Once in a Lifetime - Cody Simpson Fanfic

Chapter 4

"Today was amazing." I grinned at Jamie. "So you're enjoying yourself?" She asked, I answered with a nod. We're sat in the back with our feet in the pool. "Good." She smiled. "We should go exploring tomorrow." I suggested. "What do you mean? I know where everything is." "But I wanna go exploring." I pouted. "I'll pretend I don't know." She giggled.

"Maybe we could ask Charlie and Alli if they wanna come too?" "Maybe, I think they've got plans for tomorrow but maybe. Jake might wanna come with us though." "What was with him and Cody today? I thought they were best friends." I wondered.

"I thought the same, they were being really weird. What did he wanna talk to you about this morning when he pulled you outside?" "Oh, just- Uh- Well he- Um-" "You kissed him didn't you?!" "Nooo!" I lied. "Delilah! Do you not have any control?!" She got mad. "I'm sorry! It just happened." I sighed. Jamie got up so I did the same.

"I can't believe you! The one person I tell you not to go after, you just can't help yourself can you?!" "Did you ever think that the fact that you told me not made me want him more?!" "So this is my fault now?" She put her hands on her hips. "I thought I could trust you." "You can!" "It's not even the fact that you kissed him. Yeah that made me mad but you waited for me to find out myself, thanks." She sighed and walked inside.

"Jamie!" I walked after her. "No. Don't talk to me. I'll see you in the morning." She said and stormed upstairs. "Woah, what's up with her?" Jake asked as he came down the stairs. "Leave me alone." I said and left out the front door.

"Delilah?! Where are you going?" Jake followed me. "I told you to leave me alone!" "You think I'm going to let you walk around in the dark in a country you don't know?!" "Just do it! I can take care of myself." I pushed him back and ran off. When I was out of breath I stopped running and started to take everything in, I texted Cody to meet me on the beach were were at last night.

My phone started to ring, I answered without looking at the caller ID. "What?" "Lovely to hear your voice too, Lilah." Dylan said sarcastically. "Sorry. Jamie and I got into a fight." I said and began walking again. "Well I kinda have some bad news." He said, I could tell by the sound of his voice that this isn't good.

"You know Mom and Dad have been arguing a lot?" He started. I knew what was coming next. "Mom's just left." He choked. Never before have I seen or heard my brother cry. My heart sunk into the pit of my stomach. "She's gone? Forever?" I whispered.

"She said she needed a few weeks to find herself." "But that's our mom, we need her." I began to cry. "It's okay, Lilah, we have Dad." "I want my mom!" "It's all going to be alright. She left you a note and a present, she said she's sorry." "That's not good enough!" "I'm sorry, Lilah." He sounded just as hurt as I was.

"She's given up on us, Dylan." I fell into the sand. "No she hasn't." "I wanna come home." I told him. "You can't do that." "I can and I want to, how do you expect me to have a holiday when my mother has just left home?!" I shouted. "Lilah, calm down. Go to sleep and see how you feel in the morning." He tried to convince me.

"What about Drake? He's only two, how is he supposed to grow up without a mother?" "Don't worry about him. It's all going to work out okay." Dylan reassured me. "How am I supposed to not worry about my baby brother?!" "Please, Delilah." "I can't believe this." I sobbed.

"Delilah?!" I heard Cody call me. "I have to go, Dylan." I said and then hung up before he could answer. "Why are you sat in the sand?" Cody laughed and helped me up. I sniffed and refused to look at him. "Lilah?" I still didn't answer him.

"Delilah, are you okay?" "No." I started to cry again. Cody pulled my body against his and held me tightly. "What's happened? Is it Jamie? Jake? Family?" "All of them." I mumbled into his chest. "Do you want to talk about it?" "Jake was being really weird today and acused me of telling you about us kissing when in reality it's your fault." I said and looked at him.