// michael //
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"how am I supposed to sleep when all I think about is you you you you you."
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luke and a younger looking boy wait for me at the gate when I arrive. it feels good to finally be on my feet and to know I'll see her in a matter of hours, well I hope I do at least.
"Mike!" luke chirps, engulfing me in a man hug which consists of patting each other on the back constantly. "it's been ages, mate!"
he has cleaned up VERY well. when he left back in year ten, well he wasn't the best looking guy out there. but this luke is completely different. his dirty blonde hair is styled into the perfect quiff and a lip piercing is on the right side of his lip. if you look close enough, you can see some stubble beginning to grow in many parts of his face.
"I know, mate. it feels like yesterday we were playing Fifa every chance we could get in my garage!" I exclaim, remembering the times. "those were the days, man."
"we will have to remake those times, sometime.this is my cousin, wren." he says, turning towards the younger looking guy with him. for a second there, I thought luke might've gone gay, but I highly doubted it based on all those girls he adored back at home.
"michael." I say with a grin, holding my hand out to shake, which he accepts.
Luke's family must have very good genetics of some sort, because wren is just as good looking as luke. he has dark brown hair and brown eyes with a built body and tan skin.
"nice to meet you." wren returns with a smile.
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"so how was the flight?" luke asks me from the front seat, not taking his eyes off the road.
"long." I groan as I roll my eyes.
"yeah the drive here was pretty long too." wren adds in.
"where'd you come from?" I ask him.
"all the way in Illinois. I know it's not as far as you but it was pretty damn long." he chuckles.
"yeah, I feel you. my girlfriend- well I think ex girlfriend, well she came here and ran away from everything back home and I've come to help get her back even though I made her leave." I chuckle. "I hope that makes sense."
"yeah, it does. I mean, me and my girlfriend, maisie, left home because of her brother being a total dick. she told me she wanted to leave and I couldn't let her go by herself because i literally just moved in next door to her. it's really insane." he says, staring out the window, biting his lip. "I left my parents without notice or a reason why, it's all for her I guess."
" it is all for her." I mumble to myself quietly. all of this is for her. all of me leaving, all of the painful nights without her, all of the sleepless ones too. all of the thoughts about seeing her again just make my stomach churn with nervousness and excitement. I don't know how she'll react, I don't know what she'll do or say. I don't know anything. all I can do is hope, I guess.
the car jolting to a stop breaks me from my thoughts as both luke and wren unbuckle their seat belts. this must be his flat and where I'll be staying for as long as I am here.
the place is like any other apartment building. the elevators and parking garages, the endless amount of stairs, well I know that's one thing that isn't so different from back at home. I kind of noticed that after I realized the steering wheels are in different sides and that the roads drive different directions.
on the 4th floor elevator, we all step out, trailing my suitcase and my duffel bag along with me.
luke knocks on the door loudly once, no answer. knocks again, still no answer. for the third time he knocks and it's opened by another boy around our age.
