Escaping Reality (Louis Partridge)

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DONT PLAY THE SONG YETTTT

He smiles and grabs my hand, pulling me. He began running.

"Slow down I'm gonna fall!" I yell.

We reach outside and he turns around to me. "Slow poke." He smirks.

"Fuck off." I smile and roll my eyes. We continue running until we have completed left school campus. We slow down to just a walk.

"Where are we going?" I ask.

"You'll see. I think you'll love it." He looks back as he continues to pull me along.

"You don't know me well enough to know that I'll love it." I instantly regret my words.

He stops in his tracks and turns to face me. "Don't say that. That's what today's all about. I want to get to know you."

I hide a smile. "Fine." My hand falls from his, and I automatically miss his touch. I try to push that feeling down as much as possible.

I feel so weird. I feel whole. Like that piece of me that was missing is automatically there.

We walked in comfortable silence as cars and busy people passed us.

Eventually he stopped. "Close your eyes." He says turning to me.

"Why should I trust you? I don't know-" I'm cut off by his hand on my mouth.

"Trust me. Please. I promise I won't do anything to hurt you."

I grab his hand from my mouth and slowly close my eyes a bit hesitant. I feel him grab onto my shoulders, and lead me.

We get to steps and I stop, not letting him move me any further. "I can't walk up stairs with my eyes closed!" I exclaim.

The next thing you know, he grabs the back of my knees, and he's carrying me. I smile a little, and hold onto him for dear life.

He sits me down and we continue walking.

Finally, we come to a stop. He pulls me back to his chest, and wraps his arms around me, resting his chin on my head.

Instead of pushing him away like I normally would, I grab onto his arms, not letting him let go as I melt into his embrace, completely forgetting where and who I was.

"Okay, you can open them."' He says quietly in my ear.

And so I do. I notice I'm now in a room, with chairs and tables. There a stage with a piano on it.

I'm a bit confused at first, until he drags me on stage.

"I've listened to your music Sadie. It's beautiful." He smiles as he takes a seat in front of the piano. "I want you to sing while I play."

"Nope. No way." I say as I lean against the piano.

"Come on. Pleaseeee. Your such a good singer Sadie. I want to hear it in real life." He begs.

"What Will I even sing? You know none of the songs I do." I make excuses.

He began playing a familiar song.

"I saw a video of you singing this. Sing for me." He smiles.

I sigh and roll my eyes.

Play song now

"I found a guy told me I was a star. He held the door held my hand in the dark." I sing as me and Louis make eye contact. He stares happily. I smirk.

The way he looked at me made me so excited. I felt free. But obviously it didn't last long.

I remember why I loved this song so much. It reminds me of my past relationships. The one that ended badly. The one that broke me. It still brought tears to my eyes just thinking about it. About him. What he did.