Oblivious Hearts (Luke Hemmings)

Chapter 14

Luke's P.O.V

We had been driving for a while; I didn't even count the days. All I know was that we stopped in front of a huge white building, some place I had never been before. Apparently this was the place of our next meeting. We hadn't had any meetings since we started tour but work calls.

I was in a white room filled with black couches and a small black table filled with snacks. I snacked on some chips while Ashton was playing on his phone beside me. I wondered what Calista and Gracie were doing but then again I had been wondering about Calista a lot.

Michael entered the room and shouted something about a driving race using scooters down the hall and Ashton ran out the door immediately, leaving his phone behind. Calum entered the room in his usual outfit, black jeans and a sleeveless black shirt. Sort of like mine.

"I've been meaning to talk to you alone." He shuts the door behind him. "Kind of hard to do with four other people on the bus."

"What's up?" I say, putting the chips away.

"You can hide it from everyone but you can't hide it from me. Something's bothering you."

Bothering me? Yeah. It had been for a while. "I love her, Calum." I say straightforwardly.

"It doesn't take a genius to figure that out. We all see the way you look at her." He sips a bottle of water.

"I just can't find my way to tell her." I shrug. I've had the hugest crush on Calista since I first saw her at the concert. Back then she was just a face in the crowd, now she was so much more. We had been through so much together and along the way, I had fallen in love with her. Every step of the way I could physically feel myself slipping into her love.

"I know you have some weird history." I tell Calum. He waves it off.

"After watching the two of you boggling your eyes at each other, I'm over it." He laughs. "Has she said anything?"

"No." I frown.

"But it's pretty obvious she loves you too, Luke. Anyone can see it when they look at the two of you."

"Except her." I gave a sad smile. I got out of my seat. "I hold her hand, we cuddle, I take her on a date, I give her my sweater, we have late night talks and for god sakes I won her a stuffed panda!"

"What are you trying to say?"

"That she doesn't see how hard I'm trying!" I run my fingers through my hair, frustrated. "I want her to catch on. I thought at first if she held my hand back it would be enough but..."

"It isn't."

"I want her to know without me having to tell her. Actions speak louder than words. She should know by now how madly I'm in love with her." I sit back down and let out a huge breath. "But she doesn't and it sucks."

Calum laughs for a while. "Luke have you met Cali? She's the most oblivious person I know."

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A week had passed since that talk with Calum. Our tour was over and this was the last night in Perth. It's crazy how far the band has come. I always think of this as a dream, wondering if I'll ever wake up.

Calista and Gracie have applied to college. They were going to different schools but they both were close to each other. Calista wanted to major in music while Gracie wanted to major in writing. I was proud of them. College was starting in a month and to be honest, I don't know where to go from the tour with them.