Song for Isabelle *A Luka Couffaine Love story*

Chapter 19

Luka's POV

"Mari, i-" i start to say but the words won't come out. As the sky let the rain pour down on me, I ran my hand through my wet hair and let a sigh escape my lips. "Luka, you're soaking wet, come in before you catch a cold." she said, opening the door wider and stepping aside to let me in. I walked into her small apartment and removed my shoes before walking into her living room. "I'll see if I have any spare clothes that would fit you- give me a second" she said, closing the door behind me and disappearing into her room.
My head began to spin and the thought of me having Isabelle so close to me one second and then having her disappear the next made my heart ache. "Here" Mari said, handing me some old basketball shorts and a white tee. I mutter a soft "thank you" before going into the bathroom and changing. When I remove my shirt I see the love marks Isabelle left behind over my chest. I let my fingers trace the small purple mark.
It hurt knowing she wouldn't even give us a chance.
"Luka?" Marinette's voice followed a soft knock " everything okay in there?" she asked.
"Im fine, i'll be out in a minute" i say , shaking Isabelle out of my thoughts and changing into some dry clothes. I take my wet clothing and start to walk towards the living room where marinette is setting down two cups of coffee on the table. "I'll get those" she said taking the clothes from my hands. "Take a seat, you look exhausted" she said before disappearing again. "You won't believe the morning i've had" i say laying down on her couch covering my face with my hands. "What happened?" She asked taking a seat on the opposite couch. I let my hands fall from my face before sitting up and taking a sip of my coffee. "Isabelle's gone, I woke up this morning and my apartment was empty" I say staring a hole into my cup. I kept trying to hold back the tears but the more I thought about it the more the warm tears slid down my face. "I went looking for her In her apartment but all of her stuff was gone- she left Paris" I say keeping my gaze focused on the coffee cup in front of me. "What? but- last night? You guys seemed so happy. I thought everything would've worked out?" "well it didn't, we went back to my place i told her about our plan and well she started saying that i was lying that im still in love with you and whatnot. Then we talked and i thought things where better so.. one thing led to another and we had sex mari- and this morning when i woke up i found a note saying that she needed time to clear her head" i say putting the cup down on the coffee table and running my hand through my hair.
"Did she say where she was going to?" she asked, looking at me with her bluebell eyes. "No-i went to her apartment and it was all cleared out- all her stuff was gone and i don't know where to look for her.'' I say my head is pounding harder by the minute. "Luka, i think it's better for her to have some time to cool off and get everything sorted out- she obviously has a bunch of issues she needs to work out, i mean it's a lot of information to take in. I'm sure she'll come back whenever she's ready." "what am I supposed to do until then? Just sit here and hold back the urge to go out looking for her? I can help her work everything out mari- i could've helped her if she just talked to me about it" i say the tears falling from my eyes. My heart stung and I tried to fight back the rest of the tears that threatened to spill. "Everything will work itself out, i think you guys just need some time apart to fix everything" she said, taking a seat next to me and placing a hand on my back. "I just wished it didn't hurt this much" I said, placing my head in my hands and breaking down completely. Although it hurt so much I had to accept the fact that Isabelle wasn't going to be near me anymore. I was terrified not knowing what the future held for us but, one thing is for sure i'll wait as long as i need to if it means that one day you and i can be together again. 

