Him. // M.C. 5SOS

Chapter 39

(I suggest listening to Night Changes - One Direction)

{Alanis}

We sit in silence in his car as he takes me to this mysterious place he wanted to show me. I turn on the radio to try and erase the deafening silence.

20 minutes and 6 Nickelback songs later, we arrive at the mystery destination.

It looks like nothing more than just a grassy field. I never seen it before but it was actually quite beautiful, with bushes toward the back of the field. It's really excluded and hidden.

I should've been paying attention to where he was turning so I could come here again.

Suddenly my door opens for me, I realize it's Michael. "Thank you" I smile at him and get out. He grabs my hand and rushes over to the back by those pretty bushes. I get tingles when he grabs my hand, just like that first time he held my pinkie wen we were walking home from school. It was our 'thing'. I giggle thinking about old times.

He sits down at a shady part beside a really big bush and I follow down beside him. "So why are we here?" I ask.
"I just wanted to be with you, plus I feel like this is the best place to do that."
"Oh." I feel my face heat up so I turn away in attempt to hide it.

He wraps his pinkie in mine, with my dark blue nail polish standing out from both of our pale skin tones.

"So want to know the real reason I brought you here?" He looks into my eyes and half smiles.
"Yes."
"I want to be with you. In any way I just want to be with you, I can't live without you. I need you in my life in some way. I know what happened changes things but we could still be friends, we could still talk and text every once in a while. I need you so much Alanis."
"Michael, I need you too. You have no idea how much I need you."

He hugs me and holds me close. I can tell he's trying not to cry because of the way he is breathing.

We sit with our pinkies locked together.

"I'm going to call my dad and tell him I'm with a friend."

So I do and then continue to sit next to him.

"So you're turning 18 soon." I say breaking the silence.
"Yeah, in about 10 days." He half smiles.
"Well aren't you excited?"
"Yeah I definitely am, then I can get the fuck outta my house."
"True dat."
"Did you just say 'true dat'" he laughs hysterically at my choice of words.

I slap his arm in a playful way and he flinches a lot. As if it actually hurt him.

"I'm sorry, did I really hit that hard?" I lean over and try to look at it.
"No it's fine." He pulls his arm away.

I grab it and pull up his half sleeve. I see a deep purple and black-ish color all over his arm and moving towards his back.
"Michael I know I didn't do that."

I look to see his face, he looks ashamed and shocked at the same time.

"What the fuck happened?!" I ask, very worried. His eyes begin to water as he speaks.
"The other night—I—We got drunk—"
"We who?"
"Me and my dad. We were just having a good time in his garage while my mom was out of town and he had some tequila in his cabinet so we took a few shots—which turned into half of the bottle, then he drank pretty much the rest by himself. He started to get angry at me for no reason and so he—he had grabbed this thick cable he had on a shelf and started to—well hit me with it."

A few tears fall from his eyes and I'm completely shocked. My chest hurts just hearing him say that, because his dad is so nice.

"I know my dad is a great guy so of course I didn't hit him back. I finally got the cable and hid it. I took him to bed and went to my room. I haven't told anyone because I don't want to get him in trouble."
"Well Michael are you okay?"
"I'll be okay—eventually."

After he told me that story it makes my heart hurt for him, because I know the relationship they had was very special to Michael.

We both just lay back on the grass. It's getting dark and kind of cold. I lay on Michael's bicep and use it as a pillow and cuddle into him. Our legs intertwined together. It just felt so perfect and—meant to be.

My breath runs softly against his neck as I listen to his heart beat.

This just feels so special. As if the world is revolving around us at this moment in time. Like my entire life has continued to lead me up to this.

Us.

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A/N: Hey guys I'm pretty happy with this chapter but I'll leave it at that.

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