Not Just a Summer Love (One Direction)

23. Let you go

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Lily's POV

"I don't care!!! For the last time, BEN I WILL NOT MARRY YOU"  I scream into the phone angrily and hang up, turning around. They all stare at me, shocked.

Oh no.

"Yall were never meant to hear this! I'm so sorry.." I say, choking up as tears grace my eyes. I blink hard; I can't cry in front of them, but it doesn't stop the tears from coming. I run into the empty elevator and the doors shut just as Jeanne and Trey reach me.

I feel bad leaving everyone without any explanations, yet I'm sure they hate me by now.. I run my fingers nervously through my hair, yanking the white blond roots in frustration. I hate Ben for going along with this but most of all I hate my stupid parents for putting this stupid arrangement together.

The elevator opens with a ding and I rush out. When I shut the door to the room, I can't help but to break down. I sink to my knees and lay my head down on the used carpeted floor, letting the droplets fall from my face. I spend what seems like an infinite amount of time in this position before curling up and sobbing. Finally I run out of tears to cry and wipe my sniffly nose with the sleeve of my cardigan, before hearing the door knob turn and the door push open.

"Lily? Are you alright?" I hear Trey's soothing voice call out

"Yes. You can come in you know..." I tell him softly, my throat sore from the sobs and cries. He comes to sit next to me, and opens his arms wide so I can hug him. I do. 

I bury my face deep into the crook of his neck and he rocks me back and forth in a calming motion, petting my hair gently. We stay like this for a while until I decide to look up at him. 

"I'm sorry, I can't believe--" I begin my apology but he cuts me off,

"Hey, you have nothing to apologize about, just tell me what's wrong. I can tell you're in a bad situation" I sigh at his ease with this, knowing he will hate me once I tell him.

"Well, it started when I was 11, my parents are wealthy as you already know, but they always want more. And this time, the way to get more precious money was to throw their daughter into an arranged marriage. They became close friends with Ben's parents who are 5 times as rich and soon I was 'engaged' to that b@$tar&. Now I'm 17 and everyone thinks that Ben and I should start 'acting the part'."

He looks at me with an unreadable expression on his face, but I'm too upset to stop.

" And ya know what? They should go to hell because there is no way I will ever marry that son of a b!t*# !!" I try to figure out what is going through his mind to I cool down. Was it a look that said, "how could you?" or "it's alright"... Before I can process the next possibility, a pair of soft lips are planted on my forehead.

Trey sits there with his eyes closed, and his lips slightly parted from the peck. I am frozen before him as he raises his hand to draw a circle with his index, on my cheek. After a minute, he stops, gets up, and turns toward the door.

Before he leaves the room, I think I hear him whisper to himself,

"I don't wanna let you go"

Britney's POV

I don't even know what to say; I stand there shocked. I'm not sure whether to smile or frown and my facial expression is probably stupid at the moment but I don't care.

But that is until Lily sort of mentions she is getting married??? With Ben to say the least. This is ridiculous! We all search each others faces, looking for an answer to what that could have been about... Jeanne and Trey go after her and we stand here awkwardly.

Zayn speaks up,

"Um.. well, back to what we were saying.. What do you guys think?"

All the other girls start to talk excitedly, some loudly, other in softer voices, but I simply throw my arms around Niall. It takes him a second of surprise but he hugs me back, nuzzling me playfully. I pull back to see his face and laugh,

"Is this what you were so worried about telling me?" I tell him, feeling the happiest I have in days. He looks into my eyes and a sad look crosses his face,

"Well the thing is... it's August 20th." I don't catch on so he continues, "We have to get back to the show the 20th of September.." Oh. The smile falls of my face. Gasps comes from Alexis and Macy; Macy turns to Liam,

"Liam is this true...I mean, I knew you were only staying for the summer but this makes it so real..." It breaks my heart seeing her like this because when she got to know Liam, she fell hard. Knowing there is a deadline for all of us makes everything harder. Jeanne comes back and explains that she left Trey to talk to her, saying that she probably wasn't Lily's favorite person right now. We fill her in and she has a similar reaction to Mace and I. After a minute though, she gets a strong look on her face and speaks up,

"Well, our time is limited, and the clock is ticking. Why don't we go have a good time tonight, are yall up for going out to dinner? It's almost 6 so it gives us time to get ready." she says with a smile. We all agree and plan to meet at 7:30 in the lobby. I text Lily and Trey while Harry goes looking for them, telling them about the dinner. Hopefully they'll come, it will do us all some good to relax.

After a hour of helping each other get our party faces and outfits on, Lily shows up and explains everything. A group hug later we are all waiting downstairs to head to the restaurant we have chosen... 

We pile into two cabs, since the van was still damaged from the accident and Haleigh was the only one who could drive, and get to Olive Garden. As we wait for a table I lay my head on Niall's shoulder. He shakes a little from laughter; he's watching Jeanne and Louis argue about who get's to hold the buzzer thing. 

When we finally get to our table conversations start from all corners and we have a great time. We eat our yummy food once it arrives; we then wait for the check. Liam and Macy share sweet moments, Alexis and Harry laugh non-stop, and Zayn joins in Lily's and Trey's conversation.

"You're beautiful tonight." Niall tells me,

"Are you saying I'm ugly other nights?" I tease him lightly

"Of course not" he smirks messing up my hair; I narrow my eyes playfully at him. Just then, I get a phone call,

"Hello?" I respond, "Yes.. Is this about her? Is she alright", I let the others know it's the hospital as they might have guessed. After I hang up, I am practically glowing, and happiness is probably coming off of me in waves. Zayn, worried, asks me what they said.

"Haleigh woke up."

Laughs of relief, smiles, and hugs are shared. We decide that as soon as we finish up we will go to the hospital because the doctor said she needs a little time before visitors. Time remains so we take a little nighttime walk, stars shining onto the wet sidewalk and our exuberant faces.

The entire situation reminds me of right before the accident, when everything felt perfect. Then it went wrong. I push those thoughts out of my mind; I tell myself it can't get worse than it already is. By the end of the night, I should have known.

It was almost too good to be true.