Things I Won't Forget // l.h

Part 28: Elysia

Luke

I went and saw Elysia today. The text I'd gotten weeks ago was sent by her. 

Even after everything she's done, she still had the courage to face me.

"So," She said, looking exactly like Manda, except her eyes are hazel, not the kind of crystal blue like Manda's. And just like that, I found myself traveling back to years ago, when I had made love to this girl. I shuddered unpleasantly.

"What do you want? You've got 5 minutes." I crossed my arms and sat back on a chair at Rubin's cafe, waiting impatiently. As I look around, I saw Liam staring, raising one brown eyebrow, but he doesn't question me.

"Geez, Luke, I just wanted to clear things up." She sighed and leaned back, a lit ciggarette sitting in bewteen her fingers delicately. Elysia's hair was dyed blonde, instead of brown like Amanda's, but it somehow suited her personality. 

"Well, make it quick." 

She ignored me then slowly said, "I want to see Amanda." 

I felt my head getting heavily and my heart beat getting faster as those words came bubbling out of her mouth.

"No," I shook my head, and prepared to get up and never see this bitch again, "You don't understand, Elysia. She's been hiding from us, for years now. W-we're dating again, because I found her in this cafe just a few months ago, I'm not gonna let you ruin this for me again. You've already done enough. I love her, Elysia."

She stood up with me as well, "No, Lucas. You don't understand. Do you know what it feels like to have no family, no home, no life? I'm just some low life who sleeps on the streets now. You don't understand what it feels like to have your sister hating on you every single day, and how hard it is to have a Mum that doesn't even acknowledge your existence. So shut the fuck up Luke. Because you don't, you don't understand anything." Elysia's voice was raised, and thank God there wasn't much people at Rubin's today, or else they'd think she had issues. Which she does.

I didn't know how to reply, I didn't even know Elysia didn't have a place to live. Although she was one heck of mean bitch, I felt myself having sympathy for her.

"So Luke," She softly said, "I need to see her. Please."

Tears were streaming down her face, and I had no choice but to say yes.

I was a sucker for people who cried.

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We planned it all out, like how we were going to get Amanda to meet Elysia and be willing to speak to her again. This could ruin my chance with Manda again, but they were sisters, and they needed each other.

Elysia positioned herself on the middle of the bench and her posture was determined.

"Now Luke," She said in a professional voice, "You're going to pretend to take Amanda out on a date. And somehow in between you guys having fun, I will walk past not-so-casually and she'll notice. Then, I'm gonna talk to her." 

A single teardrop fell down her pale cheeks, she was no where as alive as Amanda was.

"I miss her Luke," She whispered, wiping her tears with the palm of her hands,

"I miss her so much."

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It was about 6pm when I'd gotten back from seeing Elysia, and too many emotions were swishing around in my head that I'd forgotten I was supposed to check up on Manda today. Cursing under my breath, I unlocked my door, and threw my phone onto the bed, planning to see what Manda was up to opposite me.

I was about to knock when a loud gasp came from her bedroom, then a scream followed. I immediately opened the door, not bothering to knock to see Manda sleep talking in her dream, on the sofa.

"No! Please don't hurt me! Stop..I...Luke! Help me! Someone!" She was yelping, tossing and turning on the furniture. 

"Amanda, baby," I stroked her hair, calming her down, "What's wrong Manda? I'm right here, sweetie. I'm here." I kissed her forehead multiple times until she finally woke up, and I held her hand (that had no bracelets on it for once) tenderly. 

"Luke..?" Her voice was as soft as velvet and she tightened her grip on my hands.

"Are you alright?" I asked her, kissing each of her fingertips.

"Y-yeah. I just had a bad dream, that's all." She responded but seemed a bit stiff as she kept looking at our hands, but mostly her arm.

I turned her arm around to see what she was staring at nervously, before she could snatch her arm back. My heart dropped, and it felt like a hammer had struck me right in the chest. 

"Mandy...baby..." I could feel the tears in my eyes and they were falling down heavily before I knew it, my face was red and tear stained, and I looked up at Manda too see that hers were the same.

I stared at her cuts that have scarred, and I ran my fingers gently as I could across them, making her shiver.

"I'm so sorry, Luke.." Her voice trailed off as she continued to sob, her shoulders moving up and down quickly.

"Why, Mandy? Why.." I kissed her scars one by one, letting my teardrops fall on them. 

Hoping, and praying that these scars didn't mark her heart.

She closed her eyes, and breathed in deeply.

"B-Because of you." She said after a while, and I wanted to stab myself, right here, right now.

I was such an idiot, I was the reason for her pain. 

"Fuck." I was yelling and screaming, slamming my fist into anything that was in her room.

"I'm sorry, Manda, I'm such a fuck up. I don't deserve you.." 

Her tears had stopped before but now they were making waterfalls again.

"Luke, please don't ever say that, it wasn't all your fault," She paused, like she was considering whether to tell me something or not.

"You can tell me anything, sweetie." I stood there staring at my girl.

"I-I got raped."