Summer Sky | L.T.

I put her to bed, I even changed her into her sleeping clothes. I know she will probably be mad when she finds out that I had done that but then again someone had to do it and her Aunt was way to angry at her right now for helping her.

I shimmied out of my skinny jeans and my shirt because it was still really hot and for me to not die I couldn't keep my clothes on. I crawled next to her and pulled her head against my chest and hold her. I played gently with her hair and it made me realize that at a certain point my feelings had changed for her, as I watched her sleeping I realized that I loved her and the thought of her getting hurt by herself or others made me feel sad and protective.

I actually wanted to protect her from everything, which was odd as I never really cared about anything. This also made me think back, to what I had done to all those girls. I was a asshole not much better then Mike, although I never raped anyone or watched others do it, that was even too much for me. I did however picked out girls who were wasted just because they were easy.

I shook my head when I thought about the things I let those girls do and the way I treated them afterwards. No wonder I made someone try to kill herself, to say I was ashamed of myself was an understatement. Also the drugs, why did I do that, why did I get so addicted that I wanted to kill myself and if Sky wasn't there to restart my heart, my mom and dad would be burying me instead of yelling at me and making me see some sense. I know my dad had asked Sky to hang out with me and I also know she refused at first but for some reason she decided to give me a chance, which I wasn't happy about at first because at first I only wanted to know, what she was hiding but somewhere along the way my feelings changed and now I only wanted to spend time with her, which I almost ruined by having dinner with that Lindsey girl.

How stupid was that and to take drugs after my encounter with her, just plain stupid. I almost ruined everything between us but again for some unknown reason she decided to forgive me. She was way too good for someone like me.

Now the roles had turned though and it was time I took care of her and getting her through all of this mess, she was in. She was going to protest but I was not giving up on her and if she wanted me too I would even go with her to America to bury her father. I felt really bad for her because this would make her an orphan, although I'm sure her aunt will never make her feel that way. In time she will be okay, I'm sure of it, I was going to try my hardest to make her happy or at least better then she was now because she was a down right mess right now.

I looked at her small frame, the way she inhaled and hold me tight as if she was afraid that I would leave her. She didn't know this but she often cried in her sleep and that broke my heart but maybe it was a good thing. She was dealing with it in her sleep and in the meantime I was holding her. Most of the time she didn't even know I was here but after that first night I always stayed the night but most of the time I came when she was already asleep and I crawled out of the window before she woke up. She needed someone to hold her and the only two nights I didn't stayed with her was when I was getting drunk and the night I met Lindsey.

I must have fallen asleep at some point because I jumped a bit when someone touched my arm, which made me open my eyes immediately. I stared right into the green eyes of Sky who looked really sick, which made me smirk a bit, as it was her own fault. "Good morning Love." I whispered because her head must hurt a lot and I didn't want to add anything to it. "What the hell happened?" she asked slightly worried. "You got high and drunk love." Her eyes almost bulged out of her lovely head. "High? But I can't even remember taking drugs." She mumbled into my chest. She felt embarrassed but to be honest I didn't think she had to be embarrassed.

"Don't worry about it, you didn't do anything that wasn't appropriate." I smiled but she didn't look up. I sat up a bit, making her groan a bit. "Are you alright Sky?" she didn't answer but jumped out of the bed and ran to the bathroom. I followed her to keep her hair out of her face. She was puking her guts out, which wasn't surprising at all. I just held her hair and rubbed her back soothingly. "Let it all out." I said not really sure what else to say. I heard a soft knock on the door but Sky was in no way able to tell them to come in. "Yes?" The door cracked open and Marie appeared on the doorstep of the bathroom. "How is she?" she sounded really concerned, she didn't look angry anymore. "I think she feels really bad right now and before you lecture her, I really need to talk to you." Sky had stopped vomiting but was slumped over the toilet. I flushed the toilet while lifting Sky in my arms. I washed her face with a towel and made her brush her teeth before putting her back to bed.

