Burning Legacy ➳ Liam Dunbar

chapter 24 ➳ just let me go

[a/n] just know. It's okay to cry during this chapter ❤️

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November 8th

my thin knitted light blue sweater dangles off my bare shoulder. Revealing it slightly. My tight blue jeans cling onto my thick thighs.

my books and binders held up against my enormous chest.

"You look .. different." Gabriela stares at me, my loose curls falling off my shoulders.

"I'm letting go of the 'image' I hold. I'm not a tough or a bad girl." I manage to say.

"I've always known it." She grins.

"Always known what?" I speak a little louder.

"Always known that you had a heart." She chuckles rummaging through her locker.

"Why the sudden .. change?" Gabriela asks again.

"I can't continue being someone I'm not. I don't feel comfortable with the idea." I say making her glance at me.

I felt my eyes lock with the beautiful blue orbs that had been watching me from a distance. I shift to my side, avoiding him.

the steps becoming closer and closer, the thoughts running through my mind.

what was I gonna say?

how was he going to react?

I had too.

"Kayla, c-can we talk?" He was unsteady, nervous almost.

I nod walking away with him.

he pulls me into the janitors closet.

it was quite big.

"What's wrong?" His voice was soft

"Nothing." I say loud and clear.

"You look different." He looks at my un usual clothing.

"I-I just thought I would be myself. Bright and not dark and tough, cause I'm not neither one." I respond looking up at him gripping to the ends of the sleeved sweater my mother had knitted for me.

"Uhm. Wow." He looks at me, trying to figure out what was actually wrong.

"Yeah. and about .. us .. uhm. Benefits .. I just .. I-I can't any more." I rock back and forth.

And then,

He knew.

his eyes fill with disappointment.

Droopy.. sad eyes. his blue orbs shinning with clear tears.

"I thought we had a deal." I whisper placing my hand on his cheek.

"Sometimes deals can be broken." His whisper was soft. He grips to my hand on his cheek, leaning his forehead against mine, shutting his baby blue eyes.

"Liam.."

"Hm." He responds softly.

"I-I know. I know about Brooke." I back up my hand slipping from his grip.

"Is this what this is about? I can break up with her i can end everything with her Kayla. J-Just tell me--" I cut him off short.

"I shouldn't have to tell you!" I exclaim frustration coming off me.

I felt my throat clog with the salty tears that wanted to escape my sockets.

"I know I'm sorry." He says softly trying to hold me again.

I know he means it.

God, I just I don't want to hurt him.

it's not love.

I love Robin.

At least learn to love Robin.

"Just a little late don't you think?" I sniffle.

"Everything that happened happened. I can't sleep with you anymore, I can't care about you no more, I can't feel this way toward you anymore." I explain the tears flowing out of my eyes, finally.

"Please Please don't cry Kayla. Why can't we make this work? I want you to care I want you to feel this way." He pleads.

I shake my head.

"I just can't. I can't risk you getting hurt anymore. It's because I care so much, that I can't explain it to you." I say wearily crying with no control now.

His hand slips under my eye sweeping them up.

"If you really care about me, you would care about how I'm feeling and how you're breaking me apart." His voice cracks slightly.

"You don't understand. I don't want to hurt you. I don't want you to get hurt!"

Everything about right now made me feel weak, horrible, lost.

"Kayla, don't worry about me! I can take care of myself. I'm not going to let anyone hurt me or you. Please just don't do this." His voice was soft.

Meaningful.

"I don't like you okay?! I don't feel anything toward you anymore! We swore to each other we would not feel anything for each other and I'm just keeping that promise." I break my own heart.

I could hear his crack into a billion small pieces.

His lips softly connect to mine.

The sweet rosiness planted on my plump pink ones. The moistness, I couldn't help but kiss back and feel his warmth against mine.

that feeling.

I want to feel everyday.

He pulls away slowly glaring down at me.

"You're lying." His voice was firm.

He backs away from me, his hands were tucked into his pockets.

I stand by the door ready to go.

"You care about me so much that it hurts you. It hurts you to know that I'm with Brooke. It hurts me to know that you're with Robin. I would go to the end of the earths for you, are you willing to do the same for me?" He was steady.

I shake my head.

"Just let me go."

the words slip my mouth, the moistness of them making my voice slightly crack. It felt horrible.

My hand turns on the silver knob.

I practically run out, my feet hitting on the gravel schools ground.

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[a/n] I've written more emotional chapters about these two so if you teared up, prepare yourself 😂❤️