed cigarette to the ground.
He went to get an ashtray laying on top of the table, he grabbed it before placing it next to Nico, he sat back down.
"It's sounds like I'm hearing a whole romance novel, but since you're telling me this, I believe you. That fucking hurts, for real. Like why did they kill her? She was probally a victim of everything. I hope Leon can recover after this, it's like her soul is chasing him or something", Parker smiled slightly, he patted him on the shoulder.
"I know right? Let's go back now, ok? I'm litterally dying of how fucking cold it is...", Parker stood up and went towards the door.
"I'm coming...", Nico crushed his cigarette with his feet before getting inside, leaving the cold, night scenery alone.