lover of mine ➳ luke hemmings [1]

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Emma.

I'm standing in the bathroom right now, about to shower. I could tell Luke was emotional last night. He was up half the night just sitting around. I feel awful. I know he's got a lot going on and holding a lot of it in to be there for us.

There's one more day until this wedding. I knew it was coming up, but with everything that's been going on, I forgot how close it was. I'm really anxious about how it's going to go. Especially with Luke getting kicked out. Also, how the hell am I going to cover up all this bruising and make it last all day and night?

I take my clothes off and wrap a towel around me, then turn the shower on. I walk over to the sink and turn the water on to brush my teeth real quick when I hear knocking at the door.

"Em?" I heard Luke say.

"Yeah?" I said.

"Can I come in?" He said.

"Uh..." I started, and then he cut in.

"I need to brush and grab something. Are you about to shower?" He said.

"Yeah" I said.

"Okay" He said and then started to open the door, and I slammed it shut.

"Wait. Just...just hold on" I said, panicking. All my bruises are exposed right now.

"Five minutes. You can shower while I brush my teeth, Em" he said, chuckling a little.

"I know. Just...I'm naked" I said and then slapped my forehead.

"I've seen you naked before, Emma" He said and then opened the door and came in, and I turned away from him, still holding the towel. "Are you good?" He said walking over to the sink.

I dropped the towel really quickly, then ran into the shower and sighed to myself. "Emma, what is going on with you?" he said.

"Nothing" I said.

"Why are you being so weird? You're acting like we haven't been dating for forever right now" He said while brushing his teeth.

"I'm insecure..." I said and then slapped myself again. I sound so stupid.

"You're what?!" Luke said, opening the shower curtain a little, and I jumped.

"Luke!" I yell and push him and hold the curtain shut.

"Emma, what the hell? You're insecure? Are you?" He said upset. Great now I feel like shit for lying. I turn the water off and then sigh to myself.

"Can you hand me my towel?" I said. I heard him moving around, and then I saw his arm reach into the shower and he handed me the towel. I wrap it around myself and then lean my head against the wall a little.

"Do you wanna know the truth?" I said.

"Yeah...Em, what's going on?" He said softly. I sigh and then open the shower curtain and just look at him.

"This" I said, and I saw his face drop. He stared at me with an expression I can't read, then he walked up to me and put his hands on my face. He moved my head a little to examine the bruising on my neck, and then he backed up a little and turned away from me.