A/N: Well… it has been a while hasn't it. I'm not going to say much here. But I want to address questions I have been asked. I deleted some junk here and there. But honestly, it's nothing to be worried about. But I hope you enjoy this :)

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Kates POV

It has been exactly one month since that traumatic day at that hospital. To be honest it all feels like a dream. And I wish it were all a dream. At least then none of this would have happened. I wouldn't have skipped school for two weeks. I wouldn't have spent those two weeks locking myself in my room crying for hours at a time. I wouldn't have had to deal with the fact that I told everyone I was pregnant when it was way too soon. I knew I should have just kept it quiet for a while. It would have made this easier and less humiliating for me. When I decided to go back to school my friends tried as hard to make it seem as everything was normal. I appreciate their efforts, I admit, but there was nothing normal going on inside my head. Even when I tried to distract myself with the amount of work I had to catch up on, my mind always kept drifting back to that awful day. Why won't it go away?

As much as this has been horrible for me, the worst part isn't what happened to me. It's what happened to Humphrey.

Humphrey came back to school only once he heard I was coming back. He has become a shadow of his former self. He sits with me in classes where he does his work. But it's like what made Humphrey who he is, the laughter, the story telling, the jokes, his entire character has left and all we are left with is this empty shell. The only time a slight glimpse of who he was shone through, was a time I held his hand in class. It was a boring dull class and I reached over to grab his hand on my desk and held it, just for a little comfort. Humphrey looked into my eyes and he smiled, just the tiniest, tiniest bit. But he wasn't even making any attempt to hold my hand back.

This was what led to me distancing myself from him. At lunch and break when all of us are with our friends I didn't sit anywhere near Humphrey and I didn't speak to him. He wasn't even speaking to anyone anyway. I can't take much more of this. I can't. I don't want to lose Humphrey… I need him to be back. Without support from him, I genuinely don't think I can be here much longer.

Later that evening

I was lying in bed, just staring up at the sky. Well when I say sky, what I really meant was the roof. If it were a normal day, I would be massaging Humphrey, or maybe doing my homework. But Humphrey would very rarely reply to me nowadays, very little outside of conversational small talk. And without any motivation for that, I can't be motivated to do my schoolwork. Mum has been a little angry with me lately. Not to my face though. I can hear her and dad talking some nights. Dad is trying to make her see things from my point of view, but she doesn't seem to. I wish we can swap feelings for a day. She wouldn't be so quick to call me a 'lazy bitch' behind my back all the time.

I lifted my phone and scrolled through my contacts. Passing contacts with A, B, C, D, E, F and G. Then I arrived at the category I was seeking. H. I pressed my finger down on the screen and held the phone to my ear. The humming of the dial tone slightly irritated my ear, as it always done. But right now, I don't really care. I really needed to talk. The phone stopped ringing, and someone answered.

"Hey"

"Yeah it's me Kate"
"I know it's a little late I just need to talk to you"

"No please… I really need you here. Can you come over now?"

"Thank you. I appreciate it"
"No, don't worry about my parents. They'll let you in"

"Ok. thank you. See you soon"

I took the phone away from my ear and restored it to where it was sitting on my table. It was a difficult phone call to make but it needed to be done. The ways things are right now, well they're shit. I want things to go back to the way they were. And this is the first step in the right direction. I looked at my alarm clock on the table. 'Hopefully, he doesn't take too long' I thought. 'The sooner he's here the sooner something can be done'.

About ten minutes after I made that phone call, I could make out noises from outside. Sounded like someone running up the driveway. I then heard a clear and distinct knocking sound on the front door. It was him. He was here. He must have left his house the second we hung up. I heard the door opening and I could hear muffled voices coming from down the stairs. Must be my mum or dad making small talk with him before he makes his way up here.

A minute later I can hear the heavy footsteps coming up the stairs and I got myself sitting up making myself look somewhat presentable. The door opened and my guest was here.

"Hi Hutch," I uttered. "Hey Kate. You feeling ok?" he asked softly before closing the door. "No. I'm far from it" I said, tearing up just a bit. Hutch then came over and sat on my bed and hugged me. I didn't have the motivation to hug him back. Which says a lot because I never turn down a hug. "I guess you're worried about Humphrey?" Hutch asked me. I didn't answer, I just nodded. "Me too. I am honestly getting really worried right about now too. I mean, I don't even think it's right to call him Humphrey anymore" Hutch said. As much as that sounded hurtful, to be honest I would agree with him I'm afraid. "I just don't know what to do anymore Hutch. I mean, finding out I miscarried was horrible, but I will say this now, it is nowhere near as bad as what's happening to me and Humphrey" I admitted. "I love Humphrey… I want him back to the way he was" I said with a small tear flowing out of my left eye.

