Escape To Paradise | l.h.

{Luke}

I trudge down the stairs more angrily than peacefully. Breakfast fills my nose cheering me up a tiny bit but not enough. My dad is on the couch reading the newspaper with his glasses on the end of his nose. Knowing how interested he always had been about news, I don't greet him. Jack and Ben are no where to be seen so I go to the kitchen where the sweet smell is lingering from. My mom, still in her pajamas, flips a large pancake in her skillet. She hears my footsteps and turns around quickly with a smile.
"Good morning honey." She says cheerily. "Thank you for inviting Wylie over last night. When did she finally leave?"
I roll my eyes and ignore the knot in my stomach. "Don't know. I fell asleep before she left." I lie only because I don't feel comfortable telling my mom about last night events.
"I was thinking, since you have band practice at Ashton's later maybe you could take Wylie. She seems to enjoy music." My mom says.
I lay my head on the table. "I'll see if she's busy later. Can I take the car so I don't have to walk?"
She sets a plate of pancakes and bacon in front of me and hands me a fork. "I'll give you the keys once your father leaves for work." She kisses my cheek.
Ben soon rushes through the front door pink faced with one headphone in. I assume he just got back from his morning run due to his basketball shorts and tank top and that ridiculous pink sweat band around his head. He kisses mom on the cheek and steals a piece of bacon off of my plate. I glare at him as he smiles at me innocently shoving the strip in his mouth.
"How was kissing Wylie last night?" He blurts out loud enough for my mom to hear who whips her head around in surprise.
"Ben, shut up." I raise my voice while I pour more maple syrup on my mountain of pancakes.
"Luke?" My moms eye brow arches as I look at her guiltily.
"It was a peck on the mouth. No big deal." I shrug putting a bite of pancake in my mouth.
"Not a big deal?" Be laughs menacingly. "Dude, you've loved this girl since before you knew what love was."
My mom looks at me suspiciously. "Where did you guys kiss?" She looks at me sadly as if an eighteen year old isn't old enough to be kissing anyone but his mother on the cheek.
Before I could lie Ben answers. "In his room. She left really late. Was up there for a few hours." He smirks at me taking another piece of bacon off of my plate.
"Luke!" My mom yelps. "You didn't.." I cut her off.
"Mom, I'm eighteen, we kissed. We both fell asleep after. I woke up and she was gone." I tell her as truthfully as I can and ignore the morning wood I was getting from thinking about kissing her.
"I picture her a screamer." Ben smirks.
"Ben!" My mom yells.
"Don't talk about her like that." I warn Ben, pushing my plate forward losing my appetite.
"I bet she's a virgin too. Nice and..." I cut him off by throwing my fist in his face. He falls to his ass and grabs his nose.
"Lucas Robert Hemmings!" My mom yells. "That was uncalled for! Go somewhere else now and calm down!"
She rushes over to Ben and helps him up. I roll my eyes and cuss under my breathe. I stand there for a while until my mom waves me away frantically. As I enter the living room, my dad clears his throat which he did to any of us to get our attention. I stop and look at him.
Without looking at me and looking at his newspaper he asks. "Did you get him good?"
"Yeah." I breathe loudly slowly releasing my clenched fists and wiping them on my shirt.
"About time you quit putting up with his shit." He chuckles a little to himself. He puts down his newspaper and looks at me. He digs through his pocket and I realize he's getting his keys. He throws them to me and I catch then effortlessly. "Curfews two."
I look at him surprised and he brings the news paper back up in front of his face. I stand there shocked until my feet urge me to climb the stairs. Mg curfew had always been midnight and he never let me drive the Audi. Maybe I should start punching Ben in the face more often. But I wouldn't do it again. What he was saying pissed me off and I was done with it. Once in my room, I throw the keys on the bed and shuffle through my clothes. After I'm dressed I decide on whether or not to actually go over to Wylie's and invite her to Ashton's to meet the guys. Punching Ben filled me with confidence for the time being as I decided to go over there.
I leave the house without saying a word to anyone. I press the button on the key chain to unlock the door and get in. I start the car and pull out of the driveway only to park in front of Wylie's house. Nervously I get out and start heading towards her door. I knock three times and wait for her to come and open the door. Within seconds she does.
"What's up?" She asks without a smile but with a somber look.
"I have band practice and I wanted to know if you maybe wanna come with me. You know, meet my band."
A smile as large as possible flies on her face. "I'd love to." She steps out of the house barefoot.
