Beside You - Sequel to Unpredictable

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It's been a few days since Luke called me. I haven't called him back, I don't have the courage to. I said we were over anyways.

I don't know why I did that.. Well I do, we were toxic for each other. I still miss him though. I wonder how hes doing.. No, I need to stop this. Get a hold of yourself, Maddie.. 

I get up from my bed, knocking a tub of ice cream I used to comfort me last night from my nightstand and groan. I pick up a picture frame of us next and throw it across the room with such force, the glass shatters and falls to the ground, just like my heart. 

"Maddie?" Michael knocks on my door. "Come in." I sniffle and sit on the edge of my bed. The door opens and a sympathetic Michael walks in, sitting next to me. 

"You can't let this break up tear you apart like this. Things will go back to normal sometime." He wraps an arm around me.

"But that's the thing, Michael. It can't go back to normal. This all has to end.. I can't do this back and forth thing with him anymore. I need to think about school and my future. Maybe Luke was just a stepping stone in my life, helping me get my shit together.." 

Michael sighs and shrugs, staying silent. "It's true, Mike. I can't be with him." I shake my head and stand up. "I think I should go visit my grandma for a couple of weeks. To get my head straight." I tell him and grab my back pack.

"How are you going to get there?"

"I'll hitch hike." I start packing clothes and pull on a sweater. "Maddie, this is crazy. Should'nt you talk to Ashton about this first?" 

"Michael, Ashton is not my dad. I can go where I want okay? It's only a couple hundred miles. Don't worry." I reply and pull my shoes onto my feet. 

I turn to Michael as I pull my backpack over my shoulders, "Please don't tell anyone. At least not until tomorrow." I beg and hug him tightly. "I Love you, Mike."

Michael nods and hugs back before I pull away. "I'll come up with something. Be careful Mads. I love you." 

I give him a little wave before i leave the room and the apartment. I honestly have no what I'm doing. I just need a break from all of this drama. 

Luke's P.O.V.

My phone rings, waking me up from a dreamless night. I sit up, rubbing my eyes and answer. "Hello?"

"Yeah, Luke? Maddie isn't here." Ashton's worried voice sounds frantic. "Is she with you?" He questions.

I shake my head then remember he can't see me. "No, have you tried calling her? Or seeing if she's with the girls?"

"Duh, you idiot. She won't answer her phone and the girls haven't seen her since Monday." I quickly get up, pulling on a shirt and my shoes, not caring I'm in sweatpants.

"I'll meet you at the apartment in five." 

Five minutes later i'm knocking on the door. Ashton answers it and lets me inside. I look around, seeing Michael sitting on the couch. "Mike, have you seen her?" I ask, walking to him.

"Um.." He avoids eye contact from both Ashton and I. Ashton looks at me, raising his eyebrows. I nod and sit on the chair by the couch Michael is on while Ashton does the same. 

"What do you know?" Ashton asks.

"Well, um, Maddie told me not to tell anyone until a day or so.. So I guess I can tell you." He mumbles, playing with his fingers.

"What is it, Mike."

"Maddie said she's going to vist her grandma who lives a a few hundred miles from here. She left two days ago." He tells us.

"Wait, dammit." Ashton gets up, running his hand through his hair. "Michael you dumbass! Where the hell is she going?"

"I-I don't know! That's what she told me! She said she's going to hitch hike there."

"Fuck.." He curses and rubs his face. "She can't be going to her grandmas  because her grandma died four years ago."

Hey guys!! I know it's really short! But I'm going to make a few more updates within the next day or so. So here you go! Love you.