Burning tapes

6

Luke was laughing, like actually laughing. 

I was sitting directly across from Coach, Lex was sitting to my left, Colt next to him, and Luke next to Coach across from Rocco. Rocco and Jax were sitting on my right across from each other. 

I'm not sure what Colt said to him but I could tell that they were really close. Luke's big smile made me feel gross inside. I memorized his dimples and the way his eyes scrunched up when he was really happy about something. 

His short but long strands of hair kept falling in his eyes every time he would shake his head. And it was difficult to focus on anything other than the way his long veiny hand would wrap around his spoon. 

Lex kicked my leg under the table. 

"Ow fucker that hurt!" I whisper yelled in his direction. 

"Stop staring, as if you guys couldn't make it any more obvious." 

"Make what obvious?" Lex rolled his eyes at me and Coach raised his voice immediately silencing all of us. 

"Luke son, I wanna congratulate you on your big win." All of the boys started pounding on the table causing everyone in the restaurant to send us dirty looks. 

"And Bin Bin, you already fit in so well i'm glad you are part of the family now." Jax wrapped his arms around my shoulders and the pounding increased. My face was blood shot red and when I looked over at Luke he seemed to be pretty amused. 

"Do you have a ride home?" I asked Luke breaking the silence in the car ride back to the gym. 

"I'll just uber, I rode with Colt but he's going to fuck some girl tonight so I don't really wanna go back to my place." 

"Well my roommate is still in New York so you can come over if you wanna just hangout?" Luke smiled. 

"You're getting attached Sawyer." 

I laughed back at him, "You fuckin wish." 

"Do I even bother going back to the gym, you know everyone's just gonna lose their shit if they think you're coming home with me." 

"I mean technically I am going home with you." 

I shot him a dirty look and he was trying to hold back a smile. But jesus christ he was doing manspread and had one of his hands on his thighs and the other playing with his lips. This motherfucker. 

But rolling up to my apartment I immediately regretted taking him here. I slammed on my breaks. 

"Can we just go to a diner, I don't really wanna-" I stopped mid sentence. 

James was getting out of the car walking towards me. 

"Robin who is that?" I started reversing but I was stuck. His fists came down on my hood. 

"So now you're sleeping around you fucking slut?" He looked angrier than usual but I'm sure it was just because Luke was in my car. 

"Robin stay in the car." He unclipped his seatbelt reaching for the door handle. My heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to fall out. 

"No Luke! Please, please just stay in the car." I look at him with pleading eyes. James was knocking at my window now. 

"Why are you protecting him? He beats the living shit out of you?" 

I shook my head. "I'm not I just- I don't want anything to happen to-"

His eyes became soft and I didn't have to continue. 

"Please."

He chuckled at me. "Baby I kill people three times his size. Let me put the fear of god in him." 

But I didn't realize James went back to his car and came back with a hammer smashing my window open. Bro that's literally so fucking lame why you gotta put hands on Bertha. 

His hands gripped my hair pulling me out of the car and just when the glass started cutting in my arm his force went away. 

Luke was kicking his ass. 

I mean punch after punch after punch. A sense of relief filled my body. But when a couple onlookers started to take out their phone I jumped out of my car and pulled Luke off of him. 

"Okay tough guy I think there's definitely something in him now." Luke and I both laughed as he wiped his mouth off and jogged back to the passenger side. 

Within minutes I was back on the rode and him and I were both laughing trying to catch our breaths. 

"That was fucking insane, oh my god. Did you see the look on his face?" I laughed putting my head down on my steering wheel. But he was quiet. 

I looked over at him and he had one the biggest smiles on his face. 

"You're kinda beautiful." 

I laughed pushing him into the door. "Yeah whatever thanks tough guy." 

It was about 2am when Luke and I got to his house. And jesus. fucking. christ. I thought Mel was rich. 

"Do you live here alone? "

"Nah Colt shares it with me." 

He grabbed his keys opening the front door and if things couldn't get better the inside was even more beautiful. 

And when the door shut I could tell why Luke didn't want to be here. 

"For a house this big you would think it would be harder to hear her." Luke looked at me amused, "You're telling me." 

I was looking around still when Luke's hand grabbed mine tugging me somewhere. 

"Where are we going?" 

He didn't turn around he just kept walking. I almost stop him to stop in his steps a few times just so I could admire what his house was. 

"I get that you guys fight, but I feel like this is too much money for just that." 

Luke chuckled, we were walking at slow pace now but his hand was still on mine. 

"My dad's handing down the mafia to me in a few months." 

I stopped walking pulling his hand so he would look at me. 

"Its not that big of a deal Rob really." He looked nervous, like he shouldn't have told me. 

"Jesus Luke you say it like its no big deal, is that what you want?"

His lips pressed together and he shook his head. "Yeah I mean I don't really care, I make good money."

He shot me another look and kept walking until we reached huge oak wood doors.