Boy Next Door~ l.h

Ch. 27

Chapter 27

Luke's POV

Her funeral was a few days later. I wasn't ready for it.

"We morn over the thought that Lesley Walker died so young. She had such a long life a head of her. But, all I know what to say is that the Lord givith and He taketh away." the priest said as they were starting the ceremony. I didn't really listen to anything the priest was saying because I was too busy crying. Mum says that I was screaming more than crying.

Everyone was there. Ali, Dustin, all the teachers, Mrs. Johnson, Dallas, the boys, mum, me, and other random people. Most of the people from school were acting like they were her best friends when in reality they hardly knew her. That really made me mad.

The boys, Dustin, Lesley's cousin, and I were the pallbearers. I hardly was able to carry it because I was crying so much.

But what really killed me was when they lowered her into the ground. Watching them lower her casket killed me. I seriously wanted to jump in the casket with her and just be in her arms forever. But I knew I couldn't.

"Luke, I'm so sorry," my mum would say, over and over again. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry."

"It's okay, mum. It wasn't your fault."

"I'm so sorry. I wish this would have never happened. I'm so sorry," she would weep. She was being really weird and I didn't understand why.

"It's okay, really."

"I'm so sorry, I love you so much. I'm so sorry."

Then my eyes opened.

I was in the hospital room, surrounded by my family. A familiar head of hair was crying into my chest.

"I'm so sorry," the person kept saying. I put my hand on their head and she raised up quickly. I saw a familiar face.

"LUKE!!!" Lesley cried, kissing me.

"You're alive?" I said starting to cry.

"Of course I am. God, I'm glad you're okay," she said kissing me again.

"Cal, go get the doctor," Mum said with tears of joy. "Hey baby," she said playing with my hair.

"Hi," I said smiling at her.

"Hey, mate," Ash and Mikey said in unison.

"Hey. How long have I been asleep?" I asked.

"You've been in a coma for a month. You lost a lot of blood and your oxygen was very low," the doctor said as he walked in. "How are you feeling?"

"Pretty good. But I'm really hungry and I need to p*ss."

The doctor laughed, "Good. Well, now that you are awake we will do some tests on you to make sure you're in good shape and you should be on your way home."

"How long will that take?"

"A few days. A week at most," he said with a smirk.

"Okay, thank you," Mum said smiling at him. We left the room and all the boys gave me a group hug.

"We missed you, mate," Calum said smiling.

"Why did you think I was dead?" Lesley asked.

"I was dreaming that you didn't make it. It felt so real," I said back, remembering the pain I felt.

"No, I'm still here. I have a bullet hole in my leg, though."

"What?"

"Yeah, he shot me in the leg. Either he was too chicken to really kill me or he had a bad aim," she explained.

"Baby, I'm so sorry," I said kissing her.

"You tried to save me. You are my hero," she said smiling at me.

"And mine," the boys said in unison. I smiled and we all hugged again.

"Did they catch him?" I asked.

"Almost. They had him but lost him. But we are being protected until they do catch him," Lesley explained. She explained a lot of stuff that happened while I was out, but I was mostly glad she was alive.

"So, Cal? You and Ali still together?" I asked.

"Yeah, we are still together. Our one year is coming up so we are pretty happy." he said with a smirk.

"That's great!!! What about you, Ash?"

"Me and Abby are doing pretty well. She's been really supportive through all this." He said with a smirk.

"That's great, mate!!!" I said smiling. They stayed and talked to me for a while before they went home. Except for Mum and Lesley.

"I'm going to get food. Be right back ," mum said leaving the room.

"Ash gave me the letter," Les said crawling into the bed. "We didn't think you were ever going to wake up."

"But I did. I'm just glad you're alive," I said kissing her.

"I love you," she said once we pulled apart.

"I love you so much," I said kissing her again.

"So, like what all happened in your dream?"

I explained everything to her. From when she "died" to her "funeral".

"Awe babe, I'm sorry you had to go through that," she said hugging me.

"I thought I was going to die, I'm not even kidding."

"Why?"

"I love you, Les. If I ever lost you... I don't know what I'd do," I explained.

"I love you too," she said kissing me again. She laid her head on my chest and closed her eyes.

"This is the most comfortable bed I'd been able to sleep on all month," she said giggling.

"You haven't went home?"

"No. I was afraid if I went home something would happen to you. And I was afraid da- I mean sh*th**d would come back," she explained. I kissed her forehead and laid the bed down a little.

"You are the best thing I've ever had in my life," I said putting my non injured arm around her.

"So are you."

She fell asleep after that. I didn't mind, I was just glad that she was laying on me rather than in a coffin.

"Awe," Mum said from the door.

"What?"

"You two are so cute," she said sitting in the chair beside me. "She was really worried about you. She wouldn't even sleep."

I looked down at her. I smiled at how perfect she was.

"I can tell you love her," mum said smiling.

"I do. So much," I said playing with her hair. "I was going to propose that night, you know."

"Then that idiot had to ruin it for you."

"Yeah," I was quiet for a moment. "If she would have died, I would have killed him. I'm not even kidding."

Mum was quiet for a minute before she said, "Well... I would help," she said jokingly.

"I love you, mum," I said closing my eyes.

"Love you too, Lukey."

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-m