Little Distractions

14

"Oh my god you guys are such Jerks!" 

"Im just sayin will, you really dont have that much fun any more.  Your attitude is one way but it doesnt match your way of thinking."  Cal and I have been friends for a while now so I dont take offense to this.  He had suggested we write the song about a badass girl who makes her life depend on getting striaight A's.  Bullshit to him.  Luke just sat there laughing and oohing at Calums little joke.  I rolled my eyes and suggested something else. 

"How about a long lost love?"

"No way in hell.  I'm not writing about sutpid shit like that." Luke chuckled.

"Fine." I replied on the verge of losing it.

"How about the best summer ever?" Cal suggested.

"Works for me." Luke finally agreed with something, shocker.

"Whatever." I replied.  We worked on the song as calum played the bass, I played the acoustic guitar, and Luke sang.  Ocasionally we all joined in when it got to the chorus.  It actually was going good so far. 

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When Math came around I was ready to drop dead.  I had continued to yawn the whole day.  When the bell rang i remembered i was meeting Michael at Starbucks, I guess I would have to tell Ashton he wasnt bringing me home today.  On the brightside I could avoide Luke.   I went to my locker grabbed my bag and stuck my headphones in as "kick Me" by Sleeping with sirens blared into my ears and probably out of the headphones as well.  As I was singing along to the words in my head,  Some one tapped me causing me to startle. 

"Sorry." MIkey laughed.

"God you scared the crap out of me! Are you driving?"

"Yeah I ran into Ashton and told him I was driving you and to meet me back at my place later with Cal so we can all hang out, including you.  You got to get out a bit." He said faintly smiling.

"Fine, but your mom, is she alright???" 

"Thats what I wanted to talk about.  Shes fine luckily, I got a text from her in Science.  She fractured her back from the fall but is okay.  She said she wanted me to relax and just chill with my friends and stop worrying about the terrible shit going on at home."

"She said that word for word?" I smiled.

"Well No, but fuck that you get the point."

"Well, I'm glad shes okay and yea ill be there." By now we were in his car and had reached our destination of starbucks.  We walked in and Mikey ordered my usual.  A Chai tea latte with whole milk.

"You want anything else?" he questioned sweetly.

"Nah im okay, dont you want something?"

"No im not really hungry." I just stared at him blankly knowing he barley had a lunch today.  "I swear I had a big breakfast."

"Alright." he tried paying for me but I beat him to it.

"What did you do that for?"

"Save it in case you get hungry." He laughed and looked down.  We got a booth and he looked uneasy at first so i questioned it. "Why do you look lime your about to puke." I said inbetween sips.  I was a very straight forward person. 

"Uh well, Luke kind of had an outburst at practice last night." 

"Wait what? Practice for what?"

"Band... No God, Oh this kid doesnt have the balls to tell you anything!" His accent was really thick when he said that plus he was loud and caused most of the people in he store to look at us.

"Shhh, whats going on?"

"One of the reasons Luke moved here was becuase Calum and I were looking for a lead vocalist in the band we started.  We also asked Ashton to be our drummer."  My face had an expression I could see my self making.  I was going to have to be freinds with Luke forever now.  He is my number one destraction from college now and will be ever until i get into one.  I felt dizzy and sick.  On the other hand I was really happy for the boys, they have really good voices and a lot of talent.  It was a nice idea to start a band.  I had been thinking for a while so I thought it might have been the best if I said something so i said the only words that formed in my mouth.

"Congragulations." I wasnt even sure it made sense but honestly my mind was everywhere now twisted in a hurricane of nightmares and thoughts.  I couldnt even make eye contact with Mikey anymore I was staring at the table in a web of thoughts.

"So anyways last night Luke had an outburst of his feelings for you." My head shot up and my eyes stred right back at michaels.  He started craking up and he sounded like a kitten.

"Oh- my- god! You so like him!" He said in between laughs."

"Stop it! Why are you laughing! Stop laughing at me!" Now I was beginging to laugh because of what he looked like.  His eyes were squinted and he was holding his stomach.  HIs hair was all over the place and his tattoos showed from under his rolled up sleeves.  For a while we just sat there laughing until we decided to go back to his place and get ready for the other boys.  Luke had real feelings for me.  And tonight I was going to answer the question he asked me on the dock.  And it wasnt going to be a no.