With You

Chapter 8 :)

Mackenzie's POV

He was here. He was in my room, looking at my tear stained face and my ruffled hair. I told him not to come and he was here. Usually, in the movies, this is the part where the strong female lead yells at the handsome (which Luke of course is) to leave and asks him why he is there. They get in a huge fight and it always ends in them kissing and the male lead telling the female that he only did it, because he cares. Only, this is not a movie. This is my life, my delicate, messed up life. I didn't say a word to him though, I just couldn't. I stared at him and he stared at me, like we had nothing to do. Usually in this moment, the strong female lead will say something bold. But, I'm not strong and I was hoping, more like begging, for Luke to say the first words. For him to crack a joke, like he always does. This moment is different though. It's not like the countless 5SOS YouTube videos that I would watch of him. It was Luke, in my room. Not Luke Hemmings, ¼ of 5 seconds of summer. Suddenly, the silence was broken. "What happened?" I cracked a nervous smile. No joke? It was just pure sincerity. "Uh, nothing. Just me being me." I don't think he liked that answer. Should I tell him the truth? The only people who know about my problems at home are my best friends and they don't even know the full truth. "Mackenzie, you can tell me. It doesn't look like it but I am really trustworthy." We both laughed at that. I feel like crying, just thinking about what happened an hour ago. He comes to sit next to me. "Well, I guess I would have to start at the beginning. My mom has always been really hard on me, as her only child, I guess it's expected. My mom was just waiting and waiting for me to pick up something, anything. You should have seen how happy she was when I wanted to play the violin. Even at age 5, I knew that that was the happiest I had seen her. At first it was just for fun, but then I started getting serious about the violin. And when I began to get serious, she got harder on me. Soon enough, the violin consumed my whole entire life and hers too. She began to yell at me when I got notes wrong. One night, I was practicing a song that I just couldn't get right and..." I got emotional at this part, because I remembered this night by every detail. "She threw my binder at me. I cried myself to sleep that night. After that, she promised never to hit me again. Tonight, I came home from the beach with you and she found out I lied to her. A-and," I sobbed. It was just too much thinking about it, nevertheless talking about it. "She slapped me, right across my face! She promised me Luke! She promised, then she hit me. And it felt like my heart was ripped in a million pieces." I put my head in my hands as I cried. Suddenly, Luke puts his arm around me and pulls me in close. I stay like that and just cry for a while. "Listen to me Mackenzie, it will be alright. Everything will be okay." And for once in my whole entire life, it felt true.