Cigarettes // cake // Sequel of Mute

Fifteen

{Luke}

I open my eyes to see Calum not in bed. I'm disappointed at how often he goes to parties, but he enjoys them and I don't want to take something he likes to do away from him. I walk outside and gasp when I see Calum passed out on the floor. I run over and shake him awake.

"Calum?" I whisper and he groans and looks up at me.

"Harry?" He questions and I frown.

"I-It's Luke.. c'mon, let's get you to bed." I say and pick him up. I pull his pants and sweater off and tuck him into bed before kissing his forehead.

"Go to sleep Calum." I say and he looks up at me tiredly.

"I love you." He says and I smile.

"I love you too." I reply and gently stroke his cheek before grabbing Cake and placing her next to Calum so that he has somewhere to sleep.

There's a knock at the door and I sigh and pull on some sweatpants so I look decent before opening the door. I see Halsey wearing an extremely oversized sweater and snapback. She looks really tired too. Before I can say hi she hugs me.

"Uh, you okay?" I ask with a small chuckle hugging her back. She pulls away.

"Thanks so much for persuading Michael to say sorry. I know how he feels now." She smiles.

"No problem. He ran to my house at 3am to ask me." I say and she chuckles softly.

"That really sounds like Michael." She says.

"Anyway, all that's left is for me to confess that I like him." She sighs.

"Does he like you?" I ask and she shrugs.

"I don't know. I hope so though." She says and I nod. Suddenly, from behind her Harry walks up to the door.

"Harry? What do you want?" I ask and Halsey spins around.

"I gotta tell you something Luke." He says and I snort.

"Not from you." I say.

"I'm just going to go.." Halsey trails off , going past Harry and down the hall.

"Harry, you can't be here." I say and attempt to close the door but he holds it with his foot.

"Let me in." He orders me through gritted teeth.

"No!" I shout and try close the door again.

"Luke, come on, it's serious." He says trying to push the door open.

"St--"

"Calum smokes." He cuts me off. My eyes widen.

I feel like everything in my body's stopped except for my pounding heart. Harry smirks as I take the information in.

Calum smokes.

I shake my head. Snap out of it Luke!

"No he doesn't. You're just trying to fuck me up." I say attempting to close the door one more time but Harry barges in and open a cupboard under the sink and pulls a tray out and my eyes widen when I see a pack.

"Halsey's cigarettes?" Harry says and I feel sick. I have kissed someone who smokes.

"H-How? When?" I ask.

"Since secondary." Harry shrugs and I stare down at the pack.

"Do whatever you want now." He says and exits the apartment.

I'm standing here with my jaw dropped open and my eyes are fixed on the cigarettes. I pick them up and open the pack. There's only two left. I shake my head and put them back on the tray before closing the cupboard. I can't believe this. How much more is he hiding from me?