Faking happiness - A Lisa Cimorelli story

Chapter 13

*Lisa’s POV*

Christina and I ran towards the living room, where the scream was coming from. “What’s going on?” I ask. Lauren and Dani turn around and laugh, “Nothing, we were just playing around.” Lauren says. I sigh, I thought Dad was drunk again. “Oh okay.”

“WHAT’S HAPPENING?” Amy screams as she runs into the room.
“Nothing, just Dani and Lauren, you know. These weirdo’s.” I say laughing.
“HEY” Dani and Lauren yell and we all laugh.
“Hey guys, we should upload a new cover, it’s been a month since our last cover.” Christina says.
“Yeh, good idea. I will get Katherine.” I say and walk upstairs.

I knock on Katherine’s door and walk in, she looks shocked, like she’s hiding something. “Hey, can you come downstairs? Band meeting.” I say.
“Sure, be there in a few minutes.” Katherine says. I nod and walk downstairs, wondering what she’s hiding.
“She’ll be here in a few minutes.” I say as I enter the living room.

“Hey.” We hear, we turn around and see Dave. I look to the ground, having no idea what to do.
“H-hey,” I say, “Maybe it’s better if you leave.” Christina interrupts me.
He looks down, sad. “O-ok, I’ll go then.” He says and leaves. I sigh.
“What’s going on here?” Lauren asks confused.
“Drama, a lot. Will tell you later.” I answer and Lauren nods.

“Hey,” I turn around and see Katherine “So I heard there is a band meeting huh?” She says. We all nod.
“We haven’t done a cover in like a month or something, so does anyone have any idea for a song?” Christina says.
“Well, we had the idea of doing Let It Go, but we still haven’t done it, so maybe we could choose that song?” I say, I mean I kinda have to let go some things, you know.
“Yeh sure.” Everyone says.
“Are we keeping the harmonies and everything from last practice?” Dani asks. I nod, “Yes, so we only have to practice some more times and then we can record it. Let’s practice tomorrow, it’s too late now” We all get up, going to bed. I take out my phone to text Dave.

L: I’m sorry for Christina. Can we talk tonight about our future? Like, are we going to stay together or break up? I need to talk to you about some things. So, let’s go out for dinner tomorrow night at 8pm. Let me know if you are able to go. X Lisa.
 
I immediately get a text back.

D: It’s ok. Sure thing. I’ll pick you up at 7:40pm. X

I smile and put my phone back in my pocket.

~End of the next day~

I’m so tired, we have been practicing all day long. I take a shower, when I realize that I have a date with Dave in 30 minutes, shit. I hurry up and finish everything exactly in time.
“Hey, you ready?” Dave asks. I nod and take his hand. “You look beautiful.” Dave says.
“AWWWW THEY LOOK ADORABLE.” I turn around and see Dani and Lauren with their phones in their hand. I blush and walk away. I told them everything yesterday evening and they think I should stay with him together, because it’s true love. So yeh, we will see.

We are driving to the restaurant in complete silence, not an awkward silence, just a comfortable silence. We arrive at the restaurant and he walks up to my door and opens it as a gentleman.
“Thank you.” I say while smiling. I grab his hand and walk towards to the restaurant.
We sit down at our table, in the corner of the restaurant.
“So.” I say.
“Listen Lisa, I love you a lot and-.”He says until he gets interrupted by the waiter.
“Hey sweetie. Wanna drink something? You look gorgeous.” The waiter says. I look shocked.
“Uhm, excuse you. I’m here with my boyfriend as you can see, so don’t even try to flirt with me, unless you want to get him to beat the crap out of you. Thank you. Oh and yes me and MY BOYFRIEND would like to drink and eat something.” I say, emphasizing ‘my boyfriend’.
“Okay, what do you want to drink?” The waiter says shocked.
“Water for me.” I say, “Same for me.” Dave says. The waiter walks away and Dave starts laughing.
“Wow Lisa, didn’t know you could be this sassy. I love the sassy Lisa.” He says and we laugh.
“Well, I had to. He already annoyed me after 5 seconds, so yeh. He needs to know his place you know.” I say.
“True that. But okay what I was telling; I love you a lot and I never meant to hurt you, please understand that. I get it if you don’t want to be together now, because of everything. But please forgive me. I don’t want someone else in my life. You are the person who brings the light in my life, the joy and the happiness. You are the person who truly loves me for who I am. You are the person I want to get old with. You are the person I don’t want to lose. So please Lisa, forgive me and take me back as your boyfriend. I would do anything for you.” He says. I start crying, this makes me so emotional. I just love him so much, I don’t even know.

