A/N:
I thought this chapter had been published way back, but apparently not. I'm so sorry about that. But anyways, here's chapter 7. Hopefully the story makes a bit more sense after reading this chapter. Once again, I'm sorry x
Chapter 7:
I woke up by the sound of my mom making breakfast downstairs. "Noelle, breakfast is ready!", she yelled, loud enough to wake me up. I rolled over, although I was by the end of my bed, which caused me to fall out of bed. I hurt my side, but I laughed it off when I remembered that Alisa did the exact same thing a couple of months ago.
Me and Alisa had become very close friends. A year ago I would never in my wildest dreams imagined that we would get along so well after all. But we do and I'm glad. We've hung out almost every day since that day in the coffeeshop. It feels like we belong to each other in some weird way. But although I enjoy living, thanks to Alisa, a day will still not pass without me thinking about Gareth. Me, Alisa and Jake actually went to the police station to ask for help about what happened to him. Until this day, no one knows how he ended up in the water.
But today was the day we were going to get our answer. After breakfast I was going back to the police station to hear what they've found out. Also, I haven't returned to school yet. Not one day these past months have I been in school. I've been diagnosed with depression so I've been told to stay home.
"Bye love! Come home straight afterwards!", my mum shouted as I stepped inside Jake's car. He was the only one who had a driver's license among us three.
While at the police station we had to wait for almost one hour before they were ready to see us.
"Mr Russett, Miss Russett and Miss Barnaby, am I correct?", the police officer asked. We nodded in response and he motioned for us to sit down.
"So...it's the story about young Mr Williams. Gareth", we nodded again. "And how were you related to him?"
Jake started. "I was his best friend for many years, and my sister have met him many times when he's been at our house", Jake looked at me. "And I was his girlfriend"
The officer gave us an apologetic look. "Mr Williams seemed to have some troubles indeed"
I was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Well, we have talked to some people that were present that night, including Mr Russett here. Not much information has been given, but the owner of the pub that you visited that night have been telling us some interesting news"
All of us motioned for him to continue. "The owner told us the following...", he said as he started to search through his documents. "Mr Williams was the last one left that night. He was very drunk and started to talk about several topics with me. I responded and tried to be polite. Then he started telling me that he was drug dealing. He told me that it had been going on for a while and that he owed some people a big amount of money. He said that they would kill him tomorrow morning if he didn't give them the money they needed, and he said that he didn't have all that money. He was getting real drunk so that he could easily commit suicide before the drug dealing people killed him. He thought it would be better that way. I offered him help to hide from them but he refused. One time after I had carried some glasses back to the kitchen, he was gone. I couldn't find him, and I guess that was when he walked away to commit suicide."
I was shocked. I didn't know what to feel. I had no idea that he was drug dealing. But I was really mad at him right now, and at the same time, I felt like crying. He would've died either way, so he chose to kill himself instead of being murdered. I looked at Jake and Alisa. They were hugging each other and I heard Alisa sobbing quietly. The police officer looked at me.
"I'm sorry for your loss", he said quietly. I sighed heavily. "I had no idea he was into drugs"
"The fact that we was dealing doesn't have to mean that he was taking it himself. It could've been just an easy way to make money"
I sighed again. That's almost even worse. After a while we ended the meeting and thanked the officer for his kindness. Jake dropped me off at home, where my mum came out to meet me. She hugged me tight and kissed my forehead. "How are you, sweetheart?"
I layed on my bed. This day must have been the most exhausting since the actual death of my boyfriend. I felt so numb. I didn't want to do anything. I didn't want to talk. I didn't want to sleep. I didn't even want to take a shower or go swimming. The only thing I wanted was to listen to music. I rolled over to get my Urbanears and plugged them into my phone. I pressed shuffle on Spotify and closed my eyes.
Come up to meet you
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Tell me your secrets
And ask me your questions
Oh let's go back to the start
Running in circles
Coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh take me back to the start
I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling your puzzles apart
Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles
Chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
I'm going back to the start
The first song to play was The Scientist by Coldplay.
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A/N:
Someone asked me to write a Buckin story, and I really want to, but I haven't figured out the story yet. So if anyone has an opinion in the story, please message me and let me know what you want to read and I'll try to fix it for you!
Stay safe xx
~kiwibananaxx
