"Mom and dad are fighting again," I say as soon as I enter Jason's room.

"Yeah I heard.Why do you think I have headphones?" Jason replies.

"Jason this has to stop, its gone on too long...they literally just woke up," I shout.

"And what do you expect me to do huh?" he shouts back as he gets off the bed.

"Well I hate it when they fight," I retort refusing to back down.

"The whole world dosen't revolve around you Laura, you're just gonna have to deal with it,"

"I'm not gonna deal with anything; I will make things right," I say as I walk out of his room and slam the door behind me.

I make my way downstairs but halt at the sound of my mother's voice.

"I want a divorce," she says with finality.

"What? We can work through this. Think of our kids," my dad pleads.

"I am thinking of them, thats why I want this...because we can't pretend that everything is okay, it'll destroy them.'

"You think this won't?" he asks amazedly.

"You brought it on yourself," she says.

My dad tries to say something but halts as he looks in my direction regretfully.

"Thanks alot, the both of you," I say as I run up to my room, bumping Jason along the way.

I cry myself to sleep and wake up with a headache. 12:05PM. I squint my eyebrows as I feel i'm forgetting something. The date! Of course. I pick up the phone and dial Nick's number and he picks up after one ring.

"Hey Nick," I say casually.

"Hey, I was about to come pick you up,"

"Yeah i'm so so sorry but I have to raincheck. Alot of things came up and i'm not in the mood to go out right now," I say regretfully.

He hesitates a while then says "Its okay maybe another time,"

I hear a knock on my door then my mom's voice

"Laura I need to talk to you," she says pleadingly.

"You know what Nick? I'll be happy to go on the date with you. Pick me up in two hours," I say with enthusiasm.

"Thats great, because I packed all these food an-" he does not finish his statement as I impatiently cut him off.

I rush to the bathroom and have a quick shower. I then blowdry and straighten my hair then apply make-up. I glance at my wardrobe and go with short purple overalls with a white vest inside. I put on flats and grab my purse then give myself a glance over and head out of the door, to see my mom sitting close to it.

"Laur-" she starts but I cut her off.

"If you don't mind, i'm on my way out. We'll do this when I get back okay," I say as I walk past her. I go outside and check my phone 14:29PM. Perfect. I see Nick standing beside his car waving me over. I walk up to him as he smiles.

"Wow I can't say how awesome you look right now,"

"You just did," I say as I flush.

"Lets go," he says as we both get into the car and drive off.

***

"Isn't this an abandoned park?" I ask worriedly as Nick stops the car.

"Yeah. There's absolutely nothing to worry about, okay? we'll get enough privacy here," he says as he gets out.

He grabs the basket and I get the blankets as we walk a distance then set them down.

We sit and Nick looks at me.

"What?" I ask.

"Just wondering...why did ou want to cancel our date before?" he asks curiously.

"I don't want to talk about it," I reply and he drops the subject. He tells me about his brother coming back and I listen in silence.

"Is he that much trouble?" I ask amusedly, taking a sip of my juice as he tells me about the time Aiden, his brother pushed him inside a lake when they were little but got commended when he jumped in to save his life.

"Tell me another one, I love these stories," I say excitedly.

"I've told you five already. The thing is I and my brother have never really gotten along, that's why I wanted to leave the house. Though anytime we put aside our differences, we achieve alot so we're sort of like frenemies," he says and I nod my head knowingly.

"Why do you guys fight?" I ask curiously. 

"Its complicated," he replies.

"I love this place," I say relaxing.

"I love the fresh air;it gives you room to think," I add and he nods his head in agreement.

"You know I used to have the perfect life; the perfect family, the very perfect relationship, but that changed in just a few weeks. I just needed air," I finish.

"I understand," Nick simply says.

"You know, you're easy to talk to," I say as I check the time.

"Its 5 already? Where does the time go?" I say as he passes me a sandwich.

"You make a really good sandwich," I compliment after taking a bite.

"Runs in the family," he replies.

"Did you hear that?" I ask worriedly.

"Its probably an animal," he says and I try to swallow the lump in my throat as my instinct tells me something will go wrong.

I look up and my fear is confirmed as i see Dave approaching us with two of his friends, one I recognise as Jack and the other Ashton.

"Lets get out of here," I plead to Nick getting up.

"I'm not afraid of that clown," he retorts.

"I can sincerely say they are not joking. Please do it for me, lets just go," I say desperately. He hesitates at first but then reluctantly nods his head but as we turn, we see two of Dave's other friends on the opposite side. We turn back and see Dave and his friends approaching.

"Run," I shout to Nick as we tear through the grounds. I feel myself yanked back as Dave tackles Nick on the floor, forcefully holding him sown and strangling him. Jack and another guy, one that I don't recognise seperate them and hold Nick up, gripping his both arms as Dave punches him repeatedly over and over again.

"You're gonna kill him," I shout desperately as I try to struggle out of Ashton's grip to no avail. Nick kicks Dave and Dave staggers abit but dosen't fall.

"Leave him guys, he's mine," he says as his friends release Nick and Dave tackles him to the floor punching him. Anytime Nick makes an attempt to get up, Jack pushes him back down and kicks him in the rib for good measure. I hear screaming and it takes me a while to realise its mine. I keep begging Dave to stop and after some time Nick stops moving as I helplessly stare with tears in my eyes.

"Pass me the knife from the basket," Dave orders Jack.

"Dude are you sur-"

"I said pass the fucking knife," Dave repeats as Jack hands it over.

Dave walks slowly towards me with the knife and I stare at him numbly. My skin has probably started bruising from where Ashton's grip still holds me.

"I warned you that if you ever thought of dating anyone else I would kill him didn't I?" he asks as he touches the side of my neck with the knife.

"He's not dead so I guess you can thank me from being so compassionate," he says as he grabs my clothing and rips the overall from the neck to the upper abdomen exposing my vest.

"Take this as a warning. Next time, I wouldn't be so nice," he says as he kisses my cheek.

"If there's a next time," he says on a second thought as he and his friends walk away.

A/N: Just want to say thank you soooo much guys. You are all awesome. This chapter is dedicated to @deeraah for the amazing cover.

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