Better Off Alone

Chapter 11

Hey buddy's! I'm sorry, this chapter is pretty short, y'all might get mad at the end though so sorry once again. May I introduce something? I want people to get emotionally attached to the characters so I have found songs that connect to the plot and everything and you can look up the songs and listen to them while reading the chapter!

Love, Makayla

Songs for this chapter:

(Listen to them in order)

Through the Dark by: One Direction

All These Things That I've Done by: The Killers

I was in full on tears as I kept on running. I had gotten tired and decided to stop. What am I doing, where am I? I felt my knees go weak and I saw a light post not that far down the street. I walked up to it and held onto it for dear life, so that I would have something to hug.

I wish I had someone to cuddle with all the time, someone who cares about me and someone who doesn't hurt me. I had tripped multiple times while running and my knees were cut up and bleeding really bad. I started to sing to myself to make it seem not dark or quiet. I found myself singing a song that Bela got me hooked on.

You tell me that you're sad and lost your way

You tell me that your tears are here to stay

But I know you're only hiding

And I just wanna see you

You tell me that you're hurt and you're in pain

And I can see your head is held in shame,

But I just wanna see you smile again

See you smile again

But don't burn out

Even if you scream and shout

It'll come back to you

And I'll be here for you

Oh I will carry you over fire and water for your love

And I will hold you closer

Hope your heart is strong enough

When the night is coming down on you

We will find a way through the dark

I couldn't sing the rest because I started to choke one my tears. I kept on hearing gun shots being fired as the night went on slowly. I knew I couldn't stay here forever or he would find me. I got up and started to wake down the road once again.

As I kept walking, I started to recognize the my surroundings a little bit. I wasn't that far away from Bela's house. I just kept walking till I found the street I was looking for. I had about five more blocks till I was there, then I saw headlights.

"Katy! Stop!" I heard a guy yell as he hopped out of the car. I was terrified and felt like a deer with headlights, that's exactly what it was too. I started to run away and he soon started to run after me leaving his car. I kept looking back to see if he caught up with me, he was hot on my tracks.

I fell down and scrapped my knee even more and my elbows. I screamed and tried to crawl away but I was too weak. As the guy got closer to me, I looked up to the face.

It was Harry and he looked worried.

"Katy, what happened? After you left, I heard gun shots and I couldn't find you." He bent down so we were on the same level. I just cried in his presents, I was shaking like a chihuahua and I was mortified by everything. He wrapped his arms around my legs and back and carried me bridal style to his car.

As we reached the car, he took of a jacket he was wearing and put it over my arms like a guy would do at prom.

"What really happened?" He asked trying not to look at my bloody legs.

"Caleb, h-he......" I started to cringe thinking of the memory again. "He's my ex-boyfriend and h-he was very abusive. When we broke up, he didn't seem to care, then when I dumped my orange juice on his head on purpose, he started to get mad. That's when he went to the movie theater and kicked me, and I was just at gun point today and I ran from him." I looked at him and his eyes looked glossy.

"Does anybody else know that he kicked you at the movie theater?" He asked curiously.

"Bela does, I thought you guys would've." I questioned.

"I thought you got beat up by a gang, at least that's what Bela said." Of course she would lie to him, but I'm kinda glad she did so that he wouldn't think I'm pathetic when in reality, I'm far from that.

"C-Can you just drive me to Bela's house. She lives on Huckle Avenue, it's two blocks away." I waved forward so he knows what direction to go.

"Yea, just try to stay awake." He said while rubbing his hand up and down my arms so I would warm up a little bit. Even though it was the end of summer, it was still cold in the late afternoon. I looked at the little digital clock on the car screen.

4:45

Crap, I have practice in two hours. I'm gonna be late and then Isaac is gonna kill me and make me run. Uh!

"I-I gotta go to cheer later on." I told him, he shook his head and laughed.

"You go to cheer? I did not imagine you being a cheerleader." He chuckled a little bit then continued "You can't go to cheer, just look at you. You're all scrapped up by you knees!" He let out a sigh of frustration and pulled on his hair while driving down Bela's road.

"W-why do yo-you even ca-" I tried to get the words out but I became sleepy. It was dark again, I hate when it's dark. You can't see or go anywhere. I could hear Harry curse under his breath and then everything else, was gone.