The Arranged Marriage ☾ l.h. ☽

six

 Home {Gabrielle Aplin} // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxtSaP53M3Q

We were all eating breakfast at the small table in our kitchen in an awkward silence. I was sitting in between Stiles and Luke. Stiles was hung-over and barely ate the bacon I made. He wouldn't even come close to me. Luke was sitting really close to me and would sometimes nudge his knee against mine. 

It was terrible. Annoying, insane silence. So I cleared my throat and Luke looked up at me while Stiles kept his head down. "Luke...are the boys coming over today?" I asked tightly. He smiled slightly and shrugged. Great Luke. 

I sat there for a bit longer picking at the remains of eggs on my plate until I turned towards the boy on my right. "Stiles you have to leave", I said abruptly. He looked over at me with bacon hanging out of my mouth.

"What?" he mumbled. 

"I just don't feel comfortable with you around right now. We can pay for a hotel for you if you want", I looked down and fumbled with the napkin in my hand. "It's just too much tension in a tiny apartment okay?" Stiles nodded and brushed his hair out of his face. 

The silence became worse. 

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"Did you guys kiss?!?" Taylor was yelling at me. Luke was at the studio and Taylor decided right now would be a best time to come over (despite Stiles still being here). 

"Shhhhhh!!!" I waved my hands in the air to quiet her. She put her hands over her mouth but I could still see her smiling by the crinkles at the corners of her eyes. 

"Did you?" she asked quietly and I shook my head chuckling. 

"We didn't kiss drama queen", she rolled her eyes at the name. "We just kinda cuddled I guess. I feel like he only did it because of pity though". I felt a sting on my leg because Taylor hit me. "Ow! What?"

"If there's anything I know about Luke it's that he does not pretend to care. It wasn't out of pity you dumbass. He cuddled with you because he likes you", it was my turn to roll my eyes. 

"Sure", I mocked her. 

"Look, pity is when Senior Jack was my partner for a Science project when my cat died. Love is when you see someone in pain and only want them to feel better", Taylor said. 

"Love? Who said anything about love?" she pushed me so I slid onto the floor. 

"God you're weird", she inquired. I nodded my head. "Just open up alright, boys aren't even your number one priority", I sighed after listening to her words. 

"But they have an interview tomorrow", I whined. "What's Luke gonna say about me?"

"Probably something great", she smiled at me and I looked down. The door to my room opened and Luke walked in smiling. 

"Hey", I said. "How'd writing go?"

Luke walked over to me and bent down to kiss the top of my head, probably making me blush and getting an eyebrow wiggle from Taylor. "It went great", he plopped down next to me. "I got so many ideas down and it was just so great to play again", I smiled at him. 

"That's great", his lip ring shone out from the ceiling light. "What do you think the albums gonna be called?" I scooted closer to him and leaned my head against his shoulder. Not really trying to be flirty, I was just kinda tired. 

"Hmmmm....maybe I'll call it Tina Bea", he said and I rolled my eyes. 

"No...It should be called We're Taking over the World, cause you guys really are", I sighed. He nodded and grabbed my hand, intertwining our fingers. "I remember when everyone thought you were crazy", I mused.