Mess Around | Luke Hemmings FanFic

September 23rd.

Hailey and Atlas swapped cars about half way through the drive. She seemed okay, just a little said. I didn't say anything about it because she didn't want to talk about it.

So we just listened to music and she ate some food. She rambled on for a while too but there was so much she was talking about that I'm not even sure i remember. "This place looks like my mom's house." Hailey said.

Atlas had a completely different reaction to it all. Hailey seemed excited but Atlas was still in shock. "It's so beautiful."

The dress she'd worn made it all just absolutely perfect, she fit right in. "Oh god it's so pretty." She was officially feeling the exact way I felt.

I followed her around, watching her as she just had the happiest little smile on her face. "It is so pretty. Do you see this place a lot?"

"I'm here every few months yeah. This is where I stayed during college." She sits down on the small dresser, my mind completely blanketed by this one specific moment.

"Holy shit." I spoke quietly under my breath. "What's wrong?" I grabbed Calum before he got too far away. "Calum, look, and tell me what you see."

"Uhm, Atlas? I don't-" he stopped. "Holy shit." She looks over at me, that scared look on her face. "I spent so long making that and she's just done this in three seconds."

"Why don't guys have a painting of Atlas in- your, house. What the fuck?" Atlas looks at me, a soft smile on her face. "You have a painting of me? Have you been here since we met?"

"I haven't been here in a long time. I finished that painting thing a year and a half ago." I take her hand, walking her through the house.

"You remember when I said I had dreams about you? You laughed and said it was weird?" She hums out a yes. "Yeah well it's about to get weirder."

I stopped her in the hallway. Turning her to face the painting. "When did you do this? I didn't see you painting- you can paint?"

"I painted like a year and a half ago." She laughs, it quickly stopped. "Luke that's not funny."

"I'm not being funny, baby this is real. Feel it. You can feel where the paints ripped off." She runs over fingers over it. Moving back slowly.

"This is real? This is real- holy shit. What the fuck?" She turns on her feet, looking up at me with the same amount of scarce on her face that I felt. "Why?"

"He's got books filled with these drawings. He didn't think you were real so he said drawing you was his best option."

"You were serious about that?" She squeaks out. "Baby I don't think you're getting the whole 'I wouldn't lie to you' thing? Yes I was serious."

"Hold on I'll go get them." Hailey went to follow, quickly stopping herself and leaning against Atlas. "Hey what if we used this as the album cover?" Hailey says. "Why do you want me as the cover exactly?"

"Because you're pretty and perfect." She took the words right out of my mouth. "And because that won't change your mind, it goes with the last album we made too."

"No it doesn't." Atlas says, scoffing as she laughs. "Yes it does why are you lying right now? It fits."

"It does not fit. Like at all, this is so different." She argues. "It works. It fits. Why are you arguing about this? This is my album cover- not mine- it's not yours."

"I'm arguing because it doesn't fit like the last one. This one is-"

"Please tell me the context of this argument." Calum says as he jumps from the stairs. "Tell her that this album cover is like the last one."