She didn't complain once and went along with it. I kissed her forehead and walked out with Marie. "It wasn't her fault." I ambushed Marie before she could say anything. "She was forced to take the drugs by some guy, so please don't be to hard on her, she just snapped I guess." Marie nodded and I was happy she understands. "Louis you know she has to come with us to America right?" I nodded, this was only normal.

"Do you want to come with us?" I didn't expected that question but I wasn't going to turn it down because this made everything a bit easier. "Yes I wouldn't want to be anywhere else." I told her and she gave me a sad smile. "I really want her to get a break from all this mess you know."

And I did know what she was talking about. She excused herself to make arrangements. I had to go back to my house, to inform my dad, hopefully he didn't mind me going with Sky to America. "Dad?' I yelled through the house and I collided with a woman, a half naked woman to be exact. "God I'm sorry Louis!" Did I know her and why was she half naked? 'Uhm.. it's fine, do we know each other?" I quickly pulled my shirt over my head to give it to her. She put it over her head with a blush on her face. It was actually really funny.

"No we haven't met yet but I." She got interrupted by my dad. "Rose, where the hell are you love?" My dad yelled, he stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me standing there with his Rose. "Ah Louis, son... Well isn't this a surprise. I thought you were with Sky?" He sounded like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar and if I didn't have other things on my mind, I would actually find this really funny.

"Who is she dad?" I pointed at Rose who was looking at the wall, as if it was the most interesting thing on earth. "Yes, well she is my girlfriend?" He sounded a bit unsure. "Your girlfriend?" I asked a little bit amused. "Yes Rose is my girlfriend." He said a bit more sure of his answer. I glanced at them both and couldn't help but smile. "Okay then it's nice to meet you Rose." She looked up to meet my glance and she finally smiled and stuck out her hand, which I shook. "It's nice to meet you as well." She said, we all stood there awkwardly for a few seconds when Rose excused herself, leaving my dad an I alone.

"Dad I need to talk to you about something important." My dad walked into his office and motioned for me to follow him. "What do you want to talk about?" he asked. "I want to go to America with Sky. I don't know if Marie has told you this but her father passed away yesterday, so she has to go back to America for the funeral and Marie invited me to come with them." My dad kept his mouth for what felt like hours but eventually smiled. "Of course you can go son, I only want to know when you have landed and when you are coming back." He assured me and I immediately went up to my room and started to pack some stuff. I probably didn't need a lot, as we wouldn't stay really long.

I grabbed my passport and everything that I couldn't live without, like my phone, headphone and well that was about it. I was really low maintenance. I said goodbye to my dad and even to Rose who was dressed into her normal clothes and that was much better, not that she didn't look good but I really didn't want to see my dad's girlfriend half naked.

"Be careful and don't forget to give your mom a call, okay?" I promised them and waved goodbye as I walked to the house next to us. I hoped that Sky was still sleeping but when I walked into the living room, she was sitting on the couch looking really miserable. She looked up when I scraped my throat and her eyes lighted up slightly but it wasn't like normally but could you really blame her. "You came back?" she asked a bit worried. "Of course I came back, why wouldn't I?" That's when I saw Lucian sitting in one of the chairs with a angry look on his face.

"Lucian told me what happened yesterday. I'm so sorry that I let that guy kiss me or about the fact that I yelled at you." She looked at her hands. I shrugged and threw an angry glance to Lucian who immediately bolted out of the room. "It's okay, I'm not angry. It was actually a bit of an eye-opener for me." I confessed, this made her look up in surprise. "What do you mean by that?" I just smiled and kissed her on her cheek. "I will tell you another time. Did you already pack your stuff." She shook her head sadly. "I haven't yet, I just can't do it." She sounded really sad. "Do you want me to help you?" I asked, knowing that she wouldn't turn it down.

She nodded and got up from the couch, she started to walk towards the stairs when I grabbed her arm and pulled her into a hug. I just held her like that for a few minutes. She relaxed under my touch, which pleased me a lot.

When we finally packed her stuff it was already dark outside. We were flying at night, which meant we had to leave soon.