"Aren't you going to put on shoes?" I chuckle.
"Live a little hemmings." She ruffles my hair and I instantly fix it.
I open the door for her getting a nod from her as if thanking me wordlessly. After I get in, I start the car and pop in my blink CD. She smiles as the music softly drifts through the car and rests her head on the back of the seat. The ride consisted of small talk and neither of us dared to talk about the kiss. It was like it were a forbidden conversation. Or like the FBI was watching us and would kill us if we spoke of it. So I let the subject eat me alive the whole ride to ashton which took fifteen minutes. As soon as we pull up familiar cars are parked in front of his house. Calum's and Michael's. Knowing ashton he probably has his girlfriend here and I wouldn't be bummed out as much as I usually am because Wylie came with me. We both exit the car and walk up to the big house. Without knocking I walk in guiding Wylie through the door way with my hand pressed against her lower back. She doesn't protest. I guide her to the basement and follow after her. A chorus of hellos as shouts were loudly screeched from all the boys.
"Who's this?" Calum's eyes widen. I grab Wylie's hand and pull her to the couch and wit next to her.
"You're beautiful." Michael blushes causing Wylie to laugh.
"Guys, this is Wylie." I introduce her.
If they were surprised before they really are now. "THE Wylie?" Ashton eye brows shoot up.
"Luke always talks about you." The blonde that Ashton was dating this months says excitingly as if unimpressed.
"Oh my god." Michael says. "Luke I'm sorry man."
"It's cool." I groan looking at Wylie for any reaction. She smiles sweetly at them.
"Well, I'm ashton, and that's Calum and flirts-a-lot Michael." Michael laughs.
"Nice to meet you guys." She says softly.
"Oh and this is Macey. My girlfriend." Ashton says pulling his twit of a girlfriend on his lap and kissing her hard.
"Yeah, this month." Calum says under his breathe.
"Shut up asshole." Ashton says sternly.
"He's got a point." Michael shrugs.
"Anyway, sorry babe I've got this family dinner thingy and I can't be late." Macey stands up and grabs at Ashton's hands until he takes them and stands himself up.
"I'll walk you to your car." He glares at each of us besides Wylie as he escorts his fling up the stairs and doesn't seem to mind slapping her ass as he does so.
"It won't last." Calum burst into laughter making all of us laugh expect Wylie who looks at each of us confused.
"Im confused." She says.
"Ashton can't keep a girlfriend." Michael says to Wylie.
"It's not him mostly. He just likes really shitty girls." I add. She nods understandingly.
"How was the kiss luke?" Calum smirks causing Wylie to look at me with an embarrassed face. She smiles widely and hides her hands in her hands.
"I tell them everything." I whisper to her. "It was okay." I tell them. Wylie mumbles something in her hands.
"What was that?" Michael asks giggling.
"I said." He lifts we head up blushing with a smile. "I wasn't the one who got rock hard."
My stomach drops and my face turns beat red. "Awh so Lukey got a boner huh?" Michael snorts.
"You like it." I retort at her causing her to smirk.
"He wishes I liked it." She leans back on the couch enjoying the way my face is so red.
"She could have said no to kissing me though so she wanted it just as bad as I did." I defend myself.
"Possibly." She whispers as ashton walks back down the stairs.
"What the hell took you so long?" Michael asks.
"We uh broke up." He whispers going over to his drum set and sitting in the stool.
"Told you." Calum smirks at us.
"What for?" Wylie asks curiously.
"She met some other guy the other night. I guess he's going to be a lawyer as shit. Make good money. Not KFC money." He says sadly. "I actually liked this girl."
"Hey, if she couldn't see the real you then fuck her." Wylie says passionately. "You make your KFC money and be proud you have a job and are making something."
He looks at her with a grateful smile. "Thank you so much." He runs his hand through his hair. "You guys ready?"
"I uh, just sit here if you want." I smile at her nervously feeling my nerves surface.
Even though I have already sang in front of her, I was still nervous. I felt like I had something to prove to her. To impress her. Soundlessly, she nods with a smile and Michael, Calum and I head over to the closet to get our instruments. Ashton lightly plays the beginning to one of our songs letting us know that's what he wants to play. Another couch is against the beside Ashton's drum set. We sit on the couch tuning out instruments.
"We're not that great." Calum says to Wylie who looks as if she's really amazed and we haven't even started yet.
"Proceed." She nods biting her lip that I so desperately found attractive.
