Summer Sky | L.T.

Damn it, he did follow me up here but how did he even know which floor I was on? "What do you want?" I asked desperately. I must say that I didn't paid much attention to his eyes but now when he was so close I could see the dilated pupils, which could only mean one thing. He was on drugs right now and it also explained why he was being so violent.

"I want you but I also don't want you." He said whilst leaning in closely but he was really scaring me because there was pure hate in his eyes and I know he couldn't help it as he was high but I didn't want to get hurt. "Louis, you're scaring me." I whispered but he shrugged. "I don't care." He suddenly kissed me in my neck and normally this would make my heart race but in a delicious way, this time it raced because I was really scared.

"Louis, stop please." I pleaded but he wasn't listening as his hands were wandering over my body. Did I want this or not, that was a though decision because I obviously wanted him but not like this, not while he was under influence of some kind of drugs. This made things come back from at least 8 months ago and it triggered something inside me. Never in my life would I think about beating Louis but he kept touching and kissing me. He just left me no choice.

I took a deep breath and asked him one more time. "Louis, please stop, I don't want this." I softly pushed against his chest but it was like he was deaf and didn't pick up the signals. I shifted my body slightly so I could move and without thinking it through properly I lifted my knee and kicked him hard in the balls. He let go of me immediately and fell on the ground. I didn't check on him but bolted to my house and hen I was inside I locked every lock I had on the door and ran to my bathroom and just hide there in the hope he would stay away.

What the hell was happening and why do I always find myself in impossible situation, this really needs to stop. My butt was hurting from sitting on the ground and when I didn't hear anything I decided to get up and check to see if everything was okay. I did grab the baseball bat I was keeping just in case someone tried to break in. I walked carefully through the house and opened the door and was surprised to see that Louis was still lying on the ground but he wasn't making a single sound. This gave me flashbacks to that night I had found him half dead. I threw the bat away and let myself fall on my knees next to him. I grabbed his wrist to check his pulse and that's when I noticed there was blood running out of his nose.

I don't know a lot about drugs but that couldn't be good right? I pulled my phone out of my sweater and dialled the ambulance. As soon as they picked up, I started to tell them what had happened. "Is he still breathing miss?" I put my hand in front of his mouth as I couldn't find his pulse thanks to the panic I was in right now. I felt relieved when I felt his breath on my hand. "Yes he is still breathing." She told me to keep my hand where it was now and told me to put him on his side just in case. I did what she told me and within minutes we were on our way to the hospital. "Did he take something miss?" one of the paramedics asked me and there was no way around it. "Yes he took something, I just don't know what he took." They nodded and watched him carefully, making sure his heart didn't stop.

When we got to the hospital, the doctors told me to stay behind but I already figured that as this was the exact same situation I was in last time I had to save his ass. I walked out of the hospital to make some calls, first I called Jean Tomlinson. "Sky how can I help you?" he asked sounding a bit worried. "It's Louis, you have to come to Cambridge right away. He is in the hospital." I didn't wait for him to give me an answer, as I had more people to call.

His mother answered by the first ring. "Hello?" I took a deep breath "this is Sky, I'm not sure if you remember me but I have some news about your son." I waited for her to understand who I was. "What's wrong?" she whispered "Your son collapsed and I got him to the hospital, we are in Cambridge." I said and she told me she was on her way. I also called my aunt and told her the situation, she wished me luck and told me that if I needed her she would come straight away but I knew this time it would be different because this time I wasn't planning on sticking around.

His doctor came into the waiting room short after my last call. "Miss Tomlinson?" I had given them Louis last name, so they would tell me what was wrong. "Yes doctor, is there any news?" He mentioned for me to follow him into his office. "Mr Tomlinson had a drug overdose." I sighed deeply because I already knew that. "Was this his first time overdosing?" I shook my head "No he had one back in July and he was also hospitalist." I told him, he was writing it all down.

"Where you with him that time?" I nodded "Yes I was, I made sure he didn't die." I know I was sounding like a real bitch but there was no way I wanted to get sucked into this, not again. This time he had to safe himself, I wasn't going to sit around to wait for him to screw it up again. "What is your relationship with the patient?"

"I'm his ex-girlfriend" I know he was a bit confused now as I did give him his name. "I know what you are thinking but his parents will turn up but they have to travel a few hours to get here, that's why I gave you his name. What I want to know now is; will he be okay?" I asked him and the doctor nodded. "Yes he will, you found him in time." I got up "Thank you, then I really have to go, his parents will show up within a hour or so. I will send them a text." I shook his hand and walked out of his office. I walked straight to the exit and didn't look back once.

