Chasing The Sun

Dark And Lonely

: l o u i s :

Oh great. Just what I need at 6 in the morning.

" Morning. " I mumble with my head down.

" Morning sir. " He hops in the cab excitedly.

" Where to today? " I mumble pulling away from the curb.

" Just to St. Anthony's. " He says smiling and I look in the rear view mirror to see the bastard has flowers. God damn Lilacs. Her favorite and he knows it.

" Erm.. I.. Can't take you there.. It's.. Uh.. closed for the day.. Yeah.. it'll be closed all day.. " I try.

" It's too early in the morning for this Tommo. " He growls.

" Austin why are you going to St. Anthony's? " I insist.

" To see.. someone important to me.. " He mumbles.

" Who? " We slow to a stop as we come to a red light.

" A friend. What's it to ya? " He mutters.

" It's everything to me.. Lilly is there and you don't need to be around her.. she's.. unstable and you'll make it worse. " I cringe as I say the word unstable.

" Back off Louis. I can do what I want. Let me out. I'll just walk then. " He glares at me and I pull over.

" Don't hurt her. " I say before he gets out of the cab and jogs away. I'm not sure if he even heard me, but if he's in his right mind, he won't touch her.

Who am I kidding? When has Austin ever been in his right mind?

I want so badly to go to St.Anthony's, but I have a job and that's how I make enough money to keep my house and pay for Lilly to even stay at St.Anthony's.

: z a y n :

I hear the voices of what sounds like Lilly, the boy she introduced me to earlier named Sam, and another boy. They seem angry, so I don't want to interfere. I just listen.

" Austin go home! " Sam yells.

" Why the hell should I go home? This is a public building. It doesn't belong to you. " Austin growls fiercely.

" Just get the fuck away from Lilly! " I hear Sam yell as someone slams into the wall and a vase gets smashed.

I hear several nurses rushing down the hallway into Lilly's room and one helps a crying and collapsed Lilly out of her room while trying to tend to the gash on her right cheek. She looks as if she wants to scream, but she's trying not to break. She hasn't really broken down much here.

But the worst of it all, wasn't the look on her face, but the look in her eyes. It broke my heart to see this broken, bloodly, lonely girl try to smile. She attempted to paste a smile on her face.

" Lilly. " I say, my voice cracking. I just can't believe the look on her face.

She looks broken. Like a China doll, that just got knocked off a shelf, and crashed onto the floor.

" Zayn. Go back to your room. " The nurse gestures for me to leave.

I reluctantly walk back into my room and sit down on my bed.

" Zayn! " Sam comes into my room after shaking a nurse's hand off his shoulder.

" Uhm.. Hi Sam.. " I say smiling at him as he walks into my room.

" I was just talking with your boyfriend earlier! He really misses you. " He smiles.

" Oh.. He's not my boyfriend.. anymore. " I say looking down at my shoes.