I Bet I Can Make You Speak (Boyxboy)

Chapter Fifty-Seven

(Luca's POV)

"Hun, we're going to take the tube out now," the nurse said as she woke me up. I nodded and she took the tube out of my mouth and gave me a drink of water. 

"Th-Thank you," I said and she smiled at me. 

"No problem, sweetie. Your friend and brother are asleep on the couch. Want me to wake them up for you?" 

"S-Sure," I said and she walked over to them. She gently shook them until they responded and Riley and Storm ran over to me to make sure I'm alright. 

"Are you okay? Are you in pain?" Storm asked. 

"M-My ch-chest hurts," I said. 

"Probably from choking on the water," the nurse said. "I'll give you some medicine, but it will make you a bit loopy," she said. 

"O-Okay," I said and she walked out of the room. 

"What happened? How did you get into the pond?" Riley asked. 

"I-I fell," I lied and looked away. Before Riley or Storm could argue, the nurse walked in and put an IV in me with the medicine. 

"Leave him be until the medicine kicks in. He can't be stressed out," she said. They nodded and Storm squeezed my hand before walking out of the room with Riley. I laid back and closed my eyes since I still felt tired. 

(Riley's POV)

"He's awake again if you want to go in," the nurse said. I got up and walked to the room alone since Storm had to go fill out some paperwork. I walked into the room to find Luca giggling and playing with his hospital gown string. 

"Hey," I said and he looked up. He put his arms out like a little child and smiled at me. 

"I-I want a-a-a hug!" he said and I laughed quietly. I hugged him carefully and he giggled into my shoulder. "I-I feel l-loopy."

"I can tell," I said and pulled away from him. 

"I g-g-gotta say, Ry. Y-You're r-really f-f-friggin' cute," he said. I blushed and looked at him surprised. I've never heard him be so forward before. 

"Thanks, Luca. So are you," I said. I still need to ask him about what really happened, but I don't think I'll get an answer.

"I-I have t-t-to ask y-you someth-thing," Luca said. 

"What?"

"D-Do you th-think A-Adam is g-g-going t-to go t-to jail once I t-t-tell you wh-what happened?" he asked. 

My mouth hung open in shock and I said," Wait, what? Luca, what happened with Adam?" I asked. 

"O-Oopsies, I-I j-j-just gave it a-away. I c-can't tell y-y-you exactly wh-what happened. He might k-k-kill me," Luca said and looked down. He then looked up at me and smiled brightly. "B-But that's o-okay! I'm u-u-used to peop-ple getting aw-way with stuff that h-h-hurts me."

I looked at him sadly. That was the saddest thing I've ever heard. No one should get away with hurting Luca. "Luca, Hun, tell me what happened," I said. 

"I-I can't," Luca said and looked down again. 

"Why? Because he threatened you?" I asked. 

"N-No, b-b-because it d-d-doesn't m-matter."

"Why doesn't it matter?" I asked. 

"Bec-cause, I d-d-don't matter. You kn-know th-th-this silly!" Luca said it so happily that it actually scared me. 

"Why are you so happy? Because of the medicine?" 

"Th-That, a-and I have t-to be. I-If I pret-tend to be h-happy, m-maybe I'll t-t-trick my m-mind into b-b-believing th-that I-I am," he said. I felt tears in my eyes. He's so much more broken then I thought. . . .

"Luca, I love you. With mine and everybody else's help, we're going to make sure you are happy. We're going to figure out what happened and make sure Adam gets punished."

"Awe, I-I love y-y-you, too." I hugged Luca and he wiped my tears. "D-Don't cry over m-m-me. I'm n-not worth it," he said. 

You would think that when someone is on loopy medicine, they'll be really funny. Well, they also become very honest. Luca's honesty isn't funny. It's heart breaking. I'm going to make sure Adam is punished for whatever he's done. I might have to do it myself, but I'm fine with that. Luca will get justice, even if I have to kill someone. 

Luca usually hides all these little thoughts he has when I talk about saving him, but now I see that he's never really believed me. That hurts. It hurts a lot. I love Luca so, so much and the fact that he still thinks there's no happy ending is truly breaking me. He thinks his ending is going to me a bottle of pills and slit wrists. I hate that. What do I have to do to make him see the light at the end of this dark tunnel he's in? Because I will do anything. I don't care if it involves murdering Adam and his uncle. I will do it. I need to save Luca. If I don't? Well, let's just say there will be more than one body bag. 

No, I won't kill myself because I'm too much of a coward, but I will murder every single person that has caused him to do it. He's the most amazing person I've ever met and I'm not going to lose him. He is worth it. 

"Luca, you're worth every single tear I've ever cried over you. I know it's hard, but you will make it. You will become a new person by the time I'm done fixing you. I will never stop trying, either. I love you, Luca Miles, and I'm going to love you for forever and ever," I said. 

"Th-Thank you, R-Riley. B-But you're w-w-wasting your t-t-time," he said. I sighed and pulled away from him. 

"I'm not, but I won't argue. Just know that I do care about you. You should know this, but I'm going to remind you anyways." Luca smiled at me and I sighed. He probably won't remember any of this. 

"I'm s-s-sleepy," he said. 

"Okay, try to sleep and I'll be over on the couch," I said. Luca nodded and I got up. He rolled over and fell asleep. I sat down on the couch and put my face in my hands. 

I never thought I could care so much for someone. The fact that I legitimately want to murder people for him scares me. But it also makes me feel happy that I've actually found someone I want to spend the rest of my life with. I just hope he lives a long life so that we can be together. Once Jeffree and his crew come back to school, Luca's going to get worse again. I just have to make sure I'm there for him. 

I sighed and laid down on the couch. I'll just sit here and think about some new ways to help Luca until he wakes up and can go home. 

*WOOHOO! TWO UPDATES IN TWO HOURS! Thank you all for supporting this story. I'm so happy that you guys enjoy my writing. I hope you like this chapter. It's actually kind of personal because I acted the way Luca did with Riley when I went to the dentist with Toby. I know it's a little short, but this is just a filler. More will happen next c: Tell me what you want to see! Thanks for reading! Don't forget to comment and vote! Love you all! <3*