4. The Day He Returned

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"Because the last time we had a road trip, we almost got arrested!" is Leighton's answer to Calum's question, 'Why do we never do a road trip anymore?'

"It was Harry's fault!" Calum defended himself, not wanting to be blamed.

"Whatever happened, we will never do a road trip ever again." Kitty stated, and Leighton nodded in agreement.

"C'mon, it would be fun! Just us, Harry, Mali, and Scott - oh wait." Michael stopped his sentence, "Let's ask Luke to come!"

"Nope. No. No. Nada. Never. No can do." Leighton rejected Michael in any way possible.

"Oh, c'mon! The slank doesn't have to know!" Michael insisted. Oh, yeah. Slank. The combination of Slut and Skank.

"She has a name!" Leighton defended her childhood best friend.

"Does it even matter?" Calum said in an annoyed tone. "That Slank ruined our friendship with Luke."

Ashton walked into the classroom and took a seat behind Calum's. As he walked, four pairs of eyes are watching his every step, which made Ashton more nervous.

"What's up with that dude?" Michael whispered, or more like whispered in a very loud voice.

"Shut up." Kitty glared at her blue haired best friend. Ashton stared to the ground, feeling uncomfortable.

"Hi, Ashton." Leighton greeted her partner in the Calculus assignment, and Ashton's head shot up.

"H-hi, Leighton." Ashton replied, and focused in the ground again.

The classroom's door opened, and Luke came in with an angry expression plastered on his face. He made his way to his former best friends, and asked, "Is it okay if I sit near you guys?"

They were all speechless at first, but Michael responded, "Yeah, sure."

Luke took a seat behind Michael, which means beside Ashton. It was silence.

"Is everything okay?" Kitty was the first to break the ice. Luke sighed and shrugged, "I don't think so."

"Slan- I mean, Tiffany?" Calum asked, mentally hitting himself for almost says Slank.

"Kinda, yeah." Luke bit his lip ring, "I'm sorry, guys." He continued.

Kitty raised her eyebrows, "Sorry? For what?" She asked.

"You know... for everything. For leaving you all." Luke confessed, then he sighed.

"It's okay." Michael said, but Luke shook his head no.

"It's not, Mike. And I really am sorry." Luke confessed. "No, really Luke, it's fine." Kitty assured him.

"Yeah, it is. We know you didn't have any choice." Calum said to Luke.

"Leigh?" Luke called Leighton and she just nodded, "Yeah, it's fine."

"So, are you like still together with Slan- Tiffany?" Calum asked, mentally slapping himself again.

"No, I don't think so." Luke chuckled dryly. Leighton smiled a little.

"What happened?" Leighton couldn't help but ask.

"We had a fight, and I'm just sick of fighting with her all the time." Luke informed.

"Ah, that sucks." Kitty said, but when she said it, a smile crept on her face.

"Hey, Silent Man," Calum said, preferring to Ashton.

"You should stop giving people weird nickname." Luke chuckled and shook his head in amusement.

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