𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗶 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲

day and night

I'm attempting to float around the pool, but my nerves are getting the best of me. I'm trying to stop thinking about what happened with Micheal.

I am afraid of him.

It's not because I'm weak, or that I feel that I can't handle myself. He's unhinged, and has no remorse for his actions, which makes him all the more dangerous. I know I can't tell Lukas about it. It would just make things worse and Lukas wouldn't believe me anyway.

I hear a splash and then arms grabbing me, pulling me down into the water. I hold my breath automatically before I go under. I open my eyes and see Lukas already looking at me.

He smirks at me underwater and then goes back up for air. I'm right behind him. Once I'm up I push him, laughing, "If you wanted me dead then you should do it in private at least!"

He laughs and splashes me, I splash him
back, and this starts a very serious splash war. It doesn't end until after I make Lukas tap out, "Okay, okay you win! Fuck, you're about to make me drown above the damn water!" I laugh and swim closer towards him.

"I guess you're not as invincible as you seem." I retort.

"I never said I was invincible." , Lukas smirks, looking curious. I snort, "Yeah, but you act invincible, like nothing could ever hurt you."

"Lots of things hurt me. I just don't tell anyone," he says.

"What things?"

"Once again, I don't tell anyone, I just let those things hurt."

"I told you what was hurting me an hour ago, so now you have to tell."

"Bailey-"

"Uhm uhm, nope, it's you're turn Mr. Secretive" I nag. He sighs, "Well, you already know that my grandmother's death hurt me. But probably not the extent of it."

He looks away from me, "Everyday, every second, her not being on this earth suffocates the shit out of me. But I'm coping the best I can. I felt invincible before she died. But feeling her absence makes me feel like nothing."

He looks at me then, "I feel like I don't have a reason to be good anymore, or to be anything at all. I know it's sad, but it's the truth." His voice cracks through his sentences, and he stumbles through his last words.

I can't help but wrap my arms around his neck as we bob in the water. I rub my hands down his neck, and he sighs against my touch.

"I know I shouldn't say this, but you give me reason, Bailey. You're the only person in the entire world that treats me like a human being, like I can be sad, like I can just not do my best, and it all be okay that those things happen."

"And it hurts like hell, because I don't think I could be the person that could be good for you."

I sigh, "Why do you tell me things like that, Lukas?"

His brow furrows, "Because I mean them and because you asked."

"I know and I can tell you do, but it doesn't mean it's right to say it. You're my boss, I'm your assistant. You're out of my league in a good way, and I'm out of yours in the total opposite."

I sigh, "You don't want a relationship between us, but I do. You don't want me, and I'm starting to..." I look down and bite my lip, he lifts my head up and stares into my eyes, with something behind them fighting to release.

"Starting to what?" he whispers. I stare into his pretty green eyes for a moment, trying to fight back those two words.

"Want you."