Story Of My Life *1d and 5SOS*

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"If Luke knows he hates me..." Begs Mayke. I shrug my shoulders. "You don't tell Luke, you tell me!" I respond. Mayke nods. "Okay... But first I'm going to sit on the bed..." She mumbles. She gets up and walks to the double bed in a trance. I get up too and sit down next to her.

"It all started almost a year ago..." Mayke talks softly, I have to make an effort to understand her. "Me and my twin sister, Lisa, are biking to school. We were talking about the One Direction concert, we had just bought tickets then. I was a fan of One Direction and 5 seconds of summer, Lisa wanted to go more for 5 seconds of summer..." A small smile forms on Mayke's face, which quickly disappears. "Lisa and I got into a discussion about who was the cutest of 5 seconds of summer. We did that quite often. Lisa's favourite was Ashton, from the beginning. Mine is Luke, of course." When I hear Ashton's name, I smile. But my smile quickly disappears when I look at Mayke's sad face. "She yelled at me that Ashton was the cutest, while we were cycling. Because we were talking so much, we didn't see the traffic light change to red. A car came at us from the left at high speed. I saw the car just in time, because I was cycling on the right and looked at Lisa, who was cycling on the left. I managed to brake and got away with a broken bicycle and a broken foot. But Lisa..." Mayke puts her hands before her eyes and starts sobbing loudly. I put an arm around her and stroke her back with my hand.

"Lisa didn't make it to the hospital!" Sobs Mayke. I put my other arm around her as well. I make a soothing sound. "And... And..." Stuttered Mayke. "Try to calm down first..." I say softly. "I let go of Mayke. Mayke takes a few deep breaths and wipes away her tears.

"It was all my fault... If I hadn't distracted her... Or... If I had called out that a car was coming..." Mayke bites her lip to keep from crying again.

"After her death I felt worse and worse. Lisa and I were not only sisters, but also best friends... I closed myself off to the people I cared about... And I started doing something I should never have done; drugs..." Mayke sighs deeply and looks at the ground, embarrassed. I can only listen. "The drugs got me into debt, which I had to pay off, of course. so I started stealing, doing illegal things.... My parents found out I was doing drugs and had me under constant surveillance... They wouldn't let me go anywhere, including the One Direction concert... But I went anyway, also for Lisa. Then I met Luke..." Mayke swallows. She looks at the hotel room door to see if anyone's coming. "Luke was my favourite, but with the withdrawal symptoms I didn't feel that for a while. I thought of Luke as my way out of this misery. If I could travel with him to Sydney, I could carry on my life there, with drugs... So I lied to Luke. I told Luke that I had a sister in Sydney, you know the story..." She looks at me briefly. I nod. "But when I was with you guys, I had less and less need for drugs, and more and more need for Luke.... I began to love him very much. I called my mum to say I finally had a reason to quit drugs, and told her my plan, which I didn't want to go through anymore.... But my mother was not the only one who had heard..." Mayke nervously plays with her fingers. "They forced me to help with the latest One Direction and 5 seconds of summer gossip. If I didn't, they would tell the world what my plan had been, and my past.... I had no choice..." Tears stream down Mayke's cheeks. "I love Luke, I don't want to lose him.... I don't want to lose another person I love!" She cries. I sigh deeply, not knowing what to say. "I don't want to lose Luke, Juul..." "Why would you lose Luke?" I look up startled. Calum is standing in the doorway....

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