cheers ; luke hemmings

three

I hear a knock on the door and my heart starts racing.

Luke's here. I was just having second thoughts about hanging out, do I really want to bring someone else into my life who will just leave?

A second knock brings me back to reality. "Uh Blake, do you want me to get that?" Dani asks

"No, it's fine. I'll get it." I respond and get off the couch to head to the front door.

I take a deep breath and open the door. There stands a tall handsome man with a big smile on his face.

"Blake. Wow. You look amazing." He claims.

I blush and open the door wider. "Thanks. Come in. I just need to grab my shoes." I respond.

Luke comes in and wipes his feet on the mat. "Should I take my shoes off?" he asks. I chuckle. "No it's fine, we'll only be here a minute. Thanks for asking."

He comes into the entryway and sees Dani on the couch. She jumps up off the couch and holds her hand up for him to shake. "Hi, I'm Dani. We met that night at the bar and I can't remember if I introduced myself!" Luke takes her hand and shakes it. "We didn't, but I remember you. I'm Luke. It's nice to formally meet you." He smiles.

I interrupt. "Okay, I'm ready. Let's go. Bye Dan, love you!" I blow her a kiss and grab Luke's arm as we head out the door.

I walk outside and see his black 1996 Camaro. I smile. He has taste.

"Nice car, it's pretty old now huh?" I ask. He chuckles and responds "Yeah it's a 1996, it was my dad's."

He walks with me to the passenger side and opens up the door.

"There's no need to be so formal. This isn't a date." I state.

"Oh I know, but I don't care." He smirks as I get in and shuts the door behind me.

Damn, he's charming.

Luke gets in the driver's seat and starts up the car. I look at him and his hair is perfectly pushed back and his jawline could probably cut me.

"Are you liking what you see?" He smirks.

I quickly look away and start twiddling my fingers. I need a drink.

"So. Where are we headed?" I ask.

Luke smiles at me and puts the car in drive.

"It's a surprise." He winks and drives off,

-

It's been about 15 minutes and we haven't talked much. He put on Blink-182 and we're just jamming. I have no idea where we're going but all I can hope is he isn't taking me to some lame dinner. I want to do something fun.

I see bright lights ahead of me and I feel regret. A fair? This is too damn cliche.

Luke finds a parking spot and looks at me. "Hey, it's not what it looks like. Okay? It'll be fun." He states. I think he knows exactly what I'm thinking.

I smile at him and nod my head.

He gets out and starts to walk around but I get out before he has the chance to open my door.

"I beat you," I say to Luke and smile.

He grabs my hand without saying anything and leads me to this arena.

This isn't exactly what I expected when I saw all the bright lights and heard the music from the parking lot.

"Is this a raceway?" I ask Luke.