r u mine ? - a Luke Hemmings fanfic

chapter 8

Last night, I stayed up talking to Alex (on the phone) until 1am. 

He explained to me how he suggested the whole thing to Luke first. Apparently, the night we stayed at the boys house, Alex started talking to Luke about how we've been needing someone to tour with for ages. Luke started to think about it, and realised that their manager (Tony) was going to look into small bands next week. He called him the next day, and Tony was over the moon with the choice. In addition to this, Ashton and Calum had already started to think about it, meaning they had worked out all the extra costs. Luckily, because me and Izzy are duo, we actually saved them a lot of money, instead of them having to pay for a four man band or even five.

I wake up next morning, to my mum handing me a cup of coffee in bed. I only have three lessons at college today, meaning I could lye in till 9am. "Morning sleepy head." She says opening the blinds. I groan and sit up. "Morning." I say back, taking a sip of the much needed caffeinated drink. "I flicked through the tour dates and I think you should be able to go. I discussed the whole thing with Izzy's mum and as long as you are looked after at all times, it should be fine." I squeal, throw the covers off of the bed and run to hug my mum. She laughs, but hugs me back. "It's so exciting Grace. I have one rule though... you have to text me and update me as to where you are in the world." I smile, and nod my head. "Thanks, your the best mum in the world!" She laughs, and strokes my hair.

Later that day me, Izzy and Alex walk out of college and are greeted by Ashton. He's pulled the hood of his jumper right over his head, and you can hardly see his face because of it. "Hey." Izzy says, walking up to hug him. "Where's everyone else?" I ask, worried I won't get to see Luke. "Don't worry. Everyone else is in the car. We couldn't risk getting mobbed, your college is probably filled to the brim with crazed fans." Alex laughs pointing at me an Izzy. I punch him in the arm, and he groans. "Come on!" Izzy says, linking her arm through Ashtons. I look back at Alex, and link my arm through his. "You deserved that." I say, smiling to myself. Alex just pulls a confused look, and punches me back. "And you deserved that!" I laugh, at him and we walk down to the boys massive car. I knock a black window, and just about make out Luke looking up from his phone. He smiles, and opens the car door. "I've missed you." He says, as he pulls me to sit down next to him. He grabs hold of my hand and starts drawing invisible patters with his thumb. I smile at him. "Missed you too." I say, leaning my head on his shoulder.

After a 15 minute drive we finally arrive back at my house. I make bagels for everyone, and we sit in the music room eating, chatting and talking about tour. Everyone's so pumped for summer. The boys were just explaining to us the different types of venues we're going to be playing at and how many people are going to be there. Luke stands up, collects everyones crumby plates and motions for me to follow him. In the kitchen Luke pulls me into a hug. I think me and Luke have a thing for kitchens. We always seem to be in one when something nice happens. I'm still getting used to him. His smell, the warm, glowing sensation I get when his hands touch a bit of my exposed skin. I'm getting used to his soft Australian accent, and how to read his moods. He strokes my hair, before letting me go. "We filmed a new music video yesterday." He says, staring down at me. "Cool, what's it called?" I ask him. "Heartbreak girl, it's going up tomorrow. Ashton wrote it with Calum. I'm busy working of a song of my own." I smile and grab the plates from the side, and place them in the sink. "And what's this song of yours?" I ask, soaking the sponge with soapy water. "It's a surprise, I can't tell anyone!" He says, and comes up behind me. He kisses me on the cheek, before tickling my neck. "Get off!" I scream, and send a load of bubbles and water in his direction. It lands in his hair, and he looks at me startled. "God, I don't think i'll be tickling you again!" I laugh at his ruined hair, and he desperately trys to dry it with a towel. "I like your hair when its messy. You look younger, more huggable." I say reaching up to blow a bubble in his face. He pulls a face that reads 'Really, cause I spent three hours on my hair today and you've just gone a ruined it!' I laugh, and walk over to the sink. I finish washing up, and walk over to Luke who is staring at some family photos. He's somehow managed to quiff his hair back up- how do boys do it? "You were such cute little girl." He says, and I roll my eyes and pull him back into the living room.

