cigarette smoke - muke [hiatus]

1.8

michael went home with luke and the girls a few days later. he had to be in a wheel chair for a while but he didn't mind. just meant more pizza and video games for him. luke wheeled michael out of the hospital, putting him in the front seat of the car. michael thanked him then luke went to buckle the girls' into their car seats. this was the girls' last day before they left the boys.

"so, what do you guys want to do before you go on your trip?" the officer said that girls thought it was a vacation and not a being removed from the household and being handed over to some people they barely knew.

"can we eat pizza? i want pizza." katie asked.

"please?" rose asked.

"yeah, please?" michael begged.

"yes, we can. that hospital food is shit anyways." luke backed out of the hospital parking spot and drove out of the parking lot. luke put his hand down on the glove compartment and michael grabbed it, squeezing it tightly. luke smiled but kept his eyes on the road.

"so are you guys excited for your trip?" michael asked the girls, turning back to them.

"yes! i get to meet my grandma and grandpa!"

"and i get to see emily again!" katie and rose chattered behind them and michael looked at luke while at a stop light. they both at smiles on their face but tears in their eyes.

"can we go home before we get pizza? i want to take a shower." luke nodded, understanding michael.

"yeah, it'll be no problem, sweetheart. are you going to need help?" luke asked.

"can you just get be a chair? i can do the rest."

"let's stop by target and see if they have one there."

-

after coming home from the hospital and michael taking a shower, they were out once again. the girls had to be in bed early because of their early flights in the morning, but they still went out at 6 pm.

"can we get soda?" katie asked as the walked into the restaurant.

"only sprite." the girls smiled and nodded, understanding. "katie, rose, please hold the door open for michael."

they did as told and held it open with their little arms. luke pushed michael into the restaurant, michael feeling helpless.

"babe, i could've done it myself." michael said.

"no, you haven't had your wheelchair long enough to know how to work it. when the girls leave tomorrow, we'll work on it," luke whispered. luke kissed his forehead.

"luke!" luke heard a voice say. he turned towards it and saw mary wearing a beanie, a one direction tour t-shirt, black skinny jeans and vans. she smiled and waved at them.

"is it okay if she joins us? i don't want her alone." michael nodded, smiling. luke smiled back and told the girls to stay with michael.

"bear, what are you doing here?" luke asked her while giving her a big hug.

"well, i have discovered that if i start to hear the voices, i need to go for a walk with some music and focus on just the music. and somehow, i always end up here."

"that's great! see, i told you you'll get better. do you want to join us?" she nodded and walked with luke back to michael and the girls.

"mary!" the girls yelled.

"my babes!" she yelled while hugging them. they all smiled and laughed.

"hey mikey. how ya doin'?" she asked after she let go of the girls.

"been better. how 'bout yourself? any attacks lately?"

"nope. i've been pretty well, for once."

"that's awesome, dude. glad your feeling good." she smiled at him and she smiled back.

"what kind of pizza do you guys want?" luke asked. michael, mary, and the girls got into a huddle before saying that they wanted cheese and pepperoni. luke ordered and got them all drinks.

"what drink do you want?" luke asked michael.

"luke, i can do it myself," michael argued.

"i'm doing it because i'm your boyfriend, not because you are hurt. what do you want?" luke asked.

"a coke, please," michael said, giving up.

"coming right up, baby." luke kissed his forehead and went to fill his cup up. the girls and mary went with michael to a table while luke filled up their cups.

"hello, young man. can you help me?" an old woman asked luke.

"yes, m'am. how may i help?" luke asked her.

"can you fill this up for me? i can't press the buttons by myself and my granddaughter is getting the pizza."

"sure! what do you want, m'am?" luke asked, putting his and michael's cups to the side.

"my granddaughter wants pepsi and i just want sprite, please."

"coming right up!" luke filled up the woman's cups and put lids on them and straws in them.

"thank you so much. and you and your boyfriend are very cute together." the old woman smiled.

"you are very welcome, and thank you." luke smiled as she walked away to her granddaughter. luke filled up his and michael's and went over to the table everybody was sitting at.

"what took you so long, luke?" mary asked. luke sat down next to her.

"an elderly woman needed help with her drinks. have you guys ordered yet?" they all shook their head no.

"can we get cheesy bread, pookie?" rose asked.

"sure! why not?" the two girls clapped then made chatter about their trips.

"so are the girls really leaving?" mary asked.

"yeah, the police said that we aren't stable enough to take care of two little girls, which is bullshit. i really don't want them to leave."

"do you have visitation rights?"

"yeah, but rose will be in australia and katie will be in new jersey. michael's heartbroken." they looked over to michael, who was on his phone.

"this is terrible, dude. i'm so sorry."

"we just need to get enough money to get them back to us. so that might require us to go back to school."

"but you hated school. how are you going to do that?"

"you're right," luke was deep in thought before thinking of something, "i got it. how about michael and i start a band. calum knows how to play bass and he's supposed to be out here soon so we can situate that, and we both can play guitar. now we need a drummer."

"i know someone," michael said, looking up from his phone.

"really, babe? who?" luke asked, intrigued.

"his name is ashton. he's a really good friend of mine and i have to make sure he's home from- uh - his grandmother's house to see if he can come over and rehearse."

"boom, we got a band."

"one problem," mary said, "calum's all the way in new york. and you guys are in los angeles. how are y'all gonna make that work?"

"we can move him out here. his mom's coming out here with him. we can work this out."

"seems like this is something you've thought about, i like it," michael said.

"yes, i have been. you call ashton tomorrow and i'll call calum," luke grabbed michael's hand and rubbed his knuckles. "we'll work this out."

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boom. the beginning of 5sos. i know this wasn't how it start buT THIS IS MY MOTHERFUCKING STORY AND I'LL WRITE IT HOW EVER THE FUCK I WANT TO. anyways.... sorry for not updating lately. high school sucks dick so that's why i haven't been updating. that's why the slow updates is in the title of this book. buT anyways, i hope you enjoyed this chapter!!

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