Oliver Sykes ▴ One Shot

It's for the best.

*Still on flashback*

I made sure I would wake up before Oli. If he saw me leaving he would be already sober and would beg me to stay. But I couldn't, I only made it worse for him. I got up, changed to some clothes and took one last glance at him. He was peacefully sleeping. He was so beautiful, how could he be doing this to himself? I stepped close to him and placed a small kiss on his lips.

Oh, how I wish this wouldn't end up like this.

Slowly I made my way to my car with my bags. Slowly, because deep inside I didn't want to leave. But there was nothing I could do here anymore, this is for the best. Once I got in my car I started driving thinking of where could I go. Tears streamed down my face and I had to pull over because I couldn't think or see clearly. Once I calmed down, I remembered my friend Katherine. I haven't seen her in half a year, but I knew she would always have my back if I needed anything, and I would do the same for her. We were like best friends when we ended high school, but lost contact when she moved to the other side of the city. So I made my way to her house. If she could let me stay there for some days it would be really good to stay away from Oli and everyone. I could try to forget how much of a failure I was to the one I loved the most.

When I got to her house I rang the bell and she opened up with a big smile.

"Leah! I haven't seen you in so long!" She said, giving me a hug. "What's up, what made you come here?"

And that's when I broke down in tears. She hugged me again, her smile quickly dropping. She pushed me and my bags inside and sat me at her couch. I told her everything that happened and she asked me if I wanted to stay with her. She told me it was okay, that she lived alone so I could stay as long as I needed. Since that day a lot of things happened.

First, I changed my number, since Oli and every other guy from his band tried to contact me everyday. Then, I started working on a coffee shop to have some money to help Kath with. Even if she told me I didn't need it, I knew had to, she was helping me more than she knew.

Half a year later I was sick of working on that stupid coffee shop, so I tried to reach my dreams and searched for any tattoo shops that needed employers. Every tattoo shop I went to said they were good, no one needed more help. But then, the last one said they had a new shop on the other side of the city, so they were needing new people. At first I was scared. The tattoo shop was at the other side of the city, which means I could run into Oli. Yeah, half a year later and he's still in my mind.

But as I thought more of it, I really wanted that job, and with the savings I had and the extra money I made at the coffee shop, I could get a nice apartment there. Two days later I was saying goodbye to Kath and thanking her for everything she has done for me. I promised to come visit her again and that we would talk more often.

When I entered my new apartment I could smell the fresh air. The apartment wasn't old, but it wasn't new either. It was all in good state and had everything I needed and more. I was quite satisfied with this one and the rent wasn't so high as I thought. This is it, I'm going to start again. I thought as I started to fill the apartment with my belongings.