True Love (R5 Fanfic)

The Incident

I realized the chapters are really short.😭😭😭😭 Let me know if you don't care how long they are or if you want them longer. It will help me a lot!!!! Okay thx! Here's a dramatic and hopefully long chapter.
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It's when I woke up I knew something was wrong. I checked my phone. 52 calls from my mom. I called her and ran downstairs.

Mom: Lauren?
Me: Yes? What's wrong?
Mom: I have to tell you something. I hope you are sitting right now.
Me: Yes.
Mom: Your-Your dad,
Me: Mom TELL ME!
Mom: Your dad d-died.
Me: NO! WHAT! HOW?
Mom: He was beat to death.
Me: But he... You... no!!!!
Mom: If you want to come to London you can, you can go to his funeral, law says.
Me: I think Ross c-can let me go.
Mom: You can bring him if you'd like.

After we cried together she hung up. Ross came downstairs and realized I was crying before.

"Lauren! Are you okay! What happened!" He asked all at once. He gave some sort of a chokehold hug.

"My dad... he um..." I looked away. How do I tell him without him wanting to punch something... worse someone. I decided to keep it simple. "He's not with me anymore. He never was but um... he died." I cried more. Molly licked my toes. Ross guided me to the couch where we sat down.

"Who is your dad? Tell me about him."
He asked. He didn't sound like joking loving, Ross. He sounded more professional than I've ever heard him speak. More soothing and proper. It was shocking to me.

"Who was my dad." I whimpered. Ross rolled his eyes.

"Lauren. He's still alive. In here." He pointed to his heart. I nodded and began to tell the story.

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FLASHBACK TIME
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I woke up and walked to my dresser. I put on some clothes. Nothing truly amazing. I went downstairs.

"Lauren! Your going to be 7 soon!" Mum said as she poured some cereal for me.

"Yay yay yay!!!" I cheered. Mum laughed.

"Do you want to go outside? It's nice out. Your father is there."

"Sure. Bye Mummy." I walked outside to wear my dad was. on this hot July day he was wearing black. I called the word 'Dad' a million times. Then I saw he had tinted his windows. Front and back. That's illegal. Mum told me that later on.

"Kiddo, get inside." He gruffly told me. I rarely saw my dad. Typically I'd fall asleep to my mom calling and calling my dads phone and crying when she didn't get an answer. Usually those nights he was gone for days.

"But I want to play!" I whined.

"GET IN!" He yelled. He never was this loud or yelled so quickly. I peered in his car.

"Daddy? What's in your truck? It's another black bag." I asked curiously. I heard a loud BANG! It was so loud I fell to the ground and covered my ears. The next thing I saw was my dads black car zooming away.

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PRESENT
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"What happened next?" Ross asked obviously intrigued by my story.

"My dad tried to shoot me, but instead hit an innocent bystander. He went to prison for drugs, murder, and robbery. That black bag was money he stole from the bank."

"Oh my god. I had no clue. How did he die?"

"Beat up by a prisoner in the same boat he was in."

"Lauren I'm so sorry for you. I would beat up your dad too."

"No, I still loved him after. It wasn't him, it was the drugs. After, my mom led me to my room where she prayed over and over. I had no clue what was going on."

We sat for a while just looking at each other. I broke the silence.

"I'm going back to London tomorrow, so yeah." He rolled his eyes again.

"Why? Your always going there!"

"Funeral."

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AND I ENDED THE CHAPTER. 203 reads! Maybe go for 250? Thank you for reading! I want to mention a reader named @Selena406 for commenting! Go follow her! (I'll do this for all commenters.) I NEED TIPS ON HOW LONG I SHOULD MAKE THIS!!!! What do you guys like? Okay bai ❤️💚☀️