Cigarettes

Chapter 24

Okay so let's get some things straight first because no one seems to understand anything.

LUKE was walking on the beach and he heard HARRY's friend telling his OTHER friends about the girl he bullied and that girl was LAYLA. That's why she was crying when Luke was telling her the story. LUKE thought HARRY told his friend to do that so Luke made Harry break up with Layla because ever since that girl KELLY left LUKE (this was the first time her name was mentioned so maybe that confused you guys) because she used to be bullied as well, he promised himself that he would do anything to stop any other girl being bullied.

Harry didn't really have anything to do with his friend bullying Layla but he was a crappy boyfriend who didn't appreciate her needs or her so it doesn't matter, it's still good they've broken up.

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND MORE CLEARLY NOW.

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I woke up in the same clothes I was in when we came back from the club. The moonlight was shining through my bedroom window and I couldn't help but yawn.

Taking a look at the clock, I saw it was barely 4 in the morning.

I stretched my arms and legs and decided I need to clear my head. I was surprised that I wasn't sleepy but then again, there were so many thoughts in my mind that I couldn't fall back to sleep even if I wanted to.

I went through my hair with my fingers because I was too lazy to comb it and then I stripped out of the mini skirt and jumped into some cozy sweatpants. I put on my shoes that I had probably kicked off sometime in the sleep.

Walking out of my room I took a sticky note from the cupboard in the living room and wrote a note to Luke. I didn't want all the drama like the last time I didn't tell him where I was.

"Went out for a walk, don't get worried again. Layla"

I pasted it onto our entrance door. He should see it there, right?

Then I took my jacket and a beanie because I figured it's pretty cold outside at this hour.

I locked the door behind me and started walking. The city was pretty nice at 4 am. There were no cars and the distant sound of waves made me feel peaceful.

I wanted to walk to the beach but I figured it wasn't the best choice this early so I just stuck to the road.

It wasn't really Luke's fault for anything that's happened, right? I shouldn't be mad at him. I should be thanking him. He did the nicest thing everyone's ever done for me and he didn't even know me.

Despite the feeling of a knotted stomach, I smiled slightly.

And he even told me everything. He told me her name. Kelly.

It must've been really hard for him to share that. He looked like saying her name out loud physically and mentally hurt him. But he told me anyway just because I seemed upset.

He's even a better person than I am. I told him he has problems but in reality I have bigger problems than he does. I'm the one who still hasn't opened up to him completely. He's at least trying and I'm... I'm just keeping my distance and if I don't do something soon he might decide he's done with me. He might give up on me like most of the people have.

Deep in thought I didn't even notice someone walking straight towards me until I bumped into them. I grabbed my forehead with my palm and stumbled backwards, trying to regain my balance.

"Ouch!" the person moaned and grabbed their head as well. He then took off his snapback to rub the painful spot and I noticed the red hair.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't see you." The boy said and looked at me apologetically. The street lamp was right next to us and it was reflecting the shades on the boy's face making them look a bit scary.