seashells - l.h

seventeen

Lily: hey, can we skype?

Luke: sure. now?

Lily: yeah. now

We exchanged skype username's and next thing I knew, my laptop starting chiming and my first reaction was to answer.

I clicked the answer button and a window automatically opened. "Hey!" His face gleamed in red. "Sorry if I have bad connection." He chuckled before taking a sip of his coke. "Hey, and it's fine. What's up?" I asked trying to hold aside all the awkwardness in this. We never quite video chatted and it's almost always sort of awkward when we're in person considering we don't really know each other.

"What time is it? Like half past 10? I have been..writing some music on some sheet music and trialing it on my guitar here." He said picking up his accoustic off his bed and showing me. "I didn't know you write music. Mind reading me some lyrics you've written?" I asked. "Sure, I don't mind." He smiled while picking up his notebook and exhaling.

"Taking every breath away

With all of the mistakes I've made

From all the letters that I've saved

This is everything I didn't say

I wish I could've made you stay

And I'm the only one to blame

I know that it's a little too late

This is everything I didn't say" He said nearly blushing his head off. "Why are you blushing so much?" I chuckled in confusion. "Because one, I never read anyone my lyrics, and two, I can see the collection of seashells I gave you sitting on your nightstand." He said fixing his swirly hair. "They're pretty, and they make my room look cool." I said laughing. After that it was a pretty awkward silence. "So what are you planning on doing after college?"

"I really wanna move out of Florida for college. I've been here too long and I feel like as the eighteen year old that I'm becoming, I do need some space and time away from my family and everyone here. I really wanna pursue a career in singing because I can't see myself doing anything else but if that doesn't work out I would really like to work in the doctor field. But we'll see what works out and what doesn't. What about you? What do you see yourself doing in five years from now?" He asked getting soft faced. "I had the same plan actually. I was thinking about moving into New York, going to college there and becoming a nurse there as well..I don't like Florida and I've never seen snow and I really want too. But I was thinking about a test run. Like flying into New York for the winter, around December maybe and staying there for a week or two and just see how I feel and if I like it. I wanna start new, you know?"

"Yeah I know." He said interested in what I had to say. "You ever think about starting a family when you get older?" I asked. "Maybe. I always wanted a kid of my own." Luke smiled in thought. "Ever had a girlfriend?" I asked. "Ah, I did. She was quite the charm actually. She was lovely, but turns out she had been sleeping with my mate at the time and we broke it off. She was lovely up until that. It was bad after that." He sighed. "And you?" He asked. "I've never had a boyfriend." I laughed as I saw the expression on his face change. "Why's that?" He asked. "Because I never wanted one I guess. Guys around here are mean, I only trust one guy and he's in Australia right now so. But he's flying in tomorrow!" I smiled a bit. "Michael right?" He asked.

"Yeah. I've known him forever." I smiled. "I heard he likes you." He chuckled. "He used to, but he got over it about two years ago. We liked each other but it was sort of awkward, and we almost kissed but then we were like 'NAH MAN. THIS SHIT IS WEIRD.' so we laughed it off and both got over it." I cleared it up a little considering some people thought we still liked each other. "Okay whatever, so you've never had your first kiss?" He asked with his eyes wide. "I mean I ALMOST had a first kiss. But never other then the 'almost' part. Which sucks because I'm nearly eighteen and the closest I've ever gotten to a boy is a hug and some flirting." Sad, but it's the truth. "You'll get it one day." He smiled.

"One day."

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