Laine Hardy imagines and preferences

Used to you.

//// your POV////

"That old phone of mine, 2:39
A.M. when I got the call
Half asleep
Thought it was a dream
But it wasn't after all"

My phone buzzed on the nightstand. I rolled over and looked At the clock
'2:39 am'

My phone kept buzzing until I finally picked it up half asleep. I was still so out of it I can barely make out who was on the other end.

"Hey baby.. I know it's late but um well your mom wanted me to get ahold of you.. y/n it's your uncle."

I just said "okay" and went back to sleep thinking it was all a dream. One giant horrible nightmare.

I wake up the next morning I checked my phone like I always do.

It wasn't a dream.

My heart started beating faster than it has ever before.

Quickly called my mom back.

" what happen" I asked almost at a whisper.
"He went into cardiac arrest. He stopped breathing for too long and there was nothing anyone could've done. The hospital did CPR for and hour and 25 minutes. There was no coming back" she stated almost as sad as I was.

"Okay" was all I could get out before I hung up the phone and stared at the wall wondering how I would get through this.

"That old rocking chair
Sitting over there
Well it don't rock no more
And that old six string
Ain't played a thing
Been awhile since it's hummed a chord
I just leave'em alone 'cause letting go
Don't come that easily
Most of the time
I can get by
It's just a little hard on me"

Laine came over to try to make me happy. I finally left my room. The whole family gathered in my uncles living room just grieving. Some was talking some was just quietly adjusting to the new life we all had to live with.

I just sat there. Staring at the old rocking chair with a six string he taught me and laine how to play when we was younger. I hasn't played a cord in a while. Everyone just got busy with their lives and eventually time was up.

I am the kind of person that adapts to whatever. I can usually turn off my feelings. For him it's harder to just turn off my emotions when the only think in my mind was "he's gone forever"

Laine knows how I am when I'm like this. He knows I just want to be left alone. He knows it's the fastest way for me to get through it. He just pulled me close into his side and let me be in my own head. This is really hard on me. I know this won't be easy to shake.

"But I'm getting used to that old truck of yours
Sitting out in the drive
I'm getting used to you not being there
At church on Sunday night
I'm getting used to the radio playing
Without you singing along
But I'll never get used to you being gone"

It's been a few months and saying I'm still grieving is an understatement. I have become more social as the months passed since my uncle had died. It's still hard to cope when I look outside and his truck is sitting in the driveway. Has been since he passed. Nobody has the nerve to drive it but yet nobody wants to get rid of it either. I'm being to get used to him not being here. I'm getting used to the fact that I can't see him whenever I want. I'm getting used to him not singing along to a queen song he heard in the radio. The one thing I can't get used to though is him being gone forever.

"Hey baby" laine said kissing my head. I smiled at him.
"You're thinking about him aren't you?" Laine asked engulfing me into his body already knowing the answer.

"Every day. I just miss him" I said looking at him giving him a kiss.
"Me too" he said nodding.
"Thank you laine for knowing how to handle me when I didn't even know how to handle myself" I said putting my face into his chest.

"That's what im here for my love"

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Okay so that didn't have as much laine in it as I had originally planned BUT it's kind of based in a true story so.... yeah lol also this is UNEDITED. So all the mistakes and misspellings are an accident lol I just wanted to hurry and post a little something for you guys. So if there are any mistakes just leave a comment and I'll fix it as we see them ❤️❤️❤️
Word count: 791
-Shy