Isabelle's POV
*10 months later*

"Isa, would you mind helping me set the table?" my aunt Athena called from the kitchen. "Sure no problem" I say walking into the dinning room putting my hair in a ponytail. After the whole incident with Lu-Him, I came to Versailles to live with my aunt for a while- at least until I cleared my head a bit. It was great, she ran a small flower shop called Les Marseilles in honor of her brother and my mom and I helped out there.
I was enjoying how peaceful everything was with the lack of akuma attacks. But, i really did miss Maddie, Evan..and even though i hate to admit it..i missed Luka. I kept trying to avoid the topic of him on my daily skype calls with Maddie but, the truth is I was dying to see him. I could deny it all I wanted but I knew that living in Versailles was not all that great because I was away from my friends, the people I had learned to call home.
"isa? '' aunt athena calls out once more, i shake my head and look over at her. "I'm sorry I was daydreaming" I say, pushing a hair behind my ear. "Honey, if you want to talk you know i always have an ear to lend" she says taking a seat in front of me, i slightly smile and nod before taking a look at the table and see she had made Menudo."I know its not like your mom's but i thought it would cheer you up a bit" she says taking a piece of bread and dipping it before eating it. "It's perfect, thank you" I say , smiling down at my plate. The rest of dinner went by fairly uneventfully, we joked around a bit and talked about the flower shop. "So how do you like Versailles so far?' she asks as we pick up the table. "Its nice, I love how peaceful it is here. Don't get me wrong I love Paris but the akuma attacks have made it hard to really enjoy being there" i say taking my plates to the sink. "Oh yeah ive seen alot of that in the news, everytime they pop up i get so scared of you" she says coming into the kitchen. "Its okay auntie, we have the help of some pretty cool superheroes" "cute little things aren't they, specially that blue fellow whats his name?" Tobio.."You mean Viperion?" I ask scrubbing the plates before rinsing them off.''Viperion, even his name sounds nice!" she said giggling like a teenage girl. I smiled back at her before taking another bite of my bread. "Isa? There's something i've been meaning to ask you but, I don't mean to overstep my boundaries." she started putting her wine glass on the table and looking back at me. "Yes?" "what happened that made you want to leave Paris?" I should've known she was bound to ask sooner or later, I know I can't keep it from her forever especially since she opened her doors to me without any questions that day. "Well, it's a bit of a long story.. Do you remember Luka?" I asked, looking over at her. "How can I not? You guys were basically inseparable when y'all were younger ''''Well over the years I fell for him, but he was always too caught up on someone else to notice. Then I find out that he never really had feelings for her? - was it all just a way to get over me? Then  he asked me if we could just start over and well we- slept together ''I said with a bit of a sigh, suddenly losing my appetite. "Even though I wanted to start over- I just couldn't. I can't get over his feelings for marinette even if he says it was just a way to help him forget me. "
A few minutes passed by and I could tell she was struggling to find the words to speak. I took it as my que to continue. I began to pick the skin of my pointer finger before continuing. " and laying down next to him I began to feel like everything was moving too fast and I realized that I needed to work on myself before creating my life with him" "so you do want to be with him?" she asked, setting a hand on her belly. "Of course I do, but for now at least the timing isn't right." I say getting up and picking up my plate.
"And compared to back then what's different now?" she asked me to come over to me and set her plate in the sink. Her question had caught me off guard, what is different now compared to then? I thought time would help me get my thoughts in order but all it has done is just made me realize that there will always be things getting in between us. "If you want my advice, I recommend you talk to him and I mean actually talk, find out what it is that you guys are looking for, luka is a very handsome guy not to mention talented and charismatic there must be dozens of girls after him. And i'm afraid you might miss your chance if you wait too long ''''i know" i say finishing up the dishes.
"I'm going to go call Jules, let me know if you need anything" I say, placing the last dish in the cupboard before heading to the guest room. I reach for my laptop and log onto skype before typing Juleka's name on the search bar. I see her name pop up on the screen and dial her number. The screen begins to ring for a few minutes before she picks up. "Hey!" i say when her face appears on my screen. "Isa i've missed you! How are you?" she asks, her hair was thrown up in a messy ponytail and her purple streaks fell lightly around her face. "I've been good just working, i wrote some new songs for the kitty section as well, i'll send you the files via email when im done recording them" i say , taking my ponytail off and begin to braid it instead.
"Awesome! We just finished up recording the new album and guess what! We got Bob Roth to play our new song on the radio! So keep an ear out for that i have a feeling you'll like the song!" she said, grinning slightly before winking over at me. "Okay weirdo, which radio station?"  ask finishing my braid and taking a pen and paper off my desk. "108.5 fm he said they should be playing it either tomorrow or the day after" she said jumping excitedly in her seat. "Well i'm very happy for you-""LUUKAA STOOOOP" a female voice interrupted my sentence. Shortly after luka came into frame carrying a short purple haired girl over his shoulder, only dropping her after our eyes met. "Isabelle" he said softly. The girl who he had been carrying was now sitting on the floor, "Seriously?" she muttered before getting up and dusting herself off. "Hey, Luka '' I say, forcing a small smile. "How-how are you?" he asked, his voice cracking a bit. "I'm good- uh and you?" I ask picking the skin on my pointer finger. The girl next to him cleared her throat, catching lukas attention again. "Uh this is megan she's our new guitarist" "Pleasure to meet you" she says waving at the camera before her phone began to ring, "oh shoot it's my mom i gotta take this, it was great meeting you" she smiled at me before walking out the room.
Luka stood there staring at me and I began to feel subconscious, even though he was on the other side of the screen. "I'll be right back," Jules said before getting up and leaving the room leaving Luka and I alone. He stood there awkwardly before making his way in front of the monitor and sitting down. "I-" we said at the same time, i laughed a bit before motioning him to continue. "I missed you bells, i really wish you were here" he said scratching the back of his neck "i missed you too luka" i said softly. My heart beat began to quicken and I could feel my face getting hot. "Uhh so can I ask where you are? Or is that too much?" he asked, playing with something off screen. "Uh i don't mind- i guess. I'm in versailles." "Versailles- huh how is it?" he asks looking back at me. "Well it's not Paris but I like it here" I say while studying him. He hasn't changed much since I left, except maybe his hair, still the same type of blue but a bit shorter than I remember. "When will you be back?" he asked in a low tone. "I don't know, soon perhaps" the truth is i was never planning on going back, i dont think i'm brave enough to face everything but after talking to my aunt it got me thinking about trying again.
"That's good-great even" "Yeah, so umm megan huh?" I say,  trying my best to not sound jealous. He looks up at me before bursting out laughing. "What?" i feel a bit embarrassed "it's nothing like that, Megan is my cousin from my dad's side, she just moved to Paris about a month or two ago""oh-" i say feeling even more embarrassed than before. "Bells, there's no one else but you." he said, scratching his neck a light pink dust covering his cheeks. "Luka-" "its okay im not expecting anything now, just hurry up and get better I'll be here waiting for you" "thanks Luka" i say looking over at him, suddenly a wave of regret hit me, i began to wish id never left, i start to think what my life would be if i was still in Paris with him. "Isabelle- Honey, can you come here please" I heard my aunt yell from the living room. "Looks like that's my que, ill see you later luka '' i say waving at him. "Bye, bells' ' he said in a low voice before hanging up. Seeing him again even for a little bit was good. He looked happy and dare I say as handsome as ever. The more he's on my mind the more the memories of the night we shared come flowing back into my mind. A small smile played on my lips as I remembered how his soft kisses felt against my skin. "Isabelle '' My aunt calls once more, bringing me into reality.
     I get up from my desk and head towards the living room. "Yes?" i ask as she comes into view. "Could you go run a couple of errands for me? I have this huge order due tonight and i won't have time to drop off the drycleaning or go grocery shopping before they close '' she said looking over the pile of roses that now laid on the dining room table. "Of course, is this what you need to have dropped off?" i say picking up a plain black dress. "yes , and the grocery list is on the fridge" she says as i make my way towards the kitchen. I take the grocery list off the fridge and begin to head towards  the door. I grab my keys and my wallet before saying goodbye to aunt athena and heading out the door.