Chapter 29

"What are you doing here?", I asked. "You were upset, and you answered thinking it was Lily. I knew she wouldn't be here, so now I'm here", he said. I shook my head. "You gotta go." He shook his head. "I'm not going anywhere", he said. "What happened?" I sighed. "Lily knows. He frowned. "Knows what?" He thought about it for a second. "Oh! About us?" I nodded. He let out a deep breath. "Fuck", he said. I nodded. "Tell me about it", I said.

I walked back into the living room, leaving the front door open for Jake to come in.

He sat across from me. "Is she pissed?", he asked. I nodded. "Yep. Packed her things and everything." "Well shit", he said. "Why are you still here?" He shrugged his shoulders. "Part of it my fault. I wanna try and make it up to you and Lily", he said. "That won't help. She's so mad." I got up and grabbed a bottle of bourbon and two glasses from the kitchen. I poured us both a glass. "Thanks", he said.

It was quiet for a while.

"I just fucked up. Nothing more, nothing less", I said. "Where is she now?" "I have no idea. She won't go back home because of her dad, so probably some hotel", I said. He nodded. "Do you wanna go look for her?" I shook my head. "Let her be alone for a while. I think she needs it. Her dad, us, it's just getting too much", I said. He nodded.

"Let me know if you need anything", he said as he got up. I nodded. "Thanks." He smiled and walked out.

I grabbed my phone and called Lily. It went to voicemail. "Hey it's Lily, aka your fave. I don't have time for you right now so leave a message!" I smiled.

"Hey, it's me. I know you don't want to talk to me right now, but I'm worried. At least let me know you're okay. I love you..", I said.

After a little while, I called again. "Hey it's Lily, aka your fave. I don't have time for you right now so leave a message!" I sighed.

"Hey, it's me again, but you probably knew that. All I need is to know you're okay, please. Just send me a text or something..", I said.

I decided to write some more, so I grabbed my laptop.

After about half an hour, I finally got a text from her. "I'm ok, don't call me again." My heart dropped. "Don't call me again". Anger was building up inside me. I threw my phone against the wall and yelled. "Fuck, fuck, fuck!" I broke everything I could break.

I stepped out the door and just ran. I ran until I couldn't breathe anymore, which took me about 40 minutes. I stopped to catch my breath. "Where even am I?", I thought to myself. I looked around. Walls were covered in spray paint, the street was full of trash and I spotted a few small groups of people, who seemed like some type of gang members.

I started running again, just thinking about how quickly I wanted to got away from here.

Eventually I got to a coffee house. I stepped in and sat in one of the booths. A lady walked up to me. "Hi there, welcome to Alex'. What can I get you?", she asked. "Uh, just a latte please", I said. She smiled. "Coming right up." She walked back to the bar. I sighed and played with one of the spoons that was still on the table.

"Sorry about that", I heard. The lady was back with my coffee. I handed her the spoon as she put down my latte. "I'm sorry, but do I know you from somewhere?", I asked. She smiled. "Probably not." I sat up. "I do. I just can't put my finger on it", I said. "My name is Demi. You probably know me as Demi Lovato, but I don't go by that anymore", she whispered. I snapped my fingers. "Camp Rock", I said. She chuckled. "That's all?" I nodded. "Yep. Why don't you go by Demi Lovato anymore?", I asked. She sat across from me. "I quit my career when my wife, Alex, died. She put her entire life in this so I didn't want it to die with her. I've been working here ever since and I still love it", she said. I was quiet for a bit.

"I'm so sorry", I finally said. "It's okay. It's been almost one and a half year now. She would want me to move on", she said.

"Babe, I'm gonna pick up Nicky from school. I'll see you in a bit", a woman said as she kissed the top of her head. Demi smiled. "See you later baby", she told her. "Now where was I."