Love Bites - Louis Tomlinson

Chapter 20 - Alissa's POV

6 Months later..

Life was beginning to return to normal. I was back in my same old room, in the same old house. Nothing had changed physically, it was almost identical. My mind however always wondered to the boy who had dangered me, damaged me, changed me. Loved me. They say distance makes the heart grow stronger and I second that saying. My feelings for the brown haired boy had grown, and my need to see him grew every second, every minute, every hour. The sad reality of my life was that that possibility was so far in the distance that I doubted whether it would ever happen. As time passed my mind lost hope yet my heart longed for his presence.

The day I came home, I remember the shriek of relief that left my mothers mouth once she saw me walk through the doors of the police station. We lunged for each other. I longed for her touch. Her arms had wrapped around my shoulders and my head was gently pulled into her neck. Her familiar scent of Covet by Sarah Jesscia Parker flood my scenses and I could feel my tears drenching her hair. We hugged and we cried and I was so thankful to be in her arms. Her familiar scent sent me home, her tight grip on me continued the flow of tears that had been leaving my eyes. My dad stood behind us, holding back his tears,  he watched my mother and I cradled in each others arms on the dirty floor of the police station offices.

I had missed them, more than I could humanly express. Although slightly bittersweet I was glad to be with them.

Although I expected it, I wasn't prepared for the abundance of questions that soon came my way. I couldn't count the tiresome amount of times they begged me to tell the events of my kidnapping, on my fingers. I think they finally decided that the story of my unidentifiable kidnappers was what they were getting and eventually they had to settle with that and that only. I couldn't tell them the truth, I had made a promise.

I hadn't returned to school yet. My mum made sure that I was ready and that meant that any sign of anticipation I expressed was a no no to the idea of returning to the scene of my kidnapping. I wanted to go back, I wanted to feel normal again, I wanted to forget. It hurt. A lot. Sleeping was difficult. I missed his tight grasp around my body as we lay in the abundance of sheets in the cabin, lying tucked up in our bed, his soft breath tickling my neck. I couldn't tell anyone about our spontaneous love, who would believe me? I would be labelled as insane, idiotic, naive. Never mind the fact that my current love interest was a mythical creature that nobody believes exists. What could I do other than get on with my daily life as it was before. The hope of him miraculously jumping through my window and kissing me was slowly dissipating.

It was now a Monday morning and I was laying on my bed having woken at 6am. My phone was currently blinding me despite being at its lowest brightness as I texted Leah, who was currently trying to unstick herself from her warm mattress to get ready for a day of school.
We had met up numerous times since my return to the real world, if you could call it that. I ached to tell her everything but I knew what was at stake.

*Beep*
"Are you thinking about coming in today? I know the twins miss you. X"

I sighed. I wanted to, I missed the idea of walking through the halls with leah, finn and jack. We were inseparable, it saddens me at how much time ive lost with them.

To lee,
"I'll mention it to mum, I'll text what happens!"

I clicked send and quickly left my bed. Cutlery and plates were banging together creating an irritating noise that radiated from the kitchen. The family were up and going about their daily routine without me, something that became the usual these past few months. I reached the kitchen, poking my head through the door to see my sister Bri, short for Brianna, munching away on cereal as she mindlessly scrolled through some app on her phone.

"Morning everyone." I exclaimed as I entered the busy room.

"Al! Honey, what are you doing awake at this hour?" My mum greeted me with as I took as seat on the bars stools.

"I was thinking, mum, of possibly going back to school today?" I hesitantly threw the idea into the open air, nervously awaiting the reply.

"Al.." She paused, sympathy lacing her voice. I sighed, "I'm ready mum, I promise, I'll have jack and leah and finn, they will be there watching me if thats what you are worried about!"

"It's not just about that Al.." She argued, putting down her toast and turning to me.

I opened my mouth to debate with her but my dad beat me to it.

"Maybe she is right Annie."

I turned my head in his direction, smiling brightly as he declared his agreement with me. Mum looked at him in shock, confirming the fact that this was a touchy subject and one that held undiscussed conclusion.

" I promise I will text every hour on the hour." I stated as my mum was still figuring out her words.

"I think Al needs this mum, its a step back to normality." Bri said, smiling at me. I nodded in agreement.

A moment of silence passed through the kitchen until finally mum sighed, before raising her hands, "Fine, but i will be calling the school every hour to make sure you are okay, if you feel the need to come home do not hesitate to call me, clear?"

I jumped of the stool, running over and hugging her.

"Thank you, thank you, and I promise, i never break my promises!" I cried, smiling as I swiftly hugged my Dad before leaving to get changed into appropriate clothing.

To Lee,

"See you at 8:45!!"

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Well, hi (slowly shrinks into a black hole)

Im not sure how many of you care but I'm back. A year later! Exactly actually, i began writing this chapter on the 28th of December 2014.

Firstly, i hope you all had a merry christmas if you celebrate it, if not i hope you had a nice weekend.😊.

Secondly, for those who care, I want to apologise for the unofficial hiatus that i went on this past year, a lot has happened in my life personally over the last 12 months and i just had to fully focus on what was going on. I dont know if ill ever go into detail about it, but know that despite my absence on my stories, know that I appreciate all of you and the dedication to Love Bites over this past year, thank you to everyone who has voted and read and commented it truly means a lot to me.

My life is still quite hectic, it seems to be one thing after the other and the next big hurdle are my GCSE exams, google it if you live somewhere that doesnt do these, they are very very important and to ensure i get good grades i must focus a lot of my time on studying. BUT dont worry too much, i will try to update as much as possible this year as i really really enjoy writing. Hopefully you all will be there with me😄 if you have forgotten the story which is quite reasonable, be sure to go back and refresh your memory, (im afraid to admit that i had to do the same😖) just so you know the context and i think i remember changing a few things, i believe i labelled the chapter i did that on!

Anyway, hopefully you have enjoyed this chapter, and are excited for the new adventures that face Alissa. Will they include Louis?! Who knows😏

Thank you for reading and if you took the time to read to this point type "chicken nugget" in the comments😂 Adios!!

(By the way sorry for any typos, its 5:18 am were i live soo im over tired! Ahahaha)