Chapter Sixty Two: I won't back down

Luna

I stumbled back into my room, my tears blurring the world around me into a whirl of colors and shapes. What Lucas had told me weighed heavily on my chest and threatened to suffocate my lungs' ability to breathe. How had everything turned so impossibly complicated?

My sobs consumed me, and I fell to my bed. My heart felt like it was splintering into a million pieces, each one cutting deeper into my soul.

My relationship with Lucas and the dreams we had created together seemed to crumble all around me like a weak sandcastle being swept away by the unrelenting tide of reality.

I was sobbing uncontrollably when the door squeaked open. I didn’t bother to lift my gaze; I already knew who it was. My best friend Layla came into the room, her eyes widening in shock as she saw how upset I was.

“Luna! What’s going on? Why are you crying?” Layla rushed to my side, her voice laced with concern.

I couldn't respond immediately, my sobs wracking my body as I tried to regain some semblance of c