"Hey what should we do tonight?" Ashton asks, as me and Luke walk into the room. I sit down next to Izzy, and Luke sits next to Michael. "We could go out for a burger or something?" Alex suggests, but Michael shakes his head. "I'm not really hungry after that bagel, why don't we just chill here and play a game or something?" Alex shrugs, and looks away. I look back at Michael who is staring intensely at Alex. It was kind of rude to just brush Alex's idea off, but no one seems to notice, everyone nods and agrees with Michael. I look at Alex, and he gives me a sad smile. Something is going on here. "What kinda game should we play?" Izzy asks, standing and walking over to where all my board games are stacked up. "Truth or dare?" Calum suggests suddenly, and everyone grins and nods. "Oh yes, this is going to be interesting." Ashton says, grinning at Izzy. She looks away, and walks over to me. She leans over and whispers in my ear "This is not going to end well." I nod, and smile. What can we do about it now? All the boys were getting excited, well... all of them apart from Alex.

"Ok, i'll go first and I pick truth." Calum says, and all the boys cheer and laugh. "Who did you loose your virginity to?" Michael asks, and high-fives Luke who grins at his best friend. Calum goes red, and starts to fiddle with his fingers. "Kaya." He says quietly, and all the boys 'ohhhh' obviously knowing who he's talking about, probably some chick back in Australia. I look at Izzy, who's twirling her blonde hair. I lean over and whisper "I'm already bored!" and she laughs, pointing at Calums red cheeks. "Ok, me next. I choose dare!" Michael says, skimming his eyes across the whole room. His eyes meet Izzy's. "Kiss Lukes but cheek." Izzy says. I glare at her, I thought she did't like playing this game! And why my boyfriends bum? Everyone cheers, and Luke pulls a 'Really?' face at Izzy. Izzy laughs, and looks at me. I avoid eye contact, and look over at Alex. He's sitting cross legged on the floor next to Calum, but he looks bored. As Michael leans down and kisses Lukes exposed bum, everyone screams. Me? I catch Alex's gaze and motion him to follow me.

We stand in the hall, and Alex leans against the wall. "What's the matter?" I ask quietly and Alex looks at me, before looking back down at the ground. "Well, I told the boys that I was gay because y'know... they have a right to know. Everyone treated it fine and acted like nothing changed, but Michael has been grabbing every chance to make me look like an idiot. I can't stand it." I walk over to him, and rub him on the back. He leans his head on my shoulder, and shuts his green eyes. Before I was friends with Alex, I used to think he was the hottest guy in our year. He's tall, has brown curly hair and a pair of very bright green eyes. I admit I had a crush on him in year 3, but then he told me he was gay and that was the end of it. He became just as good a friend to me as Izzy, and has supported us throughout this musical journey. I would give anything to make him feel better. "Oh Alex. You have to ignore him, if you let him get to you he's won. He's a dick if he doesn't accept the fact that you're gay. God it annoys me that some people are still like that." He laughs into my shoulder. "Come on, lets go back inside and have some fun." I stand up and reach down to grab his hands. I laugh at the fact that he's too heavy for me to pull up, so he ends up having to stand up by himself.

"Hey, where did you two go?" Luke shouts, over the noise of the room. Calum is filming a keek of Ashton juggling five oranges, and Izzy is chatting with Michael. Thank god my parents have gone away for the weekend, this house was too loud. I wave a dismissive hand at Luke, and he looks away hurt. I sit back down next to Izzy, and she smiles at me: I don't smile back. I can't help feeling slightly annoyed that she told my boyfriend to get his bum out. I would never ask to see Ashton naked. I know it's 'truth or dare?' but whatever. I'm still pissed... i'm allowed to be aren't I? "I pick dare!" Luke says, looking over towards me. "Kiss Izzy." Calum says grinning, and Me and Ashton look at each other mortified. "No." Ashton says, standing up. "I understand this is a game, but there's no point in trying that shit." I stand up too, glaring at Calum. "I totally agree, there's no point in fucking around with other people's relationships." Calum surrenders, holding both of his hands in the air. Luke looks at me and smiles, he lifts himself off of the couch and walks over to me. He takes my head in his hands, leans down and presses his lips against mine. I can taste cinnamon from the bagels we had earlier, and I wrap my hands around his hips. I pull away slowly, and everyone stares at us. "What?" Luke asks, taking my hand in his. "Nothing. You guys are cute!" Ashton says, smiling at the two of us. I glance over at Izzy and she's looking down at the floor. When Ashton walks over to her, she brushes him off. 

What the hell is going on with her? She was fine before we got back to mine...