“Dave.. I-I don’t know what to say. This is the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me. I’m not going to lie, yes you did hurt me, but I get it. I will forgive you, I just don’t know if I can forgive you already. Please understand it. I love you a lot, the past year was the best year of my life. The fights we had made my love for you stronger. The fact I came back to you after the fights, the fact that I told you about my dad, the fact that I’ve told you almost everything of my life, that means I love you a lot and that I trust you. So please don’t ever lie to me again. I just said to that creepy waiter that you’re my boyfriend and when I said it, it felt so good. It felt real, it felt okay. So.. Yes I want to try again. Do you want to try again with me?” I say.

“Here’s your water.” The waiter says, “Do you want something to eat?” We nod. He takes our order and leaves.

“Lisa, my dear. I would love to be your boyfriend again. I will treat you the best I can. But I have one question.” He says.
“So we are back together now?” I say while smiling, “Oh and ask your question.”
“Yes we are.” Dave says with a big smile. I smile back at him.
“But, what’s something I don’t know about you? I want to help you with everything. You don’t have to tell me immediately, I get it.” He says. I sigh, there are two things he doesn’t know about me. It’s my body-image problem and my cutting.

Just when I was about to tell him, the waiter came with the food, how ironic.

“Okay.. Don’t judge me please. I used to have body-image problems. I cried myself to sleep and I was just unhappy, I saw working out as a punishment, instead of seeing it as just something fun. I’m happy now with my body, don’t worry. But yeh that’s kinda it.” I say. He looks shocked.
“Lisa. Please. Promise me you won’t ever feel like this again. You are perfect the way you are. Your body is perfect, I love every part of it. Don’t ever think something else. If you ever feel like this again, please promise me you’ll call or text me.” He says, I can see in his eyes that it hurts him. And it hurts me to see him hurt.
“I promise Dave. But there is also another thing to tell you.” He nods as a sign to tell. I roll up my sleeves and show him my cuts, he gasps.
“L-Lisa, why?” He says. The tears are starting to come.
“It was in the same time as the body-image problem, it was the only thing that relieved me. And after I got over that body-image problem, I kept cutting, because of my dad. Whenever I’m sad I just feel this urge to cut, I can’t do anything about it, I don’t know. You and Christina are the only ones who know about this. Please forgive me. I know it’s stupid, but I can’t promise I won’t ever do it again. I have said that many times to Christina, but I kept breaking it, because I just felt the urge.”
“Lisa, listen to me. It may sounds weird, but I understand you. You were depressed and this was the only thing that relieved you from all the pain. But please, I know you just said you can’t promise me you won’t ever do it again, but please Lisa, please promise me you will tell me next time when you feel the urge. Call me, text me, run to me, tell me. Please. I want to help you. You are perfect in every way. You make me so happy with your existence, please don’t ever think you’re not good enough or you’re not worth it, because you are. You are. You make people so happy, you don’t even realize it. I read so many comments and tweets of people that they want to look like you, because you’re so beautiful. Please Lisa.” I start crying, this is so beautiful.
“I-I promise Dave. I love you.” I say while sobbing.
“I love you too.” He says and we finish dinner.

A/N:
Hii. Did you like this chapter? Tell me if you want more drama or more of these romantic things haha. And do you like Dave and Lisa together? Ghehe.
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