Things That Fall (5SOS Fanfic)

Chapter 16

Chapter 16 – Grace’s POV

My heart beat stopped, my blood running cold. The darkened figure dignified by his voice, Lennox inched closer to me from amongst the trees. Nonchalantly, I slowly scooted backward on the pavement, trying to reach the wall.

“Are you trying to get away from me bitch?” He retorted, his voice disrupting the quiet of the night. His foot stepped on the hem of my dress, stopping me from reaching the wall. By the time I turned to look up at him, he had his hands on my waist, hoisting me up against the wall, my eyes seeing stars with the impact. “We still have unfinished business.”

I couldn’t respond. Between the mix of a panic and anxiety attack and Lennox showing up at my school, my mind was whirling. I looked up into his eyes, the fervor behind them terrorizing. As I looked into them, memories of when we were together played back in them like a movie, a silent tear-jerker. A single tear rolled down my cheek.

Suddenly, the hard intensity in his hazel eyes faded to a soft passion. He took one hand off my hip and brought it up to my face for a second before dropping it down to his side again; something holding him back. He took his other hand off my waist and turned his back to me, pacing. His fingers wove in and out of his blonde hair profusely before storming back over to where I stood.

His hands found my face, caressing it with care. He wiped away the tear that lay on my cheek, stagnant. His hazel eyes burned into mine, more tears forming in them. I pushed out of his grasp and walked drowsily away from him.

Lennox stayed where he stood. “I miss you, Gracie.” I turned around sharply at his words.

“You what?” I asked, softly.

“I miss you.”

I turned my head around and faced out into the trees, shaking my head. “Y-you don’t miss me Lennox, you think you do, but we both know that you really don’t.”

Shuffling footsteps. “Look, I know the night we broke up was a mistake, a complete mistake that was my entire fault. I was drunk; I didn’t know what I was doing. I knew somewhere in the back of my head that what I was doing to you was going to end our relationship, but I didn’t listen,” he rambled, his words sounding sincere.

He continued. “The moment you left me there, I knew that I had lost everything that was important to me; you were my world Grace. I messed up what we had. I know that I act rude and tough around you now, but you know I hate coming off weak. But I’ve changed Grace, I changed because I miss you, I miss you and me, I miss us.”

I continued to stare out at the trees, tears welting in my eyes and crashing against my cheek like an avalanche. I feared that if I turned around and saw his face, I’d run back to him and give into all the charm and smolder that had worked on me before; I stayed facing the trees.

“I-I just really want you to miss me too,” he whispered, the wind carrying his voice to me.

More tears fell from my eyes as I spoke. “We’re not together anymore, Lennox. I don’t want anything to do with you.”

Lennox sighed angrily. “Why are you being so stupid?! I tell you that I changed just for you so that we can be together and you don’t even give me a chance?!”

I was through with his bullshit. Spinning around, I swiftly stormed up to Lennox, my finger pointed on his chest when I reached him. “You know what Lennox? You say that you’ve changed, but I know what kind of lies you tell. I know how you are with girls; I saw how you acted with them before we got together. I used to watch you flirt with a different girl everyday and give them hugs and play with their hair and treat them like princesses, and I used to watch from the sidelines completely envious of each and every single one of those girls. When we got together I knew what you were like, but I didn’t care because all I wanted was to feel wanted and loved because I didn’t get that at home with my alcoholic father and demanding older siblings. For awhile I thought you were my prince charming, but the night you nearly raped me, you showed your true colors; you showed me that you hadn’t changed. All you were interested in was sex and alcohol and being the town flirt and you know what, I hate myself for falling for you and your pathetic lies.”