Cold

Chapter 2

The road was dead as the dog down the road.

Nights like this I'm okay.

I'm not sad I'm alone I like.

I don't understand why some people can't stand it.

As I get closer i can hear the music. I can't tell if its coming from my house or the party ash was talking about.

My phone lit up and caught my attention.

•get here now!• Ashton texted me
•why?•
•luke is beating the shit out of some dude•

I locked my phone and ran.

I know I should reply with some smart ass come back about how he's not my responsibility but Luke isn't like other boys.

He's angry when he's not happy.

He got sent to jail for seven weeks because he almost killed a dude in Walmart.

I run as fast as I could till I got to the house with the loud music.

I bust through the door.

There is nothing.

No one.

Not even a chip bowl.

"Shit. fuck you asshole!" i scream as loud as I could.

When I turned around there he was.

Luke Robert Hemmings.

The person who single handily ruined every part about me.

I look him in the eye and shake my head. One tear. One tear fell. His smug face fell to a frown.

"Hey liv." he said with a noticeably lower voice.

"Hello" I say feeling smaller than a mouse.

"Why did you come?" he said with a smile growing on his face.

"Fuck you Luke."

"Do you still care?"

"No" I'm lying. So hard.

"You're lying liv" he said moving closer.

"Stop. I'm leaving goodbye."

"Liv wait" and I stop dead in my tracks.

"What?" I say wanting to cry and explode.

"Give me one more chance." He says with no stutter. No emotion. Nothing.

"Why?" I want to know what he's trying to do.

"I miss you bad."

"Yea well I'm not the same in case you haven't noticed." I say making a hand motion towards my dirty hair and clothes.

"I don't care" he says giggling.

"Well" I say about to say yes but then I hear my mom yelling.

"What the hell?" I whisper to myself.

Shit. My mom Burt's through the door of what I'm guessing is Luke's house.

"Come here." She said in a calm voice.

"I hate you." I say to her pushing past her and a shrub.

I make my way outside and she follows me quickly. Too quickly.

"Where the hell has your ungrateful ass been?" she screams loud as possible.

"At the park." I say in a small voice.

"Where are you spending the night?" she asks me.

"Here." Luke says before I can say anything.

"No I'm not I'm going to Ashton's" I roll my eyes and walk away.

My mother gets into her cars and goes back to my house. She only does this when she had friends over.

"Hey come back its cold as fuck out here!" Luke screams to me.

I agree its cold and I'm tired.

I walk back down the driveway and meet him at the door. He puts a blanket over my shoulders.

"I never stopped loving you." he breathe lurked on the top of my cold skin.

"Not now please" I begged him.

I walk over to the couch and sit down.
The house is huge big but lived in. Warm colors and a pleasant smell make the house less scary.

He walks over to the chair and turns the tv on as he sits down.

"Do you want something to drink or eat?"

"No" my mind is tired. I want to sleep.

I lay down my upper body and swing the rest on to the couch and close my eyes.

"Oh wait no you can't sleep in the couch." he said about to laugh.

"Why not?" I say harsher than I wanted to.

"Because my parents may come home in the morning so you have to sleep in my room."

I sigh and make my way up the stairs.

I get to a room with band posters all over the walls that are painted a dark red. I clear a trail out of the dirty clothes and trash.

I make my way to the bed.

It smells just like I remember. Old mint and worn out cologne. My favorite smell.

"Sorry about the mess."