That Should Be Me - Liam/Annie
Authors Note: This is my first ever story, so please go easy on me. Please review, I really want to know what you guys think. Hope you like it. xxx
The cool breeze from the window gently moved Annie's hair, she sat by her window deep in thought, looking out into the darkness. Another night since she confessed had gone by and she couldn't sleep again, it started to get worse ever since her parents split up.
"How did my life get so messed up" she whispered. Holding her knees up to her chest, she rocked herself slowly back and forth trying to hold back the tears building up in her eyes.
Finally, after what seemed a lifetime of drowning in her thoughts, she got up and ever so slowly walked across her room until she was out the door. She sighed deeply and closed her eyes trying to stop the pain taking over her.
It felt like forever since she had been out of her room. Memories of her parents arguing started to appear as she scanned the hallway, that was the only time she had been out of her room. She stared at the room which was exactly across from hers and a sad look appeared on her face. Dixon wasn't in his room. He has no idea what has been happening at home, the disintegration of their family which he had managed to escape from whilst Annie was living it. She closed her eyes tightly wishing to be away from here.
Annie headed to the bathroom. She turned the shower on and let it run for a while, ice cold water burst from the shower head. She took a step back and paused as she caught sight of her face in the mirror. She stared deeply at the reflection. All she could see was confusion and pain. She couldn't take it anymore and without any hesitation she leaped into the shower directly under the water.
She was still in her pyjamas but she didn't care. She took a minute to try to calm herself but she couldn't hold it in. So instead she let the tears roll down her face freely as she slowly slid down the glass of the shower and sat down, quietly sobbing to herself.
By now the sun had risen and Beverly Hills was now awake. Annie had just entered her room wrapped in a towel. She had been up for quite a while now and knew that her mum would be up soon too. She sat in front of her dresser and brushed through her hair. She decided to wear her plaid dress with a cute belt around it. And since she wasn't going anywhere anytime soon, she wore her flip flops.
Annie was now sprawled out across her bed. Her hair was still damp and it was soothing against her neck. Her cell phone vibrated on the table again. She hadn't checked her phone in ages. She reached for it and decided to call Dixon. Voicemail again. She didn't leave him another message; she didn't know what to say. "I can't exactly tell him everything that has happened at home through a message" she thought, "I want to talk to you" she said quietly.
Her text message alert kept flashing in the corner of the screen. She scrolled down her messages, Silver, Silver, Silver, Naomi, Navid, Naomi, Teddy, Ade, and Silver she read. "Wow, I guess people have heard." She wanted to reply to them but she didn't know what to say.
She hadn't seen anyone of her friends since that night she missed the `Passing of the Torch' party.
A slight smile started to form in the corner of her mouth. Remembering that day, the feeling of the wind through her hair, that was truly the last moment she felt free. Sailing on that boat was one of the happiest she had been in a while.
Her face started to darken. The boat which she had spent her last free moments was now gone, nothing but ash at the bottom of the ocean floor.
How could he do this? How could he burn something so beautiful? She didn't dare mention his name, the thought of him just made Annie feel physically sick. It was all her fault, if she hadn't been hanging out with Liam none of this would have happened.
"Oh Liam" Annie said. He had built that amazing boat, it took a lot of his time. It was something he was passionate about and so proud of. As she thought about him, Annie started to feel better, almost happy. Why did the thought of him have this effect on her, it made her feel different.
They had gotten pretty close over the last year, they became good friends. And even the year before that when Liam was just teasing her, they could still have a conversation.
She wanted to see him, she only heard about the whole boat incident through her parents since she was grounded at the time. She wasn't even allowed her phone back until last week. She's still waiting for her laptop to be returned to her.
She thought about the whole situation and decided she needed to explain to everyone, all her friends. They deserved that. But that can be done after what she really wanted to do first which was find out about Liam, she was concerned about him. So she decided to send him a text.
`Hey Liam, its Annie. I would have called before or texted but since I confessed about the whole hit and run I was grounded, I don't know when you get this but when you do call me. I heard about the boat, I'm so sorry it's all my fault, Jasper did it because of me. Anyways call me soon, I'm worried about you x'
She read back her text to herself and was a little nervous. She shook off the feeling, took a deep breath and pressed send.