Safety Pin • Luke Hemmings

Chapter 5

When I told Ashton the worst part of my week was getting put in a project with Luke, I expected him to agree with me.
Not throw a sleepover.

All 5 of us were lying in Ashton's living room, in complete awkward silence, It had been months since we had all 5 hung out together.
Utter bullshit that I was over here with 3 boys and my ex, while my best friends were having their own sleepover at Kiaras.
When Ashton invited me to sleep over I thought it was just going to be me and him. Maybe Michael at one point.

But here I was, arms crossed as I glared at Luke who sat on the other end of the couch, mimicking my expression.

"Guys." Michael Said, "It's getting weird."

"Shut it, Clifford," Luke said not breaking my gaze, like it was some intense staring contest.

"Brilliant idea Ash," Calum said sarcastically laying his back down on the floor.

"Gigi said they were working together!" Ashton argued.

I took my gaze away from Luke to glare at Ashton, the real criminal here, "I said we were working on a project together! Which he is no help with by the way."

Luke scoffed, "You don't like my handwriting! How am I supposed to help if I can't write anything?"

"Maybe if you actually fucking agreed with me on something, we wouldn't have to write so much." I shot back at him.

"Oh yeah, like it's such a crime for me to disagree with you." He rolled his eyes at me causing me to kick his leg hard with my foot.

"Don't you dare roll your eyes at me, Hemmings," I said narrowing my eyes at him. He knew how much I hated when he rolled his eyes at me.

"Guys stop," Ashton said.

"Oh no you do not need to be upset with us when you put us here Irwin," I said glaring at the boy.

"Those questions are easy guys... I mean how can you not at least agree on a few of them? Go and stop? Pirates and ninjas?" Calum said sitting back up. He now seemed interested in the conversation.

"We're two totally different people," I said earning a nod from Luke.

"How the hell did y'all date?" Michael asked making Luke scoff. "Lots of alcohol mate." This earned him another kick to the leg.
"Stop that!" Luke yelled at me hitting my leg with his foot back.

"Asshole," I mumbled.

"Okay! I give up!" Ashton yelled raising his hands in surrender and standing up. "You too are too fucking childish to even respect each other."

"I never will respect Luke," I said simply said.
Luke's face softened lightly almost in regret before it went back to a glare.

"I don't respect someone who doesn't respect me." He said.

"What the hell even happened to you two?" Calum asked.

Crazy how that one question can change our whole mood. Luke chewed on his fingernails anxiously and I pulled my feet up on the couch, wrapping an arm around my knees. "Nothing," I said barely above a whisper.

"No no... I'll tell em," Luke said looking over at me. For once in a while, the look wasn't laced with a single ounce of resentment.

"You don't have to." I mumbled, "It's over and there's no point in making them think differently of you when they weren't even there."

"Luke, what the hell did you do?" Ashton asked glaring at his friend.

I knew the second that it happened Luke regretted it. I knew that our breakup would have been more of a "break" if it wasn't for my song getting stolen. If it wasn't for the fight after I confronted him.

"You know jazzy?." Luke asked closing his eyes and resting his head on the back of the couch.

"Jazzy like Jasmine Hodge? Hottest girl in all of Australia?" Michael asked.
I wanted to roll my eyes at that comment. But somehow it made Luke's case for him better.

Luke, however, winced at the words. "Jasmine Hodge yeah."

"What does Jasmine Hodge have to do with this story?" Calum asked.

"Everything." I sighed. This earned a guilty glance from Luke.

"We started playing truth or dare." Luke said, "And I chose dare."

I honestly didn't want to hear the story anymore. I didn't want to relive that moment at all, I could tell neither did Luke.

"Kiss the prettiest girl in the room," Luke said, the words rolling over his tongue like ice cold water. He seemed to scoff at his own self as he rubbed his mouth.
Silence fell over the group as the boys stared at Luke Like he was Insane.
"So I kissed Her. I kissed Jasmine Hodge."

I closed my eyes at the words.

"Dude," Calum muttered.

It wasn't even the fact that I wasn't the prettiest girl in the room.
It just had to be the girl at our school that everyone wanted to have. The girl every guy would leave their girlfriend for.
He was my boyfriend of 4 years And he kissed her right infront of me.

"What the fuck Luke," Ashton said ruffly.

"I don't have an excuse that I haven't said to Geo before, so I'm not going to try to save myself now," Luke said swallowing hard. "Fuck." He mumbled.

"We took a break and then a month later officially broke it off," I said.

"Is that the fight we heard?" Michael asked making me stiffin and Luke open up his eyes. Just like that, our whole demeanor changed.
That fight was nothing or Luke would even consider telling the boys what it was about.
Even if they heard parts of it, it was no reason to go back to that day. The fight was the real reason we broke up I think. Not Jasmine, not the song, the fight.
Sure all those things started the fight but it opened up a whole new topic that made a lasting impression on how me and Luke view eachother.

"I'm going home," I told them standing up abruptly.

"Of course, right when the fight gets mentioned you leave," Luke said huffing at me, any ounce of guilt that was left on his face was replaced with the same old Luke I knew.

"I'll see you on Monday asshole," I said walking past him to grab my bag off the floor.

"Bye Calum, Bye Michael. Fuck you, Irwin." I said walking out the front door.

"Yeah walk out like always bitch!" Luke called as the door slammed.

Walk out like always bitch