The life of a Flower || l.h

CH.18

Ashton's POV.

Luckily to my advantage, Luke picked Dare. I looked at Alyssa then at Luke. I couldn't help but smile a devious smile at what I had planned for his dare.

I know Luke likes Alyssa ,but he is too afraid to tell her because he doesn't think she likes him. Well Bullshit. Calum,Michael,and I can all tell that they both like each other. Even if both of them are too oblivious to see it.

I called Calum and Michael into a huddle to discuss the dare. After about 5 minutes of suggestions we finally came up with suitable dare.

Luke's POV.

The rest of the lads were huddled up planning for my dare. I knew that this was not gonna end well. At this point I don't care if I got embarrassed. I just don't want Alyssa to be.

She acts all tough around the lads and people she just can't stand, but I've seen how vulnerable she can really get. It pains me to see her so hurt.

Sometimes I want to just take all the pain away from her and feel it for myself to take the burden off of her.

The lads finally separated and all 3 of them had smirks plastered along their smug faces.

I really hope this doesn't end badly. Sadly, I know it will. Ashton finally spoke up. "Okay Luke, we have chosen your dare." He smiled cheekily.

All I could do is nod. As much as I wanted to speak I couldn't. The words just kept getting caught in my throat.

"We simple dare you to masturbate." Ashton said bluntly. I was sort of relieved that they didn't choose anything outrageous. Sadly, I spoke to soon.

"But, you have to do it in your room, while Alyssa is in there as well." I could feel the heat rise to my cheeks. Actually, I'm pretty damn sure my whole face was as bright as a tomato.

I looked over at Alyssa and saw that she was biting her lip, and her face as well was a deep shade of red.

I looked at them with pleading eyes begging them to change the dare. They wouldn't budge. I looked at Alyssa with apology clear in my eyes.

She placed her hand on my shoulder," It's okay Luke, a dare is a dare." With that she grabbed my hand and lead me to my room.

Alyssa's POV.

We arrived inside Luke's room ,and I quietly shut and locked the door behind us. "Okay, you do what you have to do, and I promise I won't look."

"Thank you" he said breathlessly as he laid himself down on his bed. I nodded and turned around to face the corner.

To be honest I wanted to look. I really did,but I knew it would cause some bumps in our friendship. I was consumed in my own thoughts until I heard a noise in the background.

It was Luke...moaning. I would be lying if I said that that didn't turn me on. He kept moaning ,and I swear if he kept at it I would loose my cool.

Finally, he stopped. The only thing that was heard was Luke's faint panting in the background. I didn't need a mirror to know that my face was probably a shade of pink.

"Ugh...you can turn around now." He said a notch above a whisper. I turned around to see Luke in nothing but a pair of sweat pants. He was sweating a bit. I couldn't help but admire the glistening beats of sweat that rolled down from his face to his toned body.

I knew I was staring but I didn't care. I admired every curve and edge of his body. He is way to good to ever be with a girl like me. Even as friends.

I turned away and walked out of the room. Thankfully he didn't seem to notice me staring at his perfectly sculpted body.

I walked into the living room and was meet by 3 boys grinning profusely. I wanted to slap those grins right off their faces.

"How was it?" Ashton asked grinning like a mad man. "I didn't look." I said shrugging my shoulders.

"What! But it was a dare." Mikey enthused. "Yeah it was." I chuckled a bit and shook my head." But you guys never said I had to look. All you said was that I had to be in the room." I gave them a sly smirk as they glared sheepishly at me. I couldn't help but laugh.

Soon we all were laughing so hard to where we were holding our stomachs and falling to the carpeted floor beneath us. I don't know why we are laughing. It wasn't even that funny. "Touché" Ashton said as he continued to try and calm himself down.
-.-.-.-.-.-.- 10 minutes later

By now Luke has joined me and the rest of the boys. I could tell he was embarrassed about what had happened. We stopped playing Truth or Dare after we all,except Luke, had our laugh attacks.

We were now currently watching a Criminal Minds Marathon on Investigation Discovery. I seriously am addicted to this show. By the looks of it, so are the boys.

Michael was constantly yelling at the tv for the victim to watch out, but obviously they never heard him. Ashton and Calum were on the edge of their seats staring at the moving pictures that appeared on the television screen before us. They didn't even take their eyes off it to grabbed a handful of popcorn.

I was sitting by Luke the whole time. I don't know why but I really do feel safest around him. I could feel him glance at me a couple times during the show, but I presumed watching the screen while pretending not to notice.

At one point a really creepy part came on and without thinking I hid my face in the crook of Luke's neck at the sight. I don't get scared easily, but this shit was scary. Actually no, not scary, more demented in a way.

I expected him to move away from me,but he didn't. He did the opposite of what I thought he would do. He pulled me in closer to him until there was almost no space in between us. He began to trace different varieties of shapes into my back.

I could feel sleep take me over, but not before I felt a very familiar shape being traced into my back over and over again. A heart.
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Luke's POV.

I woke up to feel a body lying next to me. Alyssa was cuddled up to my chest as she laid peacefully sleeping in my arms. I smiled at how cute she looks.

I looked around trying not to wake her up. Michael was past out in the recliner chair,and Calum was sleeping on the couch. I couldn't see Ash anywhere though.

I heard the faint sound of footsteps in the kitchen. Ashton then appeared groggily walking out of the kitchen holding a cup of tea.

"Morning mate." I said while rubbing my eyes. "Morning lover boy." He chuckled as he nods toward the sleeping angel in my arms.

I was really lucky to have her as my best friend. She is so beautiful, sincere, smart. She is everything I ever wanted. I can't help but feel like I want to be for than friends with her.

I looked down at Alyssa as she slept. She was so peaceful. Her chest slowly and gently fell and rose with every breathe. I hadn't realized it ,but she had many scattered freckles across her nose.

I couldn't help but lean down and kiss her forehead. "Morning Princess." I mumbled only loud enough so that I could hear. She moved slightly. I honestly thought she had heard me,but she then became still and the steady rise and fall of her chest continued. That was close.