You Left | l.h.

4

"Evie, this is Josh and Marie." Calum said excitedly, introducing me to his old friends.

Apparently he had been spending so much time with me that he forgot about his old friends and I didn't like that, so I told him to hangout with them again but he insisted I come with.

"Uhm, hi." I smiled shyly.

I was never good at meeting new people and always scared that I would come off as rude or stuck up rather than just the fact I am awfully terrible at being a human.

They all sat and caught up while I was in my own little world, seeing about how much had changed over the past few months. I would normally be sitting with Luke right now, but then again if things were normal I would always be with Luke.

I always felt like there was something else, something he wouldn't tell me as to why he ended our friendship but I suppose him being tired of me was good enough. I always figured he would but I hoped that what I was feeling wasn't true, unfortunately it was.

I snapped out of my trance, adding in little bits and pieces to the conversation that was going on in front of me. I wasn't feeling to well so I decided to sneak off and out of the cafeteria, on my way out I bumped into someone.

"Oh, sorry I-" I began to apologize but shut my mouth when I saw who it was.

"Evie, I don't want things to be like this." Luke spoke, softly.

"Well, you're the reason they're like this so get over it. You obviously don't care to fix anything." I scoffed.

"I can't, you don't understand."

"Then make me understand Luke, until then just leave me alone. You've hurt me enough."

I ran off, holding back tears because I was too tired of crying over a guy who broke me down more than I already was. He didn't care to fix anything, so I had to show him that I didn't care that he didn't want to fix anything.

I was determined to fix myself up, make myself a better me and show everyone that I was okay, maybe I wasn't completely fine yet but that didn't mean I couldn't fake it.

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The next day I arrived at school I had heads turning my way, left and right. I straightened my long hair, added a bit more make up, and bought a bit tighter fitting clothes.

People were whispering and usually I hated all eyes on me but for today, I didn't care. I walked over to Calum, watching his eyes go up and down my body.

"Evie, you usually look cute but damn you look hot today." He smirked.

"Well, thank you. It's what I was going for." I winked before we started heading to our class.

I didn't even notice Calum had his arm slung over my shoulder until we walked past the popular group and Luke glared at us, we'll, more Calum than me, I think. Sally was too in shock to bother me, which I was thankful for but wasn't holding my breath over, I'm sure she'd be out to bother me later.

Later that day, on my way to my next class, one of the popular guys, Andrew, came to ask me out. I almost wanted to laugh in his face but held back the urge to.

"You did nothing but make fun of me before but now that I have changed you're asking me out? Real funny, not even in your dreams buddy." I spat before turning away.

Ashton chuckled, putting his hand up for me to give him a high five. We still interacted on and off and I'm glad he didn't shut off contact just because Luke decided to.

"Evie, are you coming to that cabin party in a couple weeks?" Calum asked.

"I don't know, Cal-"

"Oh, come on, please? Even Marie and Josh want you to come."

"Alright, I'll be there."

-
I couldn't help but wonder what Luke's mom thought happened, or what Luke told her happened. I went from being over there practically everyday to never being there.

I missed his mom, since she really was like my second mom and I know I could still go see her but I can't chance running into Luke.

Luke. Everything always went back to him and I hated it but he was such a huge part of my life, how was I meant to just forget about him? I couldn't.

I don't think I would ever forget about him, honestly, I knew I wouldn't. Even after what he did to me, I knew he'd be the type of person I talked about to my kids, telling them all the fun we had throughout our friendship.

I didn't want to hate him, I know I don't. Even after what he did, I still cared for him more than myself. This was a complete mess that I wasn't getting out of anytime soon.

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(for future reference would you guys like smut to happen in this book or no??)