Everything Happens For A Reason (MikeXOMC!)

"BETH!" Damian yelled out again. He waited for an answer, but never received any. Damian sighed loudly and sat down in front of a tree. He couldn't find Beth and he was still lost. He sat there feeling defeated. He was exhausted, his body was numb from the cold, and his lips were chapped. Part of him wanted to give up and just die right there, but the thought of Beth kept him going.

After a few minutes, Damian slowly stood back up and started walking again. He hoped that Beth somehow made it back to the lodge. Damian still wondered why she ran off. He remembered someone yelling Hannah's name when he was getting his phone. Maybe Hannah got upset and ran outside.

"I'm hoping this is all a dream and I'll wake up in bed with Beth..." He mumbled as he stumbled through the dark. He could only see random spots where the moonlight shined down. The tall trees blocked a lot of the light out which annoyed Damian. "Really wish I had a fucking flashlight or if the sun came up already." He suddenly saw a light in the distance. "That better be the fucking lodge!" He ran towards the light and smiled brightly when he saw that it was indeed the lodge.

Damian tripped over a large branch that had fallen from a tree a while back. Pain shot through his left foot. Damian slowly stood up as he brushed the snow off his face. Once to his feet, he quickly limped to the lodge. As soon as he opened the door, Sam bombard him with questions while Mike started to yell at him for running off.

"Are you okay?"

"You're a fucking idiot, do you know that?"

"Did you find them?"

"Do you realize how cold it is out there? You could have died!"

The questions kept coming and Damian couldn't understand a thing they said. "Can you guys shut up!" He yelled. The two looked at him slightly shocked. "Is Beth in our room? I don't see her in here." Damian asked as he looked around the room. By then the others, except Josh and Chris, had came in the room. They all looked at him with sad and guilty expressions.

"She...she's not here man. She's still out there...so is Hannah.." Matt didn't look at Damian. In fact, no one was. Damian stood there staring at Matt like he didn't understand what he just said. He suddenly laughed.

"Nice try guys, but that's not funny." Ashley started hysterically crying and Sam was trying not to cry. Damian's face dropped when he realized they weren't joking. "W-why didn't you guys help me look?! If you actually did something, then they would be back already!"

"Damian I'm sure they're fine. They will be back soon. You- you just need to calm down and wait, okay?" Mike put his hand on Damian's arm to try and calm him down. Damian jerked away, but his left foot practically gave out from his weight. He stumbled backwards and Mike grabbed him to keep him from falling. "Jesus hot sauce Christmas cake! You're freezing and your clothes as soaking wet!" Damian didn't make an effort to fight Mike as he practically dragged him upstairs. He took him into the bathroom and made him lean against a wall while he turned on the water. Damian slid down the wall until he was sitting on the floor.

"M-Mike..." Mike looked at him as he checked the water to see if it was hot yet. "Why? Why did they run out there?" Mike swallowed hard as he looked away from Damian. The guilt was slowly eating him from the inside.

"It..it was just a stupid prank." Mike's voice cracked as he spoke.

"A prank? What did you do to them?!" Damian demand.

"We didn't prank Beth! I swear! We just did a stupid prank to Hannah and she over reacted and ran off. Beth just followed her. She wasn't a part of any of it." Damian sat there taking it all in. His body was shaking worse from his cold wet clothes. Mike looked at him with worry in his eyes. "They will be fine. I promise. They'll be back soon and we will apologize to them for being immature jerks." Damian slowly nodded at Mike's words. "You need to get out of those clothes. You'll get sick if you don't." Mike said softly. Damian nodded again. He found himself unable to speak. It was like he forgot how to speak.

Mike sighed when he realized that Damian wasn't going to move. He bent down and gently took off Damian's shoes so he wouldn't hurt his foot even more. His foot didn't look broken so it was most likely just badly sprained. "Come on! Stand up buddy." Mike grabbed Damian's arms and helped him up. Damian's hands shook badly as he tried to peel off his wet hoodie and shirt. Mike helped his take off his clothes before helping him get into the hot water. "I'll come check on you later, okay?" Damian sat there staring at the wall, but he gave him a small nod. "Do you need anything?" Damian stayed silent as Mike waited for an answer. When he didn't get one, he hesitantly walked out of the bathroom.

Damian sat there wondering if Beth and Hannah were okay. He had a bad feeling about everything and he just wished he could somehow go back in time and change everything so they would still be here. He blamed himself for leaving Beth alone in the kitchen. He blamed himself for not bothering to ask the others what they were whispering about. Damian knew he didn't really do anything wrong, but he couldn't blame anyone except himself.