I texted his parents and told them, he would be okay and that I wouldn't be there. I also asked them to not contact me in any way and I did wish Louis well but I asked them to not say that to him. This was the last time I was letting him get to me. No more drama for me. I just needed to focus on college and my real friends, who weren't a threat to me. Louis can't be a part of that as long as he is on drugs, today have proven that. When I got home, I immediately texted Ashley.

"I've just been in the hospital"

"OMG ARE YOU OKAY?" -Ash

"I'm fine but Louis isn't, he overdosed again."

"How is he?" -Ash

"Unconscious but he will be fine"

"What are you going to do now?" -Ash

"Nothing, I left him there after hearing he was going to be okay"

"Why did you do that?" -Ash

"I decided that I didn't want him in my life as long as he is addicted to drugs, he almost sexually abused me and that's not okay even if it's because of the drugs."

"Shit, do you want me to come over?" -Ash

"No, I think I need a moment for myself, we'll talk tomorrow."

"Alright, if you need me, just let me know." -Ash

"I will, Love you xx"

"Love you xx" –Ash

I put the phone on the coffee table and decided to watch some tv as it probably would calm down my nerves. There wasn't anything on the tv so I decided to watch "The vampire diaries" from the start and have a marathon. I had to go to college tomorrow but I wasn't planning on sleeping and to be honest I didn't think I could sleep even if I tried.

The next few months went by in a rush. I was enjoying life and after the accident I hadn't heard anything from the Tomlinsons and that made me it easier to move on. Well in my case that meant I wasn't moping around anymore and I was focussing on my studies and friends.

I went out with Ashley a lot and even went on dates. I even got kissed one night but it didn't feel right so that turned out to be a waste of time. I decided not to date for the time being and that was okay as I was working on myself. I ran every morning except for when it was snowing but the great thing about Britain is there is almost no snow, so it didn't interrupt my schedule and I also picked up boxing classes and was happy to inform that I just won my first fight, not that I was making a habit out of it.

It was a nice distraction though. I am also happy to inform that Ashley had adopted the little girl, who's name is Emily and she couldn't be happier. Oh yeah I'm also the godmother of the little cupcake. When Christmas came around I got invited to celebrate it with Ashley, James and Emily and how could I say no to that. When we exchanged presents, I was surprised to see that they had given me a weekend in Paris together with Ashley. Emily would stay with James and so we went to Paris.

We went in Januari and it was snowing but we didn't care and had the best time ever. We went in the Eifel Tower and the Notre Dame, I can tell you this, those stairs on the Notre Dame, I thought I was going to die halfway through. I have so much respect for the people who have to climb those stairs every day because god that was hell, just like the Arc the Triomph. We did laugh whilst climbing because Ashley was cursing so much and at one point she sat down at one of the steps and swore that she wasn't going to do one more step and with that she almost made me pee my pants with laughter.

"Oh just stop being a baby you, get up and climb those damn stairs, we are almost there." I actually was pulling her up and I didn't let go of her hand until we were at the top. She yelled profanities to my head that made it even harder to go on because at the end I was laughing so hard that the tears actually kept coming.

''Yeah, whatever Sky but next time you decide to climb something like this, you are on your own!" she said through her heavy breathing. "Oh God, I'm exhausted my legs are shaking like crazy." I mentioned whilst sitting down for a second. "That's what you get for laughing at me missy." She let herself fall next to me. "Yeah I know karma right?" She only nodded and after a few minutes of rest I got up to enjoy the view. Did I mentioned that it was freaking cold, well it was. It was a pretty view though and I was happy to have climbed that staircase from hell.

The next day we went to the Louvre as it was really cold today and I loved the art, we stopped at the Mona Lisa and I never actually knew this but she didn't smile at all and I know it's a masterpiece but to me it's just a boring woman, posing for the artist. I did enjoy the war stuff, the paintings from the battlefields, the Napoleon paintings were amazing and in detail. We also walked through the Egypt part, were they had an actually mummy, how awesome is that?

"Ash, you have to see this." I said to her, she was at he other side of the room but joined me when I called her. "Wow is that a real mummy?" I nodded and pointed at the sign, which she couldn't read, so I read it for her. "Wow a real farao, that's brilliant." I hummed in agreement, we stared at the mummy for a few minutes before going on and after a few hours we had seen everything. It was already dark outside so we decided to find a lovely restaurant. We walked through the city when I got a call from an unkown number.

