A Part of Me -Sequel to Empty

"He still likes her, doesn't he?"

"Yeah, but it's different now."

•maya

A crack of thunder woke me up. I was so startled by the thunder and the fact that I wasn't in my own bed that I almost yelled.

The lights were on inside the room, but I remember Lucas turning them off when he got into bed. I looked over at his bed, but he wasn't laying under the covers. He was sitting at the small desk by the door. His head phones were in and he had some type of book out on the desk. He had two cups of coffee next to him and he was drinking out of a third one.

"Lucas," I said.

There was no response from him. He must have had his music turned up all the way.

I walked over to him and pulled the earphones off his head. He gave me a shocked look. He probably didn't think that I would up this early in the morning.

"Maya? What are you doing up so early?"

"The thunder woke me up."

"I didn't even know that there was a thunderstorm going on."

"Yeah I can tell."

"What time is it?"

"The real question is why are you awake?"

"I couldn't fall asleep so I just decided to studying for my test that I will have once we come back from break."

"I know your lying," I said.

Lucas shook his head, "I'm not lying Maya."

I knew he was lying.

"Lucas you already broke a dish the other day, because you hadn't slept and now you are still aren't sleeping. What is going on Lucas? Every time that I see you your holding a coffee and struggling to keep your eyes open."

"I don't want to talk about it."

He got up and started walking towards the motel door. I put my hand on his shoulder to keep him from leaving. He probably still wouldn't leave, because it was raining.

"Lucas please. I am your friend and I care about you enough to see that something is going on and you need help."

He look away from me and I knew that he was going to try and ignore me for as long as he could. I put my hands on his cheeks like I did before and forced him to look at me.

"I know that you having been sleeping normal hours for a least a couple weeks. Anytime that I get up in the middle night I can see your bedroom light on and when I come back from somewhere you are always taking a nap. Please just tell me what is going on so that I can help you get better."

"I'm scared," he let out, "I'm so scared that when I open my eyes I will be alone. I'm scared that I will never get to see you again. I'm scared that I won't get to see you smile again. I'm scared that I will never get to hear your laugh again. I'm scared that the next time you walk out that door it will be the last time that I will ever see you."

"What?"

"Every night I have a nightmare. No matter what I do I still have them. Some dreams are so bad that a few nights I wake up shaking."

Little tears started to form in the corners of his eyes. I used my thumbs to wipe away the tears. And I pulled him close. He hugged me so tightly.

"Lucas I'll never leave you."

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•farkle

"Do you think they are doing okay?" Riley asked.

"They will keep each other out of trouble," I reassured her.

"Did you know that Lucas isn't sleeping?"

"What do you mean he isn't sleeping?"

"He hasn't slept a full night for over a month now."

"How do you know?" I asked.

"Maya said that when she comes home from somewhere she'll find Lucas asleep taking a nap. She also told me that some nights she'll wake up in the middle of the night and find his lights on," Riley said.

I replied, "Maya will take care of him. She will find some way to help him fall asleep."

"Yeah. They're good together. He protects her and she does the same for him," She smiled.

"She still loves him, doesn't she," I asked.

"She never stopped loving him."

"And he never stopped loving her," I said, "Shawn gave Lucas his engagement ring."

"The one that he was going to give to Angela?"

"Yup."

"Does he still have the ring?"

"That's the reason why he came back. He wanted to a least give her the ring back, but then whenever he saw her and realized that he still loved her he couldn't leave."

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•maya

Once I got Lucas to calm I had him lay down with me. At first he was laying as far away from me as he could. I knew that he was still scared.

"Um Lucas can you come over here towards me. It is starting to storm again," I said.

He shifted over towards me and wrapped his arm around me. When his arm touched my skin I could feel it. My feelings for him. It was like old times. He was the big spoon and I was the little spoon.

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