Lily's POV

We all ran, laughing as the police yelled at us to stop. They couldn't drive very fast since they had obstacles like trashcan's and random cars in the way. We took full advantage of that, and purposely ran around them. My legs were pumping back and forth, my hair flying in the wind and a happy smile was plastered across my face. When the streets faded out into a large road, we all split up, Cole and Jason going to one side, Ryan going to another and me and Asher in the remaining direction. The adrenaline rush from the completely exhilarating experience left me feeling carefree and joyful.

We ran until we couldn't see the police anymore, dropping our hands on our knees and bending down to catch our breaths. I was very out of breath, whereas Asher was puffing only slightly. I narrowed my eyes at him and ignored his questioning look. We decided to head back towards the car and waited for the others to show up. Asher looked at me as I leaned back on the car, and said,

"What were you thinking? I saw you getting lost in your thoughts quite a few times today."

I just shrugged and said,

"That's for me to know and you to never find out."

I couldn't tell him everything about me! He narrowed his eyes and walked closer to me. I was confused by his actions but instantly burst out into a blush as he put his arms on either side of me, making me stick against the car. I couldn't lean back further than I already had. His face came even closer, stopping an inch away from my nose, and he said,

"But I need to find out. It seems to me that you keep forgetting the fact that I want to know everything about you."

All I could do was try not to hyperventilate as he continued to tease me. His eyes were looking up and down from my eyes to my lips. I tried to lean as far back as possible to increase the distance between us but I couldn't. Suddenly, we heard a throat clearing. Before even looking to see who it was, I tried to push Asher off of me, but he stood still. I turned my head, to see Cole, Jason and Ryan smirking at us. I looked back at Asher and continued to to try and push him off of me. Instead of moving back, he just gritted his teeth and pushed my face into his chest before facing the guys. I couldn't tell what they were doing, due to my vision being cut off by Asher's chest, but I could tell that they were having a silent conversation.

After a few minutes, Asher released my extremely embarrassed form and cleared his throat. I wasn't able to look up at Cole, Ryan or Jason after that, since I knew that they were probably still smirking. After a moment of silence, we started walking towards the car. Jason thought it would be the perfect time to say,

"So is no one gonna talking about the fact that Lily and Asher were basically snog-oomph."

I could tell that someone had elbowed him. I could hear Ryan snickering and while I was embarrassed beyond belief, Asher just rolled his eyes and got in the car. I went in next, hiding my face with my hair. I was told that we were going to a diner that was a favorite of Ryan's. By the time we had reached, my embarrassment had toned down a bit. Walking  into the diner, and the delicious smell of French fries and burgers filling my nostrils, made it completely dissipate. We all sat down and ordered. I got a basket of curly fries, a chicken burger and a strawberry milkshake. The guys all ordered beef whoppers with extra large curly fries and shakes. When the food arrived, we all dug in.

It was absolutely delicious, and I found myself holding back a moan. The curly fries reminded me of my mom's delicious special French fries' recipe. The thing was, me and my parents were so close and had done so much together that everything reminded me of them. When they were still alive, I was often asked if I felt lonely as an only child. My reply was always that my parents had never left me feeling lonely. No matter how busy they were with their jobs, they always made time for me. The realization that I would never see them again hit me like a train yet again, and I felt a few tears drop down my cheeks. I hung my head low so that no one would see, but I could tell that the guys could tell what was happening.

I felt someone rubbing my back, and I looked to my right to see Jason smiling at me sadly. He held his arms out and I fell into them, accepting his hug. I didn't sob, but my sniffles went on. The feeling of being vulnerable had always horrified me, but the guys made me feel safe. Like even if I broke down and told them everything, they would never hurt me. The fact that I couldn't reciprocate the same comfort for them made me feel guilty.

After about ten minutes, I felt bad for wrecking Jason's dinner and forced myself to contain the tears and move away from him. Once my head untucked from his neck, he smiled at me reassuringly and kissed my forehead in a brotherly manner. I tried to smile back at him and somewhat succeeded.

They spent the rest of the dinner just staring at me, not saying a word, and making me feel horrible for ruining their time. I got up and said,

"Um..I'm gonna go to the bathroom. You guys go ahead with your dinner."

Asher looked like he wanted to say something but Jason sent him a look and nodded at me. I asked the lady at the counter for the directions to the bathroom and locked myself into a stall. As soon as I sat on the closed toilet seat of the clean stall, I started to cry. I cried because I had lost everything. I cried because no one would ever be happy if I was around. I cried because of my best friends death. I cried because of the things people went through because I made the stupid mistake of falling in love with a psychopath. I knew that I needed help. It didn't matter if the help came in the form of an object, angel, demon or human. I just needed it badly. Suddenly, I heard the voice of Asher outside the stall saying,

"Are you okay Lee?"

Just like that, I realized that help had already been provided. I just had to accept it.

Doneeeeee! And so are my exams!!!! Woohooooo! Anyways, PLEASE comment, vote and share. Love you guys! Peace out!

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