"I have to take this." Ashley nodded and stared into her guide to find a nice restaurant, knowing we would end up in a steakhouse as usual. I shook my head before turning my back to her. "Hello?" I said but nobody answered. I pulled my phone from my ear just to check if they person didn't hang up but he or she didn't. "This is Sky, can I help you?" I heard the person inhale a deep breath and I just waited for him or her to speak.

"Sky, it's Louis." That stopped the time. "Louis?" I asked in a whisper. "Please don't hang up." He quickly added, he still knew me so well because I was about to do that but mostly out of shock. "I'm not calling to mess up your life. I just wanted to hear your voice and apologize." I still didn't say anything. I wasn't able to speak. "I'm really sorry for what I did to you the last time I saw you. I don't actually remember a lot of it but I uhm talked to your friend and she told me what happened and I'm so sorry." I swallowed a lump, which was forming, in my throat and I threw a quick glance at Ashley who was looking at me worried.

"You talked to Ashley?" Was all I could manage right now. "Yes, I would've called you but they told me you didn't want me to." They were right and I still didn't really want to. "Okay." He was quiet for a second. "I just want to tell you that I have been at a clinic for a few months now and I'm finally getting the help I need." I was happy for him because that was all I wanted for him.

"I'm happy for you but I really need to go." I know I was being rude but I didn't want to deal with him. "Oh okay, well it was nice talking to you." No it wasn't because it was opening old wounds. "Yeah you to, hope you will feel better soon bye." And I just hung up and walked towards Ashley.

"Why did you talk to Louis about me?" I asked her through clenched teeth. "Because you wouldn't, that boy was desperate so I told him how you were doing but I never said to him that he should give you a call." She explained with her hands up in defeat. I took a deep breath, Ashley took the opportunity to give me a hug and I forgave her immediately. "Well let's get some food because now I'm really starving" and just like that I forgot all about the phone call.

The following day we went back home and I was happy to be back in my own apartment, with my cosy couch and fireplace. It was my own personal bubble and don't get me wrong I love spending time with Ashley but I love spending time on my own even more.

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Months passed by like crazy, I even got a job as an assistant at a publishing company and I enjoyed that a lot, I get to read books before they are even out and correct them. Who doesn't want my job. I also had to write a lot of essays on books and history but I loved the work and I was just in one of last classes before summer started when my phone buzzed, it was Marie. I excused me from class and answered the call. "Bonjour Marie." I said through the phone and I could almost see her smile at me.

"Bonjour Sky, I'm sorry for bothering you but I have a question for you." I already knew the question but I didn't interrupt her "So we would love it if you stayed with us for the summer." I smiled because I was already planning that, as I really wanted to spend some family time.

"Sure, I would love to" I told her and I could hear Lucian cheer in the back ground. "Great, are coming by plane?" I wasn't, I would go by car and luckily for me I had just bought one. "No I will drive." I told her. "Are you sure, it's a long drive."

"I'm sure, don't worry about."

At that point my teacher peeked his head around the corner letting me know he wanted me to come back. "Marie, I hate to do this but I actually have a class right now. I will see you in June okay?" I asked her and she apologized for disturbing me and we hang up.

I couldn't wait to go to France and it made me restless the remaining time I had left in school and the moment I walked out of the building for the last time these couple of months I couldn't be happier.

James and Ashley were helping me pack my stuff. "Are you sure about driving all the way?" James asked and I just nodded. "I'm sure and I will make sure to take the necessary stops, don't worry about it." He ruffled my hair, this was something he started doing recently and it was annoying as hell. "Will you stop doing that James!!" I said whilst swapping his hands away from my head.

"Sure for now." He added mischievously. I swear he's like a big kid, I don't know how Ashley was putting up with him. "Sky, we actually have to tell you something though." Ashley was smiling at James with a tender look. "Okay, what is it." She held up her hand in front of my face and at first I wanted to push her hand away, when I saw the ring. "OMG HE PROPOSED TO YOU!" I yelled in excitement. I pulled her in a hug and James couldn't escape in time as Ashley quickly grabbed him by his shirt.

"He did." She was beaming and James looked proud of himself. "I'm so happy for you guys, when did he propose?"

"Yesterday but I couldn't tell you as he wanted to surprise you today."

"That's really mean of you but I'm so happy. When will the wedding be?" I asked even though I already knew the answer because he just asked her.

"We haven't set a date yet but you will be the first to know." I made them both pinky promise. "I have to go now but I will call when I get there." I hugged them both and kissed Emily on her cheek before getting in. I looked back once before hitting the road.

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