apologies // hemmings

seventeen

hi i combined seventeen and eighteen (which you havent read yet) for reasons that i will explain at the end of this chapter so theres a lot of this that you havent read i would suggest rereading it its not like just added onto the end or anything so yeah thanks for reading

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"I'll fucking kill him. I swear to god, I'll kill him!" Luke growled, pacing back and forth in his bedroom while Alexis sat on his bed, watching. She was wearing one of Luke's sweatshirts with her leggings, and she had removed the make up that had run down her face after crying into Luke's shoulder for twenty minutes.

"I wouldn't do it," Alexis mumbled hoarsely. She closed her eyes and dropped her head, shaking it back and forth.

Luke froze, taking a moment to look at his friend - the girl he loved. "You wouldn't do what?"

Alexis laughed humorlessly and wiped a tear from her face with the sleeve of her shirt. "I wouldn't have sex with him, so he cheated on me," She let out a sob and covered her face with her hands. Ashton had pushed more than a few boundaries during the course of their relationship, but Alexis always made sure to stop him. He never complained and always respected her wishes, and now Alexis knew why. He would just leave to have sex with someone else.

"I swear to god I'm going to murder him," Luke screamed, throwing his bedroom door open when Alexis let out another sob.

"Luke..." She sobbed quietly, but Luke heard her plea and turned back. "Please just stay with me," she begged. Luke nodded once, and closed his door before walking over to where she sat. Alexis pushed herself down the bed so that she could lay comfortably. Luke sat next to her and pulled her onto his chest while she wrapped an arm around his torso. "Thank you, Luke. You're my best friend," Alexis whispered, which earned a squeeze from Luke. They sat in silence, listening to their own breathing as Alexis' evened out and they both fell asleep in each other's arms.

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Alexis shot up, grabbing her stomach in pain. She tried to remember to take deep breaths to make the aching stop, but she instinctively held her breath instead. She pulled herself off the bed, suddenly broiling under the heat of the blankets. She used her hand to put pressure on the pain, praying for it to go away. The pain suddenly turned from aching to stabbing as if her stomach was being wrapped in a blanket of nails. She held her stomach tighter and let out a loud gasp.

Luke shuffled in the bed before peeling his eyes open, "Lex, are you okay?"

Alexis clenched her teeth and squeezed her eyes shut, "I'm fine, I was just looking for my shoes, I need to get home," she managed to mutter through the pain.

Luke squinted slightly, looking at his bedside clock, "Lex, it's one in the morning, just stay the night," He yawned, falling back into onto his pillow.

"Sorry, I can't. I've got something in the morning. I'll text you tomorrow though," Alexis stood up, grabbing her keys off his desk. She made her way to his side of the bed and leaned down, leaving a kiss on his cheek, "Thank you, Luke. You mean a lot to me."

Luke was already drifting back to sleep as Alexis walked out of his room and down the stairs, trying to keep quiet. When she safely made it to her car, she let out her tears of pain, breathing quickly and deeply. She reached into the center console, grabbing her phone that she had left in the car earlier when she made it to Luke's. She ignored all of the calls and texts from Ashton, and called her mom, knowing that she would still be awake.

"Alex, baby? What's wrong?" Her mother asked worriedly into the phone.

"Mom, the pain is back and it's really bad." Alexis heard her mom sigh on the other side of the phone.