I groan as I roll around on the cold hard surface my back was against, fucking hell.

My eyes open and my eyebrows furrow when the sunshine doesn't blind me like it does every morning. I was about to turn around and reach for Seb but then I realised where I was. On some concrete floor, the memories of before run through my mind and I close my eyes.

My arms and my left thigh are aching, I have no idea what even happened. Maybe it was how tight Walker's grip on me was, how he simply threw me into a car?

But he'll find me, I know he will.

He must have gotten back to the house and seen I wasn't there, got a doctor to check Goose out so Seb must be looking for me already. It'll be in no time that he comes to save me.

I take a deep breath and sit up straight to check my surroundings, but before I could even take any of this in I saw Nico. I would be happy, feeling safe but not when he's passed out on the floor with sweat all over his body, pale skin, and blood running down the side of his face.

My eyes widen as I push myself off the ground, but as soon as my feet hit the ground I feel the room start to spin, I get some weird feeling in my stomach.

I close my eyes for a second longer and take a deep breath, keep my breathing paced and steady as I try to get myself well enough to walk to Nico.

Slowly I open my eyes and push myself off the wall, quickly I run to him and kneel down in front of him. "Nico," I call his name lightly. When he doesn't reply, I see how much he's sweating in the rather cold room and my eyebrows furrow.

What the hell?

Carefully I lift my hand up and touch his forehead, biting the inside of my cheek when I see how warm he is, burning almost. However, it's freezing in this room. And why is he so pale?

"Nico, wake up." I say a bit louder and his eyebrows furrow, I run a hand through his hair slowly and he groans under his breath, saying something inaudible in spanish as his hand goes to move mine away.

But before he could even move his hand closer to mine he drops it with a small sigh, "leave me alone, i'm not telling you shit." he mutters probably thinking it's someone else.

Wait, so they kidnapped him for some sort of information?

"Nico it's-" I was about to tell him it's me but he moved his head, causing my hand to fall away from him as he said something about not wanting to be touched by anyone else but 'her'.

Before I could say anything else I heard a door slamming closed, that caused both of us to flinch but he bolted up and looked around.

When his dark grey eyes land on me they narrow, "i'm hallucinating again, for fucks sake." he pushes himself up against some wall with irritation written all over his face and runs two hands through his hair. Muttering something under his breath over and over again.

His one arm moves down and drapes over his torso as if he's in some sort of pain, "she's not here Nico, snap out of it" he almost yells at himself and looks up at the ceiling.

Swallowing so hard I see his adam's apple bob, "what the hell did they do to you?" I ask lightly and his jaw locks, still believing I'm not sitting right in front of him. Moving closer to him so I can lightly place my hand over his.

"Stop fucking with me," he snaps, not at me though. At himself before pulling his hand from under mine, my eyes fall to how both his hands shake slowly as he runs one down his face.

Panic starts to fill me, why is he acting like this? Why won't he just believe I'm right here?

"Nico you're starting to scare me," I whisper with a small laugh, one with not a drop of humour in it. My fear can be heard in my shaky voice as I look around to make sure no one is coming, who the hell opened that door?

I grab one of his shaking hands and hold it tightly to show him I actually am here, he's scaring the shit out of me right now. I know he likes fucking around with me but he'd never go this far, I know he wouldn't do this, whatever this is, is genuinely what's happening.

His chest rises and drops faster by the second, showing me his breathing is speeding up. I moved myself so i'm beside him and the second he was about to pull his hand away from mine, I grabbed his shoulders and pulled him towards me.

Wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling him into my body trying to calm him down, "I'm here, I swear." I assure him and I can hear the breath of pure relief he lets out as he wraps his arms around me.

"Help me, it won't stop." He almost begs me and my eyebrows furrow as I run my hand up and down his upper back slowly, his voice trembles with every word that leaves his lips.

Before I could even ask anymore he speaks again, hugging me tighter as if he's scared I was a piece of his hallucination and that I'll fade away. "I-It feels like pins and needles are digging into my skin and it's like I'm on fucking fire." he lets out a deep breath.

I freeze and at the exact moment those words leave his mouth a shiver runs down my spine, fuck. How did I not notice it before? I should have known the moment I saw him sweating in this freezing temperature.

He's having withdrawals...

"Shh, it's okay Seb is going to find us," I look around for water but not one source is found in whatever type of cell this is, cold water, I need him to drink some cold water and dump a bottle on his damn head. That's the only thing I can do as of right now to actually help him.

"You have to calm down Nico, think of things that you like doing, or something that makes you feel at peace." I tell him lightly and he hums, nodding his head slightly. I can feel his hands shake against my back as he keeps himself hugged with me.

It seems like he's thinking but slowly some words start slipping his lips, "driving at night," he mutters and I hum telling him to keep going.

