.Rise And Fall.

.Rise and Fall. (3)

|Chapter: 3|

I fisted my hands into balls as I stood on my porch looking at his house. I was debating with myself whether I should go and see what's happening or its better if I stay out of the bad boy's life.

For a moment I thought he'll calm down. He always did because this is not the first time I heard him throwing a tantrum. But today I'm so close to it, how could I turn my back on it without knowing if he is safe or not. What if he hurt himself?

Then again why do I care. He's not the best person that I've ever met here afterall. But is this a really good time to think to help a person based on if he's good or bad? No, my morals don't tell me that.

As the yelling and things being thrown continued, I started taking several steps towards his house noticing that I've already crossed my lawn. My subconscious was the only thing that helped me keep going, while my heartbeat increasing with each step I took and the little conscious part telling me to stop. The grasses on his lawn were so high that it crossed my ankles and it was damp from the previous night rain.

When I reached his porch I slowly stepped on it, my heart pounding under my ribs and wishing for the sounds to stop so that I could turn and leave knowing that he has calm himself down.

But no, it continued till I was standing in front of his front door with my palm resting on it. Struggling whether I should knock or just go inside, I stood there still. Then suddenly the door flew open revealing Nickel Black in his devastated state, hair dishevelled and the smell of alcohol and smoke filled the space between us.

My eyes widen at the sight of him, anything but he looked like a mess, a beautiful mess at that. I wasn't disgusted at all, but I craved more of his messy state and for once I want to read him, understand him. He looked equally shocked too when his eyes met mine. He was breathing heavily and his muscle flexed under his black t-shirt. But then he quickly restrained himself replacing the shocked expression by a blank look in his eyes, as if he was afraid I will see through his facade. I felt stupid as I stood there saying nothing.

"I...I..I'm...so..sorry", I shuttered and hated myself for that, for being so scared of him. I don't even know, why I was saying sorry.

Before I could humiliate myself any further, I turned around and ran away from his house. I ran without looking back at him and till I reached my house.

I opened my front door with my trembling hands before heading inside and slide down pressing my back on it. I placed one hand over my chest to feel the fast beating heart, as I remember his shocked face and every small detail I grasped from our little moment of staring.

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I smiled at the sight of the small children playing in the park as I sat on the park bench under the big oak tree.

Surprisingly today morning when I woke up, the soft sunlight hit my face unlike the cold breeze from the past two weeks. The aroma of the flowers that were blooming in the park invaded my nostrils due to the soft wind that was blowing which sends shiver down my body.

I was enjoying the weather as I waited for Salvor to arrive. We planned to meet here. We always did whenever the weather was in our favour. And that was rarely possible in Lockswood, a day without rain.

"Hey, Is the seat taken?", a brown haired guy asked indicating to the place next to me on the bench. Like always a small smile played on my face as I nodded to him. He took the place with a smile plastered on his face too.

"So stranger what do you wanna talk about today?", he asked. So we are playing the game again.

"Since we are strangers why don't you tell me about yourself", I said. Two can play the game, I thought.

"Myself Salvor. I got a twin who looks just like me except she is she and got long brown wavy hairs which is pretty cool. But not cooler than her best friend, Serena. She is blonde and looks just like you. No wait, she is you. She's totally head over heels for me. So very soon we are planning to complete our study together in Yale and then get married", he finished with a wink and I rolled my eyes playfully at him.

"Its your turn now stranger."

I turned to look at him. He was staring at me with his eyebrows raised as a amused smile played on his lips.

"I'm Serena and I'm so head over heels for my best friend's twin brother."

"You don't have to act all shy, you know Williams. The feeling is mutual", he smirked.

I punched his arm laughing lightly. "I like you, of course."

He pulled me closer to him, tucking me under his arm. I sighed as I rest my head on his shoulder, welcoming the warmth feeling as we both stare at the kids playing the park.

"I envy them", I said pointing at the kids. "They are so carefree, no stress, no complaining about life but the sad part is, they will grow up and know it's only just a matter of time then they have to leave thier innocence to face the harsh reality." And the most saddest part, they will grow up in a place like Lockswood. So dark.

"Hey that is life for you. But here's something which will cheer you up", he said rubbing my arm. I looked at him expectantly.

"We will both leave this place one day."

And that made me smile happily.

Sarah and Salvor are the only reason why everything felt more better and less worst in this place. I could never imagine my life without them here.

They are like the little ray of sunlight that crept through a hole in a dark room. Sometimes when I look at both of them. I wish I too had siblings to play with, fight with and share everything. But unfortunately, I'm the only daughter.

Sarah is more like a sister to me than my best friend, the fun box filled with sparkly unicorns is how I would describe her. Salvor was always the soft and caring one, the sweetest person I've known. And I can never afford to lose these two most important people.

We sat there talking about life and stuffs. It was easy because we had so many things in common that we could make a list and go on about it for days. Then he walked me home and we waved our goodbyes.

As I locked the front the door behind me after I came in, the emptiness inside the house engulfed me again. Reminding me that at last no matter what, I'm alone. The harsh reality hit me hard that at the end of the day, I have to accept it and crawl to bed.

That's what I did after I tried calling mom for more than 6 times already. I was tired and sleepy, but the blasting music from Nickel's house kept me awake. He was having another sunday-night wild party.

"Serena! The nerd! Come out nerd", one of them shouted, sounding drunk. I ignored it since I'm used it with the amount of time he has thrown party and for some unknown reason they think it's fun to disturb someone's sleep. I sighed and rolled on the bed, sleeping on my stomach, I bury my head in my folded arms.

Smashing sound of bottles rang through the air and the next thing I heard them having a fight. Again, nothing new.

"Fuck you Black!", the same voice, who called me out yelled.

"Get the fuck out my lawn." I immediately recognised that voice. It was no other than Nickel Black. "Shut the damn music down and all of you out!"

Great! He is angry again which means another round of his tantrum I have to endure tonight. Rest in peace my sleep.

I heard some booing and complaining as many engines roared before they drove away, then everything turned silent. I got off the bed and walked to my window. Slowly peeking through it I saw Nickel standing with Zac, puffing out clouds of smoke in his empty lawn now.

He looked up suddenly, making my heart almost jump out and I immediately hid behind the wall. Not after too long, the sound of his motorcycle came to live and he drove away too.

Finally, I can sleep at last.

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