Chapter 12.
Logan helped me awkwardly, by the waist, out of his truck and I stumbled onto the sidewalk. Luke wrapped an arm around me and I wobbled slightly before regaining my balance again. "Thanks", I blushed. I noticed him go a little pink too but I simply ignored it and walked up towards the school. I noticed Zach standing infront of the entrance and lowered my head to hide my frown. As we approached, Luke grabbed my hand. "Hey guys", Zach smiled. "Sup, bro?", Logan grinned. "Hey, dude", Cody chuckled. "Uh... Hi", I stuttered. "Hi Lauryn. You look great", he replied blankly. The entire time Luke and Zach kept their eyes locked on eachother. To save us from having to put up with the awkwardness any longer, I tugged at Luke's hand and led him inside. Everything was beautiful! The decorations were elegant and classy. As we entered, we put on our masquerade masks to match everyone else in the room. Mine was cream covered with lace, feathers pearls. Abby's was a simple mask covered with cream, pink and mint green beading. The boys all wore similar masks, plain black but slightly differently shaped. Zach's and Luke's were exactly the same. "Come dance!", Abs squealed and pulled Cody onto the dance floor. They looked beautiful as the twirled around under the giant glitter ball, suspended from the ceiling. "Care to dance?", Luke smirked, wiggling his eyebrows. I giggled and let him lead me onto the floor.
After a few songs, Luke led my off to the side saying he wanted to talk. We then decided it was too loud in the hall and went out to the gazebo. It was decorated with lights and roses and violinists played softly in the background. I walked to one side of the gazebo and looked over the edge into the pond. "Oh Lauryn...", Luke sighed.
"Yes?".
"I think there's something I should tell you...".
"What is it? Are you alright? Is it Tyler? What's wrong?".
"Well nothings wrong really...".
"Then what is it?".
"I think I--".
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And that was when the gunshot was fired. Luke fell to the ground.
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