With a nod from Ashton, we begin to play 18. This was one of our newest songs we had written. I begin singing and look at Wylie. A smile a mile wide displays on her lips letting me know we aren't as bad as we had always thought. Before the song ends Wylie gets into it and starts bobbing her head to the music. Six songs later, we put our guitars as stuff away. Wylie looks disappointed and I knew she would have sit there all night watching us and listening to us play. I sit next to her and immediately her arms wrap around my neck and her body crashes into mine.
"That was amazing." She whispers in my ear and pulls away looking into my eyes. "You're a little sweaty." She giggles.
"What would you like to do today?" I ask her.
"We should go to Ryan's." Ashton says loudly. "He's having a party and we should take Wylie."
"I don't think..." I'm cut off my Wylie pacing her lips on mine and pulling away to quickly.
"I'd love to go." She blushes.
"Luke, you're blushing." Calum laughs holding his stomach.
"If that's all you had to do to shut him up I would have done it a long time ago." Michael laughs making kissing noises.
"Your lips better never touch mine." I say sternly trying to sound serious but end up laughing at his stupidity.
"You have thin lips anyways." Michael snaps flipping the hair he doesn't have adding dramatics causing us all to laugh.
"I-I don't have shoes on." Wylie says. We all look at her feet and begin laughing harder. "Guys, seriously everyone's gonna think I'm a bum." She complains shifting on the couch and hiding her feet underneath her.
"I have a pair of slippers you can wear. They'll be too big but it's better then nothing." Ashton offers with a cheeky smile.
"Okay." She giggles.
"We better head out." Cal stands up running his hands through his hair fixing it.
"I'm gonna get shit faced so Wylie." Michael states. "Can I count on you to hold my hair back when I'm hugging a toilet?"
She stands up laughing. "Yes Michael, you can."
"Thanks." He snorts as we follow ashton up the stairs out of the bathroom.
After Ashton gets Wylie his moms slippers, we head out of the door to my car. The time was seven but the party had started at six from what Ashton told us on the way. Wylie sits in the passenger seat moving her head slowly to All Time Low leaking out of the speakers. If I wasn't driving I would be staring at her right now drinking in her beauty.
I rarely go to parties only because when we go all together we have the worst luck known to man. One time, Michael woke up with the side of his head shaved and wore an ugly fedora until his hair grew out. Another time, we found Calum naked in Ashton's trunk clutching some chicks shoe. As for me, I hardly drink. I'm the one who usually baby sits even though I'm younger then the other guys.
Ryan used to go to school with us until his parents shipped him off to private school junior year. Two years later, he has a huge house as three cars only because his dad has money. Pulling up, cars are parked unevenly in the yard and in the street. I assume living out in the country was a bonus only because you could have these epic parties and no one would bitch about the noise or the cars. Some people I've only seen or spoken to a few times walk into the house and stumble out of cars. Wylie gives me a nervous look as I turn off the car.
"We should tell her the rules." Ashton says loud enough for all of us to hear.
"Rules?" Wylie looks at each of us confused.
"Rules." I nod. "Rule one, always have a buddy. Which means don't be by yourself."
"Rule two." Michael says. "One person needs to stay completely sober which that's luke because you drove." I nod.
"Rule three." Calum begins. "Make your own drinks or open a new beer. Never take a drink from somebody other then us." Wylie nods understanding what she's being told.
"Rule four." Ashton begins.
"Wait? We only have three rules." Calum chuckles a little.
"This ones for Wylie now shut up." Ashton laughs. "Guys will hit on you." My heart begins to pound as Ashton speaks upsetting me. "Luke, you have to keep a leash on her. I don't know what you two label yourselves but if you don't want any sleaze ball hitting on you then I'd tell people you and Luke are together." I exhale slowly trying to get the image of some dude hitting on Wylie.
"Okay." She nods.

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So I couldn't resist waiting to update again! Might be a few typos so if there is I'm sorry.
I don't know about you guys but I'm getting tired of waiting for this damn album😫 like I desperately need to listen to it😭 but we all know once we hear it that's it, were dead and fuckin Luke's gonna do that high pitched scream oh and Michael will scream and like have no idea WHAT HES DOING TO YS! Then Calum's lisp is not gonna be really there anymore and YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL I MEAN REALLY FEEL HOW HARD ASHTON BEATS AD PLAYS HIS DRUMS😭 I don't remember selling my soul to 5sos😭
Ps, I hope you guys have a fantastic day and everything goes your way, also I hope you see a puppy because puppies are cute lil shits😋
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