Lucifer a.k.a Luke Hemmings

Chapter 6

It was stupid to cry over someone I'd only met the day prior, but something about Luke was so wonderfully disarming that it was as if I was drawn to him. His personality, his appearance, everything about him intrigued me and I just wanted to know him. I wanted to say that I no longer felt that, but in that moment, I knew that wasn't the case. Two days. Two days was all it took for me to be completely and utterly sucked into the enigma that was Luke Hemmings. Only, he wasn't really an enigma. I'd just found out everything I needed to know about him. I couldn't really explain why, I just knew that I was stuck and couldn't get out.

I threw my phone across my car, hitting the passenger window and quite possibly cracking. I wasn't sure what angered me the most, the fact that he could let me go with such a simple message, or the fact that he thought about hiding his fame from me for as long as possible. Wiping my tears away, I began driving out of the building. I turned on the radio but quickly changed the station when I heard She Looks So Perfect playing. Is it possible to get to know someone so well in only 24 hours? I don't know that I'd ever felt so close to someone before in my life. While I was driving, I thought over the events that had transpired. Luke got me to sing in front of other people, which was something I hadn't done since I was a child. He was one of the sweetest, most kindhearted boys I knew. His friends were also incredibly kind. They had warmed up to me immediately. I began to regret my decision to leave, thinking that maybe I'd over reacted. He had told me not to freak out or leave, and I did both. His confession, which seemed like a revelation to me, was just his everyday life.

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I really had screwed up. I pulled over to the side of the road and, since I was less than ten minutes from the apartment, decided to go back. I turned the car around in the empty road and began the short drive to Luke's building. I set out a plan in my mind. I would go up there and apologize for running away, but then I'd ask him why he didn't tell me sooner. Then I'd most likely forgive him. I'd tell him how I just got scared about the implications of being a female friend of a rockstar. I'd ask him if he was ok with us not going out in public too much and hoped he'd be alright with it.
Finally, I arrived back in the garage and made my way to the elevator. I pushed the tenth floor button and watched the floors tick away. The doors opened, revealing the same ornate hallway I'd only recently been in. I walked to apartment 1002 and stood silently outside the door. I lifted my hand to knock, but stopped when I heard voices inside.

"Luke, you just need to call her," I heard Ashton say. "None of us can get in touch with her."

I heard what sounded like crying, followed by sniffling, then talking. "I know, but what if she doesn't answer? Or she does answer, but she says she wants nothing to do with me?" I had no idea this mattered so much to Luke. I also didn't expect him to be crying. Most people don't cry over someone they'd know for less than two days.

"Dude, you can't just keep sitting here. It's not gonna do you any good," Calum told him.

"The guys are right," said Michael. "You need to do something."

"What am I supposed to do?" Luke shouted. His voice was still a bit shaky, but he clearly was upset. "I liked her, I really liked her. I told her what she wanted to know and she ran away. How am I supposed to take that, huh? It's obvious to me that I don't matter to her as much as she already does to me." I was shocked by his words, and I'm guessing the boys were too since none of them were talking. I gathered all the strength and courage in me and, without knocking this time, opened the door. I stayed in the doorway for a few seconds until Calum saw me and pointed towards the door. The boys all looked over and saw me standing there and motioned Luke over to me.

His face looked surprised, but he took quick steps over to me. I looked down at my feet shyly, but he lifted my chin up with his hand gently. "I'm so sorry," he said to me. "I shouldn't have kept that from you. It wasn't right. I should've told you sooner." I looked him in the eyes and smiled weakly.

"I'm sorry too. I overreacted. You didn't do anything wrong, it's crazy that I didn't already know. I just got freaked by the whole idea of you, I guess. It sounds stupid, but I didn't know how to react. I'm still not sure of how I feel about being out with you guys, but I'm willing to stick around if you still want me," I told him.

He pulled me into a tight hug and wrapped his arms around my waist. "Of course I still want you." I rested my head on his shoulder and we stayed like this for a few moments until one of the boys coughed, interrupting the moment.

"Not to ruin the moment," which Cal was effectively doing, "but we are still here. Do you still wanna be our friend too, or just Luke?" I detached myself from Luke and looked at Calum to see him smirking. I laughed and went over and hugged each of the boys.

"Of course I still wanna be friends with you guys," I said while ruffling Calum's hair.

"Great," he said while patting his hair back into place.

"Can we talk though," I said, "you know, about what this is gonna mean?" The guys all looked at each other and shrugged. We took the same seats we were in only an hour ago and I began talking. "So I just don't know what being around you guys is gonna be like for me. It kind of scares me to think that if we were to hangout outside in public somewhere, people would see us and assume stuff and judge me. I'm not sure how I'd deal with it all."

Luke put an arm around me and moved me onto his lap, which was more comfortable than being squished between him and the side of the chair. He put his arms around my waist and said, "I understand. It's gonna be a big change for you. But we are all gonna be right there with you, so you don't need to worry."

"He's right," Michael said. "And besides, who cares what other people think? We know the real you and that's all that maters." I smiled at him and he returned it.

Calum said, "It'll give you a chance to let people see how amazing Scarlett Gillens it."

"Maybe you could even do a few videos with us, or by yourself, singing. You are really good, you know," Ashton suggested. "I'm sure people would love you too."

"And if our fans really love us, they won't hate you or be rude to you," Luke said. That did make a lot of sense and I hoped it would hold true.

"So how about some FIFA?" Calum asked excitedly.

"I'm in," I exclaimed. The boys laughed at the sudden shift in the mood, but we began playing none the less.