Life is Strange 2: Falling Into Place

Chapter 12 of my Life is Strange 2 story, enjoy.

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Chapter 12

Lyla smiled lightly to herself as she walked up the pathway towards her front door. True there had been a few bumps along the road, but she actually felt happier than ever.

'Thanks to Jamie I've felt better than ever. Okay we were both embarrassed about mom catching us but we've managed to smooth things over now.' She reflected. 'Things are looking good, despite the um...'

She grimaced, knowing all too well the dangers she still faced. Her father had not yet been found since his escape from prison, but with the police on full alert and with the reassurances of her friends, she felt she could cope with those issues. She pushed those thoughts behind her now, smiling, things were looking up in her live. She was even managing to cope with her insomnia without her usual methods, in fact she was starting to sleep more nights at a time than ever before.

She grinned. 'It's been...a whole lot better I just can't...I can't remember ever feeling so good before, without being baked. Now I don't need the weed or any of that stuff...still hate having to take those pills but...I'm actually managing it.'

Her feeling of hope and pride lasted until she reached the front door and, before she could fish out her keys, her phone rang. She pulled it out of her pocket and her eyes widened, the colour draining from her face as she noticed the number.

She swallowed nervously, for the number on her phone was that of her dealer, from the guy she bought her drugs from. Worried about what this could be about, Lyla quickly answered the call.

"H-Hello?"

Her dealer's voice was a drawl. "Well, well, about time you got in touch, Lyla."

She sighed. "Look, I've not bought anything off you for a month, I don't need anything like that anymore, I-"

"Maybe, but you still owe me money." He cut her off. "Or did you forget you've not paid lately...just over a thousand in case you've forgotten."

Lyla swallowed again, suddenly realizing now. She sighed, leaning against the door.

"No, I...I didn't forget okay...you think being a barista pays that well, especially only part time?" She began desperately.

Her dealer's response showed he couldn't care less. "Not my problem, my problem is you owe me and you're going to pay me."

"Yeah, like I said, pay isn't great but that doesn't mean I can't pay..." She insisted. "I've nearly got it all, I just need until the end of the week, until...until my next pay day."

"End of the week then, but this is your last chance, no more excuses. You pay me then or we'll need some...other arrangement." He growled.

Before she could even attempt to reply he cut off the call. Lyla put her phone away and groaned. She should've known things were too good to last.

Now feeling worried once more, Lyla entered her house and sighed, preparing to head to her bedroom. But then her mother's voice rang out.

"Lyla Park!"

'Urgh, shit.' She thought as she walked through to the kitchen.

This was the last thing she wanted in her current state. But when she entered the kitchen and saw her mother sitting there, glaring, she tensed.

"Mom..."

Yu-jin Park then gestured to the table in front of her. "Care to explain this?"

Lyla looked at the table and her blood ran cold. For lying there on the table was her weed, or what was left of it, and her money.

"Mom I-"

"I've told you before about these damned drugs. I know your excuse and it doesn't wash okay. You aren't helping your insomnia with these foul things." Yu-jin snapped. "And all this money...that you neglected to tell me about. You're intending to buy more."

Lyla shook her head desperately. "No, mom, that's not true...I...I'm off the drugs, seriously. I...Thanks to Jamie I can cope with my insomnia now. I don't need the drugs."

"Oh really?" Her mother replied sceptically. "Yet you still have these drugs right here."

"I meant to get rid of them alright, I just forgot." Lyla insisted.

Yu-jin shook her head. "I still approve of you and that boy and what you did here, under my roof. But fine…if he is truly helping you get through your insomnia issues, I can accept that and I'll be getting rid of these myself."

She pointed irritably at the weed as she said it. Lyla just nodded.

She wasn't worried about the drugs anymore and at least she knew her mother actually would get rid of them and not forget.

"And as for this." Yu-jin remarked suddenly. "I'll be confiscating this."

She picked up the money as she said so.

Lyla panicked at that. "What, mom, no. I need that!"

"No Lyla, this is drug money, I leave this with you, you'll buy more, do not take me for a fool." Her mother snapped.

"But mom, I-" Lyla insisted desperately.

It was true, she couldn't care less about the drugs, but she needed the money, it was the money she owed her dealer and needed to pay him with, especially with the deadline now set with no chance of pushing it back.

Yu-jin stood up, picking up the drugs and money. "No Lyla, no excuses, it's decided, I will not have you ruining your life."

With that she stalked out the kitchen, leaving Lyla standing there, panicked.

'Shit, shit, shit...' Her mind raced. ' I needed that money, to pay off my dealer and that would be it...but mom wouldn't listen and now I'm...shit, shit what am I gonna do...What is...he gonna do to me?'

The fear clawed at her again and she knew things had just taken a sudden turn for the worse.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.