All Chapters of When The Sky Falls: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

It had been two weeks. Two long, agonizing weeks. Tyler hadn't called or even sent a single text. In the hallways, he walked past her as though she were invisible, his eyes fixed on some distant thought, never once meeting hers. He seemed absentminded, lost in a fog that she couldn’t reach into. Lia’s heart ached every time she saw him like that. She wanted to be there for him, to shoulder his pain, but he wouldn’t let her in."Hey, you good?" Trudy’s voice cut through Lia’s spiraling thoughts as she slid into the seat beside her in the cafeteria."Ehmm… yeah," Lia replied quickly, shaking her head as though to dismiss the heaviness. She forced a small smile before lifting her juice box and taking a sip."You better be!" Trudy leaned in, her face glowing with mischief. "Because after school, we are going shopping.""What? No, please," Lia almost choked on her drink, her eyes widening."Yes, we are," Trudy said with the kind of determination that allowed no room for argument. "It’s you

It had been a week since the breakup, and nothing had changed. Tyler didn’t look at Lia, didn’t speak to her, It felt like he didn’t even acknowledge her existence. He walked past her in the hallway like she was just another stranger. That hurt, but what truly broke her was how normal he seemed, how unaffected he was, while she was left devastated, struggling to hold herself together. Lia sat in her classroom, her last period of the day. The teacher was running late, so the room buzzed with chatter and laughter. People gathered in groups, sharing jokes and gossip, but Lia stayed quiet at her desk. Asher sat beside her, stealing glances, trying to find the right words. "Hey," he finally said gently, leaning closer. "Are you good? … You just keep spacing out." Lia blinked and forced a quick smile. "Yeah, yeah, I’m fine." Asher didn’t look convinced. "To be honest, I knew this was going to happen. I tried to warn you." His voice wasn’t mocking, only layered with genuine concern, b

“Ophelia, huh?” Zayden said after sliding into the empty seat beside her, his tone casual but laced with that same arrogance from their first encounter.“It’s Lia,” she corrected curtly, her jaw tightening.“And you have nothing to say to me unless it’s an apology.”“An apology?” His brows lifted as though the word was foreign to him. “Wow. You do think highly of yourself, don’t you?” He leaned back in his chair, cocking his head in that infuriating way that made it seem like he was studying her for entertainment.“You know nothing about me,” Lia shot back, glaring at him.“It’s just a matter of time,” he said smoothly, lips tugging into a smirk, like he was already plotting how to peel away her layers and uncover her secrets.Lia shook her head, disgust threading through her veins, "Just do me a favour and stay away from me", Lia said turning her attention back to the front of the classroom. She didn’t need this. Not today. Not ever.After the class ended, Lia made her way to the lib

Lia froze, her body stiff at the sound of Tyler’s voice. Her pulse quickened, her breath caught in her throat. Her eyes darted between Zayden’s dripping form, a towel barely hanging at his waist and Tyler, who was now approaching from the end of the hall, his brows knitting together in visible confusion. Her stomach dropped so hard it almost made her dizzy. Tyler’s steps faltered as his gaze landed on them. He stopped dead, his whole frame tensing the moment he realized what he was seeing, Lia standing there, flushed and wide-eyed, and Zayden half-naked. “Is something going on?” Tyler’s voice was steady, but beneath it, there was an edge, a crack of disbelief. “What!? No.” Lia’s voice rushed out, shaking her head almost too quickly. Tyler’s eyes softened, but his expression held confusion, maybe even a hint of hurt. “Then, why are you here.” “Yeah?…” Zayden chimed in, his tone flat but curious, his gaze flickering between the two of them. Her lips parted, but no words came.

“Trudy, are you even listening to me?” Lia’s sharp voice cut through the silence of her room, snapping Trudy back to reality.Trudy blinked, startled, her cheeks still faintly flushed. “Yes, yes,” she rushed out, trying to shake the blush from her face. She tucked her phone quickly to the side, as if hiding a secret. “Sorry, what did you say?”Lia leaned closer, narrowing her eyes with suspicion. “Who got you blushing? Who are you chatting with?”“No one,” Trudy replied shook her head, her tone defensive.Lia raised a brow, clearly unconvinced. “Mm-hmm.”“I’m serious! It's nobody,” Trudy insisted, fumbling for an excuse. “It’s just my dad’s girlfriend… she’s planning dinner for all of us. I can only imagine the look on my mom’s face at the dinner.” She rolled her eyes dramatically, covering her tracks.“Alright then,” Lia said slowly, not entirely buying it but letting it go. She lifted two skirts, one in each hand. “I was saying… what color do you think I should go with?”“The black