She's Mine to Protect(Lucas Baker Fanfic)(A Baker's Flower Series #1)

The Park

Five months later

                                                                     Meet me in the park at 1, okay?

    Chrys was highly suspicious of the text Lucas sent her. It was rare that Lucas would make the drive from Dulvey to visit her in Texas, especially in such bad weather like the downpour of rain that was tapping on her bedroom window. There was no explanation for why he'd visit without her asking him to or even without giving a substantial reason to come see her. Rain poured down hard outside on the roof as she sat on her bed looking at the screen of her phone, her heart in a state between excitement and worry. It had to be something urgent if he was willing to drive in such dangerous conditions to meet her in the park, that or he had completely lost his mind.

    Being the only one home at the time, it was easy for Chrys to sneak out with her umbrella and not be forced by her parents to stay home. She somehow managed to navigate her way through the downpour to the park in a remarkable less than ten minutes. The park gates were wide open, welcoming her in as she ran through them and right away she saw Lucas sitting at a picnic table with only the hood of his already soaking wet hoodie to protect him from the rain. The closer she got to approaching him the more she felt that something was wrong, more specifically, something about him was wrong.

    He looked sickly. It had been a few months since they had communicated through anything but texting and phone calls and Chrys was starting to wonder if his new pale and tired-looking appearance had anything to do with it.

    "Lucas what's going on?" She asked when she got close, her eyes already tearing up.

    "I'm so sorry, I really am." He only sputtered as he stood up from the table.

    "What in the hell are you talking about? Lucas, what's going on?"

    "I'm sorry Chrys." Then he paused, trying, yet failing, to compose himself. "I asked you t'come here because I-I needed to tell you something." Another pause, "We can't be together anymore."

    "W-what?" She stuttered, unable to form a full thought or sentence. She hadn't been prepared to hear this.

    "Some things are going on back home and y'just can't be involved. It's too dangerous and I won't let you get hurt because of me. So...just walk away now before this gets any harder." Tears were now streaming down both their faces by this point and reddening their eyes. She couldn't why if this hurt him so much, why was he doing it?q

    "I thought you loved me." was all Chrys could manage to say to him.

    "I-I do Chrys, trust me I love you more than anything or anyone but I can't let you get hurt. I promised I'd always protect you and this is the only way how. It kills me t'do this, God I hate it, but I have to. Goodbye Chrys." He turned to leave but then Chrys grabbed his arm and pulled him back; he ripped his arm from her grip and their eyes met for a half a second before Lucas' gaze dropped to the ground.

     "Lucas, please." She sobbed in a whisper but he was already turning his back to her once again; if he had heard her pleading he paid no attention to her. And then he left. He sped walk over to his car, got in and drove away leaving Chrys alone in the park. She couldn't move, she didn't know how. Her everything had just broken her heart like it was a thin dry stick and then simply drove away, leaving her there. Chrys watched him go until his car was out of sight, but even after she just stood there like a tree.

    Eventually it began to rain even harder but she stayed put; a part of her hoped he'd come back, wrap his hoodie around her and help her into his car to take her home but it wouldn't happen. Instead she stood there for almost an hour until her brother drove by on his way home and noticed her standing there.