After You Left

Chapter 7

It was so hard to see where the darkness ended and where it began, I was surrounded by it, drowning in it, trying to find a way out.
I could sense him in the darkness, feel him as though he's right there.
I scream his name hoping for an answer, anything that would bring me closer to him.

That's when I see it, my blood drains from my body as his body lays on the ground, blood was gushing from his chest, there was no life in him, there was nothing besides the blood.

I felt the scream rupture out of me, I felt myself being consumed by the darkness as I tried to wipe the image away, I felt the darkness coursing through my veins and suffocating every inch of me.

I heard my name being called, I heard him called for me, waiting for me, the side that I described wanted go get to.

"Live princess."

I gasp or sob as the world comes crashing down, breathing became foreign, I could still feel myself drowning, there was a hand on my head or was it shaking me.

"Damm it Lea, wake up!" There was so much panic in his voice, the world finally went back to normal, his olive green eyes looking down at me with worry and concern. "Breathe princess, it was just a nightmare." He says calmly.

I try to sit up and his hand supports me up, he hands me a glass of water, I gulp it down fast, hoping to make the shaking go away or everything go away.

"Feeling better?" Dylan asks worried, I nod and he sighs in relief before getting off the bed, his chest was barren, a scar traveled from his shoulder blade to his chest, he turned around and picked up his shirt, a black and silver scorpion the size of my hand rested on his neck, he slid his shirt over his head before turning back to me.

"Where am I?" I ask confused.

"My place, well my parents' house and I am spending a few weeks here, this is my room." He says with a shrug.

"Can you take me home?" I ask and get up from the bed, my legs pretty much feel like jelly and they give up underneath me but before I could hit the ground broad hands gripped me up by the waist.

"Jesus christ princess, take it easy, when's the last time you ate?" Dylan asks as he helps me sit back down on the bed.

"I don't remember." I say and rub my temple where a headache is already forming.

"I'll go bring you some food, it's 3 AM, I'll drop you off at 8." He says and heads for the door.

"I'll eat at home so just take me home." I snap frustrated, he turns to me and sighs.

"Look alright, I don't think you're in the condition to be at home on your own, you haven't eaten anything since I saw you yesterday, you fainted, had an argument with my boss, you had a rough day because of me, the least I can do is bring you some food." Dylan rambles.

I get up and glare at him. "Take me home, we drop our deal, I don't want a movie, you leave me alone."

Anger flashes through his eyes. "What exactly is your problem princess, me?" He asks taking steps towards me, I stand my ground until we're nearly chest to chest.

"My problem is the fact that you won't leave me alone and let me go back to the life I've been living." I say.

He lets out a humourless laugh. "What life exactly is that princess?"

"Don't call me that." I snap angry.

He smirks. "Why shouldn't I, I like the nickname princess and I don't see a reason why you should hate it and besides, boss called you a raspberry and you didn't say anything so what's so wrong with princess?"

The anger that was boiling in me reacted before I could and I pushed him. "You don't know anything about me so before you say anything maybe you should try getting your facts right."

"What else is there to you, you basically just seem like a rich, spoiled, lonely girl with no friends and an attitude that drives people away." He says angry.

Tears blurred my sight. "Take me home." I say and head to the door.
Neither of us say anything, the whole drive home, my heart aches, my body is exhausted, everything is breaking me.

The drive to my place takes 20 minutes and I don't say anything and get out of the car, I feel and hear his footsteps behind me, I don't turn around even when I open the door.

"I'm sorry." He says gently, I turn to find him by the door, not inside the house. "I didn't mean what I said."

"I meant what I said." I say and turn the other way, I take the hoodie that I leave for emergencies on the couch and slip it on, there's no scent, my heart starts being faster, I take it off and go to my room and grab each one of his shirts and hoodies but none of them have any remembrance of him.

"Princess you're scaring me." Dylan says behind me, I carry on searching and throwing everything out, there has to be something, there was.

Dylan turned me around to face him. "What's wrong?" He asks worried, a sob breaks out of me, I hadn't even realized that I had started crying. "You're scaring me Lea, what's wrong, please tell me." He says frantically.

"It's gone." I say and shut my eyes, all I see is his blood, I quickly push Dylan away and go back to the living room, the pictures hanging, memories, they're all I have left.

"Princess just talk to me, what's wrong?" Dylan asks worried.

"Just leave me alone, please leave." I say without looking at him, I hear his footsteps echo, he closes the door and I collapse on the ground and start sobbing and crying.

"I can't do it anymore, you keep slipping from me, I try to hold on to you, I have tried to pretend that I am alright, but I can't do it anymore, I don't want to do it anymore, I just want to be with you, that's all I ever want, you, please just come back." I say as I cry. "I don't know what I'm doing in life, you were supposed to be here, you were supposed to have been here with me, I love you pumpkin, please, just come back to me."

I get myself up and go to the kitchen, my hands are shaking as I open the medicine drawer, I grab whatever random pills are in the drawer, I grab a glass of water, tears were just flowing down my cheeks.

I take the first pill, than the second and I carry on while constantly saying, just a few more than I'll be with him.

Dylan's POV

I don't know what or why I took the book that was gathering dust on my shelf and started reading but I did, I couldn't put it down and I just read, pages after pages, chapters after chapters.

By the time I finished I was numb, light was pouring in from the window in my room, I grab my car keys and rush out of the house, I don't bother about the speed as I drive to her house.

My heart pounds in my chest as I climb the stairs to her apartment, I knock once, twice, trice, I call her name, there's no noise coming from inside, I turn the handle and the door swings open, panic floods through me, I call her name again as I walk through the house.

The blood freezes in my veins when I get to the kitchen, I rush to her and take her head on my lap, I diall 911.

"What your emergency?"

"Uhh my friend, she's passed down on the kitchen, there's pills everywhere and I don't know what to do." I say panicking trying to get her to wake up.

"Sir we have an ambulance coming right up to you in a few minutes."

"Place hurry." I say as I pull her closer to me.

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