seasons ; l.h

Chapter 3 // sunsets & comforting

double update, hehe! love you and hope you like it! :) xx

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Luke's P.O.V

Lily and I ended up eating at "Grill'd" which is a new restaurant that has recently opened, not far from my apartment. During lunch we got to know each other more and I learned that she lives 2 blocks away from me which makes me wonder why I've never seen her.

We head back to the direction of our apartments and notice that the sun is setting so we sit on one of the benches and look out onto the ocean which contrasts the sunset so beautifully. She leans her head on my shoulder and I do the same, enjoying this moment watching the sunset.

I wish I could capture this moment and just stay frozen like this forever because I'm scared. Scared that I will get too attached and Lily will eventually leave me; well who doesn't. Scared that she doesn't feel the same way as much as I do. I'm just fucking terrified.

"Do you wanna chill at mine for a bit or do you wanna go home and rest?" She asks, snapping me out of my thoughts. Its only about 8pm but I'm worried she might want to rest.

"Uh, I don't know. I don't mind but are you tired? You can just rest if you want." But I really wanna be with you.

"Nah I'm not tired." She yawns right after that and I'm not convinced that she isn't tired.

I chuckle. "Yeah, you're definitely not tired. Come on, I'll walk you to your apartment." With that, we get up and she leads the way to her apartment. Our hands slightly touching as were walking and I feel my heart flutter at the friction.

"Goodnight Hemmings." Lily says as we get to the door of her apartment, smiling cheekily. I have no idea why, who knows what goes on in that beautiful mind of hers.

"Goodnight Campbell." I wink at her before running back downstairs and to my apartment.

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As I walk back to my apartment I see a small figure sitting on the steps. From where I am I cant see exactly who it is but I don't think I know who it is. As I get closer the body and face becomes more familiar and I see Ashton with his knees held tight to his chest and head down. I'm curious as to why Ashton is at my apartment at this time.

"Ashton mate, what's up?" he doesn't respond or look up and just his head down, sobbing and a few sniffles here and there. I go sit next to him and wait for him to respond.

He doesn't respond so I decide to let him come inside. "Come inside mate."

We go into my apartment and Ash sits on the couch while I get him a glass of water to help settle him down a bit. I come back into the living room and his head is in his hands, still crying.

We just sit in silence, me comforting him while he's still cyring. It hurts to see one of my best mates like this. Even though he hasn't told me what happened yet it's obvious it's pretty bad.

"Sh-She broke up with me and I s-still don't understand-why." Ashton says, between sobs.

"What happened? Maybe, I can help." I tell him, hoping that I can.

Ashton takes a deep breath before explaining to me what happened with him and Valerie.

"Okay, so Valerie and I was suppose to go out to dinner tonight but she called last minute that she wanted me to come over because she wanted to talk to me about something important. I had a feeling she was going to break up with me and I saw it coming even though I really didn't want it to happen. I love her Luke, so much. I don't know what I'm going to do anymore, she was my whole world and still is even though we're not together anymore. We've been together for so long but now I feel like 28 months was just nothing to her. I-I can't do this man." Ashton breaks down again and I try my hardest to comfort my best friend.

"Did she say why?" I ask, knowing the answer but I'm not sure what Valerie told Ashton.

"Sh-she just.. said she couldn't take it anymore. She said things will change very soon and she didn't want me around to see 'it' happen because she's afraid it will hurt me. I don't know if she was just saying that to make things less complicated but I feel like something wasn't right." Ashton is becoming more comfortable and he's controlling his emotions better than he was before.

"What do you mean?" I question.

"The tone of her voice was.. weird. She seemed so nervous, she was shaking and it's like she wasn't sure what to say most of the time. Sort of like she was making it up. Does she not want me anymore? Was I not good to her? I was a good boyfriend to her, and she was a good girlfriend to me. I don't know what to do anymore." He explains and I need to tell him what Valerie told me never to tell him but it's for the best. Ashton is crushed and I think he deserves to know.

I take a deep breath.

"Ashton, there's something you should know."

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i cried writing this omg k bye