beautifully broken

Chapter 15

Luke's POV

Of course I wasn't done fighting. It felt wrong the fact I was slowly but heavily falling for a 17 year old girl.. I knew it was her birthday tomorrow I may or may not have been in her room and knocked her journal on the floor. All of her information splayed out on the first page her birthday included

Raya Allison Clifford

Beautiful.

It suited her

I knew talking with my mum wouldn't fix everything but it would give me somewhat of an idea of how to fix this. I knew I was going get hurt but sometimes it's worth it for love right?

Some people say love isn't real. Some say they don't believe in it and I was one of them.. Michael calls me a player but in reality I've only ever had one girlfriend and she cheated on me, she was toxic and since then I stayed away from love thinking it was impossible, thinking it was useless.

But then I met raya; She's different.

I hate how I keep calling her different not knowing any other way to describe her. She's not like the others therefore she's different. Unique maybe.

But different wasn't the right word to describe her I just didn't know what was

I led on my bed staring at the ceiling blasting music through my headphones thinking of what I should do next

I knew I shouldn't give up not for only my sake but raya's too. The day I give up will be the day raya says she doesn't want me or she doesn't want this to escalate. She's just a broken soul with no one right behind her with a dustpan and brush to pick up the pieces and put them back together again..

I knew there would be major backlash if we were ever caught but who said we would be caught?

I wait till I know everyone had gone to bed and sneak down the hall to rayas room seeing the light on

"Hey love, what are you doing still up?"

"Can't sleep. cuddles?"

"You know I can't ray.. mikes gotten extra strict this time but I can do this-"

I run back to my room going in my closet and fishing out a hoodie, I spray it with a bit of my cologne and go back to her room

"This is all I've got"

She gets all excited and stand up taking the hoodie from me pulling the fabric over her head

She immediately gets lost in it, I laugh and help her out. Once in it she's completely drowned in it

"This is so comfy thank you lu"

She pulls her arms in the sleeves and lay in bed cuddling it

"Anytime.. raya you know Mike would kill me if he ever caught us-"

"Well then lukey.. better keep it a secret"

She kisses my cheek and lays down getting lost in the sheets

"Goodnight lu"

I kiss her head and run my hand through her hair in hopes she never fell asleep so I had an excuse to stay with her longer..

"Goodnight ray.. sleep well bug"

She smiles with her eyes closed and I flick the light off before leaving her room going back to my hovel I call a room

It wasn't the best of situations I'd much rather her be in my arms but there's nothing I can do for now.. I have to first make Michael believe I've backed off so he doesn't freak and kind of forgets about it

I see him trying to build his relationship with her again he's slowly but surely doing it but in his eyes it's still a little hard

I had her birthday present hidden in my closet, a present that was a huge eyeballing gift. I just hoped my investigation worked out

Anyways god knows if Michael remembered her birthday but what I did know is that I would make her eighteenth the best night of her life

She deserved it after all

And she deserves the best

Fuck I'm falling hopelessly in love knowing there will be consequences and pain in the process

What are you doing luke?....