The Loner

Chapter 13- The Right Thing To Do

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Chapter 13- The Right Thing To Do

Lauren's POV

After agreeing to the plan Sasha and I went back in and talked with the boys a little more before she finally announced the idea to the boys. She asked if it was alright with me if Harry knew and I said yes without hesitation. With the thought of my mother on my mind of how disappointed she'd be now. It kills me from the inside that I kind of betray her. I promised her to tell no one and kept the promise for almost ten years now. Hiding my feelings and myself from everyone. But now I am sure that everyone knows at least my name in school. That I skip school the exact same days as Zayn and that no one except for Zayn's friends of course had heard from us. But not even they knew what my life was like. Or in what mess I lived in. Just Zayn and my two new friends I can say I guess. But either way I have built up a trust already with Sasha.

She has problems as well and doesn't have an easy life like I. She looks trustable and I hope that I am right. I am just praying that I am safe and that whatever I am about to do is not something I will regret in the future.

"Are you sure of this?" Sasha asks me once more and I nod my head.

"I am."

I am ready to do what I should have done years ago when it all started, but I was too scared to do. I kept myself loyal to a promise that I made when I was seven and it has been near ten years that I did. Doing this is right, I hope.

I was dying in the inside as I thought of the things my mom and I did, and now it is like I never was royal to her. She asked one thing of me. Not too go to college, have children, bet married or do something that she always had dreamed of, no. She asked me to keep quiet about my dad that beat me up. The same person that killed her. Steals his daughters money to do bets, play whatever they play in their gangs and almost killed me several times.

"Mommy can I please get another one?" I ask her. I had two ice creams so far. It was a new flavour that I just tried out, and loved. My mom assured me that I'd love it and I did, I really did.

"Okay, only because you listened to me today when I asked you to keep your daddy's special news a secret." She says. She taps her finger on the top of my noise and squeezes both my cheeks before getting up and going to the kitchen to get me another one of the ice creams. I got up as she left and grabbed my small bear that she and daddy had brought. It was brown and had black eyes. It had a small tail that was adorable and was huggable.

"Here you go, and this is your last one." She tells me. I sprint up to her while she unpacks the ice cream. She hands it to me and takes a seat on our bench in the garden. I lick twice of the ice cream to get the flavour is my mouth and sit next to her.

"Do you see those clouds?" Mommy asks me. I look up and see indeed some clouds.

"Whenever I am not here look up to them and think about the amazing things you've done with me." She tells me. "Like eating ice cream together. Running after bunnies or that day when we threw water-balloons at each other. When we played hide and seek with your dad." She says slowly getting sadder each memory.

"Are you okay mommy?" I ask her. Her eyes were getting a little red and the sparkle that used to be there is gone. Her eyes are shining though. I could see a few tears that she tried to hold from rolling down her cheeks.

"What? Yes of course I am fine. I just got a little sick I guess. I'm fine." She assures me.

Why doesn't she wanna tell me? I thought to myself. She'd tell me everything and was my best friend. She plays a lot with me and more than other children. Of course I had friends my age from school, but after school I always play with my mom. I am always with my mom.