The Dreadful Truth

Chapter 14

**Luke**

God, Ava looked so beautiful in the moonlight. Her hair glistened in the reflection of the waves. We walked in silence for a little just listening to the waves crashing. I tried to work up the courage to slip my hand into hers. I didn't know how she would react, would she like it? Would she pull away and ask to go home? 

My hands were starting to sweat. I wiped them on my pants and tried to crack a joke as Ava watched. I started to stutter and could feel my face go red. Why did this have to be so hard? I just wanted to tell the girl I liked that I had feelings for her and wished she would feel the same back.

"So, um, what should we do now?" I asked looking at the water.

"Well I've always wanted to go skinny dipping," She said looking at me.

"What?!?!"I said stumbling over a small stone.

"I was joking, you idiot. Why don't you go over and get some ice cream from that stand."

"Yeah okay, Mint Chip?"

"Of course!" She said yelling at me as she walked over to a boulder nearby.

I walked over and grabbed a scoop of mint chip for Ava, and rainbow sherbert for myself. The man at the stand really seemed to have a hard time scooping the ice cream and looked about 80 years old. I started a conversation with him to help pass the time. A car pulled into the parking lot. Who else would be here this late? We had spent a while at the coffee shop and spent a long time just driving around before arriving at the beach it was already 9. I decide to ignore it and pay the old man before he finished scooping the second cone.

When I turned back to head over to Ava and saw a man was with her. He looked familiar and turned to look at his car again. It was Michaels. Even though Ava said they weren't a thing I couldn't help but feel jealous. What was he doing here? I decide to hang back and see what happens. 

He leaned in. She did too. She backed away. I could see her tears running down her face. I tried to run after her. She pushed me away saying she called an uber. Michael. I ran over to him.

"What the hell did you do to her?" I said angrily. 

"N-Nothing, we just talked," He said getting angry too.

"That clearly wasn't nothing! She ran away crying!"

"Don't worry about it!" He said standing up and storming away.

"What the hell man! You totally just crashed our date!" 

"That was a date?" He said stunned.

"Until you ruined it!"

"Whatever I'll see you at work.

He stormed off towards his car. By then Ava must've run to the gas station we passed a while back to get away from us. Michael drove off quickly. Our ice cream cones were long gone and being eaten by some seagulls in the sand. I went to my car. I didn't bother with music. I sat here for a while. I finally decided to call Ava to see if she was okay. She didn't answer. She must be super upset.

**Ava**

This day started out to be great. However, it ended up being the worst and most complicated day of my life. First I went on a "date" with Luke(Maybe, undecided). Then when we were gonna finish it off. Michael showed up unannounced and tried to kiss me. After my texts with ash about what I should do, I still had no clue. There was a knock at my door. I went to look out my peephole and saw it was Ashton. I opened the door and ran into his arms. I started sobbing. He hugged me tight and walked us inside. 

"Listen, why don't we bust open some of this leftover candy and talk about it?" He said prying me off of him.

"I guess," I said sniffing. 

"Start from the beginning with your date with Luke."

"Well, I don't know if it was a date."

"You don't know?! Oh my gosh, let me see the texts," I pulled out my phone and saw Luke left a voicemail. I swiped it away and gave Ash my phone.

After reading the texts, he tried to tell me, knowing Luke for over 15 years, he meant it as a date. that made me sob more. I tried to tell him through sobs what happened and why I felt like since I didn't know that it was a date why it went so badly. He reassured me that it wasn't my fault, it was the 2 dumb boys I liked. When I didn't want to talk about it anymore we turned on the tv, after a few episodes of The Office, I fell asleep.

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I think I'm just gonna write a few more chapters then be done with this story. I'm not sure whether it's a long or short story but, just want it to be done. I'm not a huge fan of 5SOS anymore, but I still listen to and like their music. I already feel the cringe soaking in omg.