Perfect Strangers

Skylar Jones

"You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams."

Skylar Jones
Chapter 38

"Cameron?" I yelled for my dear life, hearing a slight echo of my own voice flowing through the hall.

Carefully I stepped into the dark doorway of his house. The silence and emptiness I felt within this house was honestly scary, everything around me looked neat and clean. And in that moment my feet were glued to the ground, making me shiver a bit from the sad coldness.

Nothing stood out to me and it was completely silent in his house which normally should have calmed me down; but I was everything except for that. My heart raced so fast that I could hear my heartbeat in my ears, my hands were shaking uncontrollably and breathing seemed to be hard as anxious tears slowly formed into my eyes.

I could feel the sadness hanging in his house without even seeming Cameron, it was almost unbearable to me.

I hope he was okay.

"Cameron!?" I yelled again, knowing he wouldn't respond whether he was inside or not.

Without a doubt I instantly went towards his bedroom, but then I stopped for a second as I held the doorknob. I didn't exactly know if I was ready to see him right now. The last time I saw he.. He looked so..

So devastated.

And all that thanks to me. I broke him in a way that nobody else could do. I knew after a while that I was capable of that, breaking every last inch of him, because he only let me in and nobody else especially in a romantic way like this. He genuinely liked me back and I used that to my advantage.

He trusted me.

Slowly but surely, I opened the door to look inside. I frowned when he was nowhere to be seen, but then I suddenly saw the boy who used to be strong, cocky and bold, all broken and curled up in the corner of his room. He was swaying himself as he birdied his head in his legs, not able to see me. That's when I realized that I broke our spinning stars down and he was paying for that.

And that sight definitely touched me.

"Cam?!" I yelled in panic, rushing in front of him, taking his delicate face in my hands. "Hey.. Babe, open your eyes, please" I begged him when he closed his eyes in defeat. "Please wake up.."

He looked bad and defeated. There were heavy dark bags under his eyes, showing me his exhaustion. His perfect cheeks and nose were slightly turning pink which revealed that he had been crying. My heart shattered from it, seeing him like this made my throat close whilst I struggled with breathing properly.

Because I did this to him..

Why didn't I just quit that damn deal?! Then none of this would've happened.

But it did. It happened and it was all on me.

I pulled Cameron in my arms, lifting him to his bed and laid down with him. I wrapped the blankets around us and hugged him against my chest. My eyes laid on him; watching his broken beauty. His dark hair was messily laying on his forehead and his lips turned into a slight frown. I smiled a bit when I listened to his soothing heartbeat, that was the only thing that gave me a calming feeling. Even when he was lost, he looked so genuinely gorgeous.