The Only One (A Lauren Cimorelli Love Story) [Book 1]

Chapter 9: What About Love?

Chapter 9: What About Love?

Skilar's POV

I badly wanted to kiss Lauren. I know, I'm so weird and awkward. It's just, there's something about Lauren tonight that makes me think she wouldn't mind if I kissed her. Oh silly Skilar, what are you thinking? Of course she would mind. Oh Skilar, you're still with your boyfriend, don't think about cheating. Especially don't think about cheating with a girl Skilar, I told myself.

Lauren was carrying me back home, I couldn't believe she could actually carry me. "Are you alright there Ski?" Lauren asked for the tenth time as she turned her head to look up at me. I giggled and nodded my head saying, "Yes Lolo, I'm alright."

"Hey Skilar, while you were resting on the park bench, I broke up with Jason. I saw him making out with Angela and yeah, that was it. I just had to end it, I can't stand him anymore. So... I just broke up with him over text." Lauren said as she kept walking with me on her back. I laughed a little, I wanted to scream out of happiness but I couldn't, not in front of Lauren.

"How do you think your fans will react?" I asked her, having to pretend I cared she broke up with Jason. The fans love him, probably only because he's attractive.

"I don't know, I hope they're okay with it. I mean, my latest tweets have been indirects to him... and those tweets aren't too nice." Lauren said. She turned her head again and looked back up at me smiling. I smiled back. If I leaned my head down a little, I could kiss Lauren- SKILAR! What are you thinking Skilar? I felt sick again, I couldn't tell if it was results from earlier or the fact that I was thinking of kissing Lauren. I could feel something in my stomach, I couldn't tell if they were butterflies or just me feeling sick from the bruises on my stomach. I definitely felt weak again, I was feeling a little better back at the park but when I had begun to run around a little, I felt weak again. There was about a quarter mile more to my house when I had leaned my head onto Lauren's shoulder and then slowly dozed off.

Lauren's POV

All I heard was silence as I walked down the silent streets of Malibu. With Skilar on my back, I tried to walk as fast as I could to her house. Finally, after about 15 long minutes, I had arrived at Skilar's house. I could see that her brother's car was gone but another car was still there in the driveway. I then walked down the small entrance way to the front door, I could see a light on in a room upstairs, probably her grandparents. I quietly knocked the door, I didn't want to wake Skilar up. The door opened and a smiling face welcomed me.

"Hey Lauren, is Skilar alright?" Grandma Johnson asked.

"She's alright... uh... how do I say this- something happened to her at the party and-" I began to explain but I got a little choked up. "Skilar... she was um... Kane did something bad to her."

I just couldn't say that word. Everything about it just hurt, Skilar shouldn't have been raped, she didn't deserve that.

"Oh I see." Grandma Johnson said, slowly shaking her head sadly, she immediately understood.

"Yeah." I said quietly, looking down at the ground.

"Hey Lauren, come on in. You can bring Skilar to her room, I'll go get you something to eat and drink." Grandma Johnson said with a little smile. I nodded my head and forced a smile then went to Skilar's room. I then carried her bridal style as I entered her room. She was just so weak and tired that she lay limp in my arms. I turned her lamp on with a free hand then pulled back the covers of her bed. I then laid her down in her bed. I carefully took off her heels and set them down on the ground. I put her covers over her then tucked her in. A tear slid down my cheek as I watched her sleep, she looked terrible. Before shutting her lamp light off, I kissed the top of her forehead. I badly wanted to kiss her tired lips but I couldn't do that to her, I just couldn't now.