Every Time It Rains // L.H.

Part 17

I have somehow yet again ended up in a situation where I am trapped in a dressing room. Steph wanted to go shopping for bridesmaid's dresses. Luke came along because he had nothing better to do. Me, being stubborn and ugly didn't want to come out in the red dress. It was beautiful, but I, am not.

"London come out or I will make you!" Steph yells from the other side of the door.

"No! I look stupid."

"You don't like the dress?" She asks.

"No, it's not that." 

"Then what is it. does it need something extra a sash, a bow?"

"No, it's just..." i drift off. I feel horrible for breaking down when this is meant for Steph but I feel so hideous. I feel tears roll down my cheeks. I quickly wipe them away and suck it up for Steph's sake.

"It looks good! I just don't feel that well, I'm going to take it off and go to the bathroom," Nice cover, London. I sarcastically think.

"Oh, okay."

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Walking past them trying to act like everything is fine was so hard. I knew Steph fell for it, but Luke didn't.

I hear a knock on the bathroom door. "London?" Luke's voice rings through the bathroom. Suddenly the door opens.

"This is a girl's bathroom, Luke. You can't be in here," I sass, avoiding the conversation that waits around the corner. 

"And you're my girlfriend, I'm not supposed to let you cry alone."

I feel a gut feeling the I'm going to cry again. "Why do you like me? I"m not pretty. Not smart. I have scars all over that make me look and feel like a freak. I can't walk into a store without feeling fat and useless. I can't keep a stable relationship with my parents, I'm constantly frowning down on myself. Why do you stay?"

"Because like the moon never leaves the earth, I will never leave you. You are beautiful to me. You are the smartest person I know. The scars on your body show that you have won the war. You have so many talents and you are so brave. Fuck your parents. They can't see how perfect and amazing you are. You don't see that you are the best. You are beautiful. You are loved," he says. With honesty and passion growing with every word in his eyes. "I love you. You are my everything." 

My eyes were filled with tears. I couldn't keep them back. "I love you too."

He leans forward and wraps his arms around me. When I thought it was all over he says, "Now why don't you let Steph see the brides maid dress she chose."

"Okay."