The Bolter | Walker Scobell

Chapter 42

"Chloe" Walker stepped aside, slightly standing in front of me in a protective way

"Walker, ma'm" he said completely calm while I was still freaking out, this was a really bad idea but I didn't know how to fix it

My mother didn't say anything, she very carefully scanned Walker with all the attention she had, then her eyes wandered over to me

"You should get to bed mom" I spoke trying everything in me to sound calmer than I was, I stepped closer to her gently placing a hand on her arm

"You're useless" she started blabbering as I helped her outside the living room and towards the stairs "useless" I heard her saying it over and over again trying my best to not let it get to me "useless daughter"

I heard it about a hundred times before I successfully got her into her bed and left her room, leaning my back against her door once I closed it and closing my eyes taking a deep breath

"You're not useless" I opened my eyes at the voice and turned my head to where it came from

I saw my sister standing in her doorway, the door in her hands looking at me with her headphones lowered to her shoulders

"Cassie..." she looked like she was about to cry but it was in a way that I couldn't even explain with words

And then she walked over to me and wrapped her arms around me, raising the tears up to my eyes

"I don't know what I would do without you Mel" I returned her hug not saying a word in fear that the second I opened my mouth I would start sobbing "why is she here so often lately ?"

"I don't know"I eventually responded truthfully "but it's gonna be okay" I placed a kiss on the top of her head "we're gonna be okay yeah ? Now you go back to your studying and don't worry about her"

"You just want to blow me off to spend time with your boyfriend" she joked a grin forming in her face

"Well duh, now go" I laughed back watching her go back into her room and close the door behind herself

I sighed and pulled myself together before going for the stairs, seeing Walker sitting on the bottom one looking around a bit

I carefully walked down the steps and sat down next to my boyfriend, reaching out to grab his hand

"I didn't want to intrude all that, I'm sorry if I overstepped" he turned his head to me and all I could do was give him a sad smile

"Don't be sorry Walker... I'm just not all that used to people standing up for me in situations like these I guess" I gave him a kiss on his cheek and later my head on his shoulder "well what a fucked up one month anniversary was this ?"

"Can't wait for the one year anniversary" I smiled at his words letting the past few minutes sink in "I hope you know that your mother talks bullshit though" I stayed quiet, I knew that she was drunk and I shouldn't believe what she's saying but aren't drunk words sober thoughts ? I think while I knew that she was talking shit some strange part of me believes her whenever she says thinks like that. Theres got to be something about that "You're not useless at all Mel. You're smart, nice, kind, beautiful and really just amazing. Please don't ever believe when anyone tells you anything less than that"

And I'm not sure how exactly, but I started crying after his words. First it was only a tear, then another following and then it soon turned into quiet sobs that I tried to keep in

Walker turned his head to look at me and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer to him when he saw me crying

My entire life was just a huge single mess and it had always been.

I'm not sure why Walker appeared in my life that one day at the cafe but I knew that it was the best thing that could've ever happened to me

I was convinced that I didn't deserve Walker because this wasn't going to end well. It was the typical trope that I read about a million times the sunshine character loses their spark by trying to help the broken character

I could never forgive myself if Walker lost his spark, he has that special once in a universe kind of spark, the one that makes everyone around you feel immediate safety, security and happiness any time you're around him

Maybe, just maybe the universe decided that they've done enough shit to me and decided that I deserve a good thing in life, I seriously doubt all about that because I wasn't the girl that the universe just gives good things in life to. I was the kind of girl that begged the universe to have something good in my life even if it was just once. I was the kind of girl that ruined good things for herself by bolting whenever things got good

I just really hoped that I wouldn't end up I wouldn't ruin this for myself because of something stupid, I was known to do that...

So I sat there on the stairs just sobbing over everything that I had held in that had gotten too much for me to hold in anymore while Walker held me.

Walker held me.

You're not alone anymore.

It's okay

Authors note:
I should've done anything but write this today cause I have so much homework to do but whoopsie whatever 🤷‍♀️
Anyways I should sleep now cause it's way too late I hope you enjoyed this chapter my loves 🫶🫶