Every Time It Rains // L.H.

Part 2

"I'm sorry!" I say between sobs. I try to walk off but he grabs my arm. 

"What's wrong?" He asks. I can't beliave myself but I know I'm about to say something.

"Everything is falling apart and..." Sob. "I dont know how to handle it..." Sob. "And Everything is just so fucked up!' I had know idea what the hell I was doing.

He then wraps me in a hug then starts walking with me. I have no idea where we were going but I don't care. We walk into a café and he orders two hot chocolates. we were quiet for a moment and I had finally calmed down. we were sitting across from each other at a booth. "You know after the many times we have bumped into each other, I still don't know your name." He says. 

I laugh, "Lily," I say.

"Lily..." he was expecting a full name.

"Lilian Marie Jones." I tell him, "But just call me Lily, what is yours?"

"Luke."

"Luke..." I tease.

He laughs, "Luke Robert Hemmings." we laugh for a bit, "So why were you walking out alone in the rain?"

"I had to get away." I simply answer.

"Ah. Me too, My friend Calum threw this boring party and I wasn't in the mood"

"Seriously? Me too, My best friend Steph is Calum's girlfriend." I mention.

We talked for a while. Then I started to get tired, it was 10:30. "What time does Calum's party end?" I ask.

"Pshh. I wouldn't be surprised if they are still partying in the morning, but usually around 4 in the morning." I tell him that my car is outside the café and we were about to depart when I realize that my car key and house hey are in Steph's purse. 

"Hey Luke?" I yell after him, he turns around, "Would you mind if I crashed at your place? My keys are with Steph." I can't believe I'm trusting this boy I started to get to know an hour ago.

"Sure, lily." He laughs, then escorts me to his car.

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"Wow, you have a nice place." I say, bewildered at the huge house. Thanks, me and the guys share it. He went upstairs and came back down with a pair of sweats and a t-shirt.

"Here, there is a bathroom down the hall to your right." 

"Thanks" I smile. I went into the bathroom and changed and washed my face. But it didn't change the fact that I looked like an absolute mess. I went back into the living room and sat on the couch. A moment later Luke came in and sat next to me. 

"Can I ask you something?" Oh-no i thought.

"Sure." i tell him. Why the hell am I opening up to this dude? I barely know him.

"Why were you crying. I want to know you."

"When I was 8 My mum remarried, the man seemed nice until one day i was left at home alone with him. He beat me and when my mom got home I told her and she didn't believe me. The next time I was left at home with him he forced himself on me and threatened to kill me if i didn't do what he told me to do. The beatings happened many times afterwards, and he forced himself onto me 5 more times. I got the bravery to finally leave. I called Steph to pick me up and she took me to her place. My mum finally believed me when I was 15 but i never forgave her. I lived with Steph and her family. Somehow people at school found out what had happened to me and for 2 years I was bullied, and I started cutting myself. Steph helped me through it though and I stopped cutting. It got so bad though that I dropped out of highschool. A few months later I took some online classes and got my GED. Steph and I had gotten jobs, and we had our own place. My step father got sent to jail. But Night mares still linger." I felt tears forming in my eyes. Before I could start to completely cry, Luke set me in his lap and hugged me. For some reason, I felt like all of a sudden I could trust Luke. So I just sat there in his lap, while he rocked me and hugged me and told me that he would protect me. I my eyes started to feel heavy. Then I fell asleep.

"No mommy please stay here with me or let me come with you PLease!!!"

"Lilian Marie Jones! I am going to be late for my meeting. Stay here with dad!"

"He is not my dad nor will he ever be!"

"Goodbye Lilian!" She left. I looked behing me and the evil man looked down at me. I tried to run to my room to lock the door but he caught me and slapped me.

"Let me go you bastard!"

"Such language for a 12 year old should be punished!" He hit me with a belt across the face.

I woke up with a jolt and heavy breathing. I wasn't aware of where I was but I'm pretty sure I'm on Luke's bed. Right then Luke comes rushing out of the bathroom with a toothebrush in his mouth. I didn't want to cry so clenched my fists so tight and covered my mouth. He just walked over to me and put me in his lap again. "Lily, everytime we bumped into each other I felt a shock pulse through me.  From the first minute I saw you I had the corniest crush on you. And now Here you are sitting in my lap. And it is so hard for me to resist the urge to kiss you. But Now that you are here, and you know my name." I laugh. "Will you go on a date with me? Tomorrow, when you wake up?" I laugh again.

"Luke I don't know how you did it but i never opened up to someone so fast." I giggle.

"So is that a yes?" He asks. I nod. I couldn't believe what I was about to do, but I was still going to do it. Right then and there I wrapped my hands around Luke's neck and kissed him with so much passion. The response I got was amazing, Because he kissed me with even more passion.