Unexpected Meetings (Lauren/You)

Chapter 22

Your POV

I quickly make the bed and slip downstairs unnoticed. Shit there was a lot of people. How the hell I managed to escape without being stopped blows my mind. I start walking back in the direction I came from. By this time, the moon is my only light, well the streets lights and the houses help too. It's a good thing I left a note on the bed. Don't want it to seem like I got kidnapped or something. The last thing I want is the Jauregui's freaking out about me.

I was planning on calling someone to pick me up but I'd rather enjoy my walk again. The weather did get cooler but it's still nice and manageable.

Occasionally cars would pass me by. I get really nervous because, well of a couple reasons actually. 1) it's dark out. 2) I'm afraid of the dark. 3) I'm alone. And there are endless possibilities that could happen.

Behind me I noticed a car lights. What is making me nervous is that the car never passed me yet. I turn my head and see that it has slowed down. Okay. That's fucking creepy. Soon the car comes to a full stop and the passenger door starts to open. And that, my friends, is when I fucking dip. I start to run but stop as soon as I heard my name being called.

I turn around and see a figure coming towards me. I couldn't really see with the car lights in my eyes. As if they knew what I was thinking the car light shut off. The figure called my name again and I automatically knew that voice.

Lauren.

"Y/n! Are you fucking crazy!? How could you of just up and leave like that!? It's dark out and you are alone! What if you got kidnapped!? What if this car wasn't me and tryied to steal you instead!?"

She grabs my arm roughly and drags me back to the car. I sit and the back and met with a very upset Mike Jauregui. I feel like he is the type of guy/man/dad you should not anger or upset. And I was right.

I could deal with the verbal disappointment that Lauren was giving me. Going on a rant about how dumb it was of me to just leave. Did she not see my note?

"And you leave a damn note!?" I stand corrected.

Mike was the worst though. It's the silent disappointment he was giving me. Not saying a word but his eyes, his upset facial expression was giving it away.

I've always hated the silent disappointment. It can be given many ways. The looks, the actions, the Dacia expressions. I hate it the most.

When we arrived back at the Jauregui's, no one moved. I figure it was time I finally speak up. "Hey Lauren, can I speak to your dad real quick? Alone?" She sighs but gets out of the car, leaving the two of us alone.

"I know I shouldn't of just left like I did." I paused for a second to see if he would say something but he didn't. "It was dumb of me and I wasn't thinking." Nothing. "Your family showed me nothing but kindness and I didn't give it back." Still nothing. "Can you please say something? The silent disappointment is killing me.

He sighs then turns to look at me. "Just tell me why you did it." He looks at my straight in the eyes. I saw nothing but disappointment in his. Disappointment.

I open my mouth then close it, thinking about how I should word what I'm trying to say. "When I was younger, during my first adoptive family, my parents rarely payed attention to me. I would always have to do things on my own. I hated when I was offered help. By the way my parents neglected me, I didn't believe I was worth helping. So I never accepted it. When I did accept help, it was like it was a burden. Like helping me was a bad idea but they were just doing it because they pitied me. I never like be pitied. It just made me feel worse and worse about myself." I pause for a second. "Even today, when all you and your family did was help me. I tried denying it. But you guys wouldn't ease up, so I decided to accept it. I could help feeling like you only offered to help me because felt bad for me. Then you had family coming over and I just felt like I was in the way of everything. I know I shouldn't of felt like that. You and your family are no way near as bad as my first adoptive parents were. You guys actually did what you did because you care. I just have too hard of a heart to think like that with people who aren't them." At this point I had tears running down my face. I could tell he did too because I heard him sniffle. He even wiped his face a few times.