Until Them...

Chapter Two

GABRIEL

"Norah, please don't go" I beg her hard, slamming my bust up fists against the door. But she turns away from me, and drives off. To where I don't know. So I reach into my pocket and grab my phone, and I try ringing her over and over again hoping she'll answer. But it goes straight to voicemail every time.
"Where did she go?" I yell at Elijah, grabbing his t-shirt forcefully, "Tell me where she went now"
"I don't know and if I did I wouldn't tell you" he glares at me and I let go of him, collapsing on the street, "How could you do that to her? You've done some fucked up shit before, but I never thought you'd could do something like this to her" Eli judges me.
"I fucked up I know. I never meant for any of this to happen. I never wanted to hurt her"
"Hurt her? Did you see her? You've done more than that" Yes I saw her face, and it killed me a little inside. To know that I'm the one who hurt her. That I've cause this pain.
"Fuck" I scream into the street, bringing my head into my knees. Tears are still pouring as the pain of her leaving me grows more prominent. I try calling her again, but she still wont answer.
"She's never going to forgive you for this. Never" he tells me what I already know.
"She has too. We belong together"
"She deserved better than you. All you've done is tear her apart and bring her down. You've done it since the first moment you met her, and you continue to do it. If you love her or even care for her at all, then you'll leave her alone"
"I can't do that, because I love her"
"I was starting to think that you might actually be a decent person. That you did a few fucked up things because Norah can be challenging at times. But she's that way because of you"
"Eli please. I love her and she loves me. She'll forgive me for this, if I can just talk to her —"
"You're not going anywhere near her. If you do you'll have more than busted knocked and a cut lip. Stay the fuck away from her"
"I can't and I won't. I don't care what you think of me, I only care what she thinks. And she will forgive me. I will make her forgive me" I tell him and storm back up to the apartment to find Avery, whose sat crying on the sofa being consoled by James and Tom.
"Avery where did she go?" I ask her frantically.
"What?" She says through thick breaths.
"Norah... where would she go that I don't already know about?" I ask her. If I know Norah, which I do better than anyone, she'll go somewhere I can't find her. Somewhere that I don't know about
"I don't know...umm..."
"Avery tell me now" I snap, my patience thin.
"Try Generation records, I know she likes to go there sometimes"
I snatch my phone and keys from the table and run out to the car, ignoring my friends please to stay and give her space. I can't give her space, cause if I do she'll continue to hate me. And I can't have that, I need her. I drive for hours looking for her. Going to any place I think she might go too. I start with the coffee shop, the studio, that music bar she likes. I even tried a restaurant we went to once, but she's nowhere to be found. Why does this city have to be so large? I'll never find her at this rate.
I ring her again but it goes to the familiar sound of an automated voicemail. I say, "Norah, baby. Please come home. Please talk to me. I get that you're angry and I betrayed you. But I also love you more than anyone in this world. I can't begin to tell you how sorry I am. But I am, I'm more sorry than you can even imagine. Call me, back or come see me. But please, just talk to me" I hang up and realise I've been crying this whole time. I figure that Norah has to come home eventually, so I'll wait for her there, wait for her and pray she'll come back to me.