rogue ⇒ l.h

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day 2

thoughts consumed me. i had to leave in a day. in a day i wouldn't see luke or cade or raven anymore. in a day i'll lose everything i hold dear to me.

all my fault all my fault all my fault

i still remember how erik and i met. he was so charming and amazing that he fooled me into believing that he loved me, and i actually thought i loved him too.

when i found out he was using me for my powers, found out he had a power too, found out he wasn't the boy i thought he was, found out he was an evil maniac, i ran away from him. i had been on the run forever.

until the night raven found me shivering on a bench at night. she let me in her house and we became fast friends and she never judged me or asked me why i was homeless.

erik was cruel. he was blinded by power and his desire to have me as his queen on his throne. he was using me like an object, and he has no morals, no limits, no care for anything but himself.

i decided to spend my second last day here with all my friends, at the beach. i called up luke, raven and cade and they all agreed. raven was especially excited after i described cade to her, saying she was ready for some action after going a full week without. and meanwhile, i was dry-heaving over the toilet bowl.

maybe i shouldn't have suggested the beach, because then i needed to wear a bikini. but then a great idea clicked in my head. i threw over a long boho style beach dress that used to be my mum's and wrapped a thin shawl around my dress-exposed skin. i was a genius.

when raven and i reached the beach, luke and cade were already there. their jaws dropped when they saw us... or raven.

raven looked extra stunning than usual, her blonde hair down in waves, a beach hat on her head, a shawl over her white bikini. unlike me, she had a beautiful body to show off and no matter how pretty other girls were, her beauty and confidence always outshone them.

"hi luke!" she waved to luke who watched her like a fool, and i felt a twinge of jealousy in me. "you're cade right?" raven turned to poor gaping cade.

"y-yeah i am, nice to meet you r-raven." oh boy, he was under her spell now.

we spent the entire afternoon barbecuing on the beach and building sand castles. while the rest splashed in the water, i was watching them. i snuck peeks at luke because i didn't want to stare so obviously. today, he was wearing swimming briefs and a shark tooth around his neck. his chest was bare and his toned muscles were so hard to take my eyes off. he caught me looking and winked and smiled at me. i turned away, hiding the blush from my cheeks that would be mistaken for the heat.

we all played beach volleyball after that. i was especially good at that game and luke and i teamed up against raven and cade. they honestly looked good together and were flirting the entire time. shameless.

of course, we beat them after three games and they had to treat us to icecream. while raven and cade went off giggling away to buy our icecreams, someone came close to ruining my day.

luke and i were standing side by side, wiggling our toes in the warm water. and then a girl from the water swam up to us, or more specially, luke, and ignored me wholly.

"oh my god, you're so cute!" she fanned her face at luke who just smiled at her appreciatively. "what's your name? let's hook up," she bit her lip seductively. she looked like a fish out of water. literally, not figuratively. a dead fish.

i expected luke to tell her his name and give her his number. i mean, no matter how much i suddenly hated her, she was gorgeous. not to mention, we were facing the top view of her cleavage.

luke didn't. to my utmost surprise, he grabbed my waist and held me close to his chest. "sorry, i have a girlfriend." he gave a shrug to the girl who's face resembled an angry monkey.

the girl sized me up and swam away muttering, "you could do a lot better than that ugly nun, show some skin!"

my heart dropped. in my life i've been given many insults but i never got used to it. i broke free of luke's hold and swallowed back tears. i turned to run back to our barbecue pit, where I could stay away from civilization and wallow in self-pity. 

but luke wasn't having it. he grabbed my dress before i could make it any further and spun me around. he grabbed my covered shoulders, his face inches away from mine. i can't breathe i can't breathe i can't breathe

luke pushed a strand of hair from my face. he looked me in the eyes. i could see the world in his. "you. are. beautiful. anna," he spelled out, "you don't know the way you look, but in my eyes you don't look like a magazine model or a hollywood star. you look perfect."

i hear clapping from the back, probably cade and raven, but it all fades into the distance when i kiss him.