the only reason

chapter twenty (Lindsey)

Luke's pov:
I woke up leaning against the wall with Calum sitting beside me. He was playing on his phone. "C-Calum?" I managed to get out since I had just woken up and my voice was still a bit weak.

He looked over at me and smiled. "Good morning mate." He said to me. I smiled and then remembered what had happened last night.

"Calum, where's Lacy?" I asked.

He shrugged. "I've been in here all night with you making sure you don't-"

I cut him off. I knew he was gonna say something about my suicidal past so I just stopped him. "Thank you Cal." I said.

"For what?" He asked.

"For sticking with me when I was being a brat. For staying with me last night. For helping me get past my depression. For everything." I said hugging him. He hugged back.

"Anything for my best mate." He said.

At that moment, Chloe walked in. "Hey guys, what are you doing?" She asked sitting down.

I shrugged. "Just sitting here." I replied. She smiled at me. "We should get outta the bathroom." I said. Chloe and Calum agreed and we all walked to the kitchen together.

"Hey guys!" Michael said to us as we walked in. we all said our hellos and sat at the table. "Breakfast!" Michael yelled when we sat down.

"You can cook?" Calum asked.

"Ha! No." Michael said. He sat multiple McDonald's bags down in front of us and smiled. "Eat up!" He said happily.

"Wait, how'd Chloe get here?" I asked. As soon as I asked, my mum, Joy, Karen, and Ann walked in. I nodded to myself. Taylor and Lacy walked in laughing at a joke someone told. I lowered my head a bit when I saw Lacy. Calum seemed to notice as he put his hand on my shoulder.

He whispered to me "are you okay?" And I nodded. He gave me an unsure look and went back to eating his food.

I looked at mine and heard the voices from my old bullys in my head. "You don't need anymore food. You're already too fat!" They said. I felt tears in my eyes threatening to spill. I felt on fall down my cheek and then another. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I jumped up and ran to my room.
When I got there, I locked the door and fell onto my bed crying. Why were they so mean to me? Why can't I stop reminding myself of it? I lay there in my bed with tears on my face and pillow. I fell asleep with my own thoughts.