All I need

Chapter nine

There I stood in front of the janitor's closet without a hint of what to do next. She was sitting on the floor hugging her knees and sobbing immensely. A position I knew too well. She looked broken.

I stepped into the room closing the door quietly... thanks to years of sneaking around.
I went closer to her and put a hand on her shoulder. "Aurelia" I called subtly.

She immediately tried wiping her tears, clearly not expecting me.

"Hey it's okay." I sat beside her. I couldn't leave her like this. I didn't like being left alone. "It's okay to cry. It relieves you...trust me."

She looks at me for a while. "No...I...I'm fine" she says in between sobs still wiping her tears.

"No you're not. Let it out, Aurelia. Don't keep it in" I stay staring at her.

With that she broke down, crying immensely as earlier. Without thinking, I held her by the waist and pulled her towards me while she wrapped her hand around my neck and the other around my shoulder crying with her head nuzzled into my neck.

At a point she seemed to pull me closer while I continue whispering sweet nothings to her. If only I had someone who did this for me growing up.

We stayed like that until she calmed down and pulled away. Her mascara had dripped into my hoodie which she seemed to notice.

"Oh my...I'm sorry. I'll get you a new one...I promise...I" she rambles

"Hey hey, it's ok. Relax" she took some deep breaths while dabbing the mascara on her eyelids. I noticed I still had my hands on her waist which I immediately removed.

"You didn't have to do that" she begun.

Is she talking about the hand? I put my hand back on her waist which made her laugh softly. I don't get it.

"Not the hand. I mean you didn't have to... console me" she explained

"No one should be left alone...trust me, I know" I state, my mind drifting to past memories.

"What do you mean?" She asks

"It doesn't matter." I shrugged, not wanting to go into details. " How are you feeling now?" I ask changing the topic

"Fine" she says with a cold demeanor.

"Do you...wanna talk about it?" I ask not knowing what to do.

"No. You've done enough already." She gets up, making my hand go off her waist. "We should...uh...go back to class"

"Yeah" I stand as well. "Uh...see you there, I guess" I say leaving the room but she called me before I opened the door.

"Levi..."

"Yes"

"Thank you... that was very nice of you to do" she explained

"It's cool" I say with a small smile which she returned.

With that I left for class, entering with five minutes left.

"That was a long trip to the bathroom bro" Jeremy said holding in a laugh

"Yeah. And what's that stain on your hoodie?" Emilia asked. I kinda forgot about her.

"Well I got lost and may or may not have fallen down" I lie simply

"Oh are you ok?" She asks concerned

"Yeah"

It's lunch and we're at the cafeteria, Emilia, Jeremy and I. We sat on a table while Emilia went to get her order.

"So spill." Jeremy said when Emilia was at a good distance " what's that on your hoodie?" He continued

"Well I already told you"

"No...you told Emilia that lie you constructed." He states making me sigh " I know you Lee. Now tell me the truth"

"Well...I had to console Aurelia in the janitor closet. She had a... moment" I say making his jaw to drop

"You consoled the Aurelia Brooks!" He whisper screamed. Why does everyone add 'the' to her name? "Wait...why was she crying? Is she okay? OMG my queen needs me!!" He continued

"First of all, yeah she's fine and I don't know what happened...she wouldn't tell me and secondly, what do you mean your queen? You can't even talk to her" I snickered

"Please. I'm just waiting for the perfect time to strike" he states confidently.

Emilia comes back and we change the topic... seeing as she doesn't like Aurelia. She kept asking me questions about myself which I quickly turned down. I think she got the message.

Aurelia then walked to the cafeteria taking her lunch from the lunch lady. I noticed she had fixed her make-up and was wearing a smile like she didn't just have a meltdown.
She passed our table, heading to where Blake and some other kids sat. They looked like some kind've college rich crew.

"Asshead" Jeremy said. I assumed he was talking about Blake, seeing as he wrapped his hand around Aurelia's waist.

"I couldn't agree more" Emilia said. Something tells me that wasn't directed at Blake.

Ugh girl drama.

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