Nightmares and Fantasies | L.H | supernatural au

Ch. 24

|Noreen's pov |

The ride home back from the hospital is silent. Luke and I don't say as a word to his parents and once we arrive home I go straight up to my room. I sit on my bed reading Dear John to take my mind off of everything that's going on. I feel a tear slide down my face and I close the book. It's getting too difficult. Seeing Ashton in the hospital was terrible, and knowing Luke is only getting worse frightens me. What will he do? What will he do to me? I've been told I'm his nightmare, but I'm also his fantasy. What does he mean by that? I'm done with the secrets; I'm ready to know why Luke is this way. Why did I come into his life when this started? What's the purpose of me and Luke being together?

Oh God, I need you to help me, give me strength because I'm feeling weak and discourage about everything. Give me wisdom on what I should do about him, I love him, but I don't want to tell him that with him being that way. So please help me.

I walk out my room and go into Luke's. I see him sleeping and I sit on the edge of his bed.

"Get up," I say softly and I nudge him gently.

He groans and I nudge him again.

"What?" He says.

"We're going for a drive," I say.

Luke sits up and turns on his lamp.

"What?" He asks confused.

"Get up, put on your shoes,"

I walk out the room and put on my shoes then wait for him at the bottom of the stairs. He comes down and I take his dad's key from the coffee table in the living room.

"Baby, what are we doing? It's three in the morning," Luke complains.

"We're going for a drive, some fresh air," I say as we walk out the house and get into his dad's car.

I start up the engine slowly and soon start driving. I roll down the windows, letting the crisp air of the early morning in.

"Are you even licensed?" Luke asks.

"I will be in October," I say.

He laughs softly and rests his head back. We get on the highway and I love the empty road. It makes me feel free. The lights gleam pass the car and in those few seconds I can see Luke with eyes closed as the wind softly blows in his face. He takes in deeps breaths of the air and I turn to focus on the road again before we crash. I thought I would never want to drive because of what happened to my mother, but when I do I feel like my problems just slip away.

I pull over on the side of the road and smile to myself. Only if I could stay right here forever. Out in the open, away from everything. Luke looks at me and smiles. He takes my hand and laughs softly.

"I needed this. Just to get away...with you," he says.

"Don't we all just need to get away," I say.

He nods.

"I'm sorry for everything," he apologises.

"Luke, it's fine, but let's make right now about you and me and nothing else,"

I climb into the backseat and Luke does the same. He lies down and I lay on top of him with my head resting on my chest. He puts a blanket over us then strokes my hair softly.

"I want to take you out on a date, a real one," he says.

"You can, just say when and we can make it happen," I reply.

Luke starts to hum and I close my eyes.

"Days like these lead to...

Nights like this lead to