Light Me Up Again

chapter 12

Luci

I ran outside to where Elliot stood surrounded by my table and chairs he just threw. "What happened, Elliot?" I ask while his breathing is deep and fast. I hear colin and Lily run down and stand next to me. Colin and i fixed the furniture and stood in front of Elliot.

"What happened, man?" colin asks as he tries to put his hand on Elliot's shoulder. Elliot smacks his hand away. "I have to go back to the city," he replies with a deep, angry voice.

He turns and looks at me, I can feel the heat radiating from his body as he grabs my shoulders and starts yelling "Its all your fault!" his shaking me at the same time. "relax, Elliot, what did she do, Let her go," Colin yells.

I had to get out of his grip, I'm starting to panic, and I can't seem to find the energy to at least lift my leg and kick him.

I hear Lily scream in the background, "Noo," and im released and have fallen into the floor. "What the fuck is your problem Elliot, don't lay your hands on my girl" Arlo screams and he stands in front of me protecting me.

I can see colin picking Elliot from the floor. "It's all her, all fucking her, I cant take it Fuck!." He yells as he looks down to me. I can see Arlo getting furious and his hands starting to shake. "She didn't do anything to you! Its all on you not luci" he screams back.

Lily ran down to me and helped me to my feet, I am frozen and don't know how to react to the situation. "You don't deserve her; she should be with me!" Elliot yells and I see arlo lunge over him and punch his jaw.

The boys are now out on the beach fighting one another, taking each other's hits until blood is drawn from their mouths. I run over to them and stand in between them. "STOP!" I yell and throw my hands up to protect me. "Just stop fighting. you're both bleeding and acting like children. Just stop!" I say in hopes that they will listen and back down.

Both of them are trying to catch their breath, I then notice Elliot lunge forward to attack arlo. I draw my fist, and I throw a punch into elliots nose. He falls back on his feet and holds his face. He looks up to me and runs towards his home.

I turn to Arlo, and his face is red, blood coming from his mouth and one of his eyes swollen. "Go inside NOW, Arlo!" I yell to him and watch as he walks away from me. "Colin, im going to see Elliot, help arlo," I instruct and go to find Elliot.

I walk up to his room to find him just getting out of the shower. "what the fuck was that about?" I ask with my hands on my hips waiting for an answer. He walks past me naked into his bedroom he pulls out shorts and a shirt, and he slips it on over his perfectly chiselled body.

"Anna, she." He walks over to me and grabs my hands, his head down. "I'm sorry, Luci. I didn't mean to hurt you, I can't believe I grabbed you like that. I wasn't thinking.". "What is happening, Elliot? I don't understand why you are overreacting like this." He looked up to me, crying. "Anna, she gave me an ultimatum. It's her or you. "

I step back from his hands and I sit on his bed, water starts to well in my eyes, my stomach is in knots and I feel sick, because I knew what I was about to say was going to kill me and him.

He sits next to me, we turn to each other, and we stare deeply into each other's eyes. Within seconds, our lips touch, and our kiss is so passionate that we both have tears falling from our faces.

I pull away from him and wipe his face. "Elliot," I say in a low tone. "Don't say it," he says, knowing exactly what I was about to say. "Go to her Elliot, you asked her to marry you, and she said yes, now you have to commit to the relationship. I don't want to say goodbye and I knew you wouldn't be able to either, but one of us has to do it, its going to hurt for a while but it will get better, I love you Elliot, I love you so much".

I stood to my feet to walk away, and he pulled my arm and embraced me into his arms. We are crying over each other's shoulders, not wanting to let go. "Luci, I can't. I know I need to be with Anna, but I can't lose you, not again.

When you walked back into my life, you lit a fire in me I never knew I had. Losing you will only take it away, I don't want to go back to that place. " I pull out of his arms and kiss him on the cheek. "Im sorry." I say and walk out of the house.

I arrive back home from Elliot's and see Arlo waiting for me in bed. His lip has stopped bleeding, and the swelling under his eye is slowly going down. "Where were you?" he says in a deep voice. "Elliots," I say sternly.

He jumps to his feet and grabs me. "Why the hell did you go to him instead of looking after me?" He yells while squeezing my arms. I look up to Arlo and raise an eyebrow, "If you do not let go of me, I will make sure you never have kids, if you understand what Im saying." He looks down to his hands and lets go. He raises them in the air and begins to apologise.

"I'm not a punching bag, first Elliot now you, who do think you are laying your hands on me? Is this what my life with you will look like? When you're angry, you're just going to grab me or hurt me." His still not making a move. "I was just at elliots saying goodbye because anna gave him an ultimatum, and I am not going to stand in the way of someone's relationship. I once again for the 2nd time in my life have to say goodbye to a friend of many years, so im sorry your ego is bruised and you didn't have me there to stroke it, but I have my own personal issues to deal with". I strip my clothes and walk into the bathroom to shower.