Juliet saved the Bad Boy (COMPLETED)

TWENTY THREE

JULIET

I was no stranger to waking up with a hangover, for the past few years I think it's all I've ever known. I hated it and loved it at the same time, it was the only thing keeping me sane. I rolled to my side and let out a yawn as I slowly opened my eyes and saw the monstrosity beside me.

I saw my cousin snoring loudly beside me to which I just rolled my eyes at him. I looked around and figured out I was where Craig must be staying at. I stumbled upon standing up and went outside. I groggily reached for the doorknob only to be met with a hallway.

It seems somewhat familiar.

I walked towards the staircase which was right at the end of the hall. As I walked downstairs, I finally realized where I was.

Luke's house.

I haven't been here in ages, I stopped coming over the minute we broke up. The last time I've seen his mother was a long time ago. She tried so damn hard to keep me in her life but when she saw I was nothing but trouble, she steered away. It was for her own good, and it was also better this way. She was living her life, I'm living mine.

I stopped by the family portrait they had on the living room and stared at it.

It was a picture of Mrs. Rivers in her lab coat while she was smiling wildly as Luke wrapped a hand around her shoulder and smiled warmly at the camera. He was wearing a Med- student uniform, he looked good in it. He still went through with Medicine huh, I remember him saying his dad wanted him to be a lawyer because if not he'll be cutting him off. And the only option he had was sponsorship and connections through the fraternity. Guess he was still a part of that too, a bitter feeling started seeping right through me,

"Juliet?" Said a soft voice behind me.

I froze in my seat willing myself to look back but I can't.

"What are you doing here,sweetie?" She asked her voice nearing me.

It was Mrs. Rivers, she was wearing her casual clothes. Seems like she just woke up.

"Hi..Mrs. Rivers.My cousin Craig was staying here, I..I didn't know" I greeted her lowly as I felt her sitting beside me a good few inches away from me.

"Long time huh," She says with a soft pained smile as she settled her mug on the coffee table in front of us.

"Two years, I believe.. I don't know" I said unsure

"Yes, two years." She agreed.

We bathed in the silence surrounding us. I was unsure of what to tell to her, the last time we met..it wasn't so pretty. I was going through a lot of things all in one go and I couldn't do anything but spiral down into the abyss. Because I couldn't make sense of anything at that time.

"How are you? Are you clean now?" She asked me all in one go.

The question she was dying to ask.

"It's the only thing I have that numbs me enough.." I said in a whisper.

"Honey," She said inching closer her fingertips touching mine. I quickly pulled my shaking hands away from her. "You promised." She said sternly

"Well, promises are meant to be broken. It just so happens, I broke a lot." I said to her putting my head down averting their portrait's bright smile.

"We know you're still hurting, Juliet. We also know you can do better, that you can recover. Your mom wouldn't want this" She says slightly pleading.

I've had enough of people pointing out how broken I am, I know that already! But what can I do? Nothing! I just breathe everyday and pretend like everything was fucking okay. When the truth was I was barely on the surface anymore... I just wanted to be numb. Trust me, I tried many times. I tried shooting up, heck, I even went as far as killing myself. But this pathetic world still wants me in it when all I wanted was just.. run away.