Fuck, Seb hurry up.

"W-Waking up with Avi," he trembles on his words and my eyebrows furrow, "Avi's cooking," Nico keeps talking about whoever she is, and thank fucking god for her because his body is starting to shake less and he's calming down slowly.

I look to the side as he keeps naming things he likes doing and things that make him calm, majority of them including his 'Avi'.

My eyes fall to the man who dropped Goose onto the floor, Walker stops right in front of the bars keeping me and the man who is basically my big brother away from him.

He looks around and I glare at him to piss off, no need for him to make this worse than it already is.

But when he leans down and places two bottles of water on our side of the cell before walking away my eyebrows furrow.

I can tell the water is cold from the visible condensation on it, quickly I move my arms from Nico and lightly tell him I'll be right back when he protests.

I get up and basically run to the bottles of water before grabbing them both in my hands, I sit down beside Nico and open the lid for him. "Drink it all," I whisper so no guard who might or might not even be outside will hear that we have water.

Why is Walker doing this?

Nico grabs the bottle from me and the second the water runs down his throat he lets out a small groan, resting his head back against the wall. Chugging the water as if his life depends on it, I open the next bottle for him and hold it out for when he finishes this one.

He tosses the empty bottle on the floor in front of us and reaches out for the one I held out for him, hovering it over his head before letting the ice cold water slowly drip into his hair and down his face.

He empties about half the bottle before handing it back to me, nodding for me to drink it. I give him a small smile when I see the old playful Nico starting to make a comeback.

Bringing the water to my lips, my eyes flutter when the cold water runs down my dry throat. "That was not fun, 0/10, I would never do it again." I choke on the water when he fucking rates what just happened with him.

My eyes fall to him and I see his head against the wall, looking up with his eyes closed and his legs bent at the knees, his shirt's buttons are half open and I wince when I see bruises and cuts all over his chest.

Then I look at the blood covering the right side of his face and sigh, taking another sip of the water as I look around for the first time since I woke up.

Three concrete walls and then the bars keeping us locked up in here, "how'd you even get here?" he asks and I look at him, his eyes showing confusion although his face is clear of any particular emotion.

I shrug and lean against the wall right behind me, "I think the man who brought me here might have been Seb's dad, they said they'd kill Goose if I didn't go with them." I mutter the last few words, again wondering if my baby is okay or not.

If anyone even got to the house and found out I was gone, if anyone got a vet to check up on Goose, what if no one has even realised, he's probably scared for his life right now but he better not be alone.

"Interesting," is what he replies with, my eyes snap to him and I glare. Can he be serious at any time? My heart is still racing as if I ran a marathon from seeing him like that. What if it happens again and this time we don't have any more water, and he can't control it like he did just now? What if he gets hurt and I can't help my big brother?

He sighs and my eyes fall to him, how he's still sweating and his breaths come out heavy. Why wouldn't he have told anyone that this shit happens to him when he doesn't do drugs or whatever it is he does?

"I can feel the pity leaking out of you sweetheart, I'm fine." He rolls his eyes to meet mine and I scoff, my eyes running up and down his body. "And i'm a brunette"

He narrows his eyes, "how long has this been going on?" I ask, my tone turning into a lighter one than before.

He lets out a small laugh before looking back to the ceiling, "a year, I can't go over a fucking day without smoking something. Fucking pathetic." he rolls his eyes and before I could tell him that it is no where near pathetic, he speaks again.

"I tried quitting Abby, for her." He closes his eyes as if something is paining him, physically and mentally.

I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear as I take a sip of the water, waiting for him to keep talking. "I swear I tried, but I couldn't. I went a whole week without smoking anything." He tells me and my eyebrows shoot up.

"That's amazing, Nico," I let out a light smile but he scoffs. Taking a deep breath before meeting my eyes, my smile fades into the darkness of the room as he looks at me with bloodshot eyes from loss of sleep, maybe even crying?

"And the second something went wrong between us, I turned to drugs." He sighs at his own actions and I pass him the water, he takes it without argument.

"Ups and downs are a part of any relationship, did you try talking to her?" I ask him as he slowly drinks the water, shrugging lightly before setting the half empty bottle on the ground in between us.

He brings his hand up, wiping his lips with the back of his hand. "Tío decided to pay me a little visit like he did with you, showed me security footage of Aviana walking into her apartment, and told me if I didn't come peacefully he'd have a bullet shot between her eyes." He starts off and I bite the inside of my cheek, sick, that man is fucking sick.

What did he even want with Nico, and me for that matter.

"And even if that hadn't happened, I have no idea what I'd say to her, she's not the most forgiving, and I broke a promise." He looks at me with a look I can't really name.

"In other words, I've screwed up with the only woman that makes me feel alive without being intoxicated."