"I have an idea," Hutch said. "What's that?" I replied. Hutch stood up and stood beside my bed and sighed deeply. "You know Kate, if it weren't for Humphrey, I have no idea what I would have done. When my dad found out I was gay and threw me out of the house, to be honest I felt alone. Scared. I felt that I had nowhere to go. To be honest I have no idea what could have happened to me. I dread to even think about it. And now Humphrey is in deep trouble. I shouldn't have waited this long before doing anything about it, but goddamn I'm doing it now" Hutch said in a deep tone. "What are you going to do?" I asked , feeling inquisitive to find out what he meant. "I'm going to go to his house right now. He's not running from this anymore. He needs to face up to it" Hutch said. "Let's do it," I said without any hesitation. Hutch was taken back for a second and waited a few seconds before responding to that. "Are you sure? And besides, I was only going to go on my own" he added. "No Hutch you aren't going on your own. Humphrey is my boyfriend… At least I hope he still is. I need this too. So I am coming with you whether you like it or not" I said, feeling a feeling similar to anger built up in me, and it was clearly noticeable in my voice, as Hutch refused to back down and agreed that I can come with him.

I got on my black hoodie with red stitching and zipped up and we headed down the stairs. "Are you heading out Kate?" Lily asked me as she was coming from the kitchen carrying a white bowl with popcorn. "We're going over to Humphrey's," I mentioned. "Yeah. So, don't wait up" Hutch said as he walked on to the front door. "I'll tell mum and dad. You two go on. Good luck" Lily said before turning back into the kitchen.

Hutch and I headed out of the house and began walking. We were alongside each other, hands in our hoodie pockets and staring straight ahead. We did not talk at all on the way over to Humphreys house. He did not even tell me to watch out for the shit on the path as we walked, I had to spot it at the last second and do a semi heroic jump over it. There was a definite tension between us. I think I can sum it up on the fact that both of us were nervous. You can easily tell Hutch is nervous because normally Hutch never shuts the fuck up. He always has something to say about something, even if it is complete nonsense. But he hasn't said a word since he has spoken to Lily. to be honest it was starting to concern me. It made me wonder what was Hutch going to say, was he angry, was he going to explode if he saw Humphrey? My mind was already racing with what I was going to say, I didn't need to worry about what Hutch was going to say too. Maybe I'm starting to second guess this idea. But I suppose it's too late to change it now.

Hutch and I were closing in on the Richards Residence. As we got close, Matthew came out of the house and started walking towards us, dressed up in jogging gear. "Oh, hello strangers" he said as he stopped to greet us. Hutch and I just nodded at him as we both muttered 'hey' from our mouths. "Where are you too off to?" he asked. To be honest I was a little taken back. Was he really not able to put two and two together here? "We're going to see Humphrey," I said. The little smile Matthew had on his face left as he went, "Ohh,". He continued, saying; "Well you can go on in there. It's just him and Angel. Good luck" Matthew ended with before passing us on the road.

Hutch and I proceeded to walk to the front door and knock it. We wired for a few seconds before we heard some feet scamper to the door. An Angel with a smile opened the door to greet us. "Oh, hi you two" she exclaimed before hugging between the two of us. Hutch and I awkwardly hugged her back. "How are you guys?" she asked. "We are here to see Humphrey Angel" I said. Her smile seemed to leave her face almost instantly. "Does he know you guys are coming? He isn't exactly in great mood" she said standing in the doorframe, almost like she was trying to guard it. "He hasn't been himself since the incident Angel. This has gone on long enough. Humphrey hasn't spoken to Kate really since then. Things need to be sorted. And they are getting sorted now" Hutch said in a stern voice. Angel's eyes widened; mines were too. Hutch can be very intimidating when he's angry. "Ok… But… Please don't hurt him" Angel said as she stood back from the door and let us in.

