In Another Life

Epilogue

Warning self harm!!

Valentina P.O.V

I take off my black sweatshirt and unzip my jeans. I lean all my weight on the edge of the sink and looked at my dark circles. It's been a week since he was gone and a week I felt I couldn't survive.

I grabbed my razor and cut myself making me bleed on my wrist. I took a deep breath and tried not to scream out in pain. My hands started shaking and my legs.

I took out a waterproof bandage and put it on the cut. I then wash the blood off my hands and arm. I sigh and walk into the warm steaming shower.

The water drips down my back. It made my bones felt like they could be okay again, but then I hit the cold air and I'm miserable.

I put on my heavy black sweatshirt and black sweatpants and put my hoodie up. I decided to go downstairs and put my head down. My parents were absolutely worried about me, but I couldn't care less right now. It was worse that I lived with Luca.

"Good morning Val." My mom cheerfully announces handing me my plate with pancakes and eggs.

I took my fork and picked through my food and leaned on my hand. 

"Val me and your father are very worried about you and we have decided-." I cut them off, by shaking my head and yelling at them.

"You have no fucking idea the back story okay?! So stop acting like everything will be okay!" I yell and storm up stairs. I turned the corner and slide down the wall putting my knees up to my stomach.

They could probably hear my cries from downstairs and I didn't care. I wanted to tell them I didn't even want to be alive right now. I didn't want to exist and I most certainly wanted to get out of this town.

"Hey can we talk?" I hear Luca ask sliding down the wall next to me.

"Why? So you can laugh again?" I scoff and wipe away my tears.

"I'll admit it was a fucking dare to make that video okay, I'll be honest with you, but I meant what I said." He says taking my hood off my head.

I turn my head towards him as he takes it off. Now my red eyes and dark bags are on full display on him.

"I love you." He nods his head and holds onto my cheek.

I lean in closer to him as he leans in too.

"Fuck you Luca." I whisper and stand up putting my hood over my head.

I slam my door close and run flopping on my bed. I look at my grey ceiling and take a deep breath. I stood up and walked over to my closet and I dug deep behind my cloths to get a picture of me and Dylan.

I was smiling with my hands in the air and him kissing my cheek laughing.

I smile down at the picture and hold it to my chest. I took half of my cloths in the same brown moving box. I made sure to be quiet so I didn't have anyone stumbling in my room.

"You only have to last one more day here Val."

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I packed the last box in the trunk and looked up to my parents room that had a light on. I grabbed my phone and took a picture of my house for memories.

"Happy birthday to me." I sigh and sit in the drivers seat.

I back up and drive down the dark neighborhood. I decided since I was eighteen as of today I needed to move to Washington. I needed to go where Dylan would have. I needed to live his dream even if that meant leaving the people I loved behind.

I left a note telling them I would be moving with Callie. She was super excited for us to move on as best friends and get rid of my past.

This was my story. It might not have had a perfect ending or a happy one, but it's good for now. Maybe in a another life it would have been perfect, maybe we wouldn't have gone through all of this, but right now in the moment was good enough for me.

I watch as the rain falls down on the windows and I hit the gas zooming. The sky fell dark and me along with it disappeared into a new world where I could find love.
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And that's the end :)
I'm so grateful for everyone reading this book and continuing to support me.