I'm Happy If You Are

A Concerning Tone

Chapter 37:

(Lucas' POV)

"I cannot take this anymore, Alex," I state to my boyfriend sitting in the floor on his phone.

He looks up from his phone to me," Lucas, you've done went and fucked up our relationship. I'm only here because you lost your sister. I cannot keep getting traded for your best friend who is a female. Just date her already, Damn."

I shove my fist into the bed, anger taking over.

"Just leave, Alex, just leave. Don't come back. Next time I won't ask you to come over."

He jumps up and shoves his phone into his pocket," I should've known to stay at home instead of coming here at fucking midnight. You're ridiculous. You're lying to yourself, you're lying to me, you lied to your parents, and you're screwing up your life. How much has your grades dropped?"

"Fuck off."

With my last words he slams the door shut and leaves the room.

I need to stop thinking about Kerri. I need to just stop. I have fucked up my life so badly for her. I cannot do this anymore. Kerri is tugging strings and messing with my mind and I'm not helping myself.

I have got to call her, I have to talk to her about this, I cannot go any longer with this twisting in my stomach.

(Kerri's POV)

We are sitting by the fire holding warm cups of fresh coffee.

I am on one love seat Grey on the other. We both are snuggled up in blankets.

"Do you mind me asking you a question or two?" Grey asks with less confidence than usual.

I shift on the couch and look over at him instead of the fire. "Shoot."

He fumbles with a few words but finally gets out a complete sentence," where's your dad?"

Why did I know that was the question he wanted to ask?

"He left My sister, my mom, and I. When I was born he started drugs and alcohol. And when my sister was born he disappeared, he never spoke to us again."

I now stared into the flickering flame. It representing the hate I had for my father. My mother told me not to hate him but how could I not? He left knowing how much my mother would struggle.

"Do you have any memories of him?" he questions, staring at me.

I never glance at him again. "I just know that during the day he was a father, but around 7 in the evening, he turned into a monster. There were some good night's but most of the days that he was still with us, it was completely hell."

He doesn't know what to say. He doesn't know how to respond. And he doesn't know if he even should.

"Grey," I ask, turning my head to look at him. I am holding my warm cup between my two hands.

"Yeah?"

"What do you want me to know about your family?" I question and look at his expression change.

He shifts on the couch uncomfortably. He never responds just stares above my head, as if in a trance.

"Grey."

"Yeah, I'm here," he finally responds.

"Never mind."

He gets up off of the couch and joins me on mine," my family is fucked up. Hasn't always been that way but still, it's screwed up."

I watch the fire flicker in his eyes and scoot over some more. Him being on one end of the couch and I on the other.

"Okay."

"Kerri, you can ask questions," he states with a concerning smile.

I look back to the fire," what happened to your parents?"

"It's a long stor--" he is cut off by my phone buzzing on the table beside him.

The picks it up and turns the screen to his face. When the light shows up on his face he cringes.

"Let me guess, Lucas?"

He nods and hands me my phone.

I answer it.

"Hello?" A small and fragile voice pipes up on the other end.

"Lucas?" I ask," are you okay?"

His tone is concerning. I hope he's okay.

"I need to tell you something, in person. Can I come over?" he asks softly.

My concerned face makes Grey's eyebrows furrow in confusion. My concern gives Grey the motivation to grab my phone out of my hands.

"Hi, Lucas," he begins," bye, Lucas." He ends the call and shoves my phone under his butt.

"What the fuck Grey?!" I stand up and yell, throwing the blanket onto his figure.

He throws the blanket back at me but I don't catch it so it falls on me.

I roll my eyes and pull it off.

"He was interrupting!"

I shake my head and throw the blanket back at him but he catches it.

"He needed me! Do you not even realize that he just lost his sister?! Damn it, you're so insensitive!" I yell and catch his blanket throw.

He quickly stands up and grabs my waist, hoisting me over his shoulder.

My arms are pounding on his back and my feet are hoping to feel the impact of his face.

I then realize where he is headed. The pool.

"Don't you d--" I am cut off by the pool water encasing my body. When I hit the surface the blanket flies from my hands and gently falls to the water.

When I come back up Grey is gone, with my phone!

I am so fed up with Wattpad. I wrote a whole chapter, I worked so freaking hard on it and guess what, it gets deleted or not saved or something because it's no longer there! Does this chapter seem short to you? I feel like it is. Anyways, this book will probably reach 40 chapters then I will go over to the second book. There will be a slight time jump but don't worry, there will be a prologue type thing in the second book. It will kinda be like 'Previously on Pretty Little Liars'. There may be a flashback or I might just tell the time jump in third person. Either way, there will be a skip but the main points between the two will be explained; I hate how an author doesn't explain the time jump. Or how on The Walking Dead there was a huge space of time that flew by and I really wanted to know what all happened. Anyways, I'm getting off topic. Love you guys!! Comment or vote for a double update in the next 5-6 hours!! -C