Not much has changed in this living room since the last time I was here. It was clean and all laid out the same, the difference is that half the lights weren't on. The place felt dark, almost like an intervention was set up here. Then from the kitchen emerged the man I love. Normally Humphrey would still be wearing the clothes he was wearing at school when he was home, normally he's very well dressed. But now, he was such a contrast. He was wearing a grey pyjama top and had a pair of white underwear on. The grey top had stains that vaguely resembles cheese. And his white undies had another dark colour on them. It wasn't brown. They look like they soaked up so much sweat they…. In fact, I will stop there. I can't do it anymore.

He didn't even say hello to us. He walked over to the stairs and started walking up the stairs. "Humphrey aren't you going to say hi to your friends" Angel suggested to him as he climbed the steps. He turned to look at us and continued going up the stairs. Without even a grunt or a nod of the head he continued making his way up the stairs, picking up pace actually. He then closed his bedroom door. Hutch almost had steam coming out of his ears. I was even scared, Angel looked absolutely terrified. "Hutch… please don't," Angel attempted to plead. But Hutch stormed up the stairs. Angel held her arms to her chest and started crying. "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU" I heard Hutch roar. I flew up the stairs in what seemed like a second and Hutch had Humphrey backed against the wall. He didn't lay a single finger on him. Even when Hutch is at his angriest, he wouldn't physically hurt one of his friends.

"Leave me alone" a very whimpered Humphrey managed to spit out. "No. I'm sorry but this has gone on long enough," Hutch screamed. "Please, leave me alone" Humphrey whimpered, even more sheepishly than before. I felt like my heart was going to explode with sadness. I hated seeing my Humphrey so scared and upset, but I don't there have much I could do to intervene. "This has gone on long enough. Don't you realise how much you're hurting us" Hutch said, gesturing to me as well. Hutch's eyes met mine for a split second. They were watering, and to be frank I think I can sense fear in them too. "Please… I beg of you" he pleaded to Hutch. "No Humphrey. You can't hurt us anymore". There were tears forming in Humphrey's eyes. "I'm hurting," Humphrey squeaked. "That doesn't matter right now Humphrey. We need to sort this out" Hutch said.

Suddenly, Humphrey pushed Hutch across the room. He trampled over the empty vodka bottles which were laying at the bottom of Humphrey's bed. "It matters to me…. You have no idea what I have been through my entire life. You have no idea how devastated I am" Humphrey said as he stumbled backwards over more empty glass bottles until Humphrey got to the wall.

Humphrey rested against the wall and fell to the ground. "I had to bury my mother. For Christ's sake I'm still only a child and I have had to say goodbye to my parents. I never thought of anything of my life. I thought my life was never going to be worth living. That was until I was made your table buddy" Humphrey said pointing his finger at me. "You made me feel things again. In a way you restarted my cold unfeeling heart and brought me back. That there was more to life than…. Just sadness. I thought my life had finally recovered and I can continue my life happily. But then this happened. I'm not even two decades old… and I've lost my parents, and my child. It seems to me that everyone I love is being taken from me. I'm just so scared in case any of you are taken from me…". Humphrey just cried into his hands. Hutch and I just looked at each other stunned. I leaned down and laid my hand on his arms. "Humphrey…. I had no idea you felt like this ``I said softly. "I want you to leave me…. Before something happens to me… my life isn't worth living" Humphrey wheezed between the tears. "Humphrey… look at me" I said. "No" Humphrey blurted. "Look at me now" I reinforced. Humphrey looked up to meet my eyes. "I love you. I love you so much. I had no idea you felt like this"

"I just want you to be happy" Humphrey muttered. "I am happy with you baby boy. You are my love. My rock. I can't live without you. So, if you want a purpose… your purpose is to keep me alive" I said. Humphrey's eyes met mine, and we looked at each for a few seconds. "I'm sorry. For everything I've done… is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" Humphrey sobbed. "There is one thing" I said, which made Humphrey. "You name it" a tearful Humphrey whimpered. "Be yourself again. Be the boy that I fell in love with. Be the handsome boy that stole my heart and charmed me with his wonderful voice, his jokes, and the way he always held my hand" I said, as I reached and held on to his hand.

For the first time in weeks, a smile appeared on Humphreys Face. "I love you Kate. I am so sorry" Humphrey said. "I love you too Humphrey" i said before reaching my arms around him and hugging him softly. We rested our heads on each other's shoulders. A few seconds after that I felt another pair of arms around us, we looked to see Hutch behind me hugging us. I couldn't help but smile as I also heard footsteps come in from the bedroom wall, and Angel sat behind Humphrey and joined in the hug.