His Weeping Willow

Chapter 19

~Hey guys! Sorry I didn’t post yesterday. I have FOUR ESSAYS due tomorrow for stupid Biology. Ugh. I hate it. So I’m sorry. And to make it worse… This chapter is probably gonna be short and bad… :( sorry guys. Comment, Vote, Inbox, Forgive me. I’ll try to do better next time. Well…Try to enjoy! xx ~Em~

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“That boy of yours already left. But he said that if you decided to meet him where everything started, he would be very happy.” Mama says, looking at me with raised eyebrows. “Oh, ok. Thank you, Mama. Hey Lilly, how would you like to have a sleepover with Mama?” I say glancing at Mama to make sure it’s ok. Mama smiles widely and nods. I look back at Lilly and see she is doing the same thing.

I laugh lightly and let Lilly go back to Mama. “Go on deary. He’s waitin’.” Mama says without me even having to explain what I wanted to do. “Thank you so much, Mama.” I say backing up and leaving the shop. I start my walk to a place I tried to steer clear from for the past three years. A place where I first fell in love. A place where I almost died. A place where I first saw the infamous weeping willow. The alley that I got pulled into that dark night many years ago.

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I get lost in my thoughts as I walk down the street. Suddenly I get yanked into an alley. My first thought is to start fighting. Damn. This person is strong. I think to myself as I try to wiggle out of their firm grip. I raise my elbow and put all my force into throwing it back into the person’s stomach.

“Oofff.” I hear the person groan behind me, but their grip on me stays tight. “God, Daisy. What the hell? Are you trying to break my rib or something?” His voice. I freeze in his arms and his grip loosens a little.

I spin around with his arms still around my middle. “Niall?” I ask shocked. Then reality hits me. This is the second time in three years that he has pulled me into this same alley at night and been super close to me. His arms are still around me and I push away from him a little to try and get my space back.

“What the hell?!” I whisper yell at him. “This is the second time in three years that you have pulled me into this alley at night and come up into my bubble!”  I’m getting a little pissed at how calm he is. A small smile breaks out onto his face. “What?” I snap at him.

“You’re cute when you’re mad.” He says quietly. My face softens a little. He takes a step towards me and I don’t move. He takes another step getting a little closer than I’d like so I step back, running into the wall. He takes yet another step, his body practically touching mine. He moves his arms and places them beside my head. I gasp at the closeness and my eyes grow slightly bigger knowing that I now have nowhere to run.

 His smile drops and his look becomes a little more serious. “Did you mean what you said back at the book shop?” He asks with a pleading look in his eyes. I sit there looking into his blue eyes. They’re piercing my soul and I have to look away. I hear him sigh and he moves away from me and the wall.

“I might have something that can help you out.” He says whispering and turning his back on me. I look up at him and think for a moment. What the hell is he doing? I think in my head. “You can do one of two things,” He says still turned around, “Run, like you always do, or wait around to see something familiar.” He says, staring straight at the brick wall in front of him.

I don’t move and wait to see what happens. “I’m glad you’re gonna stay.” He whispers looking down to his left. He pulls off his shirt and I let out a small gasp. It’s there. I had seen it everywhere but no matter where I saw it, I only wanted to see it here. It had been burned into my brain but it wasn’t enough.

His weeping willow. I was looking at the one thing that had seemed to be a constant in my life. I stared at his back in awe. I take a step forward and then I freeze. I hear him let out a small chuckle. “You can touch it. I don’t mind.” He says sensing my hesitation.

I continue to walk up to his bare back. I reach my hand out and he flinches at my touch. A small smile reaches my lips as tears reach my eyes. I begin to trace it. All over his back. Every line, every curve, every leaf, every branch. My head comes up to just about the top of his shoulders, so his weeping willow was eye level with me.

I start to sniffle and he turns around to see tears running down my face. He wraps me into a hug against his bare chest. I start to let the tears fall and I make no sound. He starts to sing softly into my ear.

Midnight doesn't last forever

Dark turns to light

Heartache flips my world around

I'm falling down, down, down,

That's why.

I find your lips so kissable

And your kiss unmissable

Your fingertips so touchable

And your eyes irresistible.

I pull back and look at him. He smiles slightly down at me. “I know that you probably don’t want to hear this but…Daisy…I think I’ve been in love with you for the past three years.” He says looking in my eyes and waiting for my reaction.

My first thought is to run. It’s what I always did. But I couldn’t. My legs wouldn’t move and neither would my mouth. I couldn’t speak and I couldn’t move. “Daisy…?” Niall asks, looking at me worriedly. I still can’t move and nothing will come out of my mouth.

Niall sighs and lets go of me. He turns around and grabs his shirt, putting it back on. He turns back around looking at me, silently pleading with me to say something or do something. But I can’t. I still can’t move or speak. He sighs once again and walks past me out of the alley. Leaving me there alone.

Emotion finally comes to me and I start to cry. My voice is still not there and I can barely move, so instead I just crumple to the ground sitting there in a small ball.

He loves me. I think. He said he loves me. And I just let him walk away. You’re an idiot. I don’t want to move so I just sit there and silently sing to myself.

Close the door

Throw the key

Don’t wanna be reminded

Don’t wanna be seen

Don’t wanna be without you

My judgment's clouded

Like tonight's sky

Hands are silent

Voice is numb

Try to scream out my lungs

It makes this harder

And the tears stream down my face

My voice cracks at the end and I just start to cry again. Letting the tears fall freely from my eyes, down my face.

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