Destinations

Chapter Six

Three days later and no sign of Aerona anywhere. Luke was disappointed and it was starting to worry him. He had been spending time with Jack, his brother, and sadly, Destinee. He wanted to spend more time with Aerona. He replayed the night he had on the roof with her, the way she moaned his name got him hard everytime. He shook the thoughts out of his head. He might catch her tonight though, there is a massive party going on downtown by a rich family.

Little did Luke know that Aerona probably wouldn't be able to make it out of her place. Not with her cuts, she's absolutely covered. Her legs have them down to her knees and her arms up to her shoulders. She doesn't know why she does it when she's on drugs, whenever she gets up from a high she's got new ones.

Right now, while Luke is laughing and messing about, being happy, Aerona was in her dark home. She was laid down in her bed, naked under the covers. The lights were all off and the blinds were shut as she shook lightly on her blood stained sheets. She was sweating and hearing voices, side effects of the coke she had done last night.

Aerona isn't a very happy girl, yes, she can trick herself and everyone around her she is, but she's not. She gets high and drinks til she passes out almost daily. Although she has the power to stop, she never does because she always feels like she needs it. She's always been the strong one. The one that lets nothing stop her. She just wants somebody to talk to.

Three hours later Luke was getting ready to go out to dinner with his brother and Destinee. He asks her to stay one day and she stays the entire week Jack is there because Luke knows his mom likes her. They were going to the diner Luke likes, but, all he could remember was when he went with Aerona. He thought of her laughs and giggles and how she smiled everytime he mentioned a band she liked. He missed someone he barely knows.

"Luke..." Destinee smiled with her bright red lipstick. He sighed and placed a fake smirk on his face as he fixed his erect hair. "I wanna do it tonight." Luke stopped messing with his hair and grabbed his car keys.

"Do what?" He asked as they walked out his room.

"Have sex." She said it as she ran her hand down his back. Luke gulped, he didn't want to have sex with Destinee. He only wanted to have sex with Aerona. The brunette mystery was the only time he felt as if it meant something.

"Yeah..." He hurried his steps up so they could get to the diner.

While they drove Jack and Luke talked about homelife and never really acknowledged Destinee in the backseat.

Aerona was sat in her shower as heavy metal played on her ipod doc. She had her head burried into her wet, burning knees. They burnt because of the cuts and the hot water boiling on her. She knew she would have to actually wash herself within the next ten minutes or the water would get start getting cold.

Destinee was sat next to Luke in the booth at the diner. She ordered the salad while Jack and Luke ordered burgers and fries. She always loved Luke and always wanted to be with him but he would never make the commitment. She always thought it was because of his reputation. Or the oh so popular "playing hard to get". But that just wasn't the case.

Jack didn't have a clue that they weren't a couple. He didn't know anything about Luke's reputation either.

As they ate Destinee noticed a girl walking past the window slowly. Luke excused himself to the bathroom rather quickly but ended up walking out the front door. Destinee and Jack wanted to ask where he was going, but they left him alone. Luke was always the odd one out so he always just let Luke be.

"Aerona?" Luke questioned as they came out of view of his dinner guests. She turned around, eyes puffed and red and tears streaming down her face. She ran into Luke's chest and embraced him tightly. Breathing in his scent that she had gotten used to. "What's wrong, love?"

"I'm so tired, Luke." She cried into his chest. Luke hadn't had a clue about what this beauty was on about. He took a deep breath and hugged her as tight as he could without suffocating her.

Aerona had no clue what she was doing. She always had moments like these but it was usually with Harry. He wasn't available so when she saw someone she had trusted a bit, she needed confinement. She knew she wouldn't be telling him anything, she just needed something.

The hug lasted about five minutes before Aerona's eyes started closing. She was starting to get tired but she would have to walk home. Her legs and arms hurt, she was in all black and it was still relatively warm. She needed to feel safe but she seemed weak and fragile in this state.

They pulled apart. "Are you okay? Tell me what's going on?" Luke held her up.

"No..." Aerona came back to her sences. She was vulnerable and a mess. She couldn't show this side to him.

"What? Talk to me." Luke pryed.

"Fuck! No! Get off me!" Aerona started to shake and pull away. This only caused Luke to hold onto her. She felt like she couldn't breath and she was hot. Luke noticed and rolled up her sleeves, showing off her hundreds of cuts. Luke teared up. He had absolutely no idea what was going on with her and he was scared for her. He picked up the shaking girl and began walking her the car.