"Louis, Sky, could you come here for a second?" We walked downstairs, where Marie was already waiting for us. "I booked the flight and we are leaving in 20 minutes. I made sure you two are sitting next to each other. We will be staying 5 days in America and then we are going back but Sky, I want you to know that if you want to stay in America, then you can. Please don't feel pressured into coming back with us okay, Cheri " she asked me and I saw Sky nodding. "Thanks Marie." Was all she said.

"Okay, let's get moving. Louis, will you get Lucian please?" she asked me and I nodded and went to his room. I knocked this time, as I didn't want to walk in on him and some dude again. "Lucian we are leaving, please hurry." I yelled through the door. "I'm coming." He sounded a bit out of breath, which made me chuckle.


A few hours later..


We were at the check-in desk, everything had gone smoothly and to be honest I was a bit exited as I had never been to America before. I threw a glance into Sky's direction and she looked bored as she went through the procedures. She looked really tired as well.

We went through security and boarded the plane within an hour. I was way too excited to sleep so Sky and I traded places so I could look out of the window. Everything looked really quiet. You could see the stars and nothing else. I couldn't even see the ocean as it was to dark but it was still beautiful. Sky had her head against my shoulder and was softly snoring, which made her really cute. She didn't do that often, which meant she was really exhausted. I know she was worried about going home and the fact that she had to face Mike's friends. She hadn't said anything about it but she talks in her sleep, so it wasn't difficult to find out how she was feeling.

"Psst.. Louis, are you awake?" I heard Lucian whisper from behind. "What?" I whispered back and heard him chuckle. "I'm sorry for telling her about you know." He said softly. I quickly looked at Sky to make sure she was still asleep. "It's cool, she deserved to know what she did right? But next time wait until I'm there as well."

"Are you expecting a next time then?" He asked worried and I was really hoping there wouldn't be a next time. "I really don't hope so but you never know what happens next." I whispered and that shut him up because he knew I was right.

The remaining part of the flight I was in and out sleeping. I found sky reading a book when I woke up because the flight attended said we were going to land. Sky was about to wake me, I could tell because she had her hand near my shoulder to wake me up. I smiled at her and she smiled back, the smile didn't reach her eyes though, it brought the worrying back. The landing part went quickly and next thing I know we are driving through her town. It really looked like those towns you see in beach movies. It was also really hot and I was already sweating, thank god for packing light but if I hadn't it wouldn't be a problem because there were enough shops where I could get new clothes. After a while we stopped in front of a lovely house. "Home sweet home" I heard Sky whisper, she didn't get out of the car though. She only looked at the house and I know she was thinking of her dad.

"Sky, love we have to get out.' I touched her face gently and that made her come back to me. "I know." She climbed out of the car and walked to the front door. She hesitated for a second and then after a deep breath she unlocked the door, we didn't enter until she did though. We waited patiently until she was ready to make the next step.

"Chéri, it will be okay." Marie said whilst touching her shoulder. This did give me a moment to look around. Her house looked lovely from the outside and her front yard was also looking really beautiful. It was full of flowers and it even had a little pond. "I know Marie, I just, I'm scared I guess." She said softly snapping my attention back to her. I pulled her back against my chest, hoping to soothe her a little bit. "We're here for you, you don't have to do this alone." I told her and she nodded and walked inside. It was exactly what I had expected, it felt like a proper home and when I saw the pictures of her and her dad, I noticed that she was so different now.

Even with the new haircolor and clothes she didn't look like the girl she used to be. It really made me want to smash Mike's face again. I walked around the house after we put our thing in the rooms we would be staying in. Sky had demanded that I would sleep in her room and I wasn't going to object. Marie did though but we promised we wouldn't do anything inappropriate and it's not that I didn't want to but it really was the time.

Sky had gone to the church and asked me to let her go alone, as she really needed to do this on her own so I was stuck in this house. It gave me the opportunity to explore and I wasn't surprised at all when I found the small library, which was looking out over the sea. It was really lovely and peaceful. I didn't really like to read but I could imagine Sky sitting here and dreaming away with the stories she read if only to escape her pain.

I don't know exactly how long I had been here but I jumped a bit when I felt a cool hand on my face. I opened my eyes and stared back into Sky's.

"I'm sorry to wake you but dinner is ready."

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