Louisa stormed out of the door. She wasn't even looking where she was going. All she wanted was to get away. As long as she kept running and moving foward things couldn't be as bad. If she kept running she would not fall apart. If she just kept going pieces of her heart and soul would not get shattered around her. A huge lightening made her presence clear above in the sky followed by the loud crashing sound of thunder. She could imagine that was the sound of her broken soul begging for help in a hopeless situation. She could feel the first few raindrops touching her body. It didn't took long untill the few raindrops turned into a heavy storm. She didn't mind. That way she could hide the tears that were falling down her face. Her entire body was soaking wet. Her heels were not suited for a run and God knew she was not the most athletic person, if athletic at all, but that didn't mather anymore. She couldn't stop.
She broke down on her knees when she reached her house. Time was flying by and she got lost in the rain and her tears. If she goes in she would have to face her family and talk about Will. But chatty Louisa was burried somewhere deep down, she wanted to do everything except talking. She found some strength to get up. Slowly and carefully she entered her house.
"Lou! Oh my goodness! Lou! Look at yourself. You are soaking wet. Let me get you a towel" her mothers loud voice bothered her more than it should "Tell me. What happened? How did it go" it didn't took her long to realise it didn't go anywhere "Oh, my sweetheart. Let me make you a cup of tea" her mom said with a gentle voice and an understanding face expression.
"Is that Lou?" She could hear her fathers voice entering the small hallway. "What happened?" He asked the second he saw her miserably standing all wet from the bottom to the top. "Lou! Louisa! Talk to us!"
Her soul was torn apart. She felt dead inside. Soulless. Heartless. Her heart and soul gave up the second she was aware that she was not enough to keep Will Traynor living. Now she was just a body. A presence that reminded of her former self. She couldn't help but wonder if that was how Will felt day after day.
"I can't stay here" a robotic voice said. A voice that reminded of hers but it felt nothing like hers "I have to get away from here. I have to go as far away as I can" Lou run up to her room and started packing. She wasn't even paying attention what she was throwing into her suitcase.
A knock on the door disturbed the silence. Her parents entered carefully the small bedroom.
"I can't stay here. No mather what you say I can't be around here" she jumped in before they had a chance to say anything.
"We know, darling. We will not try to convince you otherwise" her dad hugged her. Lou fell apart once again in the comforting arms of her father"
"Promise me something" Lou whispered through her tears.
"Anything for you"
"Don't let them find me. If they ever call searching for me, don't let them know where I am. The Traynors, Nathan. No one. I just can't handle it now."
A little while later Lou left her house with a big yellow suitcase in her hand. She didn't know where she was going but she knew she couldn't stay here where every corner screamed - Will Traynor was here.