Demon || Luke Hemmings

Chapter 15: Hello London

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

"Hey, wake up, we're almost there" I hear a voice. I open my eyes and almost start to freak out. I am up in the air. So high above the ground. "Are you okay?" I hear the same voice again and then I realize I'm lying on Ashton's back while he's flying. I look down on the ground again, and then I notice the city. The most famous city in whole England. It's London. What are we doing in London? I know if I would ask Ashton, he wouldn't tell me, so I keep the question just in my mind. I wonder if Luke, Calum and Michael are already there. "Cling to me tightly, we're going down" he says and I do what he told me to. We start to come down. It lasts for few minutes, but the feeling in my stomach is disgusting. I feel like I'm going to throw up. When I finally feel the ground under my feet again, I have to lean on the wall. My head is spinning, and I really don't feel good. "Are you okay?" Ashton asks and helps me to sit down on some box. "Yeah, I'm just, I think that the touchdown doesn't make me feel good" I mumble. "I'm sorry. This was the only way how to get you here that fast" he explains and I nod. "It's okay, don't worry. I'll be fine. Just need some rest" I say. "Okay. But if you need anything just tell me. They should be here in few minutes" he tells me and I nod again. He sits down on the other box right next to me and we're both waiting.

*LUKE'S POV*

We're running through the streets of the night London. I saw them come down from the sky, so I know they're already there. The feeling of holding her in my arms again makes me running faster. "Right" I hear Calum's voice and turn my body to right. We're running for few more minutes until we turn to the narrow alley. I see them both sitting there. I run to her as fast as I can and when she spots me, she stands up and when I can reach her, I pull her into my arms. "Fine, so what now? What's the plan?" I hear Michael's voice from behind me. The truth is I don't have any idea. Yeah, we're in London, but we still don't have a place to go. I mean, three people need some sleep. Me and Michael, we actually never sleep, so we don't care about stuff like bed. But she, Ashton and Calum have to. "Let's go" Aston says and we start to move. We're walking around the night London. No one of us know where we're going, but we keep walking. I hold her hand in mine, so she doesn't get lost or I don't lose her. Then I spot the newspaper on the ground. I pick it up and start to turn the pages. The flats, apartments and houses for sale and rent. "Guys" I say and they all stop walking. I show them the page and we look at the options. When Ashton points at the apartment which looks kind of the best we all nod. I look at her and she looks worried. "We can't just sneak in to some random apartment" she objects. "It's just for one night" I say and pull her closer to me, but she shakes her head. "No" she says. "C'mon, it's probably empty. No one is there" Michael takes my side.

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

This is so irresponsible. You can't just go and sneak into someone's apartment in the middle of the night. It doesn't matter if someone's in there or not. I shake my head again. "I said no" I say and cross my arms on my chest to show them I'm deadly serious. They look at each other literally without any idea what to do. Then Luke takes few steps towards me, but I take few steps backwards, so I let him know I don't want him to touch me or to do anything else until he doesn't start to be responsible. I definitely won't go in someone's apartment without permission. I mean, this old house doesn't belong to anyone, so obviously I went there. This cottage doesn't belong to anyone as well. But an apartment? It obviously belongs to someone. It's in the newspaper in the section for sales and rents. I'm definitely not going there. "So, you're not coming with us?" I hear Luke's voice in my ears. "No" I say once more and shake my head again. He looks at other three boys and then shrugs. "Okay. Let's go then" he says and they all start to walk away from me. I still stand at the same place and watch their backs. He doesn't even turn around. They left me here alone.

*LUKE'S POV*

I smile when I feel the tight grip of her hands on my arm. I knew she won't just stay there. I just know her too well. "Changed your mind?" I ask her with a winning smile on my face and look at her. She doesn't say a single word, but her look says everything. She hates me for the fact I did this to her. But honestly, she didn't give me so many options. I mean, there were just two options. The first one, that she will agree with this idea without problems and the second, that she won't agree and then I would have to make her to do that. She chose the second option. So, I just did what I had to. We walk in silence. "Here" Calum says suddenly and we all look at the apartment building. "Stay here" Ashton says and spreads his wings, then flies on the roof of the building. In few minutes he appears from the other side of the door and open it for us. "Great job man" Michael admires his work. We walk into the building and slowly walking up the stairs. When we stand in front of the door of the apartment which is supposed to be for sale, we don't know how to get in it. Then I feel my arm gets free from the tight grip and I look around. She lifts up the flower pot and pick up the key from the floor. "Amateurs" she says and throws me the key. I don't hesitate for a second and try open the door with the key she found. In few seconds I unlock the door and open it. We walk in and our jaws drops. It's huge. It's probably as big as the house I used to live in.

*OCTAVIA'S POV*

I know this is wrong. We shouldn't be here. I have a bad feeling about this. If they would all be able to sleep, I would be like, yeah, I will disappear when they all will be sleeping, but the problem is, that they're not. I know Luke will be staring at me the whole night. I know that he's doing all of this just because of me, but this is kind of too much. Sneak in to someone's apartment. It's so irresponsible. "Hey doll. Don't worry, everything will be fine" Luke whispers into my ear and I push myself away from him. I look at him and then I spot something in his eyes. Something I never saw in them before. Mix of emotions. The pain, the fear and the confusion. I can't look at him anymore. I turn around and walk into the room behind the first door I see. I close them behind me and I go to sit on the big bed in the middle of the room.

*LUKE'S POV*

All I want to do is protect her. The way how she pushed herself away from me and how she looked into my eyes. It hurts. I am hurt. The fact that I have a demon inside of me, that I am a demon, doesn't mean I don't have any feelings. I'm scared she's going to leave me. I don't want her to leave. I run my hand through my hair and then I realize the looks at me. I look around and see my three best friends staring at me. "What?" I ask with my voice raised. They all shake their heads and go to find their place for tonight. I sit down on the floor right next to the door where she walked in. I don't think it's good idea to go in there. I don't want to push her into anything. Just no pressure. I press my back against the wall and rest my hands on my knees.