A/N: Hey guys, Sorry this took a while I had finals. But its up now!!! And from now on I'll try and put in recaps since they are really helpful since I know that you guys read other stories and that if I don't upload for a while, you kind of forget what happens. But the recap summary's aren't the best writings ever, its just to sum up everything, although there are still some very imporatant details in the actual chapters. Anyway, Enjoy!
Chapter 6 Recap:
(Recap: Isa has her mysterious dream with her mom. Where her mom takes her back to the day the accident happened so that she can remember something. Upon awaking from her dream she finds herself in Luke's arms. She quickly wake up then. She gets a call from Emi, realizing she had her date with Jason tonight. She eats breakfast and finds a pile of clothes for her on the counter.)
I smile at the neat handwriting written on the thin paper and grabbed the clothes that were left for me. It was a pretty floral tank, a thick white cardigan, a matching white beanie, a pair of jeans and some brown flats. I walked over to the bathroom and quickly changed. The tank top was a little big in the chest area but the thick white cardigan covered it up. My hand brought itself up to grasp the heart pendant hanging around my neck. I closed my eyes for a little bit.
I promise, Mom. I thought. I won't take it off.
Chapter 7
We sat there quietly. The only sounds being made were coming from the radio, although it was fuzzy because the bad weather caused some bad reception. An awkward silence grew between us as I stared out the window.
"I remember when you did that when you were little," he told me, a smile playing on his lips.
"Did what?" I asked.
"When we were little, I remember you always loving to play in the rain and if you couldn't play in it, you'd sit for hours on end just watching it fall," he reminded me.
I smiled at the memory of the feeling I get whenever I saw rain falling. Well, the feelings I got whenever I saw rain falling."I used to love rain," I told him, my smile fading.
"Don’t you still?" he asked, "I mean you used to love nature and what not. Whenever I came over, the only thing you would want to do is play outside," "No, not anymore," I confessed, "I don't like that stuff anymore. I can't stand to watch when it's raining, I just hate it now."
"Why? Isa, I don't know if you know this, but in class….. you're always looking out the window. Whether is a beautiful day or whether it's storming, you're eyes are glued to the window," he urged on.
Why did he care so much? Why is he talking about this! I don't want to talk about this. I thought. Luke's words were very truthful and I didn't want to admit it.
"I don't want to talk about it," I mumbled.
"But why? I mean it seems like you love it, because you always have this longing face on whenever you're looking at…."
"Stop!" I said, interrupting him.
"But…." He tried again.
"It reminds me of that day!" I shouted at him, "I don't like anything about the rain, because that day. That day that everything happened, it was raining! Now every time it rains I feel empty, sad, hopeless and I don't like to feel like that!" Tears began to fall, no matter how hard I tried to hold them back.
"I'm sorry I brought this up Isa, but, do you ever think that maybe it's not the rain that causes you to feel that way. Maybe it's the memory of that day that causes that feeling. I think you blamed the rain for what happened, only because you felt like you needed to blame something for what happened."
As if it was on cue, the radio started playing Hilary Duff's song, Come Clean.
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
Back to when the earth, the sun, the stars all aligned
'Cause perfect didn't feel so perfect
Trying to fit a square into a circle
was no life
I defy
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
I'm shedding
Shedding every color
Trying to find a pigment of truth
Beneath my skin
'Cause different
Doesn't feel so different
And going out is better
Then always staying in
Feel the wind
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall
Let the rain fall
I'm coming...
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
Let the rain fall down
And wake my dreams
Let it wash away
My sanity
'Cause I wanna feel the thunder
I wanna scream
Let the rain fall down
I'm coming clean, I'm coming clean
Let's go back
Back to the beginning
A long silenced followed the song, which gave me time to think about Luke's words and the lyrics of the song.
Let the rain fall down. And wake my dreams. Let it wash away my sanity…….let the rain fall down, I'm coming clean. I repeated the lyrics in my head.
Then the gems in my necklace began to glow. The beautiful colors of the gems swirled and danced together. I carefully took the necklace in my hand.
Mom. I thought. As I smiled to myself. I get it now. I hope. She is trying to tell me that Luke is right. I don't hate the rain, I'm just hurting from a memory which happened while it was raining.
The car had stopped and we were parked in the hospitals parking lot.
"That. Was. Trippy," Luke said, staring at my necklace. "First the song and then your necklace."
I guess I wasn't the only one who notices how similar the song lyrics were to our conversation. I thought. I better change the subject before this get too weird.
"Trippy? Really? Who says that word anymore?" I asked him in a playful tone.
"I'm bringing it back. Trippy. It has a nice ring," he smiled at me.
"Well if anybody can bring back such a retro word, you can," I smiled back.
"Wow! Isabella, are you complimenting me?" he asked, his smile only growing bigger.
"Maybe," was all I said, as I unbuckled myself to get out the door. My hand reached for the door handle. "Wait!" he told me, "Don't you want an umbrella?"
A thought popped in to my head. "No need," I replied. I quickly jumped out of the car before he could respond. He quickly got out of the car with his umbrella protecting him.
"What are you doing?" he shouted at me, over the loud sound of the rain hitting the ground. I began twirling lifting my head up to face the sky.
"I'm listening to what the song said!" I shouted back.
"You're crazy," I stopped twirling and saw him walk towards me with a big goofy grin across his face.
"Let it wash away my sanity," I smugly replied. I turned my head back up to face the sky so my open mouth could catch the falling raindrops. Then I pulled my head back down and as soon as I did, my eyes locked on to Luke;'s green ones. He was closer than I realized he was, our soaked clothed bodies nearly touching. Even in the freezing rain I could feel his warm breath on my cheeks. He took his umbrella down and his hair and clothes were already soaking like my clothes and hair were. I was frozen in my place, all I could do was stare in to his mesmerizing green eyes. I don't know if it was the cold weather or the fact that Luke was so close to me but I felt shivers run up and down my skin causing goose bumps to appear. His hand went up to cup the side of my face. Suddenly lights began to glow from my necklace and the heart pendant lifted up and stuck to the face of Luke's watch, the watch that I found in the jewelry box with his name on it. It's like the necklace was being magnetically pulled to the watch.
Oh my god! I thought. The watch is glowing too!
The watch's once plain silver appearance was now glowing, as the silver frames reflected the colorful lights coming from my heart pendant. Even the black leather strap seemed to glow a little too. Luke and I briefly looked up at each other, and Luke took a slight step back because he was just as shocked as I was. Soon the glow seemed to fade, and the heart pendant gracefully sat around my neck once again. Luke and I shared our shocked faces with each other. We stood in the pouring rain, completely in awe over what just happened. At the same time, smiles crept across our faces,
"Trippy," we both said at the same time. We laughed together for what seemed like hours. Until finally Luke said,
"Come on. Lets get you out of this rain. We wouldn't want you having to go to the hospital too," he said while grabing my hand and starting to run toward the entrance to the hospital.
As soon as we passed through the sliding doors, I stopped, causing Luke to stop even though he never let go of my hand.
"Thank you, Luke. For everything you've done and said to me." I told him. In his response he just smiled back at me. That's when I decided to temporarily forget about the weird glowing necklace and watch thing, because I wanted to enjoy this moment. Because for the first time in a while, I was happy while rain was falling.
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