I'm Only Me When I'm With You (Raura) *EXTREME EDITING*

Chapter 43

Stormie P.O.V.

Maia walked slowly towards me, sitting down slowly. I could tell she was upset, thoughts swirling through her head. "I'm sorry," She spoke softly, barely above a whisper. "I want to go home, finish what I started." I reached over, grabbing her hand in mine, she was shaking.

"I'm worthless! I don't mean anything to anyone! My family doesn't even visit me!" I squeezed her hand a little tighter, trying to calm her down. "Maia, you are not any of those things. We care about you." Ross came into the room. "Is everything alright?"

Maia, now with her back against the wall and knees up against her chest, immediately shook her head. "I'm worthless! I don't mean anything to anyone! No one cares about me! I just wish I would have done it when I had the chance!"

Ross shook his head, pulled her into his arms. "No, Maia, you are not worthless. I care about you. I don't want you to be gone, what would I do without you? You mean something to me. I don't want to hear you say those things ever again, alright? It's not true, none of what you just said is true!"

"Maia, honey, calm down, we want you here, we want you to get better." A small tear fell down her cheek. "I was so rotten to all of you, why are you doing this, why do you care about me?" I reached for the tissues, handing her the box.

"Sweetie, everyone deserves a second chance. You almost killed yourself, you don't deserve to die, Maia, we care about you." Maia was still crying. "Thank you, I don't know what I would do without you, without your son, I owe my life to you, Ross."

Rocky P.O.V.

Laura and I had planned to do something because with everything that happened, we weren't really hanging out much. Maia being here didn't bother me. I wasn't here much on New Year's Eve, so I hadn't met her yet. As I was walking passed, the bathroom door opened, making me fall backwards.

"Oh, I am so sorry, are you okay?" She extended her hand to help me up. "Thanks." She was beautiful, the kind that made you want to stop and stare. Her eyes were glassy and her face blotchy. I don't even know her name, yet somehow it hurt me to see her crying. "Uh, I'm Rocky." Our hands were still connected. "I'm Maia." I pulled my hand back just so it didn't get weird. "So, uh.. wanna watch a movie?"

"I think I should just go back to my apartment," She said playing with her sleeve. "Listen, I'm not judging, but I don't think you should be alone. Why don't I bring the movie over?" She smiled. "Why not? I mean you are pretty cute." I smirked, grabbing her hand and pulling her downstairs to pick a movie. After we decided on one, we got into the car and drove to Maia's place. I turned my phone on silence and sat it on the table.

I woke up a few hours later, with Maia's head in my lap. I heard my phone vibrating, so I quickly picked it up. Laura was calling me. Shit! I forgot about our plans tonight! I ignored her call because I didn't want to wake Maia up. I looked through my text messages. There were a bunch from Laura.

"ROCKY WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?! I'VE BEEN CALLING AND TEXTING YOU FOR HOURS!?"

I didn't reply to her texts. She's not my mom, I don't need to check in with her especially since I'm kinda mad at her for kissing me and then going back to him. I kicked off my shoes and put my legs up on the couch. I pulled Maia into my arms successfully without waking her up.

Maia's phone started vibrating next to mine. I just glanced at it. Ross was texting her like crazy trying to find out where she was. Mom has a key to Maia's apartment just in case anything happens again, which I why I knew that in a matter of minutes, he would be here. I slowly drifted off to sleep.

There was banging on the door. "MAIA, ARE YOU OKAY? ANSWER ME! MAIA!" It sounded like Ross. "PLEASE JUST OPEN THE DOOR AND TELL ME YOU ARE OKAY! I'M WORRIED ABOUT YOU!"

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