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"oh my god."
in that instant he turned his head. annalise saw him gasp from the other side of the coffee shop. his eyes widened and he stood for a little while, his eyes locked on hers.
"that's a little weird," celine's boyfriend mumbled, walking past annalise with an iced coffee in his hand, observing the scene before him.
luke slowly picked up his feet. it felt like he was walking through sinking sand. "move," he told his legs. they didn't listen.
"luke," annalise breathed, moving over to him still standing there. without warning she reached her arms around his waist and pulled him into a hug. luke gulped a little too loudly, causing annalise to giggle.
he slowly wrapped his arms around her. she smelled like what he imagined strawberry shortcake would smell like. he smiled to himself.
luke wasn't sure what to do after annalise pulled away. was there a certain ritual they were supposed to have? was there a cheat book for this?
"you haven't said anything," annalise said through a laugh, poking his nose. luke was taken aback. she was standing so close to him. he felt uncomfortable and slightly sweaty.
"uh, sorry, i...dont know what to say," he spoke with much effort.
"most people start off with a simple hello or other form of greeting, but that doesn't suit all mortals," annalise said, taking a seat in the chair next to her. luke cautiously took a seat on the other side of the table. celine and her boyfriend were chatting about pokémon or something next to them. annalise mouthed a "sorry". luke just smiled a little.
"so you're my sister's boyfriend," celine said, stopping abruptly in talking to her boyfriend to face luke. annalise's face turned bright red. she mentally stuck her straw in her sister's eyeball.
luke chuckled awkwardly. "uh, i wouldn't quite call it that..."
"fück boy? friends with benefits? old married couple?"
annalise looked at her sister. it was in that moment that she seriously thought of murdering her.
"we're..."
luke stopped his sentence. what even were they? things had been a little shaky after her admitting she liked him. he didn't know how to deal with that.
"friends," annalise finished for him, smiling a tight-lipped smile at no one in particular. luke felt a cold awkwardness grow between them. he cleared his throat.
"there's no way you two are friends," celine's still unnamed boyfriend said. annalise looked at him.
"how would you know, you're like fùcking twelve."
celine opened her mouth as if to say something, then closed it again.
"so this is our first meeting," luke said, trying to break the awkward silence, "don't you think we should like, do something?"
annalise raised an eyebrow. "like what?"
celine's boyfriend whispered a "fuckk each other" a little too loudly. luke pretended not to notice but his face was turning pink.
"there's a park nearby here," annalise said. "maybe we could get away from these two." she stuck her thumb out at her sister and her boyfriend.
luke nodded emphatically. "yes. i'd like that."
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THAT WAS TERRIBLE AND RLLY LONG IM SRRY ;-; (hehe long)
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-noraaaa
