My phone goes off and I pull away from my schoolwork to pick it up. "Hello?" I ask.

"Caitlin." Vikk frantically says into the phone, and I immediately know that somethings wrong.

"W-what happened?" I ask, becoming shaky.

"Y-you need to come back. Now." He says.

"W-what!? Why?!"

"A-Autumn's in the hospital." He says, making my eyes go wide.

"What the fuck!?!" I yell, immediately grabbing my suitcase and stuffing it with clothes. "Explain everything! Now!"

"Autumn crashed her car and she's in very critical condition. You need to get here, fast." Vikk hurriedly says, and tears fall down my face.

"I'm taking the next flight over." I respond. "See you soon."

"See you; be safe." He says, and I finish packing my clothes and stuff.

I go online and get the next flight to England, which just so happens to be in an hour.

"Lachlan!" I yell, running down the stairs with my suitcase behind me.

"What?" He asks, coming to the door of his office.

"I-I need to go back to England! Autumn got in an accident! We need to go!" I yell.

"I'm coming with you." He says, immediately pounding up the stairs. I wait for a few minutes until he comes back down the stairs with a suitcase in hand.

"Let's go!" I yell, dragging him out the door behind me.

Why now?
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"Where should we go first?" Lachlan asks, and I think for a sec.

"My apartment. Let's drop our things off there first." I respond, walking in the direction of my apartment. Once we get inside, I close to door and we rush to my bedroom, which is still intact. I toss everything down and walk to Autumn's room. Lachlan does the same, but waits in the living room. I grab some clothes for her and Lachlan and I walk out the door.

I pull out in my small car and we are immediately off to the hospital; thank god we didn't get pulled over, either.

I rush to the front desk and the lady behind the desk looks at me. "Autumn Perez, please!"

"Room 306." The lady says. I nod my head to her in thanks and rush to the elevator, Lachlan hot on my trail.

I stop outside of her door and without preparing myself, barge through the door. I immediately stop in my tracks and gasp as I see Autumn, unconscious, and beaten up pretty bad. Her hair is unkempt and she has a major gash across her forehead, her right leg is in a sling, and her left arm is bloodied. I put my hands over my mouth as silent sobs rack my body.

Lachlan puts a comforting hand on my shoulder and my heart slowly dies down, as if he has a magical touch.

I walk inside and pull up a chair, sitting next to her.
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Eventually, she wakes up, making me sigh in relief. "AUTUMN!!!" I scream while punching on her, practically waking the whole hospital.

"Ugh, Cait. You're heavy." She groans.

"Oops, sorry." I sheepishly respond, getting off of her and returning to my previous position.

"W-who's that?" Autumn asks, pointing to Lachlan.

"This is Lachlan, my friend that I've been living with." I reply.

Her eyes widen, and she whispers, "that's Lachlan?! Please tell me he's single."

I glare at her. "I like him, so back the fuck off." I whisper back.

She evilly smiles, and that's when I remember never to trust Autumn with names of guys I like.

"Hi, Lachlan. I'm Autumn; Caitlin's best friend."

"Hiya. I'll leave you two to talk for a bit?" Lachlan offers.

"Sure. You should meet up with Vikk." I suggest, and Lachlan nods, standing up. "And don't get lost!"

"If anything, you're the one that is gonna get lost." Lachlan points out from the door.

I sigh, as he is most likely correct. "Okay, okay. Just go." Once he leaves, I turn back to Autumn.

"Alright, now tell me everything."
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After a good few hours of explaining, Lachlan returns from his visit and Autumn requested to talk to him. Which, I assume, is mostly to test if he's a good and worthy person. I don't even know. I am lounging around, waiting to go see Autumn again.
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NOBODY'S POV
#autumnhasnochill

"Alright, Lachlan. I'm gonna question you about a lot of things and you better answer them." Autumn says.

"Okay, fire away." Lachlan says, sitting back in his seat.

"Do you like Caitlin?" Autumn asks.

"What?! What kind of question is that?!" Lachlan asks, ears and cheeks slightly turning red.

A/N/ Autumn: I take that as a yes.

"Alright, next question. How long have you liked her?" Autumn prods.

"I-I dunno." He responds, turning more pink.

"Moving on. If you would ever date a girl how would you treat her?"

"I would take care of her and protect her, take her out for dates and get her anything she wants. I would never let anybody touch her and respect her with all my being." Lachlan responds, going off into his own little world of fantasies.

"Good answer. On a scale of one to ten how head over heels are you for Caitlin?" Autumn asks.

"What?!" Lachlan says.

"What do you like about her?"

"Her soft, beautiful chocolate eyes and her long, beautiful brown hair that I just want to run my hands through for hours. And don't get me started on her stunning smile. It could stop time on its own...." Lachlan dreamily trails off, and Autumn smiles.

He's lovesick and he's got it bad. He's worthy.