Can't Help Falling In Love ; Halsey

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Natalie

"Fine! If that's how it's gonna be, then I'm leaving!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I was sure we could be heard outside the house.

"Good! We don't need your gayness ruining this family anyways!" My mother yelled back

"Mom, dad, don't you think you're being completely unreasonable?" My older brother Matthew asked my parents.

"Of course not!" My father told him. "If your sister is going to claim that she is a homosexual, then she can stay out of this house until she comes to her senses and realizes that she is unacceptable!"

"But dad-" Matthew tried.

"No buts! And if you're going to be on her side, then you can leave with her!"

"Im sorry Nat," Matthew said sighing "I really tried." He said hanging his head down, trying to hold back tears.

"It's fine," I said shakily, tears practically begging to come out of my eyes. "At least I know I can always trust you. Bye Matthew."

And with that I left the house, making sure to slam the door on my way out. I thought things couldn't get any worse, until I realized it was raining and I had no umbrella.

I had nowhere to go, so I just started walking. I was crying so hard, I couldn't tell which drops were tears and which were rain.

After what felt like 30 minutes of walking, my legs got really tired so I went inside of a nearby coffee shop to rest.

When I got inside, everybody stopped what they were doing to look at me, but quickly went back to whatever they were doing. Maybe it was common for a bunch of unwanted people to come in there.

I took a seat in an empty row of chairs, crying, trying to avoid talking with anybody. But that all ended shortly after when I felt somebody tap my shoulder. I turned around, ready to tell the person off, until I saw what they looked like.

It was a girl with electric blue hair that came just past her shoulders and a couple streaks of yellow in front, perfect cheekbones, and beautiful brown eyes. She was wearing a fitted black shirt that showed off her perfect curves, blue jeans, and a pair of black converse sneakers. She was beautiful.

"Uh, hi. I overheard you crying and noticed you were soaking wet. I was wonering if you needed a place to dry off, maybe get some new clothes?" The girl said to me.

"Uh...yeah...thanks. I said sniffling in between words.

"Alright, cool. I'm Ashley by the way." She said reaching her hand out to me.

"Thanks, I'm Natalie." I said grabbing her hand. She helped me up out of my chair and lead me outside to her car.

The car ride was pretty silent on the way to her place. It was a little awkward, but I stayed looking out the window at the city, trying not to remember what had happened earlier. Sometimes, I would try to forget about it and eventually start tearing up. Ashley noticed it at one point and handed me a tissue.

"Thanks." I mumbled, giving her a trembling smile.

"No problem," she responded. "And if you dont mind me asking, what happened that made you start crying like this?"

"I don't really wanna talk about it." I said quietly, while putting my head down.

"Oh, sorry for asking." She said, being sure to keep her eyes on the road.

"It's okay." I said, attempting to give her a real smile.
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A good, 15 minutes passed before we got to her apartment building. But when we did, she locked the car and lead me to the door which she lived behind. Apartment 93.

"Ty, Josh! Im home!" She said walking through the door. I followed behind her and was lead to see two guys making out on the couch.

"Oh, hey Ash..." One of the boys said after quickly pulling apart from the other. He had a bright pink mohawk.
"Who's your friend?" He asked looking at me.

"This is Natalie," she said pointing her hands in my direction. "I saw her in the coffee shop soaking wet from the rain, and offered to let her stay here for a bit, if that's okay with you guys."

I smiled soflty and gave them both a quick wave, before looking back down to the floor.

"Oh that's cool. Shouldn't be a problem at all." The other boy said. He had brown hair and never took his arm from around the other boy. "Well, I'm Tyler." Said the brown haired boy.

"And I'm Joshua," Said the pink haired boy. "But you can call me Josh." He said with a smile.

"Im Natalie, but you can call me Nat if you want. Nice to meet you." I said with a smile. These guys seemed really nice.

"Hey Natalie, the bathroom is right over there," Ashley said pointing to one door. "And the guest room is the room two doors down. You can go start the shower and I'll bring you some clothes to change into."

"Okay, thank you so much." I said nodding my head. I walked over to the bathroom as Ashley walked to what I guessed was her bedroom, and started the shower. I turned around and got a little startled when I saw her behind me with the clothes.

"Sorry if I scared you." She said looking embarrassed. "Here's the clothes though." She handed me a stack of clothes and I put them on top of the toilet.

"It's okay, and thanks for letting me stay with you guys. This really means alot to me." I said with a slight smile.

"No problem. I'd do anything to help out. I'll let you shower now." She said smiling awkwardly.

"Thanks." She walked away and closed the door. I stripped down and got into the shower. The feeling of the hot water going down my body was so relieving. It was just what I needed.

After my shower, I dried myself off and put on the clothes Ashley gave me. They were a pair of sweatpants and a Rolling Stones t-shirt. I walked out of the bathroom and saw Ashley, Tyler, and Josh sitting on the couch watching a movie.

"Oh hey Nat," Josh said to me. "You wanna watch with us? He asked flashing me a big smile.

"Uh, no thanks. I'm pretty tired think I'm just gonna go to bed. But thanks for the offer." I responded quietly but enough that they could hear.

"Oh okay, goodnight then."

"Nighty night Natalie." Tyler said.

"Goodnight Nat. I'll see you in the morning." Ashley said.

"Night guys." I said walking away. I went into the bedroom and got under the sheets and went straight to sleep.

It's been a long day, but hopefully things will get better soon.
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A/N: Woo! Coming out with a new story strong with 1150 words! Next chapter will probs be like 250 anyways cause I'm a slacker, but I hope you guys enjoyed it. Tell me in the comments if you guys like it and want me to continue writing it. Talk to you guys when I update again. Byeeeeeeeee guysssssssss!