Stay With Me

Chapter 12

12 Stay:

It had been 2 weeks since the Eleanor Incident. Our families were over, doing whatever. Louis sat down in the corner of the room in a chair, and looked out the window, saying nothing.

And in that moment, I knew I loved him. 

He got up. "Mom, I think I'm going to go home." 

She smiled. "Ok love, be careful!"

Oh no. I needed to tell him that I was in love with him. Everything would be better when I told him. So I ran after him.

"Louis." I called. He didn't hear me. "Louis!!" I yelled. He turned, saw me, and shuffled his pace. I ran towards him and stopped.

"Louis I need to say something." He stood silently. "What is it."

I took a deep breath. "Louis, I'm in love with you. I need you to love me." I looked up and smiled at him, waiting for him to say it back to me. I had imagined this moment for months, the sun shining down on us. But the sun wasn't shining, it clouded over. It started to rain. Big, heavy drops. But I wasn't going to let that get in the way. 

"Louis, I said I loved you." I said again. He breathed. I grinned. This was it.

"I don't."

My heart stopped. "Don't what?"

"Don't love you. Or like you." 

The world stopped. Time seemed to slow down.

"You... what?" I whispered. I had been so sure, so sure he would say he loved me back.

"You broke me and my girlfriend up. I could never love you. You think you're so positive, you're miserable Val."

Tears ran down my face. The Val at the end brought me back to life.

"You can't do this! You have to love me!" I screamed. The rain mixed with my tears.

"I'm sorry Valerie." He said, and jogged towards his house.

"NO!" I screamed again. I ran after him across the street.

I stood in the middle of the road and watched his back. 

I cried so hard. A light caught my eye and I turned. I saw Louis turn and scream. The truck slammed into me, and everything went black.