Free: A Jc Caylen Sequel

Chapter Six

The stars that night seemed especially bright, I liked to think on nights like this that stars were extra bright because mom, dad, and Noah were looking down on me. I used to be terrified of the dark, so dad and I made a special trip to the store to purchase glow in the dark stars to stick on my ceiling, every night would be a bright starry one, he said. He was still trying to keep his promise, I liked to think.

"Sky?" Jc interrupted my thoughts, as we laid in the front yard staring up at the sky. It was late and the grass was started to develop the morning dew, yet we didn't care.

"Yes?" I questioned, feeling his hand slide over mine into a tight grip.

"I'm going to say something, and you don't have to say anything back, if you don't want to. Okay?"

"Alright," I said slowly.

"I like to think that everything happens for a reason, we are all traveling on a path that was set out for our lives. Every path is different, every person is different. My path was made especially for me. It brought me to where I am today, it made me the person I am. Your path was made for you, though I have to admit your path has had more twists and turns than mine, but it's your path. It brought you to where you are today and made you the wonderful, beautiful girl you are. Just like Ricky's path brought him here, same with Connor, Rebecca, Jenn, anyone. Do you get what I mean? Your path is set out and you have to follow it to be the person you're intended to be." He paused, I could feel his eyes on me, yet I didn't say a word. I had this talk with one of the consuelers in the WWP once. That perhaps this death happened for a reason, it was one I didn't want to have at the time, and honestly wasn't sure if I wanted to have now. I stared up at the stars that seemed to dim a bit, my eyes slowly burning with tears. "Sky, what I am trying to say is that my plan brought me to LA, had me ride my board by you that day for a reason. Hell, I almost got hit by a car when I did a double take, the first day I saw you! Your path, Skylar, brought you to LA at that moment so we could meet. So the stars could aline and we could discover what it truly means to care for someone. I like to think anyways." He paused again, this time he sounded a little choked up, but I didn't comment. "I like to think that we were brought together here on purpose, no matter what brought us here."

I turned, my teary eyes meeting his, "Oh yeah Jc, and what would have happened if my family wasn't brutally murdered? What would have happened if I hadn't came to LA? If I moved in one street over? If I never met you? Never even knew you existed? Our lives are not a blueprint, the are not written in stone, Jc. Things happen, both good and bad and alter our lives. Our stories are still being written, they are not books written ahead of time."

"Sky?" he asked softly, sadness in his voice and tears in his eyes.

"What?" I responded hastily, angered at the fact that he was implying it was good my parents died. That it was apart of some plan written out for me.

"If you family wasn't horribly hurt, if you never came to LA, if you never met me the way you did?" he paused, moving closer to me, I could feel his breath on my cheek. "I would have found you anyways. My plan, my life, is in fact written out. I'm on my path right now. Because my path was simply to find you."

I turned over my eyes meeting his only for a moment before I slammed myself into him. Sobbing tragically, Jc pulled me closer, letting me bury my face in his tee shirt. It was then I realized that whether or not my life was pre-planned or still being written, I was indeed, exactly where I was supposed to be.