5SOS Imagines: The Collection

Daddy Drama part 10

PART TEN

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"What the hell is happening?" Calum asks, grabbing your arm and pulling you to Michael's room.

The door is wide open as two nurses rush in and you can hardly breathe. Everything moves in slow motion.

"Step back, Please. He'll freak out." A nurse says, pushing you behind the door.

"Michael?" She says, out of your sight.

A few beeps fill the silence, then a confused gasp as someone moves around.

"He's awake," You hear a nurse say. "We need to stabilize."

"What?" You ask, breaking through the worry. "That chaos was because he was waking up?!"

"What?" Calum repeats. The two of you catch a glimpse of Michael behind the door, his eyes wide open in shock and his fists clenched.

"Welcome back, Michael." A nurse says gently.

"How long have I been here?"

"Almost a week. You're all right." She says to him.

"Where are my friends? Y/N? Luke punched me, I fell...what..." Michael starts to fidget, his eyes growing wider like an innocent child...

"I'm here, Michael," You choke out, walking forward and into his view. "You're OK."

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"So...Ashton is gone," Michael says, his body stiff with shock after the news. "It was him that fucked Y/N. Y/N was in the hospital for the baby. Also, I might have to stay in this hellhole for months. And Luke and Y/N broke up. But you two just made out in the bathroom."

The pause leaves a long silence in the room. Calum gives you a strange look, and Michael stares at the two of you.

Then he bursts into hysterical laughter.

"THAT'S what I missed in the span of a week? What else? Tell me Luke has cancer, that my dog got run over, that the world is being taken over by aliens-"

"There's nothing else to tell," You look down at your feet, suddenly ashamed.

"You," Michael says to Calum, his face clearly hurt. "What's your problem? You take the time Luke is in the hospital just to swoop in and take Y/N away?" He pauses for a second, his voice catching. "Like Luke did to me?"

"I can't even look at the two of you, or Luke, or Ashton. I thought I knew you guys. I thought we were family. But Ashton goes and FUCKS Y/N, Calum decides to be a man-whore, and Luke punches me in the f'ing face and we all end up in the hospital. What are we now? A bunch of IDIOTS, that's what we are!" Michael yells, his voice getting louder and louder. Then he takes a sharp inhale, his eyes full of anger.

"I can't take this." Calum says coldly, letting go of your hand and walking to the door.

"Oh yeah, Calum?" Michael says. "Make sure to CLOSE THE DOOR BEHIND YOU, ASSHOLE!" He strains against the blood sugar tubes and the tapes on his arms, his voice fading into an exhausted whimper.

Calum closes the door behind him, and you put your face in your hands, experiencing the biggest migraine of all history.
"Michael, it wasn't Calum's fault. Or Luke. Or anyone for that matter. All that matters is that we're all still here, isn't it?" You force a smile, trying to calm Michael down.

"I want you to go home with Calum," He says stiffly. "I don't want you to see me deal with this. I want you to go." With those words, you see the pain behind his eyes. He tried to cover it up with anger, but it's clear he's hurt. Even more than Luke, because he lost everything he ever wanted. Including you. He lost YOU. And now he's letting you go.

"That's what Luke said to me, too," You say, feeling your knees shake.
"Don't you all understand? That I'm breaking too? Much more than you guys? I'm in the midst of all this, and I'm trying to make the most of it, the same way you are. Don't you see I'm barely holding myself together?" You wipe your nose with the sleeve of your sweater, ending the conversation. "Don't you see how this changes my entire life?" You whisper, walking to the door the same way Cal did.

When your hand is at the doorknob, you hear Michael say: "Y/N, wait. I'm sorry."

You turn around, already walking out.
"I'm sorry, too, Michael. I'm sorry you had to wake up to this. And I'm sorry I lost you forever."

The door closes behind you with a click.