Lucy's POV
"Shhh. Liam I can't do this here." A muffled voice hushed, interrupting my slumber. I shifted and moaned a little whimper. Silence fell as I kept my eyes shut, wanting the voices to continue their conversation. "Lucy?" Harry questioned from where the voices had been heard. I didn't answer, just kept my head buried into the pillow, breathing in its fibers.
"I'm just thinking they should get to know each other." Liam stated, trying to convince Harry to do something. My brother was pretty stubborn when it came to things he didn't want to do. I had learned that the hard way.
"Ok. Ok. Fine. I just don't want Emily to feel like she has to be best friends with her." Harry admitted. Oh no, they weren't discussing what I think they were, were they? Was I going to have to 'get to know Emily?' hopefully they could also be talking about Lottie too. But then Liam wouldn't have come to Harry. Shit. "I'll talk to her about it today." Harry whispered. I heard the door shut after their conversation and footsteps came to my side. "Lucy?" Harry shook me awake as I fluttered my eyes open. I mumbled something I didn't remember. "Hey babygirl how was your sleep?" he smiled, acting like he didn't just have a serious conversation about me.
"It was fine." I whispered. "I'm going to take a shower and go for a walk." I wiggled out of his arms, leaving him with a flash of pain, not what I intended.
"Ok, but don't go far and make sure to dress warm and dry your hair." He bossed. I scoffed and rolled my eyes.
"Yeah whatever mom." I chuckled and made my way to the bathroom before I was stopped at the doorway.
"Hey, when you get back I need to talk to you about something. So don't pull anything today, please." Harry spoke firmly and I nodded intently to say that I was listening and going to obey him. A shower is really what I need. That is always what I need, time to think and organize my aberrant thoughts, even though I never really got anything figured out. I waited for the mirror to fog consistently just so I could write my list. Whenever the mirror would fog, I would make a list of things that I wanted for myself. Just so I could keep my hopes close. I swept my finger across the chilling glass-like surface, ignoring the marks and half letters from the unfulfilled wishes of past days. I let the hot water prance upon my back as I let out a sigh of relief. Soon, after 45 minutes, I wallowed out of the shower, hoping to leave my worries behind. But not even God could do that. I entered my shivering bedroom, pleasantly surprised to hear nothing but silence. After I was dressed in jeans and a sweatshirt, I scampered over to the front door. Before anyone could notice, I darted outside, letting the freezing weather hit me like a stack of bricks. Cold, calming, bricks. I left my hair wet, who cares about wet hair? It's not like I've ever gotten sick from it. I made my way through the upcoming forest, stepping and cracking a few branches left on the ground until I stumbled upon my tree.
This is tree was no ordinary tree, it was special. In the middle of the forest it sat, grazing in glory. It had the perfect branch a few feet above my height and it wasn't near anything else. The other trees had carved a perfect circle around it, making it at least 15 feet before you could touch the tree if you were in the forest. I sighed, running to it and climbing limb by limb to meet my soon-to-be friend. Laying my head down to gaze up at the clouded sky, I began to think. That's all I ever did really, think.
Several minutes went by before I closed my eyes, breathing the frigid air into my lungs, escaping out my mouth. I opened my eyes to examine the fogged puff of air when I felt something wet and cold drop on my unprotected hand. I snapped my head up to find small white ringlets descending from the sky. It had started to snow. I smiled to myself about moments like these. I wish I could stay here forever. Here, there was nothing to worry about, nothing to disturb me, nothing to stress the hell out of me. The snow started gathering up, sticking to every surface it landed on and all I could think about was how beautiful it was. I was freezing but I didn't care. It was worth seeing this. Trees started to become infested with a white glimmer, leaving a falling silence for you to dream about. I closed my eyes again for a while, making sure not to drift off, knowing if I did, it would be dark when I awoke. When I opened them minutes later, everything was white. Snow was covering everything. What was once a peaceful drift of snow, had become a downpour of large cotton balls. Still, the silence remained. Snow harder I thought to myself It was as if someone heard me and my wishes were granted. The beautiful scenery had become fogged with an immense white sheet. The snow was coming down more and more, it was becoming frightening almost. The intensity of my situation raised as my heart started to pound out of my chest. The once beautiful silence had become an eerie cry for noise. I lifted myself off the branch, thinking to head home but too caught up in my emotions. It was all too terrifying, too intense, too lonely.
