𝙏𝙀𝙈𝙋𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 • 𝙇𝙍𝙃

26. i do

I DO

it took emma ten minutes to gather up the strength to move after luke kissed her and fled.

it took another five for her to hunt natalie down and tell her boss she has to go home, even with four hours of her shift left.

and it took twenty minutes for emma's uber to arrive and take her home where luke, and his lips, were waiting.

the blonde hadn't expected emma to high tail it out of work, desperate for some type of explanation.

so he tried his best to act unphased by what happened earlier, despite the fact that his insides were being stormed with butterflies. he ignored an angry caleb, walking straight into the living room where maya and ashton were watching some movie.

he plopped onto the empty couch, throwing his arms over the back of it with a goofy smile on his face, waiting for his friends to ask how his encounter with emma had gone.

they didn't seem phased by luke's arrival, too caught up in the movie to sway their attention elsewhere.

luke, hungry for attention from the people he could actually talk to about his overbearing feelings for the girl he can't have, cleared his throat.

"hi friends, how was your day? mine was great. i got coffee, visited a certain someone at work, kissed emma, and—"

"shut the fuck up, did you just say—"

"yep, you heard right, i got coffee" luke cheekily grinned, his wide smile not faltering even as maya hit him with a pillow.

"you kissed her? how was it? were there sparks? did you tell her you loved her? oh! who kissed who first? i need details" maya rushed the words out, sitting on the edge of her seat and waiting for luke to spill his guts.

ashton sat up, grabbing the eager girl by the shoulders and shaking her. "you're asking all the wrong questions, maya"

at this, luke becomes curious, thinking maya had covered all of the generic questions.

"i've gotta know— did you use tongue?"

luke cackles, scoffing slightly. "minimal, but yes"

maya squeals, failing to contain her excitement.

"so did you guys, like, passionately make out and you were seconds away from ripping each other's clothes off but were unfortunately interrupted or what?"

"jesus maya, no" luke says, though he wouldn't have been opposed if it had gone down like that. "it was short and i left before i could even see her reaction, but she didn't push me away so i guess that's good"

maya scrunched her face. "slightly disappointing, but i'm still happy for you"

ashton interjects at this, recalling a certain conversation he had with michael. "i mean that's basically what happened on the yacht though, right? so don't be too disappointed"

ashton smiles as luke groans and slaps a hand against his forehead, knowing emma had wanted maya to stay in the dark about their little kiss on the yacht.

"what?" maya asks, glaring at luke. "why am i always the last one to know these things?" she groans.

luke innocently smiles, shrugging his shoulders.

"you have a big mouth and—"

luke is cut off by the front door being slammed shut. the trio falls silent as they hear caleb speaking.

"hey, we need to talk. now" caleb tries to speak in a hushed tone, but his anger is obvious.

maya and ashton exchange confused glances, looking at luke to see him sheepishly sink into the couch.