Meet You There ; lrh

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Sneaking back into the party wasn't difficult. What was difficult was watching all these random girls keep trying to dance with Luke. I kept getting pushed aside as if I wasn't even there. I finally gave up trying to stay next to him. Instead, I went to find Ashton.

"Hey buttercup! Long time no see!" I heard Ashton's deep voice behind me as I poured myself a drink. I turned around and saw him standing there.

"Ash, I've missed you!" I say. He embraces me in a giant hug and kisses my forehead.

"So have you seen Luke yet?" He questions me. I nod my head.

"We made up. But not he's got all those girls around him." I say motioning over to where Luke stood surrounded by at least five different women.

"Made up as in y'all finally had sex?" Ash raised an eyebrow at me. My cheeks flushed as I looked away. "Dude I've been waiting three years for you two to finally kiss and make up!" He sounded like a teenage girl. "Please don't worry about Luke with those girls. I promise he doesn't want a single one of them. He only wants you."

I give him a soft smile. "I still don't like seeing them all over him." I roll my eyes.

"So, go over there and state your claim to your man!" I stare at him in confusion.

"State my claim?" I had no idea what he meant.

"Strut over there, take his hand and pull him real close and say you're mine and then play a big ole smooch on his mouth."

"Ash baby are you drunk?" I giggle.

"Possibly. But I know what I'm talking about." I look back over to Luke. Some blonde was throwing herself at him. I chugged the rest of my drink in hand and prepared myself.

I slowly walk towards them, Luke finally noticing. I grab his arm pull him close to me. "You are mine Luke Hemmings. Got that?" I growled at him. He took his bottom lip in between his teeth, playing with that stupid lip ring. I turned to the blonde who was still trying to take Luke's attention from me. "Step away from my man." I stated. She rolled her eyes at me.

"He's not your man, sweetie." She scoffs.

"Well the hickeys across his chest say otherwise." She gasped and then began to walk away. I grab Luke's face and pull him towards me.

"Uh hello earth to Karter!" I open my eyes and see Ashton waving a hand in front of my face.

"Huh? What's going on?" I shake my head, confused as to what the fuck was going on.

"You zoned out talking about Luke." He laughed. I looked over to where Luke was standing. He stood with Flynn and Calum just laughing. "Come one let's go get your lover boy." Ashton takes my hand and leads me to the other boys.

"Karter! Where did you disappear to?" Luke whines as soon as he saw me.

"I uh went to get a drink." I said. He smiles at me and engulfs me in his arms. His scent filled my nose as I closed my eyes and laid my head against his chest.

The rest of the night zipped by in a flash. Luke and I had somehow fallen asleep on the couch, Flynn and Calum were cuddled up together on a giant bean bag and Ash and Mikey were no where to be found. My head was pounding due to the massive hangover I developed.

I sit up and look down at Luke. He looked absolutely peaceful while he slept. His shirt was unbottoned and I just stared at his godly sculpted abs. I ran my fingertips down his chest. He slowly fluttered his eyes open and I was met by his ocean colored gaze.

"Good morning," he said softly. His voice was raspy and dry.

"Good morning, sunshine." I giggled. I leaned down and pressed my lips against his dry ones.

"You're not leaving are you?" His bottom lip popped out. "I have three years of cuddles to cash in."

I playfully roll my eyes. "I need to get out of these clothes." I motioned down to my now wined stained dress.

"You can just wear some of mine." Luke suggested. "You'll look super adorable in my clothes." I give him a nod.

"Okay fine, Hemmings." He sits up and just stares at me for what seems like forever. "Why are you staring at me?" I awkwardly ask.

"Just making sure you're real and I'm not dreaming." His voice was soft and velvety. He started to close the space between us. His breath tickled my lips as he pressed his against mine.

Everything felt so right, so perfect. Nothing could ruin this. Nothing and no-one.