let me go || l.h.

t w e n t y

luke smiled at me, a small smile. his eyes were clear. "how did i get so lucky?" he murmured. i shook my head a little, embarrassed.

just then, we heard the front door open and the sounds of footfall. luke grabbed my hand and guided me to the stop of the stairs. "luke?" a male voice called. "hey dad!" luke called back, pulling me down the stairs with him. as we reached the bottom of the stairs, i saw luke's dad taking off his shoes. "dad," luke said proudly, "this is tiahn." i pushed my hair out of my eyes and shook his hand. "i'm andrew," he said, smiling. i smiled back, "pleasure to meet you."

luke and i followed andrew out to the car, where we helped unload the shopping. luke and andrew started talking as we were emptying the plastic shopping bags.

"excited for your tour?" andrew asked him. luke nodded. "yeah," he said, "tiahn and i just finished writing a new song." andrew raised his eyebrows, "really?" i shook my head hastily. "no," i said, "all i did was help a bit, luke came up with it." andrew shook his head a little, as did luke. "why don't you play it for us later?" andrew asked. luke nodded, putting the milk away. he grabbed my hand, telling his dad that we'd be upstairs.

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when we were safely away in his room, luke pushed me onto the bed and started tickling me. i shrieked with laugher, struggling to breath. "stop!" i cried, "what's this for?" luke laughed and tickled me even more. "for telling my dad that you didn't help me!" he replied, laughing evilly. eventually, i managed to push luke off me. i straddled him, pinning his large body beneath mine. i kissed luke gently before getting off him and taking out his songbook.

i flicked through it and smiled at what i read. he was so good. suddenly, we heard the front door open downstairs yet again, and the wonderful smell of pizza filled the house. "yum!" i said, racing luke to the stairs. downstairs, we saw luke's mum struggling with 5 boxes of pizza. "let me get those for you," i said, grabbing two boxes off the top of the pile. "thanks," his mum said, heading into the kitchen. she kissed andrew before turning around and actually noticing me and luke. i was still holding the pizza boxes. "um, mum?" luke said, "this is tiahn. tiahn, this is my mum, liz."

liz smiled at me, and shook her head. "how rude of me!" she exclaimed. "here you are, helping me with the pizza, and i don't even notice you!" i laughed, placing the boxes down the counter, where hers were. liz made her way to me and gave me a hug. she smelled like perfume and hairspray. i immediately liked her.

"where are ben and jack?" luke asked, picking an olive off of a pizza. liz smacked his hand away and closed the pizza box. "they're going out tonight," liz sighed, "which would have been great to know before i went and bought 5 pizzas!" as if on cue, my stomach rumbled, followed closely by luke's. i blushed scarlet, but stopped when andrew and liz started laughing. "actually, i think 5 pizzas will be fine!" liz said.