Unexpected

Chapter 5

Sasha ran as fast as she could outside and she couldn’t stop the tears from rolling down her face. Why did he have to be there, why now? Her life was messy enough as it was, she didn’t need him back to make it even worse. She finally got outside as it felt like it was the first time in hours that she could breath. She just needed to get out of here so she made her way towards the car. To her delight Mel was already sitting in the car waiting for her.

”Are you okay Sash?” Melody asked concerned for her bestfriend’s sudden disappearance.

”Yeah, I just had to get out of there.” She kept it at that as she didn’t really feel like talking about it.

”I know how hard it must have been to see your dad after all this time.” She had no idea how hard it was to see him after all that he had ever done to her. He didn’t deserve to be called her father anymore.

”Can we just get out of here, please.” Sasha answered, wanting to talk about something else, anything else.

”Whatever you say.” She said as she drove of towards Sasha’s new house.. also called home.

They drove for about twenty minutes until they got to the gate. Yes, gate. It was in one of those fancy neighborhoods. Guess that was a given when her future step-father was a former rockstar and future brother was heading in the same direction.

”Don’t mention anything to mom, she’ll only freak out and I don’t have it in me to deal with that right now.” Sasha said they pulled up by the house.

”You know I won’t Sasha!” She gave her hug before she turned to the grand doors in front of them. ”Can we go inside now? I really wanna see where I’ll be spending most of my free time from now on.” She was way to excited.

”Yeah, come on.” She said as she opened the front door. ”Mom, we’re here!” She yelled waiting for someone to come and get them since she had no idea where to go.

”Wow.. this is huge!” Sasha just laughed at her reaction. Sure, it was huge and beautiful but she was gonna get used to all this type of stuff from now on. There was a big staircase to the left and you could see the open hallway running above them to each side of the house. Suddenly Luke was standing at the top of the stairs.

”You made it.. took you awhile.” Luke smirked looking at all of the bags in their hands as he walked down the stairs.

”I told you we had plans, what did you expect really?” Sasha asked, she truly questioned what he thought a shopping day at the mall meant.

”True, so you want the tour or not?” He said and started to walk further into the house.

”Of course we want!” Okay, she was way, way to excited about this Sasha thought and laughed a little.

”So here we got the common room and the living room is down here.” He said and walked down a little hall to the left. ”And on the other side we have the kitchen and dining area.” He told once he walk back across the house with the girls close behind. Once they were in the kitchen they found Paul there in full focus on cooking dinner.

”Hey pops.” He said letting his father know that they were present.

”Oh, hey you guys. Dinner should be ready in about twenty minutes.” He said with a smile. Okay, maybe Paul wasn’t so bad after all, Sasha started to came around to the life she was now entering.

”Sounds good.” She said as they walked out towards another room.

”So what is behind this door Wilson?” Melody was curious.

”This is my favorite room in the house...” He said with suspense as he opened the door leaving the girls breathless.

”Oh” Sasha said.

”My” Melody continued.

”God! This is amazing!” Sasha walked around the room. She could understand why he loved this room. There were a wall full of guitars and some other instrument, but in the middle of the room stood this gorgeous grand piano. She couldn’t help but sit down and lightly put her fingers to the flawless keys.

”You play?” He said and sat down next to her.

”A little.” She said and smiled up at him. She hadn’t realized how close they were until a few seconds later.

”Not that I love this thing that going on here but I’m guessing that there is more to this house?” Sasha was relieved that Mel was there, she could always trust in her to break a moment.

”Yeah, there is a whole second floor.” He smirked at Sasha and she knew what he had in mind.

”Don’t even go there Wilson!” She said and walked out of the room towards the staircase. She and Mel grabbed their bag and started to walk upstairs.

”Seriously, this house is amazing.” Mel seemed to be on cloud nine by the house.

”And you haven’t seen the whole thing yet Sanchéz.” He winked at her and walked past them and turned left. ”So this is the your room..” He said and opened the door to this huge room. It was so big and bright, it was simply elegant with huge windows from floor to roof. First now she realized how high the ceiling was.

”Wow, it’s beautiful.” Sasha said as she walked inside and dropped the bags by the door. It was fully furnished in all white with gold details. Directly to the left she had a desk and bookshelf and for the first time she found beauty in a bookshelf. To the right she had a full on make up table with a bunch of make up organized under the mirror. This was simply amazing. In the middle on the room she had a king sized bed with beautiful handmade details.

”In there is your bathroom and the one on the other side.. well why don’t you open it and look inside.” Luke said as he pointed to a door on her left. Sasha just nodded and opened the door. She couldn’t find the words to describe what she saw, actually she couldn’t find any words at all.

