Because Of Her.

10 | Dark and Light.

Songs for the chapter :

Stay by Rihanna

Element by Moses Mayfield.

I wake up as the sun rays hit my eyes in a most painful way. I shift my head to the other side and notice the absence of a figure who owns this bed for some days now. I raise my neck slightly and roam my eyes around the room but Drake wasn't there. I look at the clock which reads nine. I panic at first, then I remember today is the weekend, no class. I lay my head back on the pillow staring at the ceiling. My stomach gurgles and a pain erupts, making me cocoon myself. 

"Is she still sleeping?" I hear Amy's voice from the hall.

"Yeah she is." Drake replies. I hear the door being open and I think she opens her but then I realize she opened mine.

"Where is she?" she asks and I could have called her out if the pain wasn't suffocating me.

"She is in, yours." Drake replies again.

"Mine? She slept there?"

"She came late at night asking if she could sleep with me. I allowed her. She was not okay." I hear him say. Apart from listening to their conversation about me I am glad that they are talking even if their subject is my mental state.

"I should have stayed with her after last night. I wanted too but then she said, she is okay but—"

"Last night? What happened last night?" he asks and I close my eyes as the reminder flashes in my head. The pain occurs in my head this time and I feel like I will fall into unconsciousness. 

"She didn't tell you?"

"No. What happened, tell me?"

"That asshole Liam came to her café to talk to her."

"What?" Drake shouts and I can hear Amy scolding him.

"Should I bring you mike, might as well as announce it to the whole Manhattan." She hisses. 

"Sorry but what? He was there last night?"

I didn't hear what Amy says but Drake cursing comes out after that.

"I knew it. I knew that asshole won't leave her alone. The minute he saw the opportunity he...I told her to not go. Did he harm her? Oh my god, is that why she was crying last night?" he asks.

"Wait, she was crying?" Amy asks in disbelief. I could picture her features turning into sadness that she wasn't there to hold me.

"Yeah. I thought she was crying remembering the memories but shit...it was probably because of him. What did he say?" 

"I don't know. I mean what she told me is that he was there to apologize, making her believe that he is innocent, feeding her his bullshit. When I arrived he was already leaving her. She was okay when I found her and even throughout the whole night she was...fuck, she was pretending." Realization dawn on her and now all I do is close my eyes. She caught my lie.

"How could I not see? Shit, she was pretending...ugh how can I be so stupid? She was trying to be cheery for me. I—"

"Hey calm down, it's not your fault. She was looking after you just like you are looking out for her." Drake consoles her and I mentally thank him.

"Yeah well she did her job clearly well unlike me who can't even seem to figure it out. She was crying so obviously I didn't look out for her." She says.

"Stop blaming yourself. You are not a psychic nor do you both have that creepy twin bond where one hurts and the other feels it. You are a normal human and judging by that I am sure you have done what you could for her." He tells her and I smile at how true his words are.