heartbreaker

nine

ARDEN

 I stared out the window, memories of past conversations flood my mind. My head rested on the car window, the coolness of the glass calms my nerves. My eyes wander around the car and surroundings. I watch the cars zoom by, my ears are filled with the sound of Michael fighting with Ashton about whether or not Jennifer Landon, their highschool crush, got hotter since they left for the land of sunshine. Finally my eyes rest on Luke.

 Luke Hemmings. What can I say, he's a ladies man. Well, was a ladies man. I know all about his habit of sleeping around. Being his bestfriend, I had to deal with his hangovers and his tears. He sits near the window as well. He has an arm wrapped tightly around Evelyn's waist.  His thumb drawing small circles on the exposed skin on her side. Her head on his shoulder, she nudges his jaw softly and they both look into eachothers eyes. I felt a pang of jealousy in my chest. He places a kiss on her lips and that's when something broke in me.

"Hey babe, you know our anniversary is coming up in a few days. Any ideas?" I wiggle my eyebrows playfully. From the corner of my eye I saw Luke stiffen. 

"Yeah, Harris you should try to hit it." Calum shouts from the back seat.

"Calum!" Ashton scolds him, I roll my eyes playfully, he's such a dad.

"Hey I spent a few months in California, you tend to pick up some things." He holds up his hands in defense.

"So, what are you gonna do Harris?" Michael questions, I listen attentively.

"We-" His sentence was cut off momentarily.

"Guys, we're here! Let's go!" Luke shouts, quite excitedly. He yanks on the door handle numerous times, he grows confused. Until he glances at the car locks, realizing they were still in the locked position. The car was soon filled with laughter, Even Evelyn was laughing. Luke looks at his shoes, a slight smile on his lips and blush on his cheeks.

LUKE

 We exit the car, the guys still messing with me after the car incident. My arm slung over Eve's shoulder and her hand comes up to interlock my dangling one. Is it wrong that i'm actually starting to fall for her?

 After waiting to be seated, we waited for the waiter making small talk.

"Care to finish your sentence about our anniversary?" A smirk painted Arden's lips.

"Well-" Tyler began but was quickly interrupted by the waiter.

"I am so sorry, we have been busy today, and their hasn't been any-Luke?" Her voice sounded familiar.

Shit.

"Hi, Marie." I held my head down, the guys, including Arden tried to stifle their laughter. My grip on Evelyn's hand tightened, she whimpered slightly, but I was to nervous to care.

"Long time no fuck, Hemmings." Bitterness filled her tone.

"What's up your butt, princess?" Michael asked a smirk on his face.

"Shut up Clifford." She spat back.

"We came here for food not drama." Marie's head must have done a full turn, that girl scared me sometimes.

"And who are you exactly? One of Luke's flings? I woudn't have been suprised." She rolled her eyes.

"Actually Mar, I do have a gorgeous girlfriend." I press a kiss to Evelyn's forehead, she relaxed to my touch, but I could sense that she was still upset.

"So this is the slut of the week huh?" She laughs in Eve's face.

ARDEN

"Try girlfriend of four years honey, next time get your facts straight you cum junkie!" Audible gasps from the guys and Evelyn could be heard. I might hate the girl, but she makes Luke happy so I'll try to tolerate her.

"Think twice before you-" She begins but I quickly interrupt, now I'm pissed."

"No, you get your facts straight. Evelyn is on no way shape or form a slut, alright. You should think twice before screaming out those words before you actually understand the meaning. Although, Evelyn put me through some deep shit in the past I still defend her because she makes Luke happy." My mum always told me if I was a passionate speaker, I would always defend things I care about.

"Who are you again, probably one of his flings? Your practically the dust on my feet." She stated as if it were the most simple fact in the world. That is what really hit home, as a child I would

constantly get bullied, not on school grounds but online. My parents never knew about it, not even Luke. My vision was clouded with warm tears.

"Is the little baby gonna cry?" She plasters a fake smile on her surgically altered lips.

Ashton puts a hand in front of her, motioning for her to stop.

"Don't touch me you diseased rat!" Calum starts stands up and tries to knock some sense into her.

"Just shut up you fucking asian." They began to get into a heated argument. Luke just sat in his seat, as still as a statue, with Evelyn slightly crying onto his shoulder.

"HEY!" It gets eerily quiet in the resturant. I'm pretty sure I saw the manager with a bag of chips, observing the fight as well.

"Say all you want to me but don't you dare say another word to my bestfriends." She begins to fire back but I stand so close to her that our noses are inches apart.

"You will let me finish, it would be a shame if your expensive nose job would be ruined in five seconds." She gives me a glare.

"You think you can scare me girly?"

"I might not scare you but I sure as hell will hurt you if you keep talking to my friends that way." Her manager finally comes to his senses and escorts her back into the kitchen. As for me I grab my bag and leave the establishment as fast as I could with the guys and Eve hot on my trail.

"Arden!"

"Arden, wait!"

I could hear them shouting my name but the thoughts in my head were so much louder.

"Ar-bear." That word managed to process through my brain and I stopped immediatly, I turned slowly only to be faced with Luke.

"Thanks for defending Eve back there, I appreciated." It looked as if her were thanking his shoes rather than me.

"When did it become different Luke? The Luke I know would be engulfing me in a hug, where is he? Now it's back to the way we started. Strangers. "

"That Luke is gone Arden. Banished. Sent away. Ever since we began getting more well known in the music industry, people with cameras have been following us everywhere. I can't have a picture of me with a nobody printed on a magazine."

"Oh, I get it basically I can't be seen with you." The blood started to boil in my veins.

"I'm sorry but that is the truth."

"The only truth is that you are big bastard."

"Your just a distraction, I never needed you in the first place."

"You don't mean that."

|| This chapter is absolutely horrible, I am so sorry that my writing is horrible. Schoolwork has been piling up lately. ||