This Is Us//5sos

Chapter 3: Notebook

Luke's POV

"She...s-she...uh fine she used to know the girls, and after Nicole and I started dating, Emily told her that I was cheating on her. That's why I'm mad at Emily, and why Nicole broke up with me," I explain to the guys.

They just looked at me, somewhat shocked.

"You told us that you broke up with her," Ashton said.

I sighed and looked down at my hands.

"I know. But it was the other way around," I mumbled.

"Are you positive that Emily did that? I mean, do you even know her side of the story?" Calum questioned me.

I shook my head.

Michael walked beside and placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Okay, I get where you're coming from, but that doesn't mean you can completely ruin their lives," he explained.

I sighed, while still looking down.

"Look I know that I fucking screwed up, b-but I don't know how to fix it," I say softly.

"Well, how about we start small. First you should apologize to Claire," Ashton told me.

I got up and walked up the stairs.

I didn't know exactly what room she was in, but I guessed it was the one with the closed door.

I knocked lightly, hoping she would respond.

"What?" She called through the door.

I cleared my throat then spoke.

"Um, can I talk to you?" I ask, trying not to sound pushy.

"Sure,"

I slowly open the door, revealing Claire just sitting on her bed doing something on her phone.

I took a seat on a chair at a desk she had, and I turned the chair to face her.

I took a deep breathe before speaking.

"Look Claire, I'm really sorry about what I said. I was just mad about what Emily did, and I shouldn't have said that we hate you,"

"It's fine," she said quietly, then mumbled something after that I couldn't quite hear.

"What?" I ask, hoping she would repeat herself.

"Oh, um nothing," she said shaking her head looking down at the phone in her hands.

"So does this mean we're cool?" I ask.

"Yeah," she said looking back at me and smiling.

"Good," I said smiling back at her.

There was a small pause until I spoke again.

"Want to come back downstairs with me?"

Claire nodded and stood up, leaving the room.

I followed closely behind her back to the living room where the guys are.