Fall (One Direction) [Sequel To Run]

Chapter Twenty-Three

Louis

I called the paramedics.

Then I called her mum.

Apparently, I should've done it in the reverse order, because her mum tells me this is normal. But it wasn't before. Not that I remember, anyway.

Flynn is just opening her eyes when the paramedics arrive.

They check her over, and then leave.

Her mum shows just as they're leaving.

Flynn waves her off, saying she's just tired, and I'll drive her home.

“We have things to talk about” she tells her mum, but she's staring right at me.

There must be so much I missed.

-

Flynn

The paramedics saved me from killing myself, and for a long time, I hated them for it.

The university put me on suicide watch for a few months, and I had mandatory counselling sessions during that time.

By February, I had them all convinced I was fine.

And that would make it so much easier to try again.

-

After my last exam of the school year, I am ready.

I have pills this time, ecstasy.

I've been stockpiling for months.

It seemed fitting, that the very thing that made my life hell would be the one to take me out of that hell.

My roommate walks me back to our room, and climbs onto her bed with her laptop.

I wait maybe half an hour and then announce that I have to use the bathroom.

I take a box of pads with me.

But it's not filled with pads.

It's filled with ecstasy tablets.

I sit in the bathtub.

I place one tablet in my mouth.