Chapter3:At Least You Are Alive

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It was three  in the morning and Cole was laying on his bed, he couldn't sleep so he decided to call Spencer

After the fifth ring, Spencer decided to answer the call. "Son las tres de la mañana, ¿por qué me llamas?" Spencer said. (Translation:: It is three in the morning, why are you calling me?)

"I couldn't sleep and why are you awake at this time?" Cole said as he turn the tv in his bedroom on.

"I was sleeping until my annoying ringtone decided to wake me up."

"To be honest I thought you were-"

"Nah I am done with hookups if that you were about to say that."

"Yeah I was but honestly why don't you just settle down and I mean-"

Spencer cuts him off and Cole rolled his eyes knowing that he can't see him through the phone.

"¿No tienes problemas en tu vida amorosa en este momento, así que eres la última persona de la que recibiría consejos?" Spencer said. (Translated: Don't you have problems in your dating life right now so you are the last person I would get advice from)

Cole sighed and got up from the bed then went downstairs to turn the lights on in the living room.

"Lo sé, pero sabes que a veces doy buenos consejos."He said as he went to the kitchen and open the fridge to grab a leftover pizza from the pizza box.

"Sí, a veces, pero de todos modos, ¿por qué coño no puedes dormir? "

"No sé si normalmente no duermo mucho bien."

Cole heard some noises and shuffling coming from the phone. "Cole ¿estás bien?"

"Sí estoy bien, Spencer."

"¿Estás seguro de que?"

"Sì, ne sono sicuro" Cole said as he ate the cold pizza after deciding not to warm it up because he didn't feel like it.

"Oh, ora parliamo in una lingua diversa." Spencer said and Cole can hear him laughing that he fell down.

"Hey are you okay?"

"Yeah just fell down from the couch"

"Being born in a Italian and Hispanic family really take a toll on your life."

"Yeah it sure does but anyway I gotta go back to sleep so talk to you later."

"Okay bye." Cole said as he hangs up the phone and went to the fridge to grab a beer to drink.

*****

Later in the afternoon, Cole went through the mail
that he didn't know he had and some was from June which was last month.

The doorbell rang and he looked through the peephole to see who it is then opened the door.

"Okay so tell what is going on with you?" Spencer said as he entered inside the house and Cole closed the door behind him.

"Nothing so I don't know what you are talking?" Cole said

"You called me like at three in the morning and I know something is wrong." He said

"Geez I can't even call anyone without people thinking something is wrong with me?"

"Then why did you call me?"

"I couldn't sleep and besides you are the only person I know that will answer the phone at midnight or after midnight."

" What is the reason that you can't sleep?"

Cole sat on the the couch and looked at his brother who is giving him an concerned look.

"I have no reason why at all." He lied knowing that Spencer could sense that he is lying.

"I have an question?"

"What is it?"

"Have you told mom what happened last month"

"I don't really want to tell her what happened in June."

"She need to know Cole and besides you know she is really worried about you."

"I know that but I don't want her to be mad at me because of this shit."

"I know you but you have to tell her or me and Sammy does."

"It is kinda weird that you and Sammy knows what happened on that day."

"Yeah it is not kinda surprising to see your own cousin or brother almost die from a drug overdose because he was having a huge headache on that day which he could have taken two pills instead of five but yeah at least you are alive."

Cole stayed silent and didn't say a word but thought of his stupid actions on that day even though he wished that being dead better than living.

"Hey Cole are you okay?"

"Yeah I am totally fine but if I tell her then she is gonna take me to therapy or rehab which I don't want to do."

"Yeah but you need help,  like serious help."

***
Two hours later, Cole walked into a building and someone walked up to him.

"Cole it is nice to meet you too."

"Yeah you too Gustavo." Cole said as he shakes his hand.

Cole knows what Gustavo is about, he heard a lot about what he does but he knows that he need to make the right decision  before it end up being horrible.

"So it been two months  since we have talked and now have you thought about it?"

" Yeah about that....."

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