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I could no longer see farther than 10 feet in front of me. I still sit on the branch of savior and shivered as I was coming across a burning sensation all over my body. I was deathly cold. The only things covering my body were black skinny jeans, underwear, a bra, a sweatshirt, and converse. My wet hair cascaded down my back from my shower as I began to breathe heavily. Everything was happening so fast. The snow was not letting up and I was stranded out in the forest where anything could happen.
I began to cry.
I shivered from the frost bite and suddenly my fears became much more than getting down from the tree. I heard the snap of a branch nearby, contrasting the agonizing silence. Another branch cracked, getting closer to me foot by foot. I started to hug the branch and whimper for help. I couldn't do this on my own. I needed help. I needed someone. Numerous clicks and snaps could be heard as my heart pounded out of my chest, unsure if I was hearing my heart or the footsteps of my death. My small whimpers intensified to silent, inconsistent breaths. I couldn't breathe. CRACK! A large branch snapped a few feet it front of me as I let out an ear piercing scream. "NO! stop!" I shrieked, clawing higher in the tree to escape the horrifying sounds. I screamed bloody murder just for someone to hear me. Suddenly a hand grasped my ankle, violently yanking from my branch. "NO! STOP!" I screeched. I clung to the branch, flailing my legs to whip the hand off of me. The light snow fall had turned into a blizzard and I couldn't see anything. One final pull from the branch sent my falling to the ground, screaming and crying for someone to help me. Two arms picked me up, trying to overcome my shrieks with their voice that I didn't want to hear.
"Shhhh! It's ok, I'm here." It announced, letting his voice soothe me.
"Niall?" I opened my eyes to see him holding me. He was the one who had pulled me from the branch, who had made the cracks in the fallen branches, who had terrified me.
"Shhh, it's ok baby. Shhhh. I had gone out looking for you when it started to snow." He held me tight in his arms and started trudging back home. I wailed into his jacket and cried over everything.
"I-I thought you were g-going to k-kill me! I didn't know w-who you w-were!" I cried. I swear I heard a chuckle out of him before I looked up.
"No Lucy. It's just me. I promise." He smiled warmly at me, the way he use to when we were younger and things were simpler. "Why did you even come out here? It was below 20 degrees and you had wet hair." He asked, bringing my attention to the question. I didn't answer. Instead, I clung to his neck, balling up at his chest. "It's ok, Lucy. I will always love you. Just don't let Harry find out about this." He cooed into my ear.
We trudged through the raging blizzard all the way home where he opened the door to the burning bus. I was instantly confronted by the warmth. Niall set me down on the couch while he went to make some tea for me. He had mummified me in blanket upon blankets, pressing play on a scary movie that I had liked: "The Shining" I layed on the couch in suspense as Niall brought the tea in shortly after. He sat down next to me, grabbing my shoulder and bringing it into his side as I pulled the steaming tea up to my lips. This is what I missed. Why couldn't it be like this forever? I desperately wanted to pull away and argue about how I don't need to be coddled anymore. But what I realized was I just terribly missed moments like this. We stayed there watching the movie and all I could think about was when this happy moment would end. What would screw it up this time?
"Lucy? Why are you blue and why is your hair soaking wet?!" Harry shouted from the hallway. And this ladies and gentlemen is what screwed it up this time! We hope you join in next time on......
My Fucking Life.
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HEY! i updated! yay I guess........
Anyways, so I really want to talk about somethings that are really serious to me.
1) So as some of you may know, my brother will soon be deployed because he is in the military. I just wanted to give thanks to everyone who serves or had served. They are so brave. I really won't be able to tell when I will be updating. Plus I have HUGE tests coming up that will count for A LOT of my final grade so i will be studying instead of working on an update. So, yeah, Thank you military members and I hope you understand my situation.
2) Ok, so I'm really debating to continue this story. I just don't know if it's that intersting anymore. I just feel like it doesnt have a specific point to it. I just really don't know. Obviously I will write the cliffhanger to this but maybe after that I should make it end? IDK. It's not that I don't like writing it, but I just feel that it doesn't have any substance.
Dedicated to @Brenda_97 because she is beyond amazing! This girl is so nice and perfect!
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