There's A Hope Waiting In The Dark

Chapter One

Jessica's POV

My head is spinning still trying to grasp what I had just seen. Although it was getting dark and I was tired from dance practice but I kept running and running until there was no more land to run on. I suddenly came across.. a lake? I seen a little dock enough for maybe two people to sit on. I walked over and seen if it was stable because it had appeared slightly on the older side. It seemed stable so I decided to sit and stare at the water... My phone kept buzzing but I didn't care whatever he had to say was irrelevant. I was done. Done with him, done with school, done with everyone and everything. I decided to play "Scars To Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara and started singing along. It was dark now but there was a oil lamp hanging on a hook at the land side of the little dock. Thank god it had some oil in it. I lit it and continued to sit and sing until 10. When all of a sudden I heard footsteps behind me.

"Hello" a voice said.

"Am I on private property?" I replied.

"No. But I am kind of wondering how someone else managed to find my secret place to clear my thoughts." A boy said. His voice was distinct. Have I heard this voice before?

"Sorry. I'll leave." I said and started to stand up.

I could now see the boy I was looking at was slightly drunk and sad but he still looked and sounded familiar.
As I go to walk around him he grabs my arm gently pulling me to his chest saying " It's okay I could honestly use the company." I looked up in the guys face and realized. It was him. The band had just called it quits 3 days ago sending me into depression. It was no other than the Logan Henderson.

Trying not to freak out we walked onto the dock and sat down. "What's wrong?" I asked. We sat in quite for a few minutes his head in his knees. He slowly brought his head out of his knees and said " My band just broke up a few days ago." Even though I already knew and I was torn about the news as well. I slid over and laid my head on his shoulder; I could feel sadness streaming through his body. Then I got the courage to say " I'm sorry. Do you want to talk about it?" "No." He replied.

Logan's POV

I left the bar feeling the alcohol making my depression worse. The band just got dropped because they found a new boy band that they think can do better. I decided to go down to my secret place behind the park by the lake. There's a little dock there. It's a quiet place to clear my head before jumping back into reality. As I start walking down the little path I've created I started to hear a female voice sing. I stopped at the edge of the woods and listen. " There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark" she sang beautifully. Is she singing "Scars To Your Beautiful" by Alessia Cara? She is. I didn't interrupt her singing the song because her voice actually helped me calm down. It was very calming. I kept thinking about that line " There's a hope that's waiting for you in the dark" well shit. There's a beautiful girl sitting on my dock in the dark alone and she seems sad. She finishes the song a I start walking over and say "Hello" I said. She jumped and turned around to see me.

"Am I on private property?" She asked. Damn her voice was shaky I must have scared her.

"No. But I am kind of wondering how someone else managed to find my secret place to clear my thoughts." I said. Damn it Henderson that came out super rude. I started walking towards the little dock and stood at the end."

"Sorry. I'll leave." She said. She sounded scared for her life. I really need company now I can't let someone like her just walk away. I can feel it, there's just something about her. She got up dusted off her pants and starting walking towards me to leave. Gently Henderson gently. I grabbed her arm as she walked by and pulled her to my chest I looked at her big beautiful.. brown? Eyes.. it's dark but I'm pretty sure they're brown. " It's okay I could use the company right now." I said. I took her arm and gently pulled her back onto the dock, she already had the oil lamp lit. We sat down and I looked at her then at the water and then put my head in between my knees trying to fight back the tears. It was quite for some time and then she broke the silence. " What's wrong" she asked. I sat with my head on my knees trying to find the courage to say it, then I looked up and finally said it. "My band just broke up a few days ago." I sighed looking at the lake.

I guess she could since my pain and sadness, she slid over sitting extremely close to me and laid her head on my shoulder. Then she said "I'm sorry. Do you want to talk about it." I thought to myself and the voices kept arguing.

"Yes you do want to... you're depressed and talking will help. Even if she is a complete stranger."

"No you don't Logan what if she's a fan and goes and tell people. The news. The paparazzi. Sorry Logan but no."

The voices went back and forth and I kept thinking " No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." The last one must have slipped through my mouth. I wonder why she's here. But what if she doesn't want to talk about it.

"If you don't mind me asking, why are you here?" I asked hoping it didn't come out rude. I now found my head laying on hers.

"I just caught my boyfriend cheating on me with my ex best friend. As I was leaving my dance practice I walked and got in his car because he was picking me up. He wasn't in the car so I thought he went inside to use the bathroom and I didn't notice when I walked out. As I started to look out of his tinted windows I seen a couple kissing on the side of the building so I cracked the window trying not to be suspicious and he had her picked up and her legs wrapped around him making out with her. So I got out of the car said " How could you?" And took off running through the woods. I kept running until I reached here. To be completely honest I have no idea where I'm at." Tears were streaming down her face. Or was it the rain that had started to pick up?

I stood up and reached my hand out for hers. She grabbed my hand and I pulled her up. " If you walk up the trail my car is there and I can drive you home. My names Logan by the way."

"I-I-I c-can't go h-home" she stuttered as she shivered.

"Well let's get up to my car and get you warmed up." I said wrapping my semi-soaked jacket around her. We started up the path and I unlocked my car, walked her over to the passenger side and opened the door for her. She sat down and I shut the door and ran around to the other side and got in the car.

As the car was warming up I asked " Do you live with your boyfriend?" She looked up at me crying. Her eyes were were puffy and she looked exhausted. "Yes I do. My parents are out of town and all my friends are on vacation. Please don't make me go home." She pleaded.
"Hey there... I'm not going to make you do anything you don't want to. I have a spare bedroom at my house you can stay in." I said. I started driving as she texted someone saying she was taking a few days off from work. From the little bit I could read I assumed it was her manager. We pulled into my house the front gate was already opened so all I did was pull in the the garage. I cut the car off and said " We're here. Let's get you inside and warmed up." I get out and walk around the car and open the door for her. "Thank you for letting me stay the night. I don't want to face him right now." She said quietly. I gave her a hug and whispered " you're welcome"

A/N : Hi everyone! This is my first book on Wattpad! This first chapter is super cringy but I promise it gets better! I'm going to publish another book that's not a fanfic.. keep an eye out for it! More details to come. The title is " Fixing Myself".