Life Of Lies

Chapter 7.

Lucas POV

After walking through London and talking about ourselves and other stuff, Melanie announces that she has to leave. By seeing the disappointment on her face, my heart skips a beat. I lift up her chin with my index finger. My eyes are searching hers and after a few seconds, I see those magical eyes I've been dreaming of since the day I have caught her. "Do you want to leave or do you have to leave?" I ask. "Be honest with me." I can't read this girl. Her eyes don't tell me what she feels or what she's thinking about. And I also don't see doubt. That can be a good sign. "I really don't want to leave, Lucas." She blushes a bit, but she looks down, a little sad. "We'll meet again soon, I promise." Our eyes are still connected. This is that kind of look that you see in movies: magical, romantic and intense. She looks down at her feet, breaking the strong eye-contact we had just a few seconds ago. I wrap my arms around her and pull her closer to me. "Send me a text when you're home. I want to know if you're safe," I whisper in her ear. I feel her nod against my chest. "Goodbye Lucas," she says when she releases me. She has a bit of tears left in her eyes. Or maybe they're new. Maybe she really doesn't want to leave me. "Goodbye Mel, see you later." She turns around and walks into Victoria Station again. I start my walk home, when suddenly my phone buzzes. I unlock it to see who I've got a message from.

Melanie: I miss you

I instantly smile. Normaly, I would think that this is cliché, but now, it gives me the feeling of being wanted. Like she needs me. And that makes me feel so good.

Melanie POV

Lucas: I miss you too x

I smile through my tears. I've started to cry the second I had turned around. It was so hard to leave him after telling him what's going on in my life. I only met him a few days ago and now, he knows my life story. I don't regret it. It felt really good to tell him. He was so understanding and he was listening so carefully to not miss a single detail. He wanted to know the whole story, so he could have his own opinion based on the facts and details. He didn't react on my life story though. He sat there and held me tight. The weird thing is, it felt so much better to just have a bit of peace and quiet after such a story. Danielle started to freak and told me that everything would be fine. But this time, it felt so much better. The more I think about everything going on about this guy, the emotions, the feelings, the tears, the more I get confused. Why is his impact so big? Why does he care so much about me? Better question: why do I care so much about what he thinks of me? The way he lifted my chin up, the way he looked me right in the eyes. I don't know what to feel. Could this be the feeling of love Danielle is always talking about? Could this be a sign of falling for a boy who helps you through hard times, like mom described how love felt? Most important question: am I falling for this boy?

Lucas POV

Being in bed makes me think of what happened today. I'm not a man who gets the girls. Usually, I'm the shy person or the ugly person. But today, I felt like a totaly different boy. Not that I played a role or something. I was just acting in a different way, but the weird thing is that it felt like I was being me. Thanks to Melanie, I discovered another side of myself. I lifted up her chin and I was actually considering to kiss her. That side only disappears when I'm falling for someone, I guess. My dad always told me: "If you meet a girl with whom you can be 100% yourself and who accepts every side of you, then you know you've met the one. It doesn't matter that you guys fight often, that happens everywhere. Just don't let the fights become you're reason to give up on love." I am myself with Melanie. 100%, I'm sure. I'm glad I didn't kiss her, that would've ruined things already, while we've actually just started our chapter. I don't know if she's thinking about me the way I think of her right now. Is she thinking about today too? Is she crying because of her dad? The story she told me was so sad. Like, she has litteraly no one instead of Danielle, Eric and me, if she wants to keep me into her life.

Melanie: Thanks for today, telling the story helped a lot. You're a good friend, Lucas. Hopefully we'll meet again soon. x

I read the text over and over again. Smiling, blushing, skipping a heartbeat, I'm doing it all. I don't know what to do otherwise, I'm just so happy. I've only seen her once, how can it happen that I'm already in love? I've met so many girls during my life, but I never really fell in love once. Now I meet this girl by accident, we meet up, she tells me about her life and some other things, we leave and when I start to think about the past few hours, I realize that I'm falling for this girl. I just have to take it slowly. There's a lot going on in her life right now and I don't want to push her. If she wants me too, I'll take my chance. Until then, I'll be the friend she needs and I'll try to make her feel as comfortable as she deserves.

I'm sorry that it took me so long to post a chapter. I had 0,0% inspiration and there was a lot going on in my life, so I'm really sorry. School takes all of my time too, but I'll try to upload every week.