”Sasha!! You have the ultimate walk in closet, I mean Carrie Bradshaw would be jealous!” She didn’t get a response other than a nod. ”I guess she likes it” She said and looked over at Luke who was standing in the doorway to the girls personal paradise. His eyes had never left Sasha and Mel couldn’t help but smirk at him for it.

”I assumed she would.” He said simply.

”This day just got so much better.” She said as she turned around and locked eyes with Luke. He wasn’t sure why but he could still see a bit of hurt in her eyes behind all the sudden happiness. He returned her smile and she got snapped out of it by Melody coughing.

”So what are all the other room up here?” She asked to turn the conversation to something else.

”Well since you asked.” He said and took the girls back to the hallway and pointed down the hall. ”To the right is the master bedroom and the two on the left is the guest rooms and a bathroom.” They just nodded in response as he turned to the door across from Sasha’s. ”And this is my room..” He said and let the girls inside.

”Don’t even say it Wilson!” Sasha said as she knew that he was smirking behind her thinking of a comment about her and his bed or something like that.

”I won’t since you seem to know what I was gonna say anyway..” He said and smirked at her again.

”And it’s not gonna happen.” His room was just like hers except it had all grey and black details, to give it a guy feeling she guessed. Her eyes kept landing on a beautiful piece standing in the corner close to his bed. ”Is that an actual Gibson J-200?” Now she was truly impressed.

”You know your guitars.” He was surprised by her knowing that, but than again it was a piece of history. ”That one is actually from Elvis collection.”

”Wait.. are you serious?” She looked at Luke in shock. He just returned a look that said YES.

”Well this has been fun but I think that dinner is ready you guys.” Mel felt left out since she wasn’t as into the music as the two of them were.

”Food, that do sound so good right about now.” Sasha said and tore her eyes away from the beautiful piece of musical history.

Dinner was to Sasha’s surprise uneventful and nice even. Some normal conversation about their days, how school was going and all the other normal family topics. She tried to shake the feeling she got by it, it actually felt kind of good. Like this was how it was suppose to be. But than again this time Luke behaved until last night so that might have had something to do with it. After dinner Melody helped Sasha put her new outfits in her amazing closet. Thank god that all her stuff as already unpacked but once she started to look around again she found that there were a lot more in here than she owned.. Maybe her mom or Paul had gotten a few things for her to help the transition. Anyway, she was not about to complain about free cloths. After just sitting and talking about this amazing house Melody had to leave. Her mother was having her on a short leash, nothing new but especially now since she had been sneaking of to see Liam at all time a day. Once she left Sasha stood there and just breathed, the memories of today came rushing back to her. She saw the music room in the corner of her eye so she walked up to get her songbook before she entered it and sat down at the grand piano once again. She started playing an all to familiar melody, well at least to her. No one else had heard this, this was her story that no one had heard or was ever going to. She started singing and let the tears fall this time.

Nothing is ever as it seems

Sometimes it’s like dreams

Caught in the darkness

Can’t find my way out

You trapped me here

Without 

She couldn’t stop the tears this time, she was just gonna let them fall until she’d run out so she just kept going. All the songs that played on her past was now about to be the last time she played them. She wasn’t gonna waste any more time or tears on him.

You are the dark around me

Keeps pulling me down

I fight for my life to break free

But you’re always around

You’ll never break me

I’ll never give up

Break the chains and walk away

To finally be free from you

I will take back what you stole

My innocence will be restored

I’m not the girl I used to be

But that is nothing you will see

You’re a monster of my past

But the hurt it won’t last

Cause I’m a fighter, I’m a queen

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean

She sang the chorus once again, she could feel herself starting to break down. She couldn’t even finish the song as she broke down at the piano and she slowly made her way down to the floor. Why did he have to do all that? The punches and kicks I could take so why push me even further… She thought as the tears fell to the floor

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Luke had been up in his room working on some music for this weekend when he saw Sasha grab something from her room and walk down the stairs again. Not that he was spying on her but with the hurt he had seen in her eyes earlier he wanted to know what had caused it. So once he heard a beautiful melody being played he got closer and found Sasha singing her heart out at the grand piano. Her voice was nothing short of perfect to him. But he couldn’t ignore the lyrics she was singing and the way she sang them. They were personal and he could hear the truth in her voice. He stood there outsider the door and just listened to her sing. He was about to step inside but stopped himself. She was breaking down and he didn’t know what to say to her. But the thought of her hurting didn’t settle that good in him. He turned around to walk away and give her some space.