1,000 Words (Lauren/You)

Chapter 27

Y/N'S POV

Only three weeks to go. We only had three more weeks until we could be off doing our own thing without anyone else bothering us. But no. Something always has to come around to bite either one of us in the ass. We couldn't ever catch a break. I thought things would come to an end the closer we got but I was proven wrong. Just three more weeks. Three more fucking weeks.

"Oh Y/N, I'm so glad you decided to snap out of it and date Lucy. You guys were meant for each other." My mother's irritating voice rang throughout my ears, knocking me out of my daze. I could hear Lucy giggle beside me as she gripped onto my arm, leaning into my body. I internally rolled my eyes and tried not to push her off of me. I didn't need to ruin this facade and end my chances of getting out of here. I tried to tune out my parents talking with Lucy and hoped that this dinner would just end already.

When Lucy had threatened me with the phone call, I had no choice but to go along with what the brown eyed girl wanted. Even Lauren made me follow through with getting this over with. I knew deep down she hated this but she tried to hide it. She forced me to go out with Lucy so we wouldn't get caught. I reluctantly came along to the dinner my parents desperately tried to recreate. Not only did I resent my parents for everything they've done, but I knew it put a strain on Lauren and I's relationship which was already strained enough. After the phone call, Lauren and I talked it out to where she forced me to do this but she also thought it was necessary for her to stay with Dinah until graduation. She told me she didn't want to stay at my house knowing that I couldn't be like that with her.

It hurt a lot, but I wasn't able to keep her staying at my house. I honestly didn't know where we stood at this point, but my thoughts were convincing me that she didn't want to do this anymore. She didn't want to be in a relationship where she felt under appreciated and not shown off enough. Even when we were at school, she wouldn't talk to me and she'd always leave when everyone else did. I hadn't had a proper conversation with the younger girl in a while and I was terrified that this was the end of us. I was too scared to reach out to her, not knowing if she would respond or not. I didn't want to pressure her into anything and if she didn't want us to be together anymore, then I had to respect that. That doesn't mean it didn't hurt, but if it's what I had to do then it's what I had to do.

Again, Lucy trying to basically feel me up in my spot knocked me out of my thoughts to where I was focused back on the people trying to converse with me. I slid through dinner talking as minimally as I could and eventually everyone finished. I stood up from my spot catching the attention of the others. I gave a curt, fake smile as I made sure I had everything in my pockets. "Well, that was a nice dinner mom. Thank you, but I will be going now." I nodded my head before dropping my plate into the sink before heading towards the door. I heard everyone else's voices before Lucy's sounded much closer as she called my name. This time I physically rolled my eyes before maintaining the trek to my car. When I got there I stopped as Lucy grabbed my arm again. "What?" I questioned, not bothering to hide my irritation towards the shorter girl.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to spend some more time together? Maybe we could go to your place and hang out or something." Lucy smiled but I could tell she wanted more than to just hang out. I huffed to myself before running my hand through my hair in frustration. I shook my head causing the brown eyed woman to raise her eyebrow in confusion. I unlocked my car door and opened it so that I could make a quick escape.

"No thanks Lucy, I'm perfectly fine. If you'll excuse me, I would like to be alone right now." I ended before sliding into my car and closing the door, quickly locking it before Lucy could try anything. I was thankful that she didn't but you still couldn't be too safe. I backed out of the driveway and started driving towards my own house, letting a sigh fall from my mouth. This was way too stressful for me. It didn't take long before I was pulling into my own driveway to park. After locking my car I walked to my door and let myself in. Shortly after closing the door I leaned against it with the hundredth sigh of the night, my head leaning back against the hard wood. I closed my eyes briefly before gaining the urge to push myself away so that I could head towards my room.