I wake up the next day alone in my bed. Louis must have carried me up here at some point. I immediately grab my phone and dial Lin's number.
"Hey babe," she answers groggily after the third ring. I was surprised that she was awake this early then looked at my clock to see that it was already almost 2 in the afternoon. "How are you?"
"Well I'm still tired even though I just slept all day," I chuckle. "I don't know besides that."
"Well I'm hanging out with Michael at the moment, wanna tell me about it later? I'll come over and we can get ready for tonight at your house if you want," she says. I hear Michael yell "hi" in the background.
I laugh. "Tell Michael I love him. But yeah that's fine, what time will you be over?" I ask.
"Probably in about three hours. That's when he's leaving and we should probably get to the venue around 6:30 so I think that will give us enough time."
"Okay, I'll see you then," I say with a yawn.
"Love you Al, Michael loves you too," she says.
"I love you guys too, see you later," I say before hanging up the phone.
I had completely forgotten that we were going to the concert again tonight. In all honesty, I don't think I was going to be able to handle seeing Luke again, especially not after last night. The thought made me sick to my stomach and now I really didn't want to get out of bed. I have a few notifications from Nathan, but I ignore them and throw my phone down before forcing myself to get up.
When I walk downstairs, I find everybody in the living room.
"Good morning sweetie," my mother says when I walk in. "Look who came to visit!" She exclaims with a smile and nods towards Louis. I look over to him and he smiles warmly at me.
"I know mom, I saw him last night," I smile and kiss the top of her head.
"Oh of course, I forgot. How was it by the way?" She asks.
They were so good," I smile. I knew she was asking about Luke, but I didn't even want to think about it.
"Louis surprised us with tickets to tonight's show, so we'll be going as well," she says excitedly.
"Wow that's awesome! You'll love it mom," I say. I smile at Louis and walk into the kitchen to find myself some lunch.
The rest of the day goes by quickly and before I know it, Linley arrives with everything we need to get ready. She lets me borrow some clothes tonight. I'm wearing a black crop top that reveals my shoulders and a maroon skater skirt. My hair is wavy from last night and looks good, so we leave it how it is. Lin does my makeup as usual and by the time I'm done, I feel like I look a different person.
"So when we got home last night, Louis and I were on the couch talking. I kept dozing off but I woke up and I don't know if he thought I was asleep or something, but he said that he would never hurt me like Luke did..." I say as she does her makeup. "What does that mean?"
"Oh my gosh, I can't wait to tell the guys!" She laughs.
"Why?" I ask.
"Allis, it's obvious that he has some kind of feelings for you. The boys totally called it too," she chuckles.
"Lin! He's like my step-brother!" I yell with a laugh.
"Technically he's not. Plus your mom and Troy aren't even engaged so it's fine," she says.
"So you don't think it's weird?" I ask.
"Not at all, and he's hot. I think you should hook up with him."
"Oh my gosh, that is so weird!" I yell.
"No it's not! I think it's fine," she smiles. I sigh and ignore her. I wasn't sure how I felt about Louis, but it was all very confusing.
I continue on to tell her about what happened with Luke. She gets very angry at this and tells me that if he comes around again tonight, she'll kick his ass along with Louis. This makes me laugh, but on the inside my heart hurts every time I hear his name.
When we're finally ready, we head to the venue. I tell my mom that I'm sure we'll see her there somewhere.
It is even more crowded today and since we're not hanging out with the guys before, we actually have to wait to get inside. As we wait, I send Louis a quick text.
Good luck tonight, I know you'll do great :)
When we are finally let in, we rush to our seats and wait for the show to begin. I don't think that I am mentally prepared for this, I actually think I feel worse about seeing Luke today than I did last night. It was going to be a long night.
The boys come on and open up with the same song as last night. Pain floods my body as I see Luke on stage again. I try to forget about him and enjoy the concert, but it is harder than it was last night.
After they play the same setlist as they did last night, Luke runs over to each of the boys and whispers something in their ears. He walks back over to his own microphone and begins to speak.
"Alright guys so we're gonna play another song tonight. We weren't going to do this one but you could say we had a change of heart," he says with a small smile that makes my stomach flip. The guitars start to play and Luke sings the first verse.
For a while we pretended that we never had to end it, but we knew we'd have to say goodbye
My heart broke with each word that he said and at how amazingly they sounded coming from his mouth. Michael joins in as well as the others soon after and my head spins as the lyrics rip me to shreds.
Torn in two, and I know I shouldn't tell you but I just can't stop thinking of you
Wherever you are, you wherever you are
Every night I almost call you, just to say it always will be you
Wherever you are
The tears flood down my face harder than last night and I want to leave. I was mentally drained from the pain that he had caused me and I didn't want to listen to this anymore. Why did he continually want to make me cry? Didn't he already do enough? What the hell was he trying to do to me?
No matter how bad I wanted to go, I couldn't leave. I was stuck. So I stayed, and I let the boy that I loved continue to destroy me further than I ever thought was possible.
