Ghost of You ♡ LRH

3 - Ghost of You

So I drown it out like I always do

Dancing through our house with

the ghost of you

Ghost of You - 5 Seconds of Summer

♡

Aria

"But you were my dream too Aria."

My stomach was in knots. In less than 10 words, he had taken my breath away. His dream? Before I got the chance to respond, the sound of the door being unlocked caused me to jump. Luke just dropped his head to my shoulder before groaning, "I thought it would take them just a little bit longer to come get us."

I cradled his head as I tried to steady my racing heart. Every exhale was torture to me, his hot breath fanning across my neck. It is obvious to everyone that we had been crying but that wasn't the first thing out of Michael's mouth when he walked in, "Luke stop kissing this girl and get your ass back to set!" Even though he was joking, there was a slight hint of irritation in his tone.

I place a light kiss on the top of Luke's head before turning to face Michael. Wait...did I really just do that? Michael looked like he saw a ghost when I finally looked at him. "Hi Mikey," my tone was soft.

"This is some weird fever dream, isn't it?" I couldn't help the small giggle at his answer. He came and grabbed my outstretched hand. Just as he was about to speak the other two boys walked into the room, both of them going pale.

"Are you shitting me right now?"

"No fucking way this is real."

"She's real boys," Luke finally sat up, pulling me close to him. Our cheeks were squished against each other. "My Aria is alive." My heart flips every time he calls me that...his Aria. "But unfortunately for you boys, I have to steal her again. Like you said Michael, we're needed on set."

He lifted me out of his lap, my body instantly missing the warmth, before taking my hand and leading me down the hall. "How messed up is my makeup? The beauty team is going to kill me."

Without stopping, he reached over and tucked a stray hair behind my ear, "You look perfect." The crew instantly looked alive when we finally walked back into the main room. The beauty team descended on us both grumbling about how we messed up their work. Out of the corner of my eye, Carissa was grinning like crazy. I'll be sure to give her hell later for putting me through that emotional torture.

The director scolded us slightly before giving us some directions. "Okay so we need this to be as convincing as possible. You two are a happy couple, cuddling with each other in your bed. Don't worry too much about the audio, it will be cut. Luke, make sure you are taking some time to sing at some points please. Got it? Good!"

I tried so hard to fight the blush that I knew was fighting to turn me into a tomato and Luke and I crawled into bed. "Go easy on me Lu, this is my first time acting."

We settled into the bed, both of us crawling under the covers and facing each other. He grabbed my hand, kissing my knuckles. "Don't think of this as acting," he paused, reaching out and caressing my cheek. "This is just us okay? No cameras around, just us angel."

I smiled at the new nickname, even if right now my thoughts were far from pure. Luke sure had grown in the years we've been apart. Part of his chest was exposed by the tight-fitting tank was much larger than he used to be. The last time I saw him, he was still a tall lanky boy but now...now he's a well built, still tall, man. "I'm glad you let your hair grow out a bit." I twirled one of his curls before brushing it behind his ear. "You're all grown up now, I hardly recognize the skinny boy from next door."