You're The Music That's Been Playing In My Head: Book 3

Luka Chapter Forty-Three

I lean back in my chair and stretch, soon letting out a breath of relief that I was done studying for the day while dreading that finals would pop up in a few months. Getting up I head up to the deck of Liberty to get some fresh air and notice Juleka, Rose, and Mylène are up here talking. "Hey ladies what are you up to?" I ask and Mylène answers me. "We're waiting for Sabrina to arrive and then we're gonna head to that book event at the Les Palais des Congrès de Paris." "Are you done with studying for the day Luka? If so would you like to join us?" Rose asks, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Are you sure? I don't wanna intrude on your girl time," They all nod their approval when Sabrina comes running up, panting. "Sorry I'm late, I was trying to convince Chloé to join us but she's not too big of a reader it seems." "It's all good Sabrina, well then if we're all ready let's go!" Rose exclaims excitedly and we head out. Once there, we started browsing the isles as the girls started collecting whatever books caught their attention. While looking around one book catches my eye. It was a book (y/n) had been looking for a while now and I recall her telling me it was really hard to come by a physical copy of it because of how popular it is. I reach for it, smiling as I picture her happy expression once she sees it in my head when my hand makes contact with another.

Looking up I see (y/n) staring at me with the same shocked expression before I slightly smirk at her. "Hi." "H-Hi..." She stammers, pulling her hand back before I hand her the book. "I saw this and thought of you since you said you've been trying to find a physical copy," I tell her when some guy stands in front of her, narrowing his eyes at me. "Do you two know each other?"

(y/n) nods as she introduces us to each other, his name was Carlson and he didn't seem to like me. "What are you doing here Luka?" She asks and I turn my attention to her. "The girls wanted to check this event out and I had nothing better to do so I tagged along," I explain, pointing to the girls who were finishing up looking at another aisle before joining us. "Who's this cutie?" Rose asks, pointing at Carlson and he wraps an arm around (y/n), stating "Her date," An image of me pulling her out of his arms and into mine enters my head, and my hand twitches in response to do it but I hold back. Who exactly was this guy to (y/n)? "Jeez (y/n) I was only joking though this would make for a great date spot. Are you sure you wouldn't mind me checking you out?" He jokes after she jabs him and he keeps making pun jokes that indicate he has a thing for her.

The girls seem to notice it too as they exchange looks, catching (y/n)'s attention. "What's wrong?" Rose tries to explain the impression we were all getting when Carlson drags (y/n) away, claiming they had a whole lot left to do and I hum in disapproval. "Don't worry Luka, we all know (y/n) is in love with you, there's no way anything is going on between those two," My sister tries to reassure me and I clench my fists as I look down as I mutter "Yeah, but that doesn't mean I have to like them together." "Why don't we keep looking around?" 

Mylène suggests, leading me away while the girls nod in approval while reassuring me everything would be fine. But the thought of Carlson trying to seduce and make (y/n) his girlfriend stuck in my head all day and I couldn't focus on anything. "Well, Luka if you're that worried about it, call her and ask," Mom says, handing my phone to me with an expected look and I bite my lip in worry. "But what if-" "Luka, just call her, she's gonna say nothing's going on, I promise, she has made it clear that when she's ready to be in a relationship it'll be with you," Jewels again reassures me and I go to call her when the show we had playing cut to the news. Glaciator was rampaging again at the Dupain-Cheng bakery. Instinct kicked in and I went to rush over when mom stopped me.

"Woah there sailor, wait till it's safe," The minute it was I rushed over to the bakery to find her talking with Carlson. He's still here? "(y/n)! I saw on the news that Glaciator was attacking the bakery, you didn't get hurt did you?" I ask her immediately and she shakes her head no with a smile when Carlson pulls her closer to him and whispers something to her, making a bad feeling enter my gut. Please no. They go inside the bakery to talk privately and a few minutes later he leaves and (y/n) walks up to me.

"Everything ok?" "Yeah, he was just saying goodbye is all." "Was that all? Nothing's going on between you two right?" I ask nervously when she cups my cheek and relief washes over me when she says "Nothing is going on I promise my heart still belongs to you," I feel my heart start to race in response, and I can't just let that slide so I respond with "Good because I'm not willing to let you go so easily," There's that adorable cherry red face of hers! "G-goodnight Luka." "Goodnight (y/n)," I wave goodbye and head home with a smile on my face. "So how'd it go?" Mom asks when I get home and I beam at her, "She's still my girl."