You [l.h]

Chapter 13 : Love Triangle?

"God, I'm sorry to hear that."

"Mhm."

I and Emily were sitting on a bench at the school yard. Seeing people talking and socialising with each others.
"Can I go with you seeing him after school?" Emmy asked.
I smiled at her, "of course! I'll need a ride home anyway." She laughed.

"Hi, Lily!" I heard someone called my name. I turned my head to the voice and saw Ashton walking towards me and Emmy.
I looked at Emmy and she mouthed something like "who is he" and I mouthed her back with "Ashton"

"Hey, Ash." I greeted when he was right in front of me.

"Hi." He looked at Emmy and asked, "and you are..?"

"Emily. Lily's best friend." Emmy said.

"Oh, yeah. Hi, I'm Ashton. It'd nice to meet you." Emmy nodded her head and smiled. "Well, actually.. I kinda want to take Lily somewhere after school." He said. I could see a little blush on his face. He was so cute. But I wanted to see Luke. I looked at Emmy, she just shrugged. Sigh.
"I'm sorry, Ash. I-Well, we.. need to go to a hospital."

Ashton widen his eyes, "what? You're sick?" He asked full of concern. "No," I chuckled, "My friend, Luke. He's just got an accident." Then the expression on his face changed. Not sure about that but he just doesn't look happy.

"Then can I go with you?" He asked. I felt a bit confused but, well.. He was just trying to be nice so I think it was fine.

"Um.. sure. We'll go together with Emmy's car."

"What?" Emmy snapped.

"Well, you have no choice." I smirked at her.
------------------------
"Can't we just put it in the trunk?" I asked Emmy. So basically we were discussing on where to put Ashton's bike.
"No, the bike is longer than the trunk could fit. Just leave it here. I'll drive him back here to take it later."

I looked at Ashton, "sounds okay, Ash?"

"Yeah, it's cool. I don't really mind."

"Good now get in the car, you two."
The ride to the hospital was quiet. We barely spoke. Ash just asked who Luke was and all. Said that he never heard anything about Luke before.

"Here is his room." I spoke, taking a deep breath before getting in. "Come on." I opened the door knob slowly and when I could finally see the whole room, I saw a girl sat beside the bed.

It was Clara.

"Oh.." I barely heard my voice. And I didn't know what to do at the moment. Fortunately Luke was asleep.
I was about to go out of that room when Emmy pushed my back and walked in.

"Hi, may I know who you are?" She asked without hesitate, but trying not to sound loud.

"Clara. I'm Luke e--friend." I almost smiled at that. I was sure she was about to say 'ex'. And I could feel Emmy smirking.

"Oh, cool."

"Oh, Ash.. let's just wait at the waiting room." I said to Ashton. He nodded but seemed like Emmy heard this and she stopped us.

"What? There's a couch over there you guys can just use that to sit. I wanna go to the bathroom just for a while."
She really had a plan. Huh, typical Emily.

"Ash, you know. If you wanna go home then just you can just go.."

"No, I'm fine here."

"But-"

"No buts." He cut me off, "I just wanna be with you right now, okay?" I was surprised by his words but nodded somehow.

"And.." he added. "I know you don't like that girl." He whispered. I chuckled and heard a groan.
Oh, Luke was awake.
Right when I was about to walk towards Luke's bed, Clara stood up and stayed beside him. It really felt awkward with her here. I.. If only I knew that she'd be here, I'd assure myself not to come here.

"Hey, I bought this!" Emmy's voice echoed the room. She brought some ice cream in the plastic bag in her hand.
My eyes were sparkling and my hand grabbed it desperately.
"Whoa, I know you love this but it's not for you." She said. I raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"Yup. It's for Luke. Here Luke. The Doctor said it's safe for you."

"Thanks. And, when did you guys get here?" Luke asked. His eyes met mine and then moved to Ashton's direction.

"Ah, and you..?" He finally asked.

"Ashton. Lily's friend." Luke nodded.

Luke's POV

Why is he here? Did Lily ask him to? Or did he just want to be with Lily?
Then there is Clara also. What did she want? Wasn't it obvious that I didn't want her in my life again? Or did she really wanna fix our relationship? But it was no use.
Good thing Emily was here. She could make the tension here better with that Ash guy and Clara.

"I really want to go home."

"No, you still have to stay here until tomorrow, Luke." Clara said. Ugh, I really wanted this girl to leave but what could I do?
This felt weird. When I saw her at my apartment door for the first time, I felt somehow happy. But now, knowing that Lily was there, I really wish Clara didn't visit me. I didn't feel okay with Lily seeing Clara with me. I had no idea why.

"How could this happen anyway?" Emmy asked, bringing me back to reality.

"Um.. I think I was texting with Helen's teacher and then everything just got blurry." I said in the matter of fact.

"You need to be careful, you know." Clara said in concern. But her concern didn't get me anymore.

"That's because you're careless. Next time when you drive, make sure to look ahead. The road is in front of you, not on your phone screen." Lily said in a flat tone.
Then I looked at her and she was busy with her phone. I just noticed that she looked cute today. With black skinny jeans and plain white t-shirt, Nike on her feet. Her hair was pulled in a messy bun, just like she always did.
Her facial expressions changed every once in a while. I don't know what she's doing on her phone but sometimes she looks cringed, sometimes she laughs, sometimes she gets shocked as if she doesn't believe what she's seeing on the screen. And sometimes she smiles. Which is so beautiful to see. Staring at her had never felt this amusing before.

I think I like her.