Friendships Don't Last~ lrh • • • Discontinued

Chapter 52

"So, you guys got lost, huh?" The old man asked us after the long silence.

He looked at us in the rearview mirror and smiled. His car was nice and neat, not one dirty speck in it, and it smelled like clean clothes. Harry and I just stood out because we were the dirtiest thing in this car. We looked like starving children that rolled in mud.

"Haha.. Um, yeah" Harry responded, looking out the window.

"My grand-daughter loves you" He chuckled. "She talks about you all the time"

"Oh, really?" Harry smiled.

"Yeah!! She has a poster of you all over her room" he smiled at us. "She really does love you"

"Oh, then maybe I could sign something for her..?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, that would be great!" he took a hand off the steering wheel and fetched Harry and a pen and paper.

Harry mumbled a 'thanks' and took it from his hands. I just sat there awkwardly, not knowing what to do. I looked at my hands and fiddled with it.

"And, are you his girlfriend?" My head shot up and I saw the old man chuckle behind the wheel. I shook my head furiously.

"Haha.. No. I already have a boyfriend" I blushed.

The old man chuckled and silence and awkwardness filled the air again. The only sounds were now the pouring rain hitting against the car window. We were out of the desert, of course, but it still looked like an endless route.

"It's going to take a long time to get there. Won't you kids take a nap?" The old man chuckled.

We nodded, but then I furrowed my eyebrows.

"What's your name, sir?" I ask him.

"Ben. Ben James" he replied after a long time. He grinned and winked at us.

I looked at Harry and he gave me a small smile. I rested my head against his shoulder and closed my eyelids. I soon fell into a deep sleep.

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"We're here. Wake up" Harry shook my shoulder.

I rubbed my eyes and opened them to see that we were in front of my house. I sighed. Harry squeezed my shoulder and got out of the car. I got out of the car and closed it.

"Thank you so much" I told Ben.

"You're welcome" Ben grinned at us. "If I see you guys again, make sure to say hi again"

"Will do" Harry told him.

We all waved and he soon drove off. I watched as the black car soon turned into a small black speck. I looked behind me and saw that Ashton's car is not here.

"Ashton's car is not here" I looked at Harry, confused.

"I know.. Let me call Luke" Harry typed something on his phone and soon pressed it against his ear.

"Luke.. Slow down, I'm fine!! Yeah.. She's here with me right now. We're at her house.. Okay!! Just come here!! Bye" Harry hung up after a long and heated conversation.

"He's coming?" I asked him.

"Yeah, in 10 minutes" he told me.

"Let's go inside"

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The door was open.

Of course.

And we waited for them on the couch. I was a nervous wreck. It took them a long time to get here before I started to burst into tears.

Luke busted through the doors and ran up to me. He literally engulfed me into a hug, which we both fell to the ground, and we were both in tears.

"Don't.. Do that.. To me ever.. Again" Luke whispered into my neck with a shaky breath.

I didn't say anything, I just sobbed into his shirt. My arms were tightly around mine. His arms were around my waist and his legs were tangled with mine.

"Baby.. Please.. I love you.. Don't do this to me. Say something" he sobbed, looking at me with his teary-eyes, putting both of his hands on my cheeks.

"I'm.. S-sorry" I cried, looking down. "I'm just.. a crybaby and I'm worthless. I'm just a disappointment"

I heard the others say no that I am not, but I know it's true. They're just lying to make me feel better. All those bullies in my school were right. I should just die. I'm fat and worthless.

"This.. This breaks my heart.. You're not worthless.. Okay? You're the most beautiful person in the world and you make so many people happy, including me" Luke gently lifted my chin.

"Yeah, totally. With all those people in the fandom who made a trend on Twitter saying that I should cut myself. Totally" I scoffed. "I finally got the guts to do it anyways, so tell them that I did it. I guess they like me better now, do they?"

I showed Luke my scars. Everybody gasped. Luke looked hurt and even more sad. He wrapped his fingers around my wrist and brought my forearm close to his eyes where he can see them properly.

He lied kisses on my scars and I wanted to laugh because it tickled. I gave him a small smile. He smiled back at me when he finished 4 of my scars.

"My mom told me to kiss the scars away" Luke muttered.

"We will leave you guys.." Harry told us. I nodded, not looking at the sad and disappointed faces on my friend's faces.

"Why did you do this to yourself?" Luke asked me after they left. "You're beautiful.. You shouldn't do this to yourself"

"Are you disappointed?" I asked him.

"I'm sorry, baby, but yes, I am" Luke sighed.

I didn't say anything. I already know that he's disappointed in me. Why did I even ask?

"I just.. I don't know.." I told him. "I'm depressed, Luke. All this hate towards me from the fandom, the people at school, and my dad just died!!"

"I get this voice in my head that tells me to do it all the time, but before I was strong enough to fight it. I guess not anymore" I sighed.

"You shouldn't done it still" he muttered.

"So, you're saying that this is my fault?" I asked, a bit angrily at him.

He didn't respond.

"Wow, just wow" I got up and started to head toward my room until he grabbed my wrist.

"Where are you going?" He asked me, getting up.

I didn't respond and yanked my arm away.

"Flora.. Flora!!"

I ignored him and shut the door in his face.

IM SO SORRY THAT I HAVENT UPDATED IN A WEEK. I've been SUPPPERRR busy and a lot of things was going on. I have a lot of projects, we ran out of power for like a day, my birthday was yesterday ;), and just other things.

Q: When is your birthday?

A: Mine was yesterday which is November 18th. ;)

Thank you Angelina, Caluumm for the birthday note and I am waiting for your birthday card in the mail so yeah :)

I hope you like it. :)