The Bodyguard [Lashton AU]

Chapter 19

AN: Nothing in this story is perfectly accurate, okay. You've entered Max's world where everything is weird and nothing makes sense.

Updating, because things have been down for a lot of us. Prepare yourself for this chapter, I suppose.

Dedication: memoriesnthoughts [Thanks for making a cover c: It's great]

As I was slowly getting out of my unconscious state, my eyes glanced over towards the window, seeing that it was still dark out, but the light was slowly becoming visible. I decided to go back to sleep, moving myself backwards so I could be snuggled against Luke.

But the warmth that I sought from my bodyguard wasn't next to me anymore.

I gasped and immediately shot up, looking around and seeing that he was nowhere to be seen. He wasn't even back at his couch. The bathroom door was wide open, so I assumed he wasn't in there either.

I tossed the blanket off of me and rushed out of the room, and there I saw Luke dressed in a large grey coat and jeans, his hand twisting the knob and opening the door.

"Luke?" I spoke up and he turned his eyes towards me.

"Princess?" he said. "I-I thought you were still asleep."

"Well, I was, but then I noticed you weren't beside me and... Wh-Where are you going?"

"Oh. Um..." Luke looked out into the hallway before he stepped fully back into the suite, closing the door. "I'm just going somewhere. I'll be back, I promise."

"I wanna go with you."

"No, I won't allow it. Go back to sleep, please."

I frowned at his answer, crossing my arms. "The least you can do is tell me where you're going."

"It's none of your concern. Now will you go back to the room, please?"

"Not until you let me go with you."

Luke sighed, rubbing the sides of his forehead. "You're just gonna stand there until I say yes?"

I nodded.

He shrugged, opening the door and preparing to step out. "Have fun then."

"Luke!" I gasped, going after him and grabbing his wrist to pull him back. "If I can't go along with you, then tell me why you're leaving!"

Luke stayed silent, his eyes not meeting mine. Then I felt my heart fall to the pit of my stomach when a thought occurred to me--the reason why Luke was leaving at the crack of dawn.

"A-Are you..." I began, gulping as my heart started to pound. "... still planning to go to London?"

Finally, he turned to me with wide eyes and lips slightly parted. My hold on him tightened and he placed his other hand upon mine.

"Princess," he said, "I'm not going to lie: In a way, where I'm heading off to right now is related to London."

A large lump started to form in my throat. "Y-You're still leaving?"

Luke bit his bottom lip and glanced down, not uttering a word, and I knew that I was right.

I frantically began shaking my head from side to side. "B-But I thought..." I blinked away the tears that brimmed my eyes, my head facing down. "No! I won't let you go!"

He sighed. "Please, princess--"

"Stop it! No, you can't call me that anymore!" I glared up at Luke. "You'll just leave me anyway! I don't want to fall for you any more than I already did!"