Present Time
Luke's POV
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She screwed me up. I couldn't fall in love with her. I am commited to the band. My dreams have finally come true and I can't just stop because of a girl. Besides she can find someone way better than me... but I don't think I will ever find someone like her. Whiskey can make me forget her for awhile. Shit, I have band rehearsal. Yeah, she fucked me up. Real bad. I can't think straight, but it isn't her fault it is mine. I was on my way to the practice venue and not suprisingly I was late. Good job Luke.
I got in a cab and made it to the venue. A guard guided me through the crowd of our fans. The fans. I'm so thankful for them. I know that they're girls and they feed off drama but sometimes I wish they could just let us be teenagers for a while. I opened the door and saw three angry faces.
"Where the fuck have you been idiot?" Michael asked angrily. Thinking about a girl that I purposely broke up with.
"Sorry, I lost track of time." lame excuse.
"Oh please. You were probaby screwing that one whore weren't you?" Calum snorted. Actually not this time.
"It isn't our worry who he is was screwing, Calum. Let's start practicing before we run out of time. And Luke can you please come on time man?" Ashton asked nicely. I nodded and began practicing our songs.
Once band practice was over we took pictures with the fans and signed stuff. I went home and took a shower. I took the scotch out of my cabinet and layed in bed just drinking away. I couldn't stop thinking about her. She laughed at all my horrible jokes and she looked at me differently than other girls did. I couldn't fall in love with her because it would have ended badly. I just saved us the heartbreak....kinda....well not really. I am an idiot. NO. I am not an idiot. Sooner or later we would've had to say goodbye.
"I miss you," I said quietly to no one. Then I passed out.
I woke up to my alarm and got ready for the plane ride to our next concert. I got in the car to the plane and met up with the boys. It was a great concert and when I started to think about her I did the one thing that is needed. One of our groupies.
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Maddie's POV
I quit my job at the cafe and began to work at the record store. It was a better fit and I enjoy being there. I still think about Luke but I am not going to drown in sadness. But every corner I turn it's like he is there. Things are changing but for the good I guess. I decided that I didn't want to become a journalist I wanted to write and sing. I began to write a book about my childhood portrayed in fictional characters. It is a weird idea that I thought of late at night but isn't that were the best stories come from. I am not fully happy. I couldn't be fully happy without him but I am at peace.
I am laying in bed, listening to music, just staring out the window thinking. Riley was reading a book in the chair in front of my bed bed drinking a Diet Coke. After a while I could feel her eyes on me.
"Whatcha thinkin' about?" she asked studying me.
"You already know." I didn't look at her I just kept staring out the window. As much as I tell myself that I will be okay, I will never believe it.
"If it was meant to be you will meet again." she said genuinely. For a second I almost fell for it. We aren't meant to be.
"Riley, we need to leave NYC. It is the same drabby place. Let's go somewhere awesome." I said dreamily, thinking out loud.
"Like where? If we are moving I wanna go somewhere with a beach." I could tell by the way she said it she was serious. California. We both liked adventure. Riley's parents are freaking rich too so it could work easy. I smiled. For the first time in a while a real smile was on my face.
"California." I looked up to meet her excited blue eyes. Riley had these beautiful eyes that could capture anyone. The were like the sky when she was happy and when she was sad they turned this dark blue-grey. It was the coolest thing. Riley is one of those people that is so beautiful but doesn't even realize it. I envied that occasionally. She returned my smile giggling.
"Done," she said before she jumped out of the chair running into the living room excitedly. I didn't want connections in New York anymore. There was always something that brought me down. Finally we can go somewhere I can find happiness.
