Remember Me

Chapter 7

Lily's POV:

I drove her to her neighbourhood and she was wide awake ever since. The neighbourhood was on the east side of Chicago. It had men roaming around with alcohol in their hands drunk enough for you to hold on to a taser while walking the sidewalk.

There were rough houses, and it got worse as we drove. She deserves to live better than this. Anyone there to live better than this. She didn't look at me at all until she said ''You can stop here'' I do as she said and parked near the sidewalk.

I see a small house beside me. It has a fence surrounding the house. It was white and looked like it used to be a nice house until now. It had cracks and strains and a rough door that looked like it had been smashed many times. The broken window shows that a rock had been smashed through it.

I wanted to hug her not knowing what she had to go through. She doesn't look at me and opens the door. I grab her arm gently, and she hesitates before looking back at me. Her brown eyes stare at me waiting for a response. ''Goodnight'' is all I said, and she seems fazed by my normality as I let go.

She does a soft smile and heads out. She closes the door and walks down the path to the door as she suddenly stops. I get out of the car and walk over around to see why she stopped. She turns to me and runs to me and presses her lips onto mine. Her lips were the softest lips I have ever touched, i couldn't control myself. Not with her. I press my arm around her as i bind her closer to me.

She opens her mouth and so do I as our tongues attach ourselves like magnets. She tasted good but intoxicating. tasted like alcohol, it tasted like my addiction. I wanted more, I kiss her more passionately as my hands runs down her back to her waistline. She presses her arms around my neck as we stumble back to the car front.

She feels up my hair as i felt a grip come from her hands.

I left out a gasp and felt a smile from her lips. Every day this girl surprises me.  Our hearts beat as one as our breath became shared. She lets my lips go to breathe, and our foreheads remained touched for balance. ''You okay?'' I move a string of her hair behind her ear. She opens her eyes to me confused to my question. I look at them to see that if this is what she wants not the alcohol trying to control her.

Her eyes gave me no answer.

I hear a door bang and I look to see a man with a white shirt filled with stains. She quickly lets go of me and whispers ''Leave'' and at first I was going to, but I wanted to know if she was safe. I watched as she slowly walked toward him and I recognized him from the picture in her mom's Facebook.

He looked at her in disgust as she didn't give him a second glance. She made her way inside the broken house as he made eye contact with me. He walked to me and made hands formed to fists as I balanced myself up. He had a baseball hat and a full beard on his face.

He walked up to me as we made eye contact. He looks at my car and scoffs. ''What? You think you can just drop my daughter here like she's yours?'' He asked, and I do a kind smile towards him. ''Just being kind''

Anger filled his eyes as he walks closer to me and makes me stumble onto my car again. ''Look here kid. I'm just going to keep this plain and simple for you to understand'' His breath smelt like beer. ''I don't want to see you here again especially with my daughter'' He thinks he intimidates me, I've seen worse.

I smile again and walk over to my car door. ''I'm talking to you'' He spoke from behind as I open my door. He slams it in as I finally stand up to him. We were the same height, and he chinned up to me. ''Never do that again''

He laughs as his brown teeth smeared to me. ''You think you're tough huh you are nothing. You think my Ashley likes you? kinds like us never like kinds like you'' I wanted to punch him right at his face but i calmed down because it was Ashley's dad.

''The only one that's nothing is you'' I spit back at him, and he pushes me as i slam back to my door. ''Come back, and you're dead'' He points at his gun in his front pant at me as i felt panic feel my skin. ''Are you threatening me?'' He sees my fear and smiles gladly as he makes his way to his house.

I felt a pain on my back as i balanced myself back again. I look to see that the door was already closed. While looking i see Ashley peeking at me by the window. Our eyes meet, and her face was filled with guilt as she turned around, and the curtain covered her.

I opened the door and entered the door. I press my hands on the steering wheel as i still look at the window. I swear if he hurts her, he is the dead man. I save her GPS on my screen just in case, and i drive back home.

The sky got darker and i couldn't stop thinking about the kiss with Ashley. It was like i knew the touch of her lips before from an afterlife and i just needed a reminder. I know that getting attach might hurt me more again, i never had a healthy relationship before, but i feel like if i let myself love again, i wouldn't be able to heal again.

I drive by my neighbourhood and start to think on how different me and Ashley's lives are. She should be the one living in a place like this not me. I don't deserve life in a good community, and she doesn't.

I park in my parking spot and lock my car as i make my way to my house. I open the door and see that my dad is siting on the couch. Shit he is awake. ''where were you?'' he asked me as i closed the door and walked down the hall. ''Went out''

''I'm talking to you, don't walk away'' He demanded as i stop my trail in annoyance. ''Okay what?''

He walked up to me and smelt me. His nose wrinkled up, and he said ''You smell like booze'' I smelt myself, and he wasn't lying. His eyes cleared up, and he looked at me like i was fragile. ''You are drinking again?'' He whispered in disbelief and i shake my head instantly. ''No''

He makes his way to the washroom and i follow him not knowing what he is about to do. He takes out and bottle with a yellow cap. He really doesn't trust me. ''Okay if you are telling the truth, pee'' he gives me the cup and i take it embarrassed and ashamed even if i didn't drink. History is repeating itself again. I enter the washroom and already know the procedure as i leave the door open, and he turns around as ii take off my pants and pee inside the cup.

Once I finished, I take the close the cup and pull my pants back up as I give it to him. He takes the cup and examines it as I go watch my hands. I feel something in my pocket as I grab onto it and see Ashley's chip. I must have forgotten to give it to her.

I head out to the hall as he sees the stick he once placed inside. He looks at the result and sighs in relief as he looks back to me. He places it down and walks over to me and gives me a hug. I accept it as he hugs me like he thought I was gone.

''You scared me'' he whispered to me as i can't form the words to speak. He lets go and smiles at me. ''Gosh I probably smell like pee'' he said as he rushes to the washroom to wash his hands. I make my way upstairs and head to my room. I lay on my bed and kick off shoe and messed it around my room.

I look back at the chip and turn around it to see more and i see an ink marked this year.

2017

That was weird because it was like this coin knew it would be seen now.