I'm Happy If You Are

A Second

Chapter 30:

(Grey's POV)

I see Kerri coming towards us, she's gonna get into the middle of us. I pull my hand back, as much as I'd hate to, and block Lucas' hands from coming in contact with Kerri's face.

Instead, his balled fist hits my knuckles. I pull Kerri to me after I see the shock wash over her. She's mortified.

I pull her away from Lucas. He stands here totally pissed. He watches as I hold her and oddly enough she stays in my arms.

"Kerri, I wasn't going to hit you," Lucas states with a worried but pissed expression.

She wraps her arms around my waist. God how I've wanted this. Just to hold her makes me want to jump with joy.

Kerri and I stay hugging until Lucas decides to be an ass again," Kerri, he hurt us, you. And he almost broke us apart."

You little prick.

Kerri pulls away from me and looks me into the eye and back to Lucas.

"He loves me." Her sudden change of action makes me want to fall into the floor with happiness.

However, Lucas looks like he's about to die.

"I never tried to break you guys apart. I only tried to get closer to you and I wanted the trust you have for him. I was jealous. I just wanted him out of the picture, now that I know you depend on him to be happy, I don't want you two to be apart. You two are inseparable," I look deeply at Kerri, hoping for words," the feelings I have for you aren't like anything I've felt before and I don't know how to handle it. I just want you to be you and be happy."

(Kerri's POV)

I cannot believe that is happening.

My jaw aches with pain but I know that it was worth it.

I stand in front of my best friend whom loves me and my Badass boyfriend, I guess, whom loves me as well. Lucas hasn't told me yet, but I heard him tell me in my "sleep".

I miss Grey but I don't want to risk getting Lucas or myself hurt again.

"Kerri, you know he's bad. He has bad intentions and you know his past. There's no way that in a month's time he could've changed his ways."

Grey butts in," actually, don't believe you know me at all or the situation. How many times do I have to tell you, I feel something like no other for Kerri. I don't want to hurt her, I wouldn't dare. I've been fighting with myself ever since I've met you. I've tried to change, I've succeeded. And most importantly, I know now that I don't want to fool around, but stay with Kerri."

"Grey, I know you believe you have changed. One moment I want to trust you because you are so sweet and caring and truthful, but then again, your past is making me not want to believe you have changed." My throat hurts, my cheek is sore, and my heart is aching.

"Thank you for taking my fucking side this time." Lucas' voice roars and steps towards me.

I shove him backwards," I never said I will accept your apologies. You hit me, you saw me coming and you still were gonna hit me. Grey however, reacted quickly and stopped some of the impact, for which I thank him and it definitely did not hurt me, which means, cudos to you Mr. Bad Boy."

I shift away from Grey and Lucas and lounge on the couch and rub my throat.

"Fact remains, you both are assholes at times, but I still love you to death," I add and they both smirk.

I walk over to Lucas and hug him tightly," thank you for looking out for me in the most dreaded of times."

I look at Lucas' and see his happy smile. I kiss his forehead and walk over to Grey.

"And you, quit being so worried about everything. Thank you for being so caring and open, it definitely is a sign of your change process."

I hug him tightly and he pulls away from me," give me another chance?"

My heart thumps in my chest and my thoughts run crazy.

I look up at his shiny eyes.

"Please Kerri," he begs," one date?"

I need to trust him, I've got to give him a second chance. He has been hurting and he has been just as torn over everything. He deserves a second chance.

"Fine."

"You won't regret it," he mutters and hands me my jacket and phone," go get some rest and don't talk for the rest of the day. If you do..." He trails off and finishes his sentence with a fake throat slicing.

I laugh and walk out of the house with a final wave. I open the car door and climb into the car, out of the cold winter atmosphere.

(Lucas' POV)

I watch as Grey leaves, shutting the door as calmly as possible. I know he's a ball of emotions at the moment there's no way of fooling me. Kerri, however, is scared to death of the consequences that follow her choices, and I most definitely feel the same way.

I just don't understand why she would trust him after all this time. He's known for screwing girl's lives up and messing with their minds. I don't see how she can give in to his pleads just like that.

I walk upstairs and pass by Kenna's door. She hasn't come out once since I put her to bed.

I back up and open her door slowly.

"Kenna, is everything okay?"

She's laying peacefully on her bed under the covers just like I left her. That's weird, doesn't she toss and turn?

She needs to eat.

I walk over to her and push her shoulder softly. No movement.

"Kenna, wake up, you need to eat," I state at a normal tone of voice.

She still doesn't move. I shake her lightly. No movement.

"Kenna, wake up, now," I yell at the top of my lungs. My breathing is whispy and my heart races quickly.

"No, Kenna. Wake up."

My cries echo the room. I then suddenly stop crying in agony and notice the room is quiet and the only sound is the breaths of air I take in an let out.

I look to her chest for movement but find a still lying body on the white sheets. No movement; no breaths of air in the serenity of the room; no Kenna to hold, just the body of which she lived, laugh and loved.

The rays of the evening sunlight made her ivory skin glow like white pastels and I am the only one who can see such the beautiful scene.

Alright, definitely a tear breaker. I hope you guys don't cry too much. There was nothing the doctors could do, the tumor was inoperable and it obviously wasn't reacting to chemo. I hope that this was a really good chapter, I reread it three billion times and made sure the action was action-y enough. I hope you enjoyed reading this chapter just as much as I did